Ruth G. Cantera
Junior Specialist
Research Group
Education
- M.S., Microbiology, University of the Philippines - 2002
- Postgraduate, Microbiology, Osaka University and Tohoku University, Japan - 2000
- B.S., Biology, University of the Philippines - 1995
Research Description
Analysis of rotaviruses in water and cow manure.
Publications
- Guerra-Cantera MARV & Raymundo AK. Taxonomic reassessment of antibiotic- and enzyme-producing Bacillus isolates from Philippines, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 21: 635 - 644 (2005)
- Elegado FB, Guerra MARV, Macayan RA, Mendoza HA & Lirazan MB. Spectrum of bacteriocin activity of Lactobacillus plantarum BS and fingerprinting by RAPD-PCR, International Journal of Food Microbiology 95: 11-18 (2004)
- Elegado FB, Guerra MARV, Macayan RA, Estolas MT & Lirazan MB. Antimicrobial activity and DNA Fingerprinting of bacteriocinogenic Pediococcus acidilactici through RAPD-PCR, Philippine Agricultural Scientists 87: 229-237 (2004)
- Ramirez TJ, Sedano SA, Perez MTM, Guerra MARV, Garcia MRC & Mercado SMM. Verification studies on the use of BIOTECH PCR-based detection kit for Salmonella in animal feeds, Philippine Journal of Veterinary and Animal Science 29: 19-26 (2002)
- Nishiyama A, Guerra MARV, Sugawara N, Yokota K, Kaneko J & Kamio Y . Identification of serine138 residue in the 4-residue segment K135K136I137s138 of LukS-I component of Staphylococcus intermedius leukocidin crucial for the LukS-I-specific function of staphylococcal leukocidin, Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 66: 328-335 (2002)