Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar

• Centre d'étude de la forêt
• Centre d'études nordiques
• Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Ariane Fortin, Maîtrise en biologie - avec mémoire
• Philip Bell-Doyon, Doctorat en biologie

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Adriel Michel Sierra Pinilla, Doctorat en biologie
• Anthony Piot, Doctorat en sciences forestières
• Dennis Escolastico Ortiz, Doctorat en biologie
• Flora Amill, Doctorat en biologie
• Gabriel Felipe Penaloza Bojaca, Stage postdoctoral en biologie
• Loïc Jean-Cyril Soumila, Maîtrise en biologie - avec mémoire
• Marta Alonso Garcia, Recherche postdoctorale en biologie
• Marta Alonso Garcia, Stage postdoctoral en biologie
• Sandrine Toupin, Maîtrise en biologie - avec mémoire

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Plant–cyanobacterial symbioses: mutualism with emerging translational possibilities Trends in Plant Science, 2026. Juan C. Villarreal, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Fay-Wei Li. DOI 10.1016/j.tplants.2026.07.007

Hornwort pyrenoids: a terrestrial exception with engineering lessons Plant Physiology, 2026. Tanner A Robison, Juan Carlos Villarreal A, Fay-Wei Li, Laura H Gunn. DOI 10.1093/plphys/kiag247

Evolution and classification of hornworts: new insights from the first plastome‐based phylogeny New Phytologist, 2026. Hao Xu, Chao Shen, Wen‐Zhuan Huang, D. Christine Cargill, Juan Carlos Villarreal A., Sahut Chantanaorrapint, Chatchaba Promma, Yu‐Mei Wei, Boon Chuan Ho, Dietmar Quandt, Tao Peng, You‐Liang Xiang, H.Rudi Zielman, Vadim A. Bakalin, Lei Shu, Rui‐Liang Zhu. DOI 10.1111/nph.70672

Successional stages and inferred functional profiles of bacterial communities under biocrusts in post-mining ecosystems of Western Boreal Quebec Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2026. Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, Laura Hjartarson, Marta Alonso-Garcia, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar, Line Rochefort, Mélina Guêné-Nanchen. DOI 10.1139/cjm-2025-0090

Migration Patterns of Epiphyllous Bryophyte Metapopulations in Amazonian Fragmented Landscape Inferred From Census and Genomic Data Biotropica, 2025. Adriel M. Sierra, Marta Alonso‐García, Charles E. Zartman, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1111/btp.70088

Spatial and Seasonal Analysis of Phyllosphere Bacterial Communities of the Epiphytic Gymnosperm Zamia pseudoparasitica Applied Biosciences, 2025. Lilisbeth Rodríguez-Castro, Adriel M. Sierra, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar, Kristin Saltonstall. DOI 10.3390/applbiosci4030035

Decoding cryptic diversity of moss populations in a forest-tundra ecotone 2025. Dennis Alejandro Escolástico-Ortiz, Nicolas Derome, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1101/2025.06.25.660410

Chemical ecology of symbioses in cycads, an ancient plant lineage New Phytologist, 2025. Shayla Salzman, Edder D. Bustos‐Díaz, Melissa R. L. Whitaker, Adriel M. Sierra, Angélica Cibrián‐Jaramillo, Francisco Barona‐Gómez, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar. DOI 10.1111/nph.70109

Catalog of Liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and Hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) from Central America and Cocos Island 2025. Gregorio Dauphin, Lars Söderström, Anders Hagborg, Noris Salazar Allen, Adriel M. Sierra, Tamás Pócs, José Gudiño L., Mervin E. Pérez, Juan Carlos Villarreal, Yarency Rodríguez, Matt von Konrat, Alan Whittemore. DOI 10.5479/si.28400228

Assembly and co-occurrence networks of nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with epiphyllous liverworts in fragmented tropical forests ISME Communications, 2025. Adriel M Sierra, Dennis Alejandro Escolástico-Ortiz, Charles E Zartman, Nicolas Derome, Connie Lovejoy, Juan Carlos Villarreal A. DOI 10.1093/ismeco/ycaf173

Hornworts reveal a spatial model for pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in land plants Nature Plants, 2025. Tanner A. Robison, Zhen Guo Oh, Declan Lafferty, Xia Xu, Juan Carlos A. Villarreal, Laura H. Gunn, Fay-Wei Li. DOI 10.1038/s41477-024-01871-0

Culture-based and Sanger sequencing approaches to uncover the diversity of leaf-fungal endophytes in neotropical gymnosperms Tecnociencia, 2025. Omayra Meléndez, Rita Bethancourt, Ariadna Bethancourt, Lilisbeth Rodríguez–Castro, Jorge Mendieta, Armando A. Durant Archibold, Marta Vargas, Brian Sedio, Kristin Saltonstall, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.48204/j.tecno.v27n1.a6647

Molecular and morphological insights into Phaeoceros himalayensis (Notothyladaceae) and related species: evidence for two new species from Thailand Pensoft via Plazi, 2025. Orawanya Suwanmala, Sahut Chantanaorrapint, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.48580/dgvrf

Phaeoceros perpusillus var. scabrellus (Notothyladaceae, Anthocerotophyta), a new taxon from northern Thailand PhytoKeys, 2025. Orawanya Suwanmala, Juan Carlos Villarreal A., Fay-Wei Li, Sahut Chantanaorrapint. DOI 10.48580/dgbv8

TWO DRAFT GENOMES OF FUNGAL leaf endophytes from tropical gymnosperms Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2024. Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar, Omayra Meléndez, Rita Bethancourt, Ariadna Bethancourt, Lilisbeth Rodríguez-Castro, Jorge Mendieta, Armando Durant, Marta Vargas, Brian Sedio, Kristin Saltonstall. DOI 10.1128/mra.00511-24

Leaf Endophytes Relationship with Host Metabolome Expression in Tropical Gymnosperms Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2024. Adriel M. Sierra, Omayra Meléndez, Rita Bethancourt, Ariadna Bethancourt, Lilisbeth Rodríguez-Castro, Christian A. López, Brian E. Sedio, Kristin Saltonstall, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1007/s10886-024-01511-z

Phaeoceros perpusillus var. scabrellus Suwanmala & Chantanaorr. 2024, var. nov. Zenodo, 2024. Orawanya Suwanmala, Juan Carlos Villarreal A., Fay-Wei Li, Sahut Chantanaorrapint. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.12802578

Diversity of symbiotic cyanobacteria in cycad coralloid roots using a short-read rbcL-X amplicon Symbiosis, 2024. Adriel M. Sierra, Sandrine Toupin, Marta Alonso-García, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1007/s13199-024-00972-w

New insights on cycad biology and evolution 2024. Shayla Salzman, Melissa Whitaker, Adriel Sierra, Daniel E. Bustos Díaz, Angélica Cibrián-Jaramillo, Yang Liu, Francisco Barona Gómez, Shouzhou Zhang, Sunil Sahu, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.22541/au.170750032.26264089/v1

Panama says no to more mining — a win for environmentalists Nature, 2024. Juan Carlos Villarreal A., Nelva B. Villarreal, Luis F. De León. DOI 10.1038/d41586-023-04165-1

Phaeoceros perpusillus var. scabrellus (Notothyladaceae, Anthocerotophyta), a new taxon from northern Thailand PhytoKeys, 2024. Orawanya Suwanmala, Fay-Wei Li, Sahut Chantanaorrapint, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.15468/yaj8up

Differentially abundant bacteria drive the N2-fixation of a widespread moss in the forest-tundra transition zone Symbiosis, 2023. Dennis Alejandro Escolástico-Ortiz, Charlotte Blasi, Jean-Philippe Bellenger, Nicolas Derome, Juan Carlos Villarreal-A. DOI 10.1007/s13199-023-00930-y

The consequences of mating system and dispersal potential on the genetic structure of leaf-inhabiting bryophyte metapopulations in a fragmented Amazonian landscape 2023. Adriel Sierra, Marta Alonso-Garcia, Charles Zartman, Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar. DOI 10.22541/au.168016508.89524249/v1

Differential Effects of Desiccation on Hornworts with Contrasting Life Histories in Tropical Montane Forests: A Functional Trait—Based Perspective Forests, 2023. Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá, Tiago Vilas-Boas, Juan C. Villarreal A, Adaíses S. Maciel-Silva. DOI 10.3390/f14020255

HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE AUSTRAL HORNWORT GENUS PHAEOMEGACEROS (DENDROCEROTACEAE, ANTHOCEROTOPHYTA) Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution, 2022. GABRIEL F. PEÑALOZA-BOJACÁ, ADRIEL M. SIERRA, HANNES BECHER, KAREN S. RENZAGLIA, JUAN CARLOS VILLARREAL A.. DOI 10.11646/bde.45.1.3

Bryophytes of mangroves of Bocas del Toro, Panama Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution, 2022. NORIS SALAZAR ALLEN, GREGORIO DAUPHIN, JUAN CARLOS VILLARREAL, CALEB CASWELL-LEVY, ERIN R. COX, BRYAN A. ESPINOZA P., JOSÉ GUDIÑO L., ENRIQUE HERNÁNDEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, KARLA Y. MAGAÑA-MARCIAL, ANNA MEZĂKA, JUAN DIEGO RAMÍREZ-ROMÁN, LILISBETH RODRÍGUEZ, ARIANTI ROJAS CARVAJAL, CAMILA ROMERO-MORENO, AKIKO TOMITANI, KATHERINE ZEBALLOS-GRIJALVA. DOI 10.11646/bde.45.1.9

Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts. Springer Nature, 2021. Fay-Wei Li, Tomoaki Nishiyama, Manuel Waller, Eftychios Frangedakis, Jean Keller, Zheng Li, Noe Fernandez-Pozo, Michael S Barker, Tom Bennett, Miguel A Blázquez, Shifeng Cheng, Andrew C Cuming, Jan De Vries, Sophie De Vries, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Issa S Diop, C Jill Harrison, Duncan Hauser, Jorge Hernández-García, Alexander Kirbis, John C Meeks, Isabel Monte, Sumanth K Mutte, Anna Neubauer, Dietmar Quandt, Tanner Robison, Masaki Shimamura, Stefan A Rensing, Juan Carlos Villarreal, Dolf Weijers, Susann Wicke, Gane K-S Wong, Keiko Sakakibara, Péter Szövényi. DOI 10.17863/cam.68772

A target enrichment probe set for resolving the flagellate land plant tree of life Dryad, 2021. Breinholt, Jesse W., Carey, Sarah B., Tiley, George P., Davis, E. Christine, Endara, Lorena, McDaniel, Stuart F., Neves, Leandro, Sessa, Emily B., von Konrat, Matt, Fawcett, Susan, Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M., Labiak, Paulo H., Larraín, Juan, Lehnert, Marcus, Lewis, Lily R., Nagalingum, Nathalie S., Patel, Nikisha, Rensing, Stefan A., Testo, Weston, Vasco, Alejandra, Villarreal, Juan Carlos, Williams, Evelyn Webb, Burleigh, J. Gordon, Chantanaorrapint, Sahut, Neves, Leandro G., Konrat, Matt, Ickert‐Bond, Stefanie M.. DOI 10.5061/dryad.7pvmcvdqg

Stigonema associated with boreal Stereocaulon possesses the alternative vanadium nitrogenase The Lichenologist, 2021. J. C. Villarreal A., M. Renaudin, A. Beaulieu-Laliberté, J. P. Bellenger. DOI 10.1017/S0024282921000062

Revisiting the early evolution of Cyanobacteria with a new thylakoid-less and deeply diverged isolate from a hornwort 2021. Nasim Rahmatpour, Duncan A. Hauser, Jessica M. Nelson, Pa Yu Chen, Juan Carlos Villarreal A., Ming-Yang Ho, Fay-Wei Li. DOI 10.1101/2021.02.18.431691

Geography, not host identity, shapes bacterial community in reindeer lichens 2021. Marta Alonso-García, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1101/2021.01.30.428927

Population genomics of a reindeer lichen species from North American lichen woodlands American Journal of Botany, 2021. Marta Alonso‐García, Felix Grewe, Serge Payette, Juan Carlos Villarreal A.. DOI 10.1002/ajb2.1601

The hornworts: morphology, evolution and development Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2021. Eftychios Frangedakis, Masaki Shimamura, Juan Carlos Villarreal, Fay‐Wei Li, Marta Tomaselli, Manuel Waller, Keiko Sakakibara, Karen S Renzaglia, Péter Szövényi. DOI 10.5167/uzh-198521