

2025
1. Laura Vargas-Estrada, Octavio García-Depraect, Johannes Zimmer, Raúl Muñoz. Analysis of biological treatment technologies, their present infrastructures and suitability for biodegradable food packaging - A review. Journal of Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124395.
2. Mohamed Shafana Farveen, Raul Muñoz, Rajnish Narayanan, Octavio García-Depraect. Batch and semi-batch anaerobic digestion of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH) bioplastic: New kinetic, structural, microbiological and digestate phytotoxicity insights. Science of The Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178794.
2024
1. Octavio García-Depraect, Leonardo J. Martínez-Mendoza, Rosa Aragão Börner, Johannes Zimmer, Raúl Muñoz. Biomethanization of rigid packaging made entirely of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate): Mono- and co-digestion tests and microbial insights. Bioresource Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131180.
2. Sergio Bordel, Diego Martín-González, Tim Börner, Raúl Muñoz, Fernando Santos-Beneit. Genome-scale metabolic model of the versatile bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans Pd1222. Computational Biology, https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01077-23.
2023
1. Octavio García-Depraect, Raquel Lebrero, Leonardo J. Martínez-Mendoza, Sara Rodriguez-Vega, Rosa Aragão Börner, Tim Börner, Raúl Muñoz. Enhancement of biogas production rate from bioplastics by alkaline pretreatment. Waste Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.04.009.
2. Fernando Santos-Beneit, Le Min Chen, Sergio Bordel, Raquel Frutos de la Flor, Octavio García-Depraect, Raquel Lebrero, Sara Rodriguez-Vega, Raúl Muñoz, Rosa Aragão Börner, Tim Börner. Screening Enzymes That Can Depolymerize Commercial Biodegradable Polymers: Heterologous Expression of Fusarium solani Cutinase in Escherichia coli. Microorganisms, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020328.
3. Diego Martín-González, Sergio Bordel, Selvin Solis, Jorge Gutierrez-Merino, Fernando Santos-Beneit. Characterization of Bacillus Strains from Natural Honeybee Products with High Keratinolytic Activity and Antimicrobial Potential. Microorganisms, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020456.
4. Sergio Bordel, Diego Martín-González, Raúl Muñoz, Fernando Santos-Beneit. Genome sequence analysis and characterization of Bacillus altitudinis B12, a polylactic acid- and keratin-degrading bacterium. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-022-01989-w.
2022
1. Octavio García-Depraect, Raquel Lebrero, Sara Rodriguez-Vega, Rosa Aragão Börner, Tim Börner, Raúl Muñoz. Production of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from five commercial bioplastics via acidogenic fermentation. Bioresource Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127655.
2021
1. Octavio García-Depraect, Raquel Lebrero, Sara Rodriguez-Vega, Sergio Bordel, Fernando Santos-Beneit, Leonardo J. Martínez-Mendoza, Rosa Aragão Börner, Tim Börner, Raúl Muñoz. Biodegradation of bioplastics under aerobic and anaerobic aqueous conditions: Kinetics, carbon fate and particle size effect. Bioresource Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126265.
2. Octavio García-Depraect, Sergio Bordel, Raquel Lebrero, Fernando Santos-Beneit, Rosa Aragão Börner, Tim Börner, Raúl Muñoz. Inspired by nature: Microbial production, degradation and valorization of biodegradable bioplastics for life-cycle-engineered products. Biotechnology Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107772