Degree in Biological Sciences University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Doctor in Biological Sciences University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Current positions
CONICET, Member of the Scientific and Technological Researcher Career, Associate Researcher.
UBA, Teaching Assistant, Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agronomy.
Research interests
Molecular microbial ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Microbial inoculants.
Preservation of microorganisms.
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Felipe V, Montecchia MS, von Baczko OH, Romero AM (2025). First report of Xanthomonas hortorum pv. gardneri causing bacterial spot on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in Argentina. J Plant Pathol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-025-01978-z
Alvarez F, Grispi JA, Montecchia MS, Draghi WO, Cabrera GM, Romero AM, Roberts IN, Simonetti E (2024). Burkholderia gladioli BNM349 as a promising source of bacterial metabolites for biocontrol of common bacterial blight of bean. BioControl 70, 131–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-024-10284-z
Ortiz Rocca L, Montecchia MS, Chalco Vera JE, Acreche MM, Correa O, Soria MA (2023). Integración bioinformática de metodologías ómicas para el estudio de comunidades microbianas en suelos. SADIO Electronic Journal of Informatics and Operations Research 22 (2): 66-78.
Pescie MA, Montecchia MS, Lavado RS, Chiocchio MV (2023) Inoculation with Oidiodendron maius BP improves nitrogen absorption from fertilizer and growth of Vaccinium corymbosum during the early nursery stage. Plants 12, 792. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12040792.
Toledo S, Peri PL, Correa OS, Montecchia MS, Gargaglione VB, Ladd B (2022) Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands. Austral Ecology 47, 663–673. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13151.
Álvarez F, Simonetti E, Draghi WO, Vinacour M, Palumbo MC, Fernández Do Porto D, Montecchia MS, Roberts IN, Ruiz JA (2022) Genome mining of Burkholderia ambifaria strain T16, a rhizobacterium able to produce antimicrobial compounds and degrade the mycotoxin fusaric acid. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 38:114 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-022-03299-0.
Tosi M, Chludil HD, Correa OS, Vogrig JA, Montecchia MS (2021) Long-term legacy of land-use change in soils from a subtropical rainforest: Relating microbiological and physicochemical parameters. European Journal of Soil Science, 72(2):1054-1069. doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13049.
Ambrosino ML, Montecchia MS, Torres YA, Ithurrart LS, Lucero CT, Busso CA (2021) Soil microbial structure and activity in a semiarid rangeland of Patagonia, Argentina: Plant species and defoliation effects. Rhizosphere, 19, Article 100382. doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100382.
Wassermann E Montecchia MS, Garaventa VS, Correa OS, Romero AM (2020) Virulence and pCM1 plasmid carriage are related to BOX-PCR fingerprint type in strains of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis that cause bacterial wilt and canker of tomato in Argentina. Plant Pathology 69(4):723-732. doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13163.
