Alejandro Jiménez González
Bioinformatician at Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences; Research; Mass Spectrometry Imaging
- E-mail:
- alejandro.jimenez@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Husargatan 3
- Postal address:
- Box 591
751 24 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-3493-4154
Short presentation
I am an enthusiastic researcher with over ten years of experience in genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and phylogenetic analyses using microorganisms. I am interested in describing the metabolism of organisms and how this relates to the environment where they are found.
Keywords
- bioinformatics
- comparative genomics
- evolution
- phylogenetics
- metabolism
- evolutionary genetics
- genome-scale metabolic reconstruction
- lateral gene transfer
- horizontal gene transfer

Publications
Selection of publications
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Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
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Part of Environmental Microbiome, 2025
- DOI for Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
- Download full text (pdf) of Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
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A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Scientific Data, 2022
- DOI for A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
- Download full text (pdf) of A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
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Metabolic reconstruction elucidates the lifestyle of the last Diplomonadida common ancestor
Part of mSystems, 2020
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Part of Microbial Genomics, 2020
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2020
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 2542-2556, 2019
Recent publications
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Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
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Origin and Evolution of Key Enzymes in the Anammox Pathway Revisited
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2025
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Part of Environmental Microbiome, 2025
- DOI for Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
- Download full text (pdf) of Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
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The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
Part of Scientific Data, 2025
- DOI for The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
- Download full text (pdf) of The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
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A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Scientific Data, 2022
- DOI for A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
- Download full text (pdf) of A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
All publications
Articles in journal
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Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026
- DOI for Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
- Download full text (pdf) of Origin and evolution of key enzymes in the anammox pathway revisited
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Origin and Evolution of Key Enzymes in the Anammox Pathway Revisited
Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, 2025
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Part of Environmental Microbiome, 2025
- DOI for Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
- Download full text (pdf) of Comprehensive analysis of the microbial consortium in the culture of flagellate Monocercomonoides exilis
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The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
Part of Scientific Data, 2025
- DOI for The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
- Download full text (pdf) of The expanded genome of Hexamita inflata, a free-living diplomonad
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A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
Part of Scientific Data, 2022
- DOI for A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
- Download full text (pdf) of A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida
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Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022
- DOI for Giardia intestinalis thymidine kinase is a high-affinity enzyme crucial for DNA synthesis and an exploitable target for drug discovery
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Metabolic reconstruction elucidates the lifestyle of the last Diplomonadida common ancestor
Part of mSystems, 2020
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Part of Microbial Genomics, 2020
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Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 2542-2556, 2019