Cristobal Andres Onetto Carvallo

Research Interests

Genomics and transcriptomics Industrial Microbiology Microbiology Bioinformatics Fermentation Plant Biology Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy

Mr Cristobal Andres Onetto Carvallo

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Spanish - Latin American Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
University of Adelaide Australia PhD
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile MSc
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile BSc

Year Citation
2025 Onetto, C., Nagahatenna, D. S. K., Wang, Y. M., Pagay, V., & Borneman, A. (2025). Viral diversity and phloem transcriptional changes in grapevine Shiraz disease infected vines. OENO ONE, 59(1), 8 pages.
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2025 Onetto, C. A., McCarthy, J., & Schmidt, S. A. (2025). A Rapid Growth Rate Underpins the Dominance of Hanseniaspora uvarum in Spontaneous Grape Juice Fermentations. Yeast, 42(5-7), 116-125.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2025 Onetto, C. A., Ward, C., Varela, C., Hale, L., Schmidt, S. A., & Borneman, A. (2025). Genetic and phenotypic diversity of wine-associated Hanseniaspora species.. FEMS Yeast Res, 25, 16 pages.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2024 Ward, C. M., Onetto, C. A., & Borneman, A. R. (2024). Adaptation During the Shift from Entomopathogen to Endosymbiont Is Accompanied by Gene Loss and Intensified Selection. Genome Biology and Evolution, 16(12), 16 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2024 Onetto, C., McCarthy, J., Solomon, M., Borneman, A. R., & Schmidt, S. A. (2024). Enhancing fermentation performance through the reutilisation of wine yeast lees. Oeno One, 58(1), 13 pages.
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2024 Ward, C. M., Onetto, C. A., Van Den Heuvel, S., Cuijvers, K. M., Hale, L. J., & Borneman, A. R. (2024). Recombination, admixture and genome instability shape the genomic landscape of Saccharomyces cerevisiae derived from spontaneous grape ferments.. PLoS Genet, 20(3), e1011223.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC6
2024 Onetto, C. A., Ward, C. M., Van Den Heuvel, S., Hale, L., Cuijvers, K., & Borneman, A. R. (2024). Temporal and spatial dynamics within the fungal microbiome of grape fermentation. Environmental Microbiology, 26(6), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus10 WoS11 Europe PMC11
2023 Ward, C., Onetto, C., Van Den Heuvel, S., Dixon, R., & Borneman, A. (2023). Metagenomic ecosystem monitoring of soft scale and mealybug infestations in Australian vineyards.
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2023 Ward, C. M., Onetto, C. A., Heuvel, S. V. D., Dixon, R., & Borneman, A. R. (2023). Metagenomic ecosystem monitoring of soft scale insects and mealybug communities. Oeno One, 57(4), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2023 Onetto, C. A., Kutyna, D. R., Kolouchova, R., McCarthy, J., Borneman, A. R., & Schmidt, S. A. (2023). SO2and copper tolerance exhibit an evolutionary trade-off in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Plos Genetics, 19(3), 27 pages.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC10
2023 Onetto, C. A., Ward, C. M., & Borneman, A. R. (2023). The Genome Assembly of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 2023, 14 pages.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5
2023 Ward, C., Onetto, C., Van Den Heuvel, S., Cuijvers, K., Hale, L., & Borneman, A. (2023). The genomic landscape of wild<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>is shaped by complex patterns of admixture, aneuploidy and recombination.
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2022 Onetto, C., Ward, C., & Borneman, A. (2022). The phased diploid genome assembly of<i>Vitis vinifera cv</i>. Shiraz.
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2022 Onetto, C. A., Sosnowski, M. R., Van Den Heuvel, S., & Borneman, A. R. (2022). Population genomics of the grapevine pathogen Eutypa lata reveals evidence for population expansion and intraspecific differences in secondary metabolite gene clusters. Plos Genetics, 18(4), 16 pages.
DOI Scopus17 WoS17 Europe PMC15
2022 Kutyna, D. R., Onetto, C. A., Williams, T. C., Goold, H. D., Paulsen, I. T., Pretorius, I. S., . . . Borneman, A. R. (2022). Construction of a synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae pan-genome neo-chromosome. Nature Communications, 13(1), 3628-1-3628-9.
DOI Scopus24 WoS21 Europe PMC20
2021 Bartel, C., Roach, M., Onetto, C., Curtin, C., Varela, C., & Borneman, A. (2021). Adaptive evolution of sulfite tolerance in Brettanomyces bruxellensis. FEMS Yeast Research, 21(5), 1-12.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC9
2021 Onetto, C. A., Borneman, A. R., & Schmidt, S. A. (2021). Strain-Specific Responses by Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Competition by Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts. Fermentation, 7(3), 165.
DOI Scopus18 WoS15
2021 Onetto, C. A., Costello, P. J., Kolouchova, R., Jordans, C., McCarthy, J., & Schmidt, S. A. (2021). Analysis of transcriptomic response to SO2 by oenococcus oeni growing in continuous culture. Microbiology Spectrum, 9(2), 15 pages.
DOI Scopus13 WoS14 Europe PMC6
2020 Parker, M., Onetto, C., Hixson, J., Bilogrevic, E., Schueth, L., Pisaniello, L., . . . Francis, L. (2020). Factors Contributing to Interindividual Variation in Retronasal Odor Perception from Aroma Glycosides: The Role of Odorant Sensory Detection Threshold, Oral Microbiota, and Hydrolysis in Saliva. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(38), 10299-10309.
DOI Scopus38 WoS33 Europe PMC25
2020 Onetto, C. A., Borneman, A. R., & Schmidt, S. A. (2020). Investigating the effects of Aureobasidium pullulans on grape juice composition and fermentation. Food Microbiology, 90, 10 pages.
DOI Scopus39 WoS36 Europe PMC19
2020 Tondini, F., Onetto Carvallo, C. A., & Jiranek, V. (2020). Early adaptation strategies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Torulaspora delbrueckii to co-inoculation in high sugar grape must-like media. Food Microbiology, 90, 103463.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC6
2020 Varela, C., Bartel, C., Onetto, C., & Borneman, A. (2020). Targeted gene deletion in Brettanomyces bruxellensis with an expression-free CRISPR-Cas9 system.. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104(16), 7105-7115.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC4
2020 Onetto, C. A., Schmidt, S. A., Roach, M. J., & Borneman, A. R. (2020). Comparative genome analysis proposes three new Aureobasidium species isolated from grape juice. FEMS Yeast Research, 20(6), 16 pages.
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2019 Onetto, C. A., Grbin, P. R., McIlroy, S. J., & Eales, K. L. (2019). Genomic insights into the metabolism of 'Candidatus Defluviicoccus seviourii', a member of Defluviicoccus cluster III abundant in industrial activated sludge.. FEMS microbiology ecology, 95(2), 12 pages.
DOI Scopus22 WoS19 Europe PMC15
2018 Tondini, F., Jiranek, V., Grbin, P. R., & Onetto, C. A. (2018). Genome sequence of Australian indigenous wine yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii COFT1 using nanopore sequencing. Genome Announcements, 6(17), e00321-18-1-e00321-18-2.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC8
2018 McIlroy, S., Onetto, C., McIlroy, B., Herbst, F., Dueholm, M., Kirkegaard, R., . . . Nielsen, P. (2018). Genomic and in Situ Analyses reveal the Micropruina spp. as Abundant fermentative glycogen accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(MAY), 12 pages.
DOI Scopus67 WoS57 Europe PMC35
2017 Onetto, C., Eales, K., & Grbin, P. (2017). Remediation of Thiothrix spp. associated bulking problems by raw wastewater feeding: A full-scale experience. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 40(6), 396-399.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC6
2017 Onetto, C., Eales, K., Guagliardo, P., Kilburn, M., Gambetta, J., & Grbin, P. (2017). Managing the excessive proliferation of glycogen accumulating organisms in industrial activated sludge by nitrogen supplementation: A FISH-NanoSIMS approach. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 40(8), 500-507.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2017 Onetto, C. A., & Bordeu, E. (2017). Erratum to: Pre-alcoholic fermentation acidification of red grape must using Lactobacillus plantarum (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, (2015), 108, 6, (1469-1475), 10.1007/s10482-015-0602-4). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 110(9), 1243.
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2015 Onetto, C. A., & Bordeu, E. (2015). Pre-alcoholic fermentation acidification of red grape must using Lactobacillus plantarum. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, 108(6), 1469-1475.
DOI Scopus20 WoS16 Europe PMC8

Year Citation
2025 Onetto, C., Ward, C., Varela, C., Hale, L., Schmidt, S., Anthony., & Borneman. (2025). Genetic and phenotypic diversity of wine-associated <i>Hanseniaspora</i> species.
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2025 Onetto, C. A., Rossi, J., Cordente, A. G., Van Den Heuvel, S., & Borneman, A. R. (2025). Retrotransposon-mediated duplication of <i>SSU1</i> in high SO<sub>2</sub> tolerant <i>Brettanomyces bruxellensis</i> winery isolates.
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2024 Ward, C., Onetto, C., & Borneman, A. (2024). Adaptation during the transition from<i>Ophiocordyceps</i>entomopathogen to insect associate is accompanied by gene loss and intensified selection.
DOI
2024 Onetto, C., McCarthy, J., & Schmidt, S. (2024). A rapid growth rate underpins the dominance of<i>Hanseniaspora uvarum</i>in spontaneous grape juice fermentations.
DOI
2024 Onetto, C., Ward, C., Van Den Heuvel, S., Hale, L., Cuijvers, K., & Borneman, A. (2024). Temporal and spatial dynamics within the fungal microbiome of grape fermentation.
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2024 Onetto, C., Nagahatenna, D., Wang, Y. M., Pagay, V., & Borneman, A. (2024). Viral diversity and phloem transcriptional changes in Grapevine Shiraz disease infected vines.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor The role of dicistronic tRNA-mRNA transcripts in plant systemic signalling and its application as a mobile genome-editing system for grapevine functional genomics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fei Zheng
2023 Co-Supervisor The role of dicistronic tRNA-mRNA transcripts in plant systemic signalling and its application as a mobile genome-editing system for grapevine functional genomics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fei Zheng

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