The microbiome associated with two Synechococcus ribotypes at different levels of ecological interaction.

Callieri, Cristiana; Amalfitano, Stefano; Corno, Gianluca; Di Cesare, Andrea; Bertoni, Roberto; Eckert, Ester M

Articolo in rivista: Journal of phycology (Online)
Keywords: associated microbiome; coexistence; picocyanobacteria; predation; Synechococcus

Different substrates within a lake harbour connected but specialised microbial communities

Eckert, Ester M.; Amalfitano, Stefano; Di Cesare, Andrea; Manzari, Caterina; Corno, Gianluca; Fontaneto, Diego

Articolo in rivista: Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print)
Keywords: Bacteria; Community assembly; Dispersal; Illumina; Levins' niche breadth

A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants

Marano, Roberto B.M.; Fernandes, Telma; Manaia, Célia M.; Nunes, Olga; Morrison, Donald; Berendonk, Thomas U.; Kreuzinger, Norbert; Telson, Tanel; Corno, Gianluca; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Merlin, Christophe; Topp, Edward; Jurkevitch, Edouard; Henn, Leonie; Scott, Andrew; Heß, Stefanie; Slipko, Katarzyna; Laht, Mailis; Kisand, Veljo; Di Cesare, Andrea; Karaolia, Popi; Michael, Stella G.; Petre, Alice L.; Rosal, Roberto; Pruden, Amy; Riquelme, Virginia; Agüera, Ana; Esteban, Belen; Luczkiewicz, Aneta; Kalinowska, Agnieszka; Leonard, Anne; Gaze, William H.; Adegoke, Anthony A.; Stenstrom, Thor A.; Pollice, Alfieri; Salerno, Carlo; Schwermer, Carsten U.; Krzeminski, Pawel; Guilloteau, Hélène; Donner, Erica; Drigo, Barbara; Libralato, Giovanni; Guida, Marco; Bürgmann, Helmut; Beck, Karin; Garelick, Hemda; Tacão, Marta; Henriques, Isabel; Martínez-Alcalá, Isabel; Guillén-Navarro, Jose M.; Popowska, Magdalena; Piotrowska, Marta; Quintela-Baluja, Marcos; Bunce, Joshua T.; Polo-López, Maria I.; Nahim-Granados, Samira; Pons, Marie Noëlle; Milakovic, Milena; Udikovic-Kolic, Nikolina; Ory, Jérôme; Ousmane, Traore; Caballero, Pilar; Oliver, Antoni; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Balcazar, Jose L.; Jäger, Thomas; Schwartz, Thomas; Yang, Ying; Zou, Shichun; Lee, Yunho; Yoon, Younggun; Herzog, Bastian; Mayrhofer, Heidrun; Prakash, Om; Nimonkar, Yogesh; Heath, Ester; Baraniak, Anna; Abreu-Silva, Joana; Choudhury, Manika; Munoz, Leonardo P.; Krizanovic, Stela; Brunetti, Gianluca; Maile-Moskowitz, Ayella; Brown, Connor; Cytryn, Eddie

Articolo in rivista: Environment international 144
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Coliforms; ESBLs; Wastewater treatment; Water reuse

Tossed 'good luck' coins as vectors for anthropogenic pollution into aquatic environment

Alejandro Martínez, Andrea Di Cesare, Neus Mari-Mena, Guillermo García-Gomez, Alvaro Garcia-Herrero, Gianluca Corno, Diego Fontaneto, Ester M. Eckert

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 259
Keywords: antibiotic resistance genes; anchialine cave; lanzarote

Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands: An Anchialine UNESCO Global Geopark

Martínez A., García-Gómez G., García-Herrero Á., Di Cesare A., Corno G., Herrera R., Moro L., Eckert E. & Fontaneto D.

Contributo in volume:
Keywords: lanzarote

Indagini limnologiche recenti sul Lago Maggiore: criticità emergenti, nuovi approcci di studio e possibili implicazioni gestionali

Morabito G., Austoni M., Callieri C., Ciampittiello M., Corno G., Di Cesare A., Dresti C., Eckert E., Manca M., Piscia R., Rogora M., Saidi H., Bertoni R.

Contributo in atti di convegno: I grandi laghi profondi subalpini: dalla ricerca alla gestione, Verbania Pallanza (VB), 25 ottobre 2016
Keywords: Indagini limnologiche; Laghi profondi; CIPAIS

Defence strategies and antibiotic resistance gene abundance in enterococci under stress by exposure to low doses of peracetic acid

Turolla, Andrea; Sabatino, Raffaella; Sabatino, Raffaella; Fontaneto, Diego; Eckert, Ester M.; Colinas, Noemi; Corno, Gianluca; Citterio, Barbara; Biavasco, Francesca; Antonelli, Manuela; Mauro, Alessandro; Mauro, Alessandro; Mangiaterra, Gianmarco; Di Cesare, Andrea

Articolo in rivista: Chemosphere 185, pp. 480–488
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Disinfection; Enterococcus faecium; Peracetic acid; Wastewater treatment

Rainfall increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes within a riverine microbial community

Di Cesare A.; Eckert E.M.; Rogora M.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 226, pp. 473–478
Keywords: Anthropic impact; Antibiotic resistance; Rain; River microbial community; River pollution

Microplastics increase impact of treated wastewater on freshwater microbial community

Eckert, Ester M.; Di Cesare, Andrea; Kettner, Marie Therese; Arias-Andres, Maria; Fontaneto, Diego; Grossart, Hans Peter; Corno, Gianluca

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 234, pp. 495–502
Keywords: Anthropogenic pollution; Biofilm; Freshwater microbial communities; Integrase 1; Microplastics; Treated wastewater

Fitness and Recovery of Bacterial Communities and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Urban Wastewaters Exposed to Classical Disinfection Treatments

Di Cesare, Andrea; Fontaneto, Diego; Doppelbauer, Julia; Corno, Gianluca

Articolo in rivista: Environmental science & technology 50 (18), pp. 10153–10161
Keywords: wastewater; bacteria

Daphnia as a refuge for an antibiotic resistance gene in an experimental freshwater community

Eckert, Ester M.; Di Cesare, Andrea; Stenzel, Birgit; Stenzel, Birgit; Fontaneto, Diego; Corno, Gianluca

Articolo in rivista: Science of the total environment 571, pp. 77–81
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance

Presenza e distribuzione di batteri antibiotico-resistenti nelle acque del Lago Maggiore

Corno, Gianluca and Di Cesare, Andrea and Eckert, Ester M. and Contesini, Mario and Bertoni, Roberto

Rapporto di progetto (Project report):
Keywords: CIPAIS; Lago Maggiore; Limnologia; Campagna 2014; Rapporto triennale 2013-2015; Batteri antibiotico-resistenti; Geni di antibiotico-resistenza

Co-selection of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance in freshwater bacteria

Di Cesare A.; Eckert E.M.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Journal of limnology (Testo stamp.) 75 (2S), pp. 59–66
Keywords: Anthropization; Antibiotic resistance; Co-selection; Heavy metal; Lake orta

Co-occurrence of integrase 1, antibiotic and heavy metal resistance genes in municipal wastewater treatment plants

Di Cesare A.; Eckert E.M.; D'Urso S.; Bertoni R.; Gillan D.C.; Wattiez R.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 94, pp. 208–214
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance genes; Co-selection; Heavy metal resistance genes; Wastewater treatment plant

Diverse distribution of Toxin-Antitoxin II systems in Salmonella enterica serovars

Di Cesare A.; Losasso C.; Barco L.; Eckert E.M.; Conficoni D.; Sarasini G.; Corno G.; Ricci A.

Articolo in rivista: Scientific reports (Nature Publishing Group) 6
Keywords: Microbial ecology; microbiology

Resistance to biocides in Listeria monocytogenes collected in meat-processing environments

Conficoni D.; Losasso C.; Cortini E.; Di Cesare A.; Cibin V.; Giaccone V.; Corno G.; Ricci A.

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology 7
Keywords: Efflux pumps; Environment; Food-processing plants; Gene expression; Listeria monocytogenes; Resistance genes

Impact of industrial wastewater on the dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale urban wastewater treatment plant

Antonino Fiorentino, Andrea Di Cesare, Ester M. Eckert, Luigi Rizzo, Diego Fontaneto, Ying Yang, Gianluca Corno

Articolo in rivista: Science of the total environment 646 (1), pp. 1204–1210
Keywords: wastewater

Disinfection of urban wastewater by a new photo-Fenton like process using Cu-iminodisuccinic acid complex as catalyst at neutral pH

Antonino Fiorentino, Raffaele Cucciniello, Andrea Di Cesare, Diego Fontaneto, Prisco Prete, Luigi Rizzo, Gianluca Corno, Antonio Proto

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 146, pp. 206–215
Keywords: wastewater

Wastewater effluents influence the microbiome and the resistome of the receiving water

Corno G., Eckert E. M., Di Cesare A., Fontaneto D., Yang Y.

Poster: FEMS17 VII Congress of European Microbiologists, Valencia, Spagna, 9-13 luglio 2017
Keywords: Wastewater treatment; Antibioric Resistance; Resistome; Microbiome

Modulate response of the microbiome and resistome of natural bacterial communities exposed to treated wastewater effluents

Corno G., Di Cesare A., Eckert E., Yang Y., Subirats J.

Presentazione: SAME17 Symposium on Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Zagabria, Croazia, 3-8 settembre 2017
Keywords: Wastewater treatment; Antibioric Resistance; Resistome; Microbiome

Microplastics increase int1 abundance and persistence of wastewater-derived microbes in freshwater

Di Cesare A., Eckert E. M., Kettner M. T., Arias-Andrés M., Fontaneto D., Grossart H., Corno G.

Poster: SIM 2017 XLV Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Microbiologia, Genova, 27-30 settembre 2017
Keywords: Microplastics; Antibiotic Resistance; Wastewater-derived microbes; Freshwaters

Constitutive presence of antibiotic resistance genes within the bacterial community of a large subalpine lake

Di Cesare, Andrea; Eckert, Ester M.; Teruggi, Alessia; Fontaneto, Diego; Bertoni, Roberto; Callieri, Cristiana; Corno, Gianluca

Articolo in rivista: Molecular ecology (Print) 24 (15), pp. 3888–3900
Keywords: anthropic impact; antibiotic resistance genes; microbial ecology; quantitative real-time PCR; subalpine lakes

Presenza e distribuzione di batteri antibiotico-resistenti nelle acque del Lago Maggiore

Gianluca Corno; Andrea Di Cesare; Ester M. Eckert; Mario Contesini; Roberto Bertoni

Rapporto di ricerca (Research report):
Keywords: CIPAIS; Lago Maggiore; Limnologia; Campagna 2013; Rapporto triennale 2013-2015; Batteri antibiotico-resistenti; Geni di antibiotico-resistenza; Tetracicline

Spatial distribution of antibiotic and heavy metal resistance genes in the Black Sea

Raffaella Sabatino, Andrea Di Cesare, Nina Dzhembekova, Diego Fontaneto, Ester M. Eckert, Gianluca, Corno, Snejana Moncheva, Roberto Bertoni, Cristiana Callieri

Articolo in rivista: Marine pollution bulletin. 160 (111635)
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; heavy metal resistance; deep sea

Contribution of microplastic particles to the spread of resistances and pathogenic bacteria in treated wastewaters

Silvia Galafassi, Raffaella Sabatino, María Belén Sathicq, Ester M. Eckert, Diego Fontaneto, Giulia Dalla Fontana, Raffaella Mossotti, Gianluca Corno, Pietro Volta, Andrea Di Cesare

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 201 (117368)
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Disinfection; Ozonation; Plastisphere; Resistance genes; Sewage

Combination of flow cytometry and molecular analysis to monitor the effect of UVC/H 2 O 2 vs UVC/H 2 O 2 /Cu-IDS processes on pathogens and antibiotic resistant genes in secondary wastewater effluents

Andrea Di Cesare, Marco De Carluccio, Ester M. Eckert, Diego Fontaneto, Antonino Fiorentino, Gianluca Corno, Prisco Prete, Raffaele Cucciniello, Antonio Proto, Luigi Rizzo

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 184 (116194)
Keywords: Advanced Oxidation Process; Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial regrowth; photo Fenton like; Wastewater disinfection; Water reuse

Genomic Comparison and Spatial Distribution of Different Synechococcus Phylotypes in the Black Sea

Andrea Di Cesare1, Nina Dzhembekova2, Pedro J. Cabello-Yeves3, Ester M. Eckert1, Violeta Slabakova2, Nataliya Slabakova2, Elisaveta Peneva4, Roberto Bertoni1, Gianluca Corno1, Michaela M. Salcher5, Lyudmila Kamburska1, Filippo Bertoni6, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera3,7, Snejana Moncheva2 and Cristiana Callieri1

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology
Keywords: marine Synechococcus spp.; rpoC1; qPCR; mesopelagic Black Sea; epipelagic Black Sea

Impact of disinfection processes on bacterial community in urban wastewater: should we rethink microbial assessment methods?

Andrea Di Cesare1, Gianluca Corno1, Célia M. Manaia2, Luigi Rizzo3

Articolo in rivista: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Keywords: antibiotic resistancebacterial regrowthdisinfectioncultivation methodsmolecular methodswastewater reuse

The role of metal contamination in shaping microbial communities in heavily polluted marine sediments

Di Cesare A.; Pjevac P.; Eckert E.; Curkov N.; Miko Sparica M.; Corno G.; Orlic S.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 265
Keywords: SedimentsPollutionHeavy metalsMetal resistance genesMicrobial diversity

Assessing antimicrobial resistance gene load in vegan, vegetarian and omnivore human gut microbiota

Losasso C.; Di Cesare A.; Mastrorilli E.; Patuzzi I.; Cibin V.; Eckert E.M.; Fontaneto D.; Vanzo A.; Ricci A.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: International journal of antimicrobial agents (Print) 52, pp. 702–705
Keywords: microbiome; diet

Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes in large subalpine lakes: the role of anthropogenic pollution and ecological interactions

Eckert E.M.; Di Cesare A.; Coci M.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print) 824 (1), pp. 93–108
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance genes; Antibioticresistant bacteria; Subalpine lakes; Species interactions; Anthropogenic impact

Effluents of wastewater treatment plants promote the rapid stabilization of the antibiotic resistome in receiving freshwater bodies

Gianluca Corno; Ying Yang; Ester M. Eckert; Diego Fontaneto; Antonino Fiorentino; Silvia Galafassi; Tong Zhang; Andrea Di Cesare

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 158, pp. 72–81
Keywords: antibiotic resistome

Antibiotic disturbance affects aquatic microbial community composition and food web interactions but not community resilience

Ester M. Eckert1, Grazia M. Quero, Andrea Di Cesare Giuliana Manfredini, Francesca Mapelli, Sara Borin, Diego Fontaneto, Gian Marco Luna, Gianluca Corno

Articolo in rivista: Molecular ecology (Print) 28, pp. 1170–1182
Keywords: antibiotic resistance

The mesopelagic anoxic Black Sea as an unexpected habitat for Synechococcus challenges our understanding of global 'deep red fluorescence'

Callieri, Cristiana; Slabakova, Violeta; Dzhembekova, Nina; Slabakova, Nataliya; Peneva, Elisaveta; Cabello-Yeves, Pedro J.; Di Cesare, Andrea; Eckert, Ester M.; Bertoni, Roberto; Corno, Gianluca; Salcher, Michaela M.; Kamburska, Lyudmila; Bertoni, Filippo; Moncheva, Snejana

Articolo in rivista: The ISME journal (Print) 13 (7), pp. 1676–1687
Keywords: microbial ecology

High-quality treated wastewater causes remarkable changes in natural microbial communities and intI1 gene abundance

Subirats, Jèssica; Di Cesare, Andrea; Varela della Giustina, Saulo; Fiorentino, Antonino; Eckert, Ester M.; Rodriguez-Mozaz, Sara; Borrego, Carles M.; Corno, Gianluca

Articolo in rivista: Water research (Oxf.) 167
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Aquatic bacteria; Biofilm; Cefotaxime; Heavy metal resistance; Treated wastewater

Evaluation and quantification of antimicrobial residues and antimicrobial resistance genes in two Italian swine farms

Petrin, Sara; Patuzzi, Ilaria; Di Cesare, Andrea; Tiengo, Alessia; Sette, Giovanni; Biancotto, Giancarlo; Corno, Gianluca; Drigo, Michele; Losasso, Carmen; Cibin, Veronica

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 255
Keywords: Antimicrobial residues; Antimicrobial resistance genes; Italy; qPCR; Swine farming

Every fifth published metagenome is not available to science

Ester M. Eckert, Andrea Di Cesare, Diego Fontaneto, Thomas U. Berendonk, Helmut Bürgmann, Eddie Cytryn, Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Andrea Franzetti, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Célia M. Manaia, Amy Pruden, Andrew C. Singer, Nikolina Udikovic-Kolic, Gianluca Corno

Articolo in rivista: PLoS biology (Online) 18 (4)
Keywords: metagenomics; scientometrics

Seasonality of the antibiotic resistance gene bla CTX-M in temperate Lake Maggiore

Eckert E.M.; Di Cesare A.; Malki L.-S.; Villiger J.; Pernthaler J.; Callieri C.; Bertoni R.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print) 843, pp. 143–153
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; lake; sediment

The vertical distribution of tetA and intI1 in a deep lake is rather due to sedimentation than to resuspension

Di Cesare A.; Eckert E.M.; Cottin C.; Bouchez A.; Callieri C.; Contesini M.; Lami A.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: FEMS microbiology, ecology (print) 96
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; intI1; freshwater lake; vertical column; sediment water interface; bacterial community

Elimination from wastewater of antibiotics reserved for hospital settings, with a Fenton process based on zero-valent iron

Furia F.; Minella M.; Gosetti F.; Turci F.; Sabatino R.; Di Cesare A.; Corno G.; Vione D.

Articolo in rivista: Chemosphere 283
Keywords: antibiotic resistance

Are microplastic particles a hotspot for the spread and the persistence of antibiotic resistance in aquatic systems?

Sathicq M.B.; Sabatino R.; Corno G.; Di Cesare A.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 279
Keywords: microplastic; antibiotic resistance; microbial ecology+

Microplastic retention in small and medium municipal wastewater treatment plants and the role of the disinfection

Galafassi S.; Di Cesare A.; Di Nardo L.; Sabatino R.; Valsesia A.; Fumagalli F.S.; Corno G.; Volta P.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental science and pollution research international
Keywords: x

ddPCR applied on archived Continuous Plankton Recorder samples reveals long-term occurrence of class 1 integrons and a sulphonamide resistance gene in marine plankton communities

Andrea Di Cesare, Sara Petrin, Diego Fontaneto, Carmen Losasso, Ester M. Eckert, Giovanni Tassistro, Alessio Borello, Antonia Ricci, William H. Wilson, Carla Pruzzo, Luigi Vezzulli

Articolo in rivista: Environmental microbiology reports 10 (4), pp. 458–464
Keywords: ddPCR

Comparative phylogeography reveals consistently shallow genetic diversity in a mitochondrial marker in Antarctic bdelloid rotifers

Zeyneb Vildan Cakil, Giuseppe Garlasché, Nataliia Iakovenko, Andrea Di Cesare, Ester M. Eckert, Roberto Guidetti, Lina Hamdan, Karel Janko, Dzmitry Lukashanets, Lorena Rebecchi, Stefano Schiaparelli, Tommaso Sforzi, Eva ?tefková Ka?parová, Alejandro Velasco-Castrillón, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Diego Fontaneto

Articolo in rivista: Journal of biogeography (Print) 48 (7), pp. 1797–1809
Keywords: rotifera; antarctica

Antarctic coastal nanoplankton dynamics revealed by metabarcoding of desalination plant filters: Detection of short-term events and implications for routine monitoring

Matteo Cecchetto, Andrea Di Cesare, Ester Eckert, Giulia Fassio, Diego Fontaneto, Isabella Moro, Marco Oliverio, Katia Sciuto, Giovanni Tassistro, Luigi Vezzulli, Stefano Schiaparelli

Articolo in rivista: Science of the total environment 757 (143809)
Keywords: Antarctica; DNA metabarcoding

The genome of a freshwater planktonic Synechococcus strain reveals the potentiality to fix nitrogen

Callieri C., Di Cesare A., Cabello Yeves P. J., Cristmas N., Salcher M., Sanchez-Baracaldo P.

Presentazione: XXIII Congresso della Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia 'Funzionamento, alterazioni e recupero degli ecosistemi acquatici. Le scienze acquatiche per comprendere i cambiamenti e per renderne i cittadini consapevoli', Cagliari, 26-29 settembre 2017
Keywords: Synechococcus; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Nif gene

Insights Into the Evolution of Picocyanobacteria and Phycoerythrin Genes (mpeBA and cpeBA)

Sanchez-Baracaldo, Patricia; Bianchini, Giorgio; Di Cesare, Andrea; Callieri, Cristiana; Chrismas, Nathan AM

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology 10
Keywords: picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Cyanobium; phycobilisomes; phylogenomics; comparative genomics; phycoerythrin; Microbiology; microbial genetics; microbial ecology; mycology; picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Cyanobium; Phycobilisomes; Phylogenomics; Comparative genomics; Phycoerythrin; picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus; picocyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Cyanobium; phycobilisomes; phylogenomics; comparative genomics; phycoerythrin

pHT?-promoted mobilization of non-conjugative resistance plasmids from Enterococcus faecium to Enterococcus faecalis

Di Sante L.; Morroni G.; Brenciani A.; Vignaroli C.; Antonelli A.; D'Andrea M.M.; Cesare A.D.; Giovanetti E.; Varaldo P.E.; Rossolini G.M.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (Print) 72 (9), pp. 2447–2453
Keywords: Plasmids; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium

Adherence and intracellular survival within human macrophages of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from coastal marine sediment

Sabatino R.; Di Cesare A.; Pasquaroli S.; Vignaroli C.; Citterio B.; Amiri M.; Rossi L.; Magnani M.; Mauro A.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Microbes and infection 17 (9), pp. 660–664
Keywords: Adhesion; Enterococcus faecalis; Internalization; Macrophages

Effect of starvation on survival and virulence expression of Aeromonas hydrophila from different sources

Casabianca, Anna; Orlandi, Chiara; Barbieri, Federica; Sabatini, Luigia; Di Cesare, Andrea; Sisti, Davide; Pasquaroli, Sonia; Magnani, Mauro; Citterio, Barbara

Articolo in rivista: Archives of microbiology 197 (3), pp. 431–438
Keywords: Aeromonas hydrophila; qRT-PCR; Virulence; Nutritional stress; Isolation sources; VBNC

Enterococcus faecium ST17 from Coastal Marine Sediment Carrying Transferable Multidrug Resistance Plasmids

Morroni G.; Di Cesare A.; Di Sante L.; Brenciani A.; Vignaroli C.; Pasquaroli S.; Giovanetti E.; Sabatino R.; Rossi L.; Magnani M.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont N.Y.) 22 (7), pp. 523–530
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance plasmid characterization; enterococci; toxin/antitoxin system

Role of Biofilm in Protection of the Replicative Form of Legionella pneumophila

Elisa Andreozzi; Andrea Di Cesare; Luigia Sabatini; Elisa Chessa; Davide Sisti; Marco Rocchi; Barbara Citterio

Articolo in rivista: Current microbiology (Print) 69 (6), pp. 769–774
Keywords: Legionella pneumophila; Biofilm

Adhesion of marine cryptic Escherichia isolates to human intestinal epithelial cells

Vignaroli C.; Di Sante L.; Magi G.; Luna G.M.; Di Cesare A.; Pasquaroli S.; Facinelli B.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: The ISME journal (Print) 9, pp. 508–515
Keywords: marine sediments; Escherichia

Dynamics of the Pacific oyster pathobiota during mortality episodes in Europe assessed by 16S rRNA gene profiling and a new target enrichment next-generation sequencing strategy

Lasa A.; di Cesare A.; Tassistro G.; Borello A.; Gualdi S.; Furones D.; Carrasco N.; Cheslett D.; Brechon A.; Paillard C.; Bidault A.; Pernet F.; Canesi L.; Edomi P.; Pallavicini A.; Pruzzo C.; Vezzulli L.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental microbiology (Print) 21, pp. 4548–4562
Keywords: Pathogenic bacteria

Detection of viable but non-culturable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis by qPCR: A validation study

Mangiaterra G.; Amiri M.; Di Cesare A.; Pasquaroli S.; Manso E.; Cirilli N.; Citterio B.; Vignaroli C.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: BMC infectious diseases (Online) 18
Keywords: Cystic fibrosis; Lung infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Viable but non-culturable bacterial forms; qPCR

Antibiotic and heavy metal resistance in enterococci from coastal marine sediment

Vignaroli C.; Pasquaroli S.; Citterio B.; Di Cesare A.; Mangiaterra G.; Fattorini D.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 237, pp. 406–413
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance genesAntimicrobial residuesSwine farmingItalyqPCR

Role of daptomycin in the induction and persistence of the viable but non-culturable state of Staphylococcus Aureus biofilms

Pasquaroli S.; Citterio B.; di Cesare A.D.; Amiri M.; Manti A.; Vuotto C.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Pathogens 3, pp. 759–768
Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus biofilm; VBNC; daptomycin

Erythromycin- and copper-resistant Enterococcus hirae from marine sediment and co-transfer of erm(B) and tcrB to human Enterococcus faecalis

Pasquaroli S.; Di Cesare A.; Vignaroli C.; Conti G.; Citterio B.; Biavasco F.

Articolo in rivista: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 80, pp. 26–28
Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Heavy metals; Marine environment

An extensive investigation into the prevalence and the genetic and serological diversity of toxigenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Italian marine coastal waters

Ottaviani D.; Leoni F.; Rocchegiani E.; Mioni R.; Costa A.; Virgilio S.; Serracca L.; Bove D.; Canonico C.; Di Cesare A.; Masini L.; Potenziani S.; Caburlotto G.; Ghidini V.; Lleo M.M.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental microbiology (Online) 15, pp. 1377–1386
Keywords: Vibrio parahaemolyticus

ChAMBRe: A new atmospheric simulation chamber for aerosol modelling and bio-aerosol research

Massabo D.; Giulia Danelli S.; Brotto P.; Comite A.; Costa C.; Di Cesare A.; Francois Doussin J.; Ferraro F.; Formenti P.; Gatta E.; Negretti L.; Oliva M.; Parodi F.; Vezzulli L.; Prati P.

Articolo in rivista: Atmospheric measurement techniques (Print) 11, pp. 5885–5900
Keywords: atmospheric simulation chamber

Frenemies: Interactions between rhizospheric bacteria and fungi from metalliferous soils

Rosatto S.; Cecchi G.; Roccotiello E.; Piazza S.D.; Cesare A.D.; Mariotti M.G.; Vezzulli L.; Zotti M.

Articolo in rivista: Life (Basel) 11
Keywords: bacteria-fungal interactions; biofilmco-growth; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Streptomyces vinaceus; Penicillium ochrochloron; Trichoderma harzianum grouprhizosphere

Bioplastic accumulates antibiotic and metal resistance genes in coastal marine sediments

Di Cesare A.; Pinnell L.J.; Brambilla D.; Elli G.; Sabatino R.; Sathicq M.B.; Corno G.; O'Donnell C.; Turner J.W.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 291
Keywords: Plastisphere; Bioplastic; Antibiotic resistance; Metal resistance; Pathogen

Antibiotic resistance genes and potentially pathogenic bacteria in the central adriatic sea: Are they connected to urban wastewater inputs?

Fonti V.; Di Cesare A.; Sangulin J.; Negro P.D.; Celussi M.

Articolo in rivista: Water (Basel) 13
Keywords: 16S rDNA; fecal bacteria; antibiotic resistance; marine water; sewage; potentially pathogenic bacteria

The meiofauna as neglected carriers of antibiotic resistant and pathogenic bacteria in freshwater ecosystems

Sathicq M.B.; Sbaffi T.; Borgomaneiro G.; Di Cesare A.; Sabatino R.

Articolo in rivista: Journal of limnology (Testo stamp.) 80
Keywords: ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; PATHOGENS

Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes in the urban water cycle

Bonetta, Silvia; Di Cesare, Andrea; Pignata, Cristina; Sabatino, Raffaella; Macri, Manuela; Corno, Gianluca; Panizzolo, Marco; Bonetta, Sara; Carraro, Elisabetta

Articolo in rivista: Environmental science and pollution research international
Keywords: Urban water cycle; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic resistance bacteria; Antibiotic resistance genes; Wastewater treatment; Drinking water treatment

Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

Munk P.; Brinch C.; Moller F.D.; Petersen T.N.; Hendriksen R.S.; Seyfarth A.M.; Kjeldgaard J.S.; Svendsen C.A.; van Bunnik B.; Berglund F.; Bego A.; Power P.; Rees C.; Lambrinidis D.; Neilson E.H.J.; Gibb K.; Coventry K.; Collignon P.; Cassar S.; Allerberger F.; Begum A.; Hossain Z.Z.; Worrell C.; Vandenberg O.; Pieters I.; Victorien D.T.; Gutierrez A.D.S.; Soria F.; Grujic V.R.; Mazalica N.; Rahube T.O.; Tagliati C.A.; Rodrigues D.; Oliveira G.; de Souza L.C.R.; Ivanov I.; Juste B.I.; Oumar T.; Sopheak T.; Vuthy Y.; Ngandijo A.; Nzouankeu A.; Olivier Z.A.A.J.; Yost C.K.; Kumar P.; Brar S.K.; Tabo D.-A.; Adell A.D.; Paredes-Osses E.; Martinez M.C.; Cuadros-Orellana S.; Ke C.; Zheng H.; Baisheng L.; Lau L.T.; Chung T.; Jiao X.; Yu Y.; JiaYong Z.; Morales J.F.B.; Valencia M.F.; Donado-Godoy P.; Coulibaly K.J.; Hrenovic J.; Jergovic M.; Karpiskova R.; Deogratias Z.N.; Elsborg B.; Hansen L.T.; Jensen P.E.; Abouelnaga M.; Salem M.F.; Koolmeister M.; Legesse M.; Eguale T.; Heikinheimo A.; Le Guyader S.; Schaeffer J.; Villacis J.E.; Sanneh B.; Malania L.; Nitsche A.; Brinkmann A.; Schubert S.; Hesse S.; Berendonk T.U.; Saba C.K.S.; Mohammed J.; Feglo P.K.; Banu R.A.; Kotzamanidis C.; Lytras E.; Lickes S.A.; Kocsis B.; Solymosi N.; Thorsteinsdottir T.R.; Hatha A.M.; Ballal M.; Bangera S.R.; Fani F.; Alebouyeh M.; Morris D.; O'Connor L.; Cormican M.; Moran-Gilad J.; Battisti A.; Diaconu E.L.; Corno G.; Di Cesare A.; Alba P.; Hisatsune J.; Yu L.; Kuroda M.; Sugai M.; Kayama S.; Shakenova Z.; Kiiyukia C.; Ng'eno E.; Raka L.; Jamil K.; Fakhraldeen S.A.; Alaati T.; Berzins A.; Avsejenko J.; Kokina K.; Streikisa M.; Bartkevics V.; Matar G.M.; Daoud Z.; Pereckiene A.; Butrimaite-Ambrozeviciene C.; Penny C.; Bastaraud A.; Rasolofoarison T.; Collard J.-M.; Samison L.H.; Andrianarivelo M.R.; Banda D.L.; Amin A.; Rajandas H.; Parimannan S.; Spiteri D.; Haber M.V.; Santchurn S.J.; Vujacic A.; Djurovic D.; Bouchrif B.; Karraouan B.; Vubil D.C.; Pal P.; Schmitt H.; van Passel M.; Jeunen G.-J.; Gemmell N.; Chambers S.T.; Mendoza F.P.; Huete-Piotarez J.; Vilchez S.; Ahmed A.O.; Adisa I.R.; Odetokun I.A.; Fashae K.; Sorgaard A.-M.; Wester A.L.; Ryrfors P.; Holmstad R.; Mohsin M.; Hasan R.; Shakoor S.; Gustafson N.W.; Schill C.H.; Rojas M.L.Z.; Velasquez J.E.; Magtibay B.B.; Catangcatang K.; Sibulo R.; Yauce F.C.; Wasyl D.; Manaia C.; Rocha J.; Martins J.; Alvaro P.; Di Yoong Wen D.; Shin H.; Hur H.-G.; Yoon S.; Bosevska G.; Kochubovski M.; Cojocaru R.; Burduniuc O.; Hong P.-Y.; Perry M.R.; Gassama A.; Radosavljevic V.; Tay M.Y.F.; Zuniga-Montanez R.; Wuertz S.; Gavacova D.; Pastuchova K.; Truska P.; Trkov M.; Keddy K.; Esterhuyse K.; Song M.J.; Quintela-Baluja M.; Lopez M.G.; Cerda-Cuellar M.; Perera R.R.D.P.; Bandara N.K.B.K.R.G.W.; Premasiri H.I.; Pathirage S.; Charlemagne K.; Rutgersson C.; Norrgren L.; Orn S.; Boss R.; Van der Heijden T.; Hong Y.-P.; Kumburu H.H.; Mdegela R.H.; Hounmanou Y.M.G.; Chonsin K.; Suthienkul O.; Thamlikitkul V.; de Roda Husman A.M.; Bidjada B.; Njanpop-Lafourcade B.-M.; Nikiema-Pessinaba S.C.; Levent B.; Kurekci C.; Ejobi F.; Kalule J.B.; Thomsen J.; Obaidi O.; Jassim L.M.; Moore A.; Leonard A.; Graham D.W.; Bunce J.T.; Zhang L.; Gaze W.H.; Lefor B.; Capone D.; Sozzi E.; Brown J.; Meschke J.S.; Sobsey M.D.; Davis M.; Beck N.K.; Sukapanpatharam P.; Truong P.; Lilienthal R.; Kang S.; Wittum T.E.; Rigamonti N.; Baklayan P.; Van C.D.; Tran D.M.N.; Do Phuc N.; Kwenda G.; Larsson D.G.J.; Koopmans M.; Woolhouse M.; Aarestrup F.M.

Articolo in rivista: Nature communications 13
Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Metagenomics; Microbial Ecology; Policy and public health in microbiology

Antibiotic resistance genes correlate with metal resistances and accumulate in the deep water layers of the Black Sea

Sabatino, Raffaella; Cabello-Yeves, Pedro J.; Eckert, Ester M.; Corno, Gianluca; Callieri, Cristiana; Brambilla, Diego; Dzhembekova, Nina; Moncheva, Snejana; Di Cesare, Andrea

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 312
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Metal resistance; Integrons; Metagenomics; Black Sea; Metagenome-assembled genomes

Metagenome Analysis Reveals a Response of the Antibiotic Resistome to Mars-like Extraterrestrial Conditions

Sabatino, Raffaella; Sbaffi, Tomasa; Corno, Gianluca; de Carvalho, Daniel Santana; Uetanabaro, Ana Paula Trovatti; Goes-Neto, Aristoteles; Podolich, Olga; Kozyrovska, Natalia; de Vera, Jean-Pierre; Azevedo, Vasco; Barh, Debmalya; Di Cesare, Andrea

Articolo in rivista: Astrobiology (Larchmt. N.Y.)
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Extraterrestrial environment; Metal resistance; Kombucha multimicrobial community

Calves as Main Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Dairy Farms

Salerno, Barbara; Cornaggia, Matteo; Sabatino, Raffaella; Di Cesare, Andrea; Furlan, Maddalena; Barco, Lisa; Orsini, Massimiliano; Cordioli, Benedetta; Mantovani, Claudio; Bano, Luca; Losasso, Carmen

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology 10
Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; dairy cows; antibiotics; ddPCR; spread

The ZVI-Fenton process affects the total load of human pathogenic bacteria in wastewater samples

Sabatino R.; Furia F.; Eckert E.M.; Minella M.; Corno G.; Di Cesare A.; Vione D.

Articolo in rivista: Journal of Water Process Engineering 47
Keywords: Zero valent iron; Fenton-like process; Wastewater; Pathogens; Antibiotic resistance genes; Advanced oxidation processes

Antibiotic resistance genes load in an antibiotic free organic broiler farm

Salerno, Barbara; Furlan, Maddalena; Sabatino, Raffaella; Di Cesare, Andrea; Leati, Marta; Volanti, Marcello; Barco, Lisa; Orsini, Massimiliano; Losasso, Carmen; Cibin, Veronica

Articolo in rivista: Poultry science (Print) 101 (3)
Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antibiotic free; poultry farm; ddPCR

Increased similarity of aquatic bacterial communities of different origin after antibiotic disturbance

Eckert E.M.; Galafassi S.; Bastidas Navarro M.; Di Cesare A.; Corno G.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 316
Keywords: Microbial community; Antibiotic contamination; Antibiotic resistance; Freshwater; Bacterial diversity

Class 1 integron and related antimicrobial resistance gene dynamics along a complex freshwater system affected by different anthropogenic pressures

Corno G.; Ghaly T.; Sabatino R.; Eckert E.M.; Galafassi S.; Gillings M.R.; Di Cesare A.

Articolo in rivista: Environmental pollution (1987) 316
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Class 1 integrons; Lake; River; Pathogenic bacteria

Co-treatment of landfill leachate with urban wastewater by chemical, physical and biological processes: Fenton oxidation preserves autochthonous bacterial community in the activated sludge process

De Carluccio, Marco; Sabatino, Raffaella; Eckert, Ester M.; Cesare, Andrea Di; Corno, Gianluca; Rizzo, Luigi

Articolo in rivista: Chemosphere 313
Keywords: Air stripping; Bacterial community shifting; Fenton oxidation; Hierarchical cluster analysis; Industrial wastewater; Wastewater biodegradability