Tracing particulate matter and associated microorganisms in freshwaters

Amalfitano, Stefano; Corno, Gianluca; Eckert, Ester; Fazi, Stefano; Ninio, Shira; Callieri, Cristiana; Grossart, Hans-Peter; Eckert, Werner

Articolo in rivista: Hydrobiologia (The Hague. Print) 800 (1), pp. 145–154
Keywords: Total suspended solids; Resuspended particulate; Turbidity; Sediment traps; Particle-associated microorganisms; Pathogens

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

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

Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches

Alejandro Martínez, Ester M. Eckert, Tom Artois, Giovanni Careddu, Marco Casu, Marco Curini-Galletti, Vittorio Gazale, Stefan Gobert, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Ulf Jondelius, Marinella Marzano, Graziano Pesole, Aldo Zanello, M. Antonio Todaro, Diego Fontaneto

Articolo in rivista: Communications biology 3
Keywords: meiofauna

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

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

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

Indagini limnologiche recenti sul Lago Maggiore: criticità emergenti e nuovi approcci di studio

Rogora M., Bertoni R., Callieri C., Ciampittiello M., Corno G., Eckert E., Fontaneto D., Guilizzoni P., Lami A., Manca M., Morabito G., Piscia R., Volta P.

Presentazione: La qualità della risorsa idrica nell'area insubrica: ricerca e gestione, Lugano, Svizzera, 8 settembre 2017
Keywords: Lago Maggiore; CIPAIS; Limnologia; Cambiamenti climatici

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

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

Assessing the influence of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore oriented westernized dietary styles on human gut microbiota: A cross sectional study

Losasso C.; Eckert E.M.; Mastrorilli E.; Villiger J.; Mancin M.; Patuzzi I.; Di Cesare A.; Cibin V.; Barrucci F.; Pernthaler J.; Corno G.; Ricci A.

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology 9 (MAR)
Keywords: Feeding type; Gut microbiota; Nutritional intake

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

Erect macroalgae influence epilithic bacterial assemblages and reduce coral recruitment

Bulleri F.; Thiault L.; Mills S.C.; Nugues M.M.; Eckert E.M.; Corno G.; Claudet J.

Articolo in rivista: Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) 597, pp. 65–77
Keywords: Coral reefs; Macroalgae; Turbinaria ornata; Epilithic bacterial biofilms; Coral recruitment; French Polynesia

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

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

Bacterial epibionts of Daphnia: a potential route for the transfer of dissolved organic carbon in freshwater food webs

Ester Maria Eckert; Jakob Pernthaler

Articolo in rivista: The ISME journal (Online) 8 (9), pp. 1808–1819
Keywords: Daphnia; dissolved organic carbon; epibionts; food webs; fresh water; symbiosis

Network of interactions between ciliates and phytoplankton during spring

Posch T.; Eugster B.; Pomati F.; Pernthaler J.; Pitsch G.; Eckert E.M.

Articolo in rivista: Frontiers in microbiology 6 (NOV)
Keywords: Ciliate morphotypes; Ciliophora; Local similarity analysis; Network analysis; Phytoplankton spring bloom

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

Grazing resistant freshwater bacteria profit from chitin and cell-wall-derived organic carbon

Ester Maria Eckert; Michael Baumgartner; Iris M. Huber; Jakob Pernthaler

Articolo in rivista: Environmental microbiology (Print) 15 (7), pp. 2019–2030
Keywords: Freshwater bacteria; Organic carbon

Does a barcoding gap exist in prokaryotes? Evidences from species delimitation in cyanobacteria

Eckert, Ester M.; Fontaneto, Diego; Coci, Manuela; Callieri, Cristiana

Articolo in rivista: Life (Basel) 5 (1), pp. 50–64
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; DNA barcoding; Operational taxonomic units; Species in prokaryotes; Taxonomy

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

We are ready for faunistic surveys of bdelloid rotifers through DNA barcoding: The example of sphagnum bogs of the Swiss Jura Mountains

Fontaneto, Diego; Eckert, Ester M.; Anicic, Nikoleta; Lara, Enrique; Lara, Enrique; Mitchell, Edward A.D.; Mitchell, Edward A.D.

Articolo in rivista: Limnética (Internet) 38 (1)
Keywords: Bdelloidea; Biodiversity; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; Rotifera; Taxonomy

Freshwater zooplankton microbiome composition is highly flexible and strongly influenced by the environment

Ester M Eckert, Nikoleta Anicic, Diego Fontaneto

Articolo in rivista: Molecular ecology (Print)
Keywords: zooplankton; microbiome

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

Tep production under oxidative stress of the picocyanobacterium Synechococcus

Callieri C.; Sathicq M.B.; Cabello-Yeves P.J.; Eckert E.M.; Hernandez-Aviles J.S.

Articolo in rivista: Journal of limnology (Testo stamp.) 78, pp. 271–283
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Transparten exopolymeric substances; UV

Human impact on symbioses between aquatic organisms and microbes

Stock W.; Callens M.; Houwenhuyse S.; Schols R.; Goel N.; Coone M.; Theys C.; Delnat V.; Boudry A.; Eckert E.M.; Laspoumaderes C.; Grossart H.-P.; De Meester L.; Stoks R.; Sabbe K.; Decaestecker E.

Articolo in rivista: Aquatic microbial ecology 87, pp. 113–138
Keywords: symbiosis