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Mugnai G, Pinchuk I, Borruso L, Tiziani R, Sannino C, Canini F, Turchetti B, Mimmo T, Zucconi L, Buzzini P. The hidden network of biocrust successional stages in the High Arctic: Revealing abiotic and biotic factors shaping microbial and metazoan communities. Sci Total Environ 2024; 926:171786. [PMID: 38508248 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Despite the important role that biocrust communities play in maintaining ecosystem structure and functioning in deglaciated barren soil, few studies have been conducted on the dynamics of biotic communities and the impact of physicochemical characteristics in shaping the different successional stages. In this study an integrated approach encompassing physicochemical parameters and molecular taxonomy was used for identifying the indicator taxa and the presence of intra- and inter-kingdom interactions in five different crust/biocrust successional stages: i) physical crust, ii) cyanobacteria-dominated biocrust, iii) cyanobacteria/moss-dominated biocrust, iv) moss-dominated biocrust and v) bryophyte carpet. The phylum Gemmatimonadota was the bacterial indicator taxon in the early stage, promoting both inter- and intra-kingdom interactions, while Cyanobacteria and Nematoda phyla played a pivotal role in formation and dynamics of cyanobacteria-dominated biocrusts. A multitrophic community, characterized by a shift from oligotrophic to copiotrophic bacteria and the presence of saproxylic arthropod and herbivore insects was found in the cyanobacteria/moss-dominated biocrust, while a more complex biota, characterized by an increased fungal abundance (classes Sordariomycetes, Leotiomycetes, and Dothideomycetes, phylum Ascomycota), associated with highly trophic consumer invertebrates (phyla Arthropoda, Rotifera, Tardigrada), was observed in moss-dominated biocrusts. The class Bdelloidea and the family Hypsibiidae (phyla Rotifera and Tardigrada, respectively) were metazoan indicator taxon in bryophyte carpet, suggesting their potential role in shaping structure and function of this late successional stage. Nitrogen and phosphorus were the main physicochemical limiting factors driving the shift among different crust/biocrust successional stages. Identification and characterization of indicator taxa, biological intra- and inter-kingdom interactions and abiotic factors driving the shift among different crust/biocrust successional stages provide a detailed picture on crust/biocrust dynamics, revealing a strong interconnection among micro- and macrobiota systems. These findings enhance our understanding of biocrust ecosystems in High Arctic, providing valuable insights for their conservation and management in response to environmental shifts due to climate change.
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- Gianmarco Mugnai
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Perugia 06121, Italy.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Perugia 06121, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bozen-Bolzano, 39100, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bozen-Bolzano, 39100, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Perugia 06121, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Perugia 06121, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Science, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bozen-Bolzano, 39100, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Perugia 06121, Italy
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Rosa N, Gioia M, Orlando R, De Luca M, D’Aniello E, Fioretto I, Sannino C, De Bernardo M. Impact of Brightness on Choroidal Vascularity Index. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1020. [PMID: 38398333 PMCID: PMC10889141 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13041020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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The use of choroidal vascularization to diagnose and follow-up ocular and systemic pathologies has been consolidated in recent research. Unfortunately, the choroidal parameters can be different depending on the lighting settings of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the brightness of OCT images could influence the measurements of choroidal parameters obtained by processing and analyzing scientific images with the ImageJ program. In this observational, prospective, non-randomized study, 148 eyes of 74 patients with a mean age of 30.7 ± 8.5 years (ranging from 23 to 61 years) were assessed. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination including slit lamp, fundus oculi, ocular biometry, corneal tomography and spectral domain (SD) OCT evaluations of the foveal region in the enhanced depth imaging (EDI) mode. OCT images at two different brightness levels were obtained. The total choroidal area (TCA), choroidal vascularity index (CVI), stromal choroidal area (SCA) and luminal choroidal area (LCA) at both lower and higher brightness levels were measured. To avoid the bias of operator-dependent error, the lower and higher brightness TCAs were obtained using two methods: the manual tracking mode and fixed area. At the two different brightness levels, LCA, SCA and CVI measurements showed statistically significant changes (p < 0.05), whereas the TCA differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). According to the results of this study, highlighting that brightness could affect LCA, SCA and CVI parameters, care should be taken during OCT image acquisition.
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- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy; (N.R.); (M.G.); (E.D.); (I.F.); (C.S.); (M.D.B.)
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Fracasso I, Zaccone C, Oskolkov N, Da Ros L, Dinella A, Belelli Marchesini L, Buzzini P, Sannino C, Turchetti B, Cesco S, Le Roux G, Tonon G, Vernesi C, Mimmo T, Ventura M, Borruso L. Exploring different methodological approaches to unlock paleobiodiversity in peat profiles using ancient DNA. Sci Total Environ 2024; 908:168159. [PMID: 37923262 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Natural and human-induced environmental changes deeply affected terrestrial ecosystems throughout the Holocene. Paleoenvironmental reconstructions provide information about the past and allow us to predict/model future scenarios. Among potential records, peat bogs are widely used because they present a precise stratigraphy and act as natural archives of highly diverse organic remains. Over the decades, several techniques have been developed to identify debris occurring in peat, including their morphological description. However, this is strongly constrained by the researcher's ability to distinguish residues at the species level, which typically requires many years of experience. In addition, potential contamination hampers using these techniques to obtain information from organisms such as fungi or bacteria. Environmental DNA metabarcoding and shotgun metagenome sequencing could represent a solution to detect specific groups of organisms without any a priori knowledge of their characteristics and/or to identify organisms that have rarely been considered in previous investigations. Moreover, shotgun metagenomics may allow the identification of bacteria and fungi (including both yeast and filamentous life forms), ensuring discrimination between ancient and modern organisms through the study of deamination/damage patterns. In the present review, we aim to i) present the state-of-the-art methodologies in paleoecological and paleoclimatic studies focusing on peat core analyses, proposing alternative approaches to the classical morphological identification of plant residues, and ii) suggest biomolecular approaches that will allow the use of proxies such as invertebrates, fungi, and bacteria, which are rarely employed in paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
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- Ilaria Fracasso
- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Biology, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Forest Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement (UMR5245 CNRS/UPS/INPT), Université de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Forest Ecology Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38098 San Michele all'Adige, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
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Barili S, Bernetti A, Sannino C, Montegiove N, Calzoni E, Cesaretti A, Pinchuk I, Pezzolla D, Turchetti B, Buzzini P, Emiliani C, Gigliotti G. Impact of PVC microplastics on soil chemical and microbiological parameters. Environ Res 2023; 229:115891. [PMID: 37059323 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) are emerging pollutants whose occurrence is a global problem in natural ecosystems including soil. Among MPs, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a well-known polymer with remarkable resistance to degradation, and because its recalcitrant nature serious environmental concerns are created during manufacturing and waste disposal. The effect of PVC (0.021% w/w) on chemical and microbial parameters of an agricultural soil was tested by a microcosm experiment at different incubation times (from 3 to 360 days). Among chemical parameters, soil CO2 emission, fluorescein diacetate (FDA) activity, total organic C (TOC), total N, water extractable organic C (WEOC), water extractable N (WEN) and SUVA254 were considered, while the structure of soil microbial communities was studied at different taxonomic levels (phylum and genus) by sequencing bacterial 16S and fungal ITS2 rDNA (Illumina MiSeq). Although some fluctuations were found, chemical and microbiological parameters exhibited some significant trends. Significant (p < 0.05) variations of soil CO2 emission, FDA hydrolysis, TOC, WEOC and WEN were found in PVC-treated soils over different incubation times. Considering the structure of soil microbial communities, the presence of PVC significantly (p < 0.05) affected the abundances of specific bacterial and fungal taxa: Candidatus_Saccharibacteria, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Acidobacteria and Bacteroides among bacteria, and Basidiomycota, Mortierellomycota and Ascomycota among fungi. After one year of experiment, a reduction of the number and the dimensions of PVC was detected supposing a possible role of microorganisms on PVC degradation. The abundance of both bacterial and fungal taxa at phylum and genus level was also affected by PVC, suggesting that the impact of this polymer could be taxa-dependent.
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- Sofia Barili
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy
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Graziano M, Sannino C, Mottola FF. Standardized Ultrasonographic Measurement of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Neurol India 2023; 71:792. [PMID: 37635525 DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.383834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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- Mario Graziano
- Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Italy
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Sannino C, Qi W, Rüthi J, Stierli B, Frey B. Distinct taxonomic and functional profiles of high Arctic and alpine permafrost-affected soil microbiomes. Environ Microbiome 2023; 18:54. [PMID: 37328770 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00509-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Global warming is affecting all cold environments, including the European Alps and Arctic regions. Here, permafrost may be considered a unique ecosystem harboring a distinct microbiome. The frequent freeze-thaw cycles occurring in permafrost-affected soils, and mainly in the seasonally active top layers, modify microbial communities and consequently ecosystem processes. Although taxonomic responses of the microbiomes in permafrost-affected soils have been widely documented, studies about how the microbial genetic potential, especially pathways involved in C and N cycling, changes between active-layer soils and permafrost soils are rare. Here, we used shotgun metagenomics to analyze the microbial and functional diversity and the metabolic potential of permafrost-affected soil collected from an alpine site (Val Lavirun, Engadin area, Switzerland) and a High Arctic site (Station Nord, Villum Research Station, Greenland). The main goal was to discover the key genes abundant in the active-layer and permafrost soils, with the purpose to highlight the potential role of the functional genes found. RESULTS We observed differences between the alpine and High Arctic sites in alpha- and beta-diversity, and in EggNOG, CAZy, and NCyc datasets. In the High Arctic site, the metagenome in permafrost soil had an overrepresentation (relative to that in active-layer soil) of genes involved in lipid transport by fatty acid desaturate and ABC transporters, i.e. genes that are useful in preventing microorganisms from freezing by increasing membrane fluidity, and genes involved in cell defense mechanisms. The majority of CAZy and NCyc genes were overrepresented in permafrost soils relative to active-layer soils in both localities, with genes involved in the degradation of carbon substrates and in the degradation of N compounds indicating high microbial activity in permafrost in response to climate warming. CONCLUSIONS Our study on the functional characteristics of permafrost microbiomes underlines the remarkably high functional gene diversity of the High Arctic and temperate mountain permafrost, including a broad range of C- and N-cycling genes, and multiple survival and energetic metabolisms. Their metabolic versatility in using organic materials from ancient soils undergoing microbial degradation determine organic matter decomposition and greenhouse gas emissions upon permafrost thawing. Attention to their functional genes is therefore essential to predict potential soil-climate feedbacks to the future warmer climate.
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- Ciro Sannino
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Rhizosphere Processes Group, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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Biagioli F, Coleine C, Buzzini P, Turchetti B, Sannino C, Selbmann L. Positive fungal interactions are key drivers in Antarctic endolithic microcosms at the boundaries for life sustainability. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2023:7158681. [PMID: 37160346 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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In the ice-free areas of Victoria Land in continental Antarctica, where the conditions reach the limits for life sustainability, highly adapted and extreme-tolerant microbial communities exploit the last habitable niches inside porous rocks (i.e. cryptoendolithic communities). These guilds host the main standing biomass and principal, if not sole, contributors to environmental/biogeochemical cycles, driving ecosystem processes and functionality in these otherwise dead lands. Although knowledge advances on their composition, ecology, genomic and metabolic features, a large-scale perspective of occurring interactions and interconnections within and between endolithic fungal assemblages is still lacking to date. Unravelling the tight relational network among functional guilds in the Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities may represent a main task. Aiming to fill this knowledge gap, we performed a correlation-network analysis based on amplicon-sequencing data of 74 endolithic microbiomes collected throughout Victoria Land. Endolithic communities' compositional pattern was largely dominated by Lichenized fungi group (83.5%), mainly represented by Lecanorales and Lecideales, followed by Saprotrophs (14.2%) and RIF+BY (2.4%) guilds led by Tremellales and Capnodiales respectively. Our findings highlighted that fungal functional guilds' relational spectrum was dominated by cooperative interactions led by lichenised and black fungi, deeply engaged in community trophic sustain and protection, respectively. On the other hand, a few negative correlations found may help in preserving niche boundaries between microbes living in such strict spatial association.
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- Federico Biagioli
- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy
- Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA), Mycological Section, 16121 Genoa, Italy
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Cione F, Di Stasi M, Sannino C. Comment on Moshirfar et al. Accuracy of Six Intraocular Lens Power Calculations in Eyes with Axial Lengths Greater than 28.0 mm. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5947. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12082911. [PMID: 37109248 PMCID: PMC10142467 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12082911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
With great interest, we read the article by Moshirfar et al. [...].
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- Ferdinando Cione
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84122 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84122 Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84122 Salerno, Italy
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Sannino C, Borruso L, Mezzasoma A, Turchetti B, Ponti S, Buzzini P, Mimmo T, Guglielmin M. The Unusual Dominance of the Yeast Genus Glaciozyma in the Deeper Layer in an Antarctic Permafrost Core (Adélie Cove, Northern Victoria Land) Is Driven by Elemental Composition. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:jof9040435. [PMID: 37108890 PMCID: PMC10145851 DOI: 10.3390/jof9040435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Rock glaciers are relatively common in Antarctic permafrost areas and could be considered postglacial cryogenic landforms. Although the extensive presence of rock glaciers, their chemical–physical and biotic composition remain scarce. Chemical–physical parameters and fungal community (by sequencing the ITS2 rDNA, Illumina MiSeq) parameters of a permafrost core were studied. The permafrost core, reaching a depth of 6.10 m, was divided into five units based on ice content. The five units (U1–U5) of the permafrost core exhibited several significant (p < 0.05) differences in terms of chemical and physical characteristics, and significant (p < 0.05) higher values of Ca, K, Li, Mg, Mn, S, and Sr were found in U5. Yeasts dominated on filamentous fungi in all the units of the permafrost core; additionally, Ascomycota was the prevalent phylum among filamentous forms, while Basidiomycota was the dominant phylum among yeasts. Surprisingly, in U5 the amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) assigned to the yeast genus Glaciozyma represented about two-thirds of the total reads. This result may be considered extremely rare in Antarctic yeast diversity, especially in permafrost habitats. Based on of the chemical–physical composition of the units, the dominance of Glaciozyma in the deepest unit was correlated with the elemental composition of the core.
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- Ciro Sannino
- Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, 21100 Varese, Italy
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Sannino C, Marino A, De Bernardo M. Comment on: 'Evaluation of retinal and choroidal microcirculation in Behçet's disease'. Eye (Lond) 2023; 37:578. [PMID: 36127424 PMCID: PMC9905466 DOI: 10.1038/s41433-022-02252-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Ciro Sannino
- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy.
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- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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Guglielmin M, Azzaro M, Buzzini P, Battistel D, Roman M, Ponti S, Turchetti B, Sannino C, Borruso L, Papale M, Lo Giudice A. A possible unique ecosystem in the endoglacial hypersaline brines in Antarctica. Sci Rep 2023; 13:177. [PMID: 36604573 PMCID: PMC9814585 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-27219-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Here, we present the results related to a new unique terrestrial ecosystem found in an englacial hypersaline brine found in Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica). Both the geochemistry and microbial (prokaryotic and fungal) diversity revealed an unicity with respect to all the other known Antarctic brines and suggested a probable ancient origin mainly due a progressive cryoconcentration of seawater. The prokaryotic community presented some peculiarities, such as the occurrence of sequences of Patescibacteria (which can thrive in nutrient-limited water environments) or few Spirochaeta, and the presence of archaeal sequences of Methanomicrobia closely related to Methanoculleus, a methanogen commonly detected in marine and estuarine environments. The high percentage (35%) of unassigned fungal taxa suggested the presence of a high degree of undiscovered diversity within a structured fungal community (including both yeast and filamentous life forms) and reinforce the hypothesis of a high degree of biological uniqueness of the habitat under study.
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- M. Guglielmin
- grid.18147.3b0000000121724807Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Via Dunant, 3, 21100 Varese, Italy ,grid.18147.3b0000000121724807Climate Change Research Center, Insubria University, Via Regina Teodolinda, 37, 22100 Como, Italy
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- grid.5326.20000 0001 1940 4177Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council, Spianata S. Raineri. 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- grid.9027.c0000 0004 1757 3630Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- grid.5326.20000 0001 1940 4177Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council, Spianata S. Raineri. 86, 98122 Messina, Italy ,grid.7240.10000 0004 1763 0578Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Mestre, VE Italy
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- grid.7240.10000 0004 1763 0578Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, Via Torino, 155, 30172 Mestre, VE Italy
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- grid.18147.3b0000000121724807Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Via Dunant, 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- grid.9027.c0000 0004 1757 3630Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- grid.9027.c0000 0004 1757 3630Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- grid.34988.3e0000 0001 1482 2038Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 9100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- grid.5326.20000 0001 1940 4177Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council, Spianata S. Raineri. 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- grid.5326.20000 0001 1940 4177Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council, Spianata S. Raineri. 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
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Sannino C, Cannone N, D'Alò F, Franzetti A, Gandolfi I, Pittino F, Turchetti B, Mezzasoma A, Zucconi L, Buzzini P, Guglielmin M, Onofri S. Fungal communities in European alpine soils are not affected by short-term in situ simulated warming than bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:4178-4192. [PMID: 35691701 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The impact of global warming on biological communities colonizing European alpine ecosystems was recently studied. Hexagonal open top chambers (OTCs) were used for simulating a short-term in situ warming (estimated around 1°C) in some alpine soils to predict the impact of ongoing climate change on resident microbial communities. Total microbial DNA was extracted from soils collected either inside or outside the OTCs over 3 years of study. Bacterial and fungal rRNA copies were quantified by qPCR. Metabarcoding sequencing of taxonomy target genes was performed (Illumina MiSeq) and processed by bioinformatic tools. Alpha- and beta-diversity were used to evaluate the structure of bacterial and fungal communities. qPCR suggests that, although fluctuations have been observed between soils collected either inside and outside the OTCs, the simulated warming induced a significant (p < 0.05) shift only for bacterial abundance. Likewise, significant (p < 0.05) changes in bacterial community structure were detected in soils collected inside the OTCs, with a clear increase of oligotrophic taxa. On the contrary, fungal diversity of soils collected either inside and outside the OTCs did not exhibit significant (p < 0.05) differences, suggesting that the temperature increase in OTCs compared to ambient conditions was not sufficient to change fungal communities.
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- Ciro Sannino
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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Sannino C, Marino A. Letter: Three-Dimensional Choroidal Vascularity Index in High Myopia Using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography. Curr Eye Res 2022; 47:1226. [PMID: 35670367 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2022.2081978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Ciro Sannino
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Eye Unit, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Eye Unit, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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Marino A, Sannino C, Rosa N. Smokers' Choroidal Changes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022; 63:21. [PMID: 35583891 PMCID: PMC9123511 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.5.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Eye Unit, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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- Eye Unit, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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Sannino C, Marino A. Letter: Early choroidal structure and choroidal vascularity index change after carotid stenting. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2022; 38:102832. [PMID: 35341980 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2022.102832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Ciro Sannino
- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy..
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- Eye Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
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Mezzasoma A, Coleine C, Sannino C, Selbmann L. Endolithic Bacterial Diversity in Lichen-Dominated Communities Is Shaped by Sun Exposure in McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Microb Ecol 2022; 83:328-339. [PMID: 34081148 PMCID: PMC8891110 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01769-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The diversity and composition of endolithic bacterial diversity of several locations in McMurdo Dry Valleys (Continental Antarctica) were explored using amplicon sequencing, targeting the V3 and V4 of the 16S region. Despite the increasing interest in edaphic factors that drive bacterial community composition in Antarctic rocky communities, few researchers focused attention on the direct effects of sun exposure on bacterial diversity; we herein reported significant differences in the northern and southern communities. The analysis of β-diversity showed significant differences among sampled localities. For instance, the most abundant genera found in the north-exposed rocks were Rhodococcus and Blastococcus in Knobhead Mt.; Ktedonobacter and Cyanobacteria Family I Group I in Finger Mt.; Rhodococcus and Endobacter in University Valley; and Segetibacter and Tetrasphaera in Siegfried Peak samples. In south-exposed rocks, instead, the most abundant genera were Escherichia/Shigella and Streptococcus in Knobhead Mt.; Ktedonobacter and Rhodococcus in Finger Mt.; Ktedonobacter and Roseomonas in University Valley; and Blastocatella, Cyanobacteria Family I Group I and Segetibacter in Siegfried Peak. Significant biomarkers, detected by the Linear discriminant analysis Effect Size, were also found among north- and south-exposed communities. Besides, the large number of positive significant co-occurrences may suggest a crucial role of positive associations over competitions under the harsher conditions where these rock-inhabiting microorganisms spread. Although the effect of geographic distances in these extreme environments play a significant role in shaping biodiversity, the study of an edaphic factor, such as solar exposure, adds an important contribution to the mosaic of microbial biodiversity of Antarctic bacterial cryptoendolithic communities.
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- Ambra Mezzasoma
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy.
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
- Italian Antarctic National Museum (MNA), Mycological Section, Genoa, Italy
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Turchetti B, Sannino C, Mezzasoma A, Zucconi L, Onofri S, Buzzini P. Mrakia stelviica sp. nov. and Mrakia montana sp. nov., two novel basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from cold environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4704-4713. [PMID: 32697190 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Five yeast strains were isolated from soil and sediments collected from Alps and Apennines glaciers during sampling campaigns carried out in summer 2007 and 2017, respectively. Based on morphological and physiological tests and on phylogenetic analyses reconstructed with ITS and D1/D2 sequences, the five strains were considered to belong to two related but hitherto unknown species within the genus Mrakia, in an intermediate position between Mrakia cryoconiti and Mrakia arctica. The names Mrakia stelviica (holotype DBVPG 10734T) and Mrakia montana (holotype DBVPG 10736T) are proposed for the two novel species and a detailed description of their morphological, physiological and phylogenetic features are presented. Both species fermented glucose, sucrose and trehalose, which is an uncommon feature in basidiomycetous yeasts, and showed septate hyphae with teliospore formation.
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- Benedetta Turchetti
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy
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Sannino C, Borruso L, Mezzasoma A, Battistel D, Zucconi L, Selbmann L, Azzaro M, Onofri S, Turchetti B, Buzzini P, Guglielmin M. Intra- and inter-cores fungal diversity suggests interconnection of different habitats in an Antarctic frozen lake (Boulder Clay, Northern Victoria Land). Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3463-3477. [PMID: 32510727 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A perennially frozen lake at Boulder Clay site (Victoria Land, Antarctica), characterized by the presence of frost mounds, have been selected as an in situ model for ecological studies. Different samples of permafrost, glacier ice and brines have been studied as a unique habitat system. An additional sample of brines (collected in another frozen lake close to the previous one) was also considered. Alpha- and beta-diversity of fungal communities showed both intra- and inter-cores significant (p < 0.05) differences, which suggest the presence of interconnection among the habitats. Therefore, the layers of frost mound and the deep glacier could be interconnected while the brines could probably be considered as an open habitat system not interconnected with each other. Moreover, the absence of similarity between the lake ice and the underlying permafrost suggested that the lake is perennially frozen based. The predominance of positive significant (p < 0.05) co-occurrences among some fungal taxa allowed to postulate the existence of an ecological equilibrium in the habitats systems. The positive significant (p < 0.05) correlation between salt concentration, total organic carbon and pH, and some fungal taxa suggests that a few abiotic parameters could drive fungal diversity inside these ecological niches.
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- Ciro Sannino
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, Italy
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy.,Italian Antarctic National Museum (MNA), Mycological Section, Genoa, Italy
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- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX giugno 74, Perugia, 06121, Italy
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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Sannino C, Borruso L, Smiraglia C, Bani A, Mezzasoma A, Brusetti L, Turchetti B, Buzzini P. Dynamics of in situ growth and taxonomic structure of fungal communities in Alpine supraglacial debris. FUNGAL ECOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Yurkov AM, Sannino C, Turchetti B. Mrakia fibulata sp. nov., a psychrotolerant yeast from temperate and cold habitats. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 113:499-510. [PMID: 31754948 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-019-01359-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Tree fluxes are sugar-rich, sometimes ephemeral, substrates occurring on sites where tree sap (xylem or phloem) is leaking through damages of tree bark. Tree sap infested with microorganisms has been the source of isolation of many species, including the biotechnologically relevant carotenoid yeast Phaffia rhodozyma. Tree fluxes recently sampled in Germany yielded 19 species, including several psychrophilic yeasts of the genus Mrakia. Four strains from tree fluxes represented a potential novel Mrakia species previously known from two isolates from superficial glacial melting water of Calderone Glacier (Italy). The Italian isolates, originally identified as Mrakia aquatica, and two strains from Germany did not show any sexual structures. But another culture collected in Germany produced clamped hyphae with teliospores. A detailed examination of the five isolates (three from Germany and two from Italy) proved them to be a novel yeast species, which is described in this manuscript as Mrakia fibulata sp. nov. (MB 830398), holotype DSM 103931 and isotype DBVPG 8059. In contrast to other sexually reproducing Mrakia species, M. fibulata produces true hyphae with clamp connections. Also, this is the first psychrotolerant Mrakia species which grows above 20 °C. Spring tree fluxes are widespread and can be recognized and sampled by amateurs in a Citizen Science project. This substrate is a prominent source of yeasts, and may harbor unknown species, as demonstrated in the present work. The description of Mrakia fibulata is dedicated to our volunteer helpers and amateurs, like Anna Yurkova (9-years-old daughter of Andrey Yurkov), who collected the sample which yielded the type strain of this species.
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- A M Yurkov
- Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, 38124, Brunswick, Germany.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences & Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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De Francesco G, Sannino C, Sileoni V, Marconi O, Filippucci S, Tasselli G, Turchetti B. Mrakia gelida in brewing process: An innovative production of low alcohol beer using a psychrophilic yeast strain. Food Microbiol 2018; 76:354-362. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2018.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Poli P, Crestani F, Salvadori C, Valenti I, Sannino C. Medical Cannabis in Patients with Chronic Pain: Effect on Pain Relief, Pain Disability, and Psychological aspects. A Prospective Non randomized Single Arm Clinical Trial. Clin Ter 2018; 169:e102-e107. [PMID: 29938740 DOI: 10.7417/t.2018.2062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is an increasing interest in the medical use of cannabis, particularly in the treatment of chronic pain. OBJECTIVES The aim is to evaluate the effects of cannabis use and the associated benefits reported by patients with various chronic pain diagnoses. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 338 patients with different chro- nic pain conditions were treated with a Cannabis Flos 19% decoction for 12 months, in addition to their pharmacological therapy. Baseline levels for pain medications, pain intensity, pain disability, anxiety and depression were recorded at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months. RESULTS Pain intensity records a statistically significant reduction from Baseline to 12 months follow up (X² 61.375; P<0,001); the im- provements from Baseline to 12 months follow up are also recorded in pain disability (X² 39.423; P<0,001) and in anxiety and depression symptoms (X²30.362; P<0,001; X²27.786; P<0,001). CONCLUSIONS Our study suggest that Cannabis therapy, as an adjun- ct a traditional analgesic therapy, can be an efficacious tool to make more effective the management of chronic pain and its consequences on functional and psychological dimension. Further randomized, controlled trials are needed to confirm our conclusions.
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- P Poli
- Surgeon Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care and Pain Therapy
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- Surgeon Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care and Pain Therapy
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Tasselli G, Filippucci S, Borsella E, D’Antonio S, Gelosia M, Cavalaglio G, Turchetti B, Sannino C, Onofri A, Mastrolitti S, De Bari I, Cotana F, Buzzini P. Yeast lipids from cardoon stalks, stranded driftwood and olive tree pruning residues as possible extra sources of oils for producing biofuels and biochemicals. Biotechnol Biofuels 2018; 11:147. [PMID: 29796088 PMCID: PMC5964688 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-018-1142-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Some lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks occur in Mediterranean Countries. They are still largely unexploited and cause considerable problems due to the lack of cost-effective harvesting, storage and disposal technologies. Recent studies found that some basidiomycetous yeasts are able to accumulate high amount of intracellular lipids for biorefinery processes (i.e., biofuels and biochemicals). Accordingly, the above biomass feedstocks could be used as carbon sources (after their pre-treatment and hydrolysis) for lipid accumulation by oleaginous yeasts. RESULTS Cardoon stalks, stranded driftwood and olive tree pruning residues were pre-treated with steam-explosion and enzymatic hydrolysis for releasing free mono- and oligosaccharides. Lipid accumulation tests were performed at two temperatures (20 and 25 °C) using Leucosporidium creatinivorum DBVPG 4794, Naganishia adeliensis DBVPG 5195 and Solicoccozyma terricola DBVPG 5870. S. terricola grown on cardoon stalks at 20 °C exhibited the highest lipid production (13.20 g/l), a lipid yield (28.95%) close to the maximum theoretical value and a lipid composition similar to that found in palm oil. On the contrary, N. adeliensis grown on stranded driftwood and olive tree pruning residues exhibited a lipid composition similar to those of olive and almonds oils. A predictive evaluation of the physical properties of the potential biodiesel obtainable by lipids produced by tested yeast strains has been reported and discussed. CONCLUSIONS Lipids produced by some basidiomycetous yeasts grown on Mediterranean lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks could be used as supplementary sources of oils for producing biofuels and biochemicals.
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- Giorgia Tasselli
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Matera, Italy
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- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Matera, Italy
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- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Matera, Italy
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- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- CIRIAF-Biomass Research Centre, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Alfonzo A, Randazzo W, Barbera M, Sannino C, Corona O, Settanni L, Moschetti G, Santulli A, Francesca N. Effect of Salt Concentration and Extremely Halophilic Archaea on the Safety and Quality Characteristics of Traditional Salted Anchovies. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/10498850.2016.1251521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Antonio Alfonzo
- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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França L, Sannino C, Turchetti B, Buzzini P, Margesin R. Seasonal and altitudinal changes of culturable bacterial and yeast diversity in Alpine forest soils. Extremophiles 2016; 20:855-873. [PMID: 27620454 PMCID: PMC5085987 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-016-0874-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The effect of altitude and season on abundance and diversity of the culturable heterotrophic bacterial and yeast community was examined at four forest sites in the Italian Alps along an altitude gradient (545–2000 m). Independently of altitude, bacteria isolated at 0 °C (psychrophiles) were less numerous than those recovered at 20 °C. In autumn, psychrophilic bacterial population increased with altitude. The 1194 bacterial strains were primarily affiliated with the classes Alpha-, Beta-, Gammaproteobacteria, Spingobacteriia and Flavobacteriia. Fifty-seven of 112 operational taxonomic units represented potential novel species. Strains isolated at 20 °C had a higher diversity and showed similarities in taxa composition and abundance, regardless of altitude or season, while strains isolated at 0 °C showed differences in community composition at lower and higher altitudes. In contrast to bacteria, yeast diversity was season-dependent: site- and altitude-specific effects on yeast diversity were only detected in spring. Isolation temperature affected the relative proportions of yeast genera. Isolations recovered 719 strains, belonging to the classes Dothideomycetes, Saccharomycetes, Tremellomycetes and Mycrobotryomycetes. The presence of few dominant bacterial OTUs and yeast species indicated a resilient microbial population that is not affected by season or altitude. Soil nutrient contents influenced significantly abundance and diversity of culturable bacteria, but not of culturable yeasts.
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- Luís França
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Francesca N, Carvalho C, Sannino C, Guerreiro MA, Almeida PM, Settanni L, Massa B, Sampaio JP, Moschetti G. Yeasts vectored by migratory birds collected in the Mediterranean island of Ustica and description ofPhaffomyces usticensisf.a. sp. nov., a new species related to the cactus ecoclade. FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:910-21. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Nicola Francesca
- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science; University of Palermo; Palermo Italy
- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos; Departamento de Ciências da Vida; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Caparica Portugal
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos; Departamento de Ciências da Vida; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Caparica Portugal
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science; University of Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos; Departamento de Ciências da Vida; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Caparica Portugal
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos; Departamento de Ciências da Vida; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Caparica Portugal
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science; University of Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science; University of Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos; Departamento de Ciências da Vida; Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Caparica Portugal
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science; University of Palermo; Palermo Italy
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Francesca N, Sannino C, Settanni L, Corona O, Barone E, Moschetti G. Microbiological and chemical monitoring of Marsala base wine obtained by spontaneous fermentation during large-scale production. ANN MICROBIOL 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0808-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Francesca N, Romano R, Sannino C, Le Grottaglie L, Settanni L, Moschetti G. Evolution of microbiological and chemical parameters during red wine making with extended post-fermentation maceration. Int J Food Microbiol 2013; 171:84-93. [PMID: 24334093 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 10/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The aim of the present work was to investigate the microbiological, chemical, and sensory characteristics of red wine subjected to post-fermentation maceration that was extended to 90 days. For this purpose, the 'Aglianico di Taurasi' grape was used as a case study. The total yeast concentration increased until day 40 of maceration and decreased thereafter, whereas the concentration of lactic acid bacteria slightly increased. Dekkera/Brettanomyces spp. and acetic acid bacteria were not detected. The yeast community was composed of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bisporus, Metschnikowia pulcherrima, Hanseniaspora guilliermondii, Hanseniaspora uvarum, Pichia guilliermondii, Aureobasidium pullulans and Debaryomyces carsonii. Nine S. cerevisiae strains were detected at high levels at different times of maceration. The results of all the conventional chemical analyses of the wines were in agreement with the regulations of commercial production and, interestingly, the changes in terms of concentration demonstrated the presence of yeast and LAB populations that were not only alive but also in a metabolically active state until day 90 of maceration. The alcohol and glycerol contents slightly increased until day 90. The concentrations of malic acid decreased, whereas those of lactic acid slightly increased throughout the maceration process. Furthermore, different durations of maceration resulted in significant differences in the total polyphenol content, which was higher at 40-50 days. The main phenolic compounds were benzoic and cinnamic acids and catechins. Interestingly, the highest ratio between (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin was found on day 40. In addition, the highest antioxidant activity was observed between days 40 and 50. The concentration of volatile organic compounds, which were mainly represented by alcohols, increased until the end of the maceration process. Sensory analysis revealed that samples that were subjected to maceration for a long period of time showed the highest odour and taste complexity and no off-odours and/or off-flavours were detected. These data confirmed that extending post-fermentation maceration to 90 days has no negative impact on the microbiological, chemical and sensory composition of wines, but affects the polyphenol content and potential health benefits of the resulting wine.
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- Nicola Francesca
- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Science, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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Francesca N, Carvalho C, Almeida PM, Sannino C, Settanni L, Sampaio JP, Moschetti G. Wickerhamomyces sylviae f.a., sp. nov., an ascomycetous yeast species isolated from migratory birds. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4824-4830. [PMID: 24126637 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.056382-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the present work, we investigated the phylogenetic position and phenotypic characteristics of eight yeast isolates collected from migratory birds on the island of Ustica, Italy. A phylogenetic analysis based on the D1/D2 region of the large-subunit rRNA gene showed that all isolates clustered as a single separate lineage within the Wickerhamomyces clade. They exhibited distinct morphological and physiological characteristics and were clearly separated from their closest relatives, Wickerhamomyces lynferdii, Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus, in blastn searches. On the basis of the isolation source, physiological features and molecular strain typing carried out with randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR and minisatellite-primed (MSP)-PCR analysis, the isolates were identified as strains of the same species. The name Wickerhamomyces sylviae f.a., sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these novel strains; the type strain is U88A2(T) ( = PYCC 6345(T) = CBS 12888(T)). The MycoBank number is MB 804762.
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- Nicola Francesca
- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,Department of Agricultural and Forest Science, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Agricultural and Forest Science, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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Settanni L, Gaglio R, Guarcello R, Francesca N, Carpino S, Sannino C, Todaro M. Selected lactic acid bacteria as a hurdle to the microbial spoilage of cheese: Application on a traditional raw ewes' milk cheese. Int Dairy J 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2013.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Di Cianni G, Goretti C, Onetto F, Lencioni C, Orsini P, Sannino C, Turco A, Pratesi M. Emergency hospitalizations for severe hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Acta Diabetol 2013; 50:463-4. [PMID: 23529773 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-013-0473-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Settanni L, Sannino C, Francesca N, Guarcello R, Moschetti G. Yeast ecology of vineyards within Marsala wine area (western Sicily) in two consecutive vintages and selection of autochthonous Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. J Biosci Bioeng 2012; 114:606-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Revised: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Francesca N, Sannino C, Moschetti G, Settanni L. Microbial characterisation of fermented meat products from the Sicilian swine breed “Suino Nero Dei Nebrodi”. ANN MICROBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0444-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Cotticelli G, Bartiromo D, Ciavattone A, Di Leva R, Porcaro G, Nascia S, Mastroianni M, Sannino C, Conti G. [Efficacy of insulin Lispro in the control of late postprandial hypoglycemia: comparison with regular human insulin]. Minerva Med 2000; 91:147-52. [PMID: 11155463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lispro insulin a recently developed analogue of human insulin, is more rapidly adsorbed and has a lower duration of activity as compared with regular insulin. This implies a glycemic profile closer to the physiologic one with a reduction of early post-prandial hyperglycemic peak and of drop in late postprandial glycemia. This results in a reduction of mild or severe hypoglycemia occurring during treatment with regular human insulin. METHODS This was designed to evaluate the efficacy of Lispro insulin in the metabolic control in subjects treated with regular insulin who were prone to late hypoglycemia. Fifteen subjects, 6 males and 9 females, range of age 18-54 years with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) have been studied. These subjects were treated with regular insulin at meals plus intermediate in the evening. Regular insulin was substituted with Lispro insulin. The glycemic profile and HbA1c have been evaluated at determined intervals. Also body mass index and the number of hypoglycemic events during treatment were recorded. Significance of differences was assessed by paired Student's "t"-test. RESULTS Lispro insulin reduced the peaks of early postprandial hyperglycemic peak and, in particular, the late glycemic drop, Lispro insulin reduced also HbA1c levels thus suggesting a better metabolic control. Moreover the number of hypoglycemic events was significantly reduced. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, Lispro insulin is safe and more efficient than regular human insulin.
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- G Cotticelli
- Cattedra di Semeiotica e Metodologia Medica, II Università di Napoli
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Porcaro G, Sannino C, Mastroianni M, Ciavattone A, Bartiromo D, Nascia S. [Ursodeoxycholic acid in the therapy of chronic hepatitis after treatment with interferon]. Minerva Med 2000; 91:141-5. [PMID: 11155462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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UNLABELLED Interferon alfa is to day the only therapy of proven benefit for the treatment and control of chronic hepatitis C. Therefore only 25% of patients receive from it a sustained biochemical and serological response; often when the treatment is stopped there is a flare up of ALT and reappearance of HCV-RNA in the serum. The most common schedule is 6 MU t.i w. for twelve months; after this there is no codified treatment for relapse prevention. The aim of this study was to evaluate if ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) administration after a cycle of IFN therapy was able to prevent relapse of the disease. METHODS We studied 36 patients whose mean age was 31.5 +/- 5.7 affected by chronic hepatitis C and treated with IFN alpha for one year. Only twenty of them received an end term therapy response and were therefore enrolled in a double blind study with two arms: Arm A treated with UDCA 300 mg b. i. d. for twelve months and Arm B treated with placebo. ALT value and HVC-RNA levels were evaluated at baseline, during and after treatment. RESULTS Patients treated with UDCA showed a lower percentage of relapse in comparison with patients treated with placebo. CONCLUSIONS This effect was probably due to a double mechanism: the first of biochemical type because a reduction in the intrahepatic concentration of hydrophobic biliary acids, the second immunological due to a lower expression of HLA class I and II antigens.
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- G Porcaro
- Dipartimento di Gerontologia, Geriatria e Malattie del Metabolismo, Seconda Università degli Studi, Napoli
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Wu SC, Oltrona L, Secchi MB, Mancarella S, Bettazzi L, Civelli M, Sannino C, Loche G, Folli G. [Comparison of the efficacy of monotherapy with a beta-blocker, a diuretic, and ACE inhibitors in the control of blood pressure during stress]. Minerva Cardioangiol 1989; 37:323-31. [PMID: 2558329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to compare the efficacy of beta-blocking, diuretics and ACE-inhibiting monotherapy in controlling the blood pressure increase to stress, a study was conducted on 30 subjects (10 treated with atenolol, 10 with hydrochlorothiazide/amiloride combination, 10 with enalapril) with mild or moderate essential hypertension whose resting blood pressures were normalised by therapy. In the 3 groups of subjects blood pressure values at rest, during mental stress, static and dynamic exercise did not significantly differ before antihypertensive therapy. Atenolol and enalapril significantly reduced systolic and diastolic pressure below pretreatment values throughout and immediately after each test, differing from diuretic therapy which did not show any significant reduction in diastolic rises at the peak of hand-grip or in both systolic and diastolic pressures at the highest work-loads during dynamic exercise. In the recovery period of the exercise cycle test diuretics also produced a later normalisation of diastolic pressure. In conclusion, beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors seem to be more effective than diuretics in the control of the blood pressure response to stress in hypertensive patients, suggesting that these drugs are the first choice treatment of mild to moderate hypertension.
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Piomelli D, Pinto A, Sannino C, Tota B. Antagonistic actions of prostaglandins E2 and F2 alpha on the isolated lungs of the frog, Rana esculenta L. Comp Biochem Physiol C Comp Pharmacol Toxicol 1987; 87:21-2. [PMID: 2885133 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(87)90173-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Isolated lungs of the frog, Rana esculenta L., when incubated in amphibian Ringer solution for 30 min, produced a prostaglandin E2-like substance (27.1 +/- 3.8 ng/g w.w.), as determined by bioassay on the isolated rat stomach strip. The release of PGE2-like substance from skin, heart and bowel is also reported. The activity of synthetic prostaglandins E2 (PGE2) and F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) on the muscular contractility of frog isolated lungs was investigated: PGE2 and PGF2 alpha relaxed and contracted respectively in a dose-dependent manner this preparation, a result similar to that obtained in mammals.
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