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D. Sassera

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Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 7 Approach:statistical model· 6 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 4 Organism:bacteria (other)· 3 Research Focus:clustering· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2

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P-DOR, an easy-to-use pipeline to reconstruct outbreaks using pathogen genomics

G. Batisti Biffignandi, G. Bellinzona, G. Petazzoni, D. Sassera, G. V. Zuccotti, C. Bandi, F. Baldanti, F. Comandatore, S. Gaiarsa

P-DOR is a pipeline that uses pathogen genomics to reconstruct outbreaks by analyzing SNP-based phylogenies and metadata, providing a user-friendly tool for epidemiological investigations.

bioRxiv · May 30, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Host association and intracellularity evolved multiple times independently in the Rickettsiales

M. Castelli, T. Nardi, L. Gammuto, G. Bellinzona, E. Sabaneyeva, A. Potekhin, V. Serra, G. Petroni, D. Sassera

The paper investigates the evolution of host association and intracellularity in Rickettsiales by analyzing genomic data and functional reconstructions, finding that these traits evolved multiple times independently.

bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

The origin and evolution of mitochondrial tropism in Midichloria bacteria

A. M. Floriano, G. Batisti Biffignandi, M. Castelli, E. Olivieri, E. Clementi, F. Comandatore, L. Rinaldi, M. Opara, O. Plantard, A. M. Palomar, V. Noel, A. Vijay, N. Lo, B. L. Makepeace, O. Duron, , D. Sassera

This study analyzes mitochondrial tropism in three additional Midichloria species and sequences nine novel genomes, revealing non-monophyletic patterns and genomic signatures associated with mitochondrial colonization.

bioRxiv · May 16, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

A dual endosymbiosis drives nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum

M. Buysse, A. M. Floriano, Y. Gottlieb, T. Nardi, F. Comandatore, E. Olivieri, A. Giannetto, A. M. Palomar Urbina, B. Makepeace, C. Bazzocchi, A. Cafiso, D. Sassera, O. Duron

This study identifies a dual endosymbiosis in the tick Hyalomma marginatum, where two symbionts compensate for each other's genomic deficiencies to support nutritional needs.

bioRxiv · Oct 12, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

One Health or Three? Transmission modelling of Klebsiella isolates reveals ecological barriers to transmission between humans, animals and the environment

H. A. Thorpe, R. Booton, T. Kallonen, M. J. Gibbon, N. Couto, V. A. Passet, J. Fernandez, C. Rodrigues, L. Matthews, S. Mitchell, R. Reeve, S. David, C. Merla, M. Corbella, C. Ferrari, , E. J. Feil

This study models Klebsiella transmission across human, animal, and environmental sources, finding limited AMR spread outside clinical settings and human-to-human transmission dominance.

bioRxiv · Aug 5, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology

Sequence diversity and evolution of an iflavirus family associated with ticks

R. Daveu, C. Hervet, L. Sigrist, D. Sassera, A. Jex, K. Labadie, J.-M. Aury, O. Plantard, C. Rispe

The paper identifies nine new iflavivirus genomes from ticks, finds incongruent viral and tick phylogenies, and detects strong positive selection in viral evolution.

bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Description of Klebsiella spallanzanii sp. nov. and of Klebsiella pasteurii sp. nov.

C. Merla, C. Rodrigues, V. Passet, M. Corbella, H. A. Thorpe, T. V. S. Kallonen, Z. Zong, P. Marone, C. Bandi, D. Sassera, J. Corander, E. J. Feil, S. Brisse

This paper describes two new Klebsiella species, K. spallanzanii and K. pasteurii, based on genomic and biochemical analyses of phylogroups Ko3 and Ko4, with type strains isolated from various sources.

bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2019Microbiology

Next generation taxonomy: integrating traditional species description with the holobiont concept and genomic approaches - The in-depth characterization of a novel Euplotes species as a case study

V. Serra, L. Gammuto, V. Nitla, M. Castelli, O. Lanzoni, D. Sassera, C. Bandi, B. V. Sandeep, F. Verni, L. Modeo, G. Petroni

The paper introduces a new taxonomy framework integrating holobiont concepts and genomic analysis, exemplified by describing a novel Euplotes species and its symbiont.

bioRxiv · Jun 11, 2019Zoology

The extracellular association of the bacterium \"Candidatus Deianiraea vastatrix\" with the ciliate Paramecium suggests an alternative scenario for the evolution of Rickettsiales

M. Castelli, E. Sabaneyeva, O. Lanzoni, N. Lebedeva, A. M. Floriano, S. Gaiarsa, K. Benken, L. Modeo, C. Bandi, A. Potekhin, D. Sassera, G. Petroni

The paper describes a novel Rickettsiales bacterium associated with Paramecium that replicates extracellularly, suggesting an alternative evolutionary scenario for intracellularity in Rickettsiales.

bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2018Evolutionary Biology

Gene composition as a potential barrier to large recombinations in the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae

F. Comandatore, D. Sassera, S. C. Bayliss, E. Scaltriti, S. Gaiarsa, X. Cao, A. Gales, R. Saito, S. Pongolini, S. Brisse, E. Feil, C. Bandi

This study analyzes 834 Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes to investigate the frequency, distribution, and dynamics of large recombination events, finding that gene composition influences the success of such events.

bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2018Evolutionary Biology