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Diego Forni

IRCCS Eugenio MedeaORCID 0000-0001-9291-5352Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Manuela SironiiD· 3 shared Cristian MolteniiD· 2 shared Rachele CaglianiiD· 2 shared Audun SivertseniD· 1 shared Grete Dimmen· 1 shared Joanna Małgorzata BivandiD· 1 shared Øyvind KommedaliD· 1 shared Torbjørn Sæle BruvoldiD· 1 shared

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Reassessing taxonomy and virulence in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group - Rebuttal of Fusobacterium animalis clades "Fna C1" and "Fna C2", genome announcement for Fusobacterium watanabei and description of Fusobacterium paranimalis sp. nov.

Audun Sivertsen, Diego Forni, Cristian Molteni, Joanna Małgorzata Bivand, Grete Dimmen, Torbjørn Sæle Bruvold, Manuela Sironi, Øyvind Kommedal

The paper corrects taxonomic errors in the Fusobacterium nucleatum group, reclassifies Fna C1 as F. watanabei, describes a new species F. paranimalis, and shows virulence genes are widespread across the group.

mBio · Jul 31, 2025Peer-reviewedGenomics

Tangled genetic relationships within the Fusobacterium genus

Cristian Molteni, Diego Forni, Rachele Cagliani, Manuela Sironi

The paper analyzes genetic diversity and recombination in Fusobacterium, revealing mosaic genomes and taxonomic classification issues, with implications for disease associations like colorectal cancer.

Communications Biology · Sep 7, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Genomic clustering and sequence context of mutations in human monkeypox virus (hMPXV1) genomes

Diego Forni, Rachele Cagliani, Uberto Pozzoli, Manuela Sironi

The paper analyzes mutations in hMPXV1 genomes to identify clustering patterns and sequence context, suggesting APOBEC-mediated editing as the mutational mechanism.

bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2022 · PreprintGenomics