Sophie Melis

Environmental DNA reveals long-term persistence of a Midichloria-like bacterium in a rainbow trout aquaculture and links Ichthyopthirius multifiliis with the red mark syndrome

The paper uses environmental DNA to detect RMS-MLO and I. multifiliis in trout farms, finding RMS-MLO persists long-term without correlating with RMS outbreaks, while I. multifiliis increases during outbreaks.

Fast and efficient Borrelia genome recovery from tick samples using Whole-Genome Amplification

This paper introduces a method to recover Borrelia genomes from ticks using Whole Genome Amplification, significantly reducing the time and effort compared to traditional culturing methods.