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Psychrophilic yeasts from worldwide glacial habitats: diversity, adaptation strategies and biotechnological potential by Buzzini, Pietro, Branda, Eva, Goretti, Marta, Turchetti, Benedetta

“…Abstract Glacial habitats (cryosphere) include some of the largest unexplored and extreme biospheres on Earth. These habitats harbor a wide diversity of…”
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Editorial: Microbial Communities of Polar and Alpine Soils by Zucconi, Laura, Buzzini, Pietro

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Bacteria and yeast microbiota in milk kefir grains from different Italian regions by Garofalo, Cristiana, Osimani, Andrea, Milanović, Vesna, Aquilanti, Lucia, De Filippis, Francesca, Stellato, Giuseppina, Di Mauro, Simone, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Ercolini, Danilo, Clementi, Francesca

“…Kefir grains are a unique symbiotic association of different microrganisms, mainly lactic acid bacteria, yeasts and occasionally acetic acid bacteria,…”
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A genomic approach to analyze the cold adaptation of yeasts isolated from Italian Alps by Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Baeza, Marcelo

“…Microorganisms including yeasts are responsible for mineralization of organic matter in cold regions, and their characterization is critical to elucidate the…”
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Carotenoids and Some Other Pigments from Fungi and Yeasts by Rapoport, Alexander, Guzhova, Irina, Bernetti, Lorenzo, Buzzini, Pietro, Kieliszek, Marek, Kot, Anna Maria

“…Carotenoids are an essential group of compounds that may be obtained by microbiological synthesis. They are instrumental in various areas of industry,…”
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Red yeasts and carotenoid production: outlining a future for non-conventional yeasts of biotechnological interest by Mannazzu, Ilaria, Landolfo, Sara, da Silva, Teresa Lopes, Buzzini, Pietro

“…Carotenoids are one of the most common classes of pigments that occur in nature. Due to their biological properties, they are widely used in phytomedicine and…”
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Mrakia stelviica sp. nov. and Mrakia montana sp. nov., two novel basidiomycetous yeast species isolated from cold environments by Turchetti, Benedetta, Sannino, Ciro, Mezzasoma, Ambra, Zucconi, Laura, Onofri, Silvano, Buzzini, Pietro

“…Five yeast strains were isolated from soil and sediments collected from Alps and Apennines glaciers during sampling campaigns carried out in summer 2007 and…”
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Yeast and yeast-like diversity in the southernmost glacier of Europe (Calderone Glacier, Apennines, Italy) by Branda, Eva, Turchetti, Benedetta, Diolaiuti, Guglielmina, Pecci, Massimo, Smiraglia, Claudio, Buzzini, Pietro

“…The present study reports the characterization of psychrophilic yeast and yeast-like diversity in cold habitats (superficial and deep sediments, ice cores and…”
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Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Fungal Communities Are Highly Adapted and Dominated by Lecanoromycetes and Dothideomycetes by Coleine, Claudia, Stajich, Jason E, Zucconi, Laura, Onofri, Silvano, Pombubpa, Nuttapon, Egidi, Eleonora, Franks, Ashley, Buzzini, Pietro, Selbmann, Laura

“…Endolithic growth is one of the most spectacular microbial adaptations to extreme environmental constraints and the predominant life-form in the ice-free areas…”
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Biodiesel Production from Microbial Oil Using Cardoon Stalks as Carbon Source by Castellini, Marco, Ubertini, Stefano, Barletta, Diego, Baffo, Ilaria, Buzzini, Pietro, Barbanera, Marco

“…Today one of the most interesting ways to produce biodiesel is based on the use of oleaginous microorganisms, which can accumulate microbial oil with a…”
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Antimicrobial and antiviral activity of hydrolysable tannins by Buzzini, Pietro, Arapitsas, Panagiotis, Goretti, Marta, Branda, Eva, Turchetti, Benedetta, Pinelli, Patrizia, Ieri, F, Romani, Annalisa

“…Hydrolysable tannins (HTs), secondary metabolites widely distributed in the plant kingdom, are generally multiple esters of gallic acid with glucose. HTs have…”
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Non-Conventional Yeasts Whole Cells as Efficient Biocatalysts for the Production of Flavors and Fragrances by Forti, Luca, Di Mauro, Simone, Cramarossa, Maria Rita, Filippucci, Sara, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro

“…The rising consumer requests for natural flavors and fragrances have generated great interest in the aroma industry to seek new methods to obtain fragrance and…”
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Description of Dioszegia patagonica sp. nov., a novel carotenogenic yeast isolated from cold environments by Trochine, Andrea, Turchetti, Benedetta, Vaz, Aline B M, Brandao, Luciana, Rosa, Luiz H, Buzzini, Pietro, Rosa, Carlos, Libkind, Diego

“…During a survey of carotenogenic yeasts from cold and oligotrophic environments in Patagonia, several yeasts of the genus Dioszegia (Tremellales,…”
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Cold-adapted yeasts from Antarctica and the Italian Alps—description of three novel species: Mrakia robertii sp. nov., Mrakia blollopis sp. nov. and Mrakiella niccombsii sp. nov by Thomas-Hall, Skye Robin, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Branda, Eva, Boekhout, Teun, Theelen, Bart, Watson, Kenneth

“…Worldwide glaciers are annually retreating due to global overheating and this phenomenon determines the potential lost of microbial diversity represented by…”
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Taxonomic and phenotypic characterization of yeasts isolated from worldwide cold rock-associated habitats by Selbmann, Laura, Zucconi, Laura, Onofri, Silvano, Cecchini, Clarissa, Isola, Daniela, Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro

“…Yeast strains isolated from rock samples collected from worldwide cold regions were identified by sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the 26S rDNA gene…”
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Growth Forms and Functional Guilds Distribution of Soil Fungi in Coastal Versus Inland Sites of Victoria Land, Antarctica by Canini, Fabiana, Geml, József, Buzzini, Pietro, Turchetti, Benedetta, Onofri, Silvano, D'Acqui, Luigi Paolo, Ripa, Caterina, Zucconi, Laura

“…In Victoria Land, Antarctica, ice-free areas are restricted to coastal regions and dominate the landscape of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. These two environments…”
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Psychrophilic yeasts in glacial environments of Alpine glaciers by Turchetti, Benedetta, Buzzini, Pietro, Goretti, Marta, Branda, Eva, Diolaiuti, Guglielmina, D'Agata, Carlo, Smiraglia, Claudio, Vaughan-Martini, Ann

“…The presence of psychrophilic yeasts in supra- and subglacial sediments, ice and meltwater collected from two glaciers of the Italian Alps (Forni and…”
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Growth, lipid accumulation, and fatty acid composition in obligate psychrophilic, facultative psychrophilic, and mesophilic yeasts by Rossi, Maddalena, Buzzini, Pietro, Cordisco, Lisa, Amaretti, Alberto, Sala, Maurizio, Raimondi, Stefano, Ponzoni, Chiara, Pagnoni, Ugo Maria, Matteuzzi, Diego

“…Abstract Obligate psychrophilic, facultative psychrophilic, and mesophilic yeasts were cultured in a carbon-rich medium at different temperatures to…”
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DNA Methylation Changes Induced by Cold in Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Naganishia Yeast Species by Turchetti, Benedetta, Marconi, Gianpiero, Sannino, Ciro, Buzzini, Pietro, Albertini, Emidio

“…The involvement of DNA methylation in the response to cold stress of two different yeast species ( , psychrophilic, and , psychrotolerant), exhibiting…”
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Selected Case Studies on Fastidious Eukaryotic Microorganisms: Issues and Investigation Strategies by Turchetti, Benedetta, Bevivino, Annamaria, Casella, Patrizia, Coleine, Claudia, Felis, Giovanna E, Girometta, Carolina Elena, Molino, Antonio, Perugini, Iolanda, Pollio, Antonino, Prigione, Valeria, Selbmann, Laura, Varese, Giovanna Cristina, Buzzini, Pietro

“…The concept of fastidious microorganisms currently found in scientific literature is mainly related to the difficulty of isolating/culturing/preserving…”
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