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Antifungal and anti-biofilm activity of the first cryptic antimicrobial peptide from an archaeal protein against Candida spp. clinical isolates by Roscetto, Emanuela, Contursi, Patrizia, Vollaro, Adriana, Fusco, Salvatore, Notomista, Eugenio, Catania, Maria Rosaria

“…Candida species cause cutaneous and systemic infections with a high mortality rate, especially in immunocompromised patients. The emergence of resistance to…”
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A Comparative Analysis of Weizmannia coagulans Genomes Unravels the Genetic Potential for Biotechnological Applications by Aulitto, Martina, Martinez-Alvarez, Laura, Fiorentino, Gabriella, Limauro, Danila, Peng, Xu, Contursi, Patrizia

“…The production of biochemicals requires the use of microbial strains with efficient substrate conversion and excellent environmental robustness, such as…”
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Insight into CAZymes of Alicyclobacillus mali FL18: Characterization of a New Multifunctional GH9 Enzyme by Carbonaro, Miriam, Aulitto, Martina, Gallo, Giovanni, Contursi, Patrizia, Limauro, Danila, Fiorentino, Gabriella

“…In the bio-based era, cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes are biocatalysts used in many industrial processes, playing a key role in the conversion of…”
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Alicyclobacillus mali FL18 as a Novel Source of Glycosyl Hydrolases: Characterization of a New Thermophilic β-Xylosidase Tolerant to Monosaccharides by Salzano, Flora, Aulitto, Martina, Fiorentino, Gabriella, Pedone, Emilia, Contursi, Patrizia, Limauro, Danila

“…A thermo-acidophilic bacterium, FL18, was isolated from a hot spring of Pisciarelli, near Naples, Italy; following genome analysis, a novel putative…”
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A New Strategy for As(V) Biosensing Based on the Inhibition of the Phosphatase Activity of the Arsenate Reductase from Thermus thermophilus by Puopolo, Rosanna, Gallo, Giovanni, Limauro, Danila, Contursi, Patrizia, Fiorentino, Gabriella

“…Arsenic (As) pollution is a widespread problem worldwide. In recent years, biosensors based on enzymatic inhibition have been developed for arsenic detection,…”
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New virus isolates from Italian hydrothermal environments underscore the biogeographic pattern in archaeal virus communities by Baquero, Diana P., Contursi, Patrizia, Piochi, Monica, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Liu, Ying, Cvirkaite-Krupovic, Virginija, Prangishvili, David, Krupovic, Mart

“…Viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea represent one of the least understood parts of the virosphere, showing little genomic and morphological similarity to…”
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Prebiotic properties of Bacillus coagulans MA-13: production of galactoside hydrolyzing enzymes and characterization of the transglycosylation properties of a GH42 β-galactosidase by Aulitto, Martina, Strazzulli, Andrea, Sansone, Ferdinando, Cozzolino, Flora, Monti, Maria, Moracci, Marco, Fiorentino, Gabriella, Limauro, Danila, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Contursi, Patrizia

“…The spore-forming lactic acid bacterium Bacillus coagulans MA-13 has been isolated from canned beans manufacturing and successfully employed for the…”
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Harnessing the dual nature of Bacillus (Weizmannia) coagulans for sustainable production of biomaterials and development of functional food by Maresca, Emanuela, Aulitto, Martina, Contursi, Patrizia

“…Bacillus coagulans , recently renamed Weizmannia coagulans , is a spore‐forming bacterium that has garnered significant interest across various research…”
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Genomic Insight of Alicyclobacillus mali FL18 Isolated From an Arsenic-Rich Hot Spring by Aulitto, Martina, Gallo, Giovanni, Puopolo, Rosanna, Mormone, Angela, Limauro, Danila, Contursi, Patrizia, Piochi, Monica, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Fiorentino, Gabriella

“…Extreme environments are excellent places to find microorganisms capable of tolerating extreme temperature, pH, salinity pressure, and elevated concentration…”
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Comparative Metagenomics of Eight Geographically Remote Terrestrial Hot Springs by Menzel, Peter, Gudbergsdóttir, Sóley Ruth, Rike, Anne Gunn, Lin, Lianbing, Zhang, Qi, Contursi, Patrizia, Moracci, Marco, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Bolduc, Benjamin, Gavrilov, Sergey, Ravin, Nikolai, Mardanov, Andrey, Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta, Young, Mark, Krogh, Anders, Peng, Xu

“…Hot springs are natural habitats for thermophilic Archaea and Bacteria. In this paper, we present the metagenomic analysis of eight globally distributed…”
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Tlys, a Newly Identified Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1 Transcript Expressed in the Lysogenic State, Encodes a DNA-Binding Protein Interacting at the Promoters of the Early Genes by Fusco, Salvatore, She, Qunxin, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Contursi, Patrizia

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Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Proteomics of SSV1 and Related Fusellovirus: A Minireview by Aulitto, Martina, Martinez-Alvarez, Laura, Fusco, Salvatore, She, Qunxin, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Peng, Xu, Contursi, Patrizia

“…spindle-shaped virus 1 (SSV1) was one of the first viruses identified in the archaeal kingdom. Originally isolated from a Japanese species of back in 1984, it…”
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Characterization of a promiscuous cadmium and arsenic resistance mechanism in Thermus thermophilus HB27 and potential application of a novel bioreporter system by Antonucci, Immacolata, Gallo, Giovanni, Limauro, Danila, Contursi, Patrizia, Ribeiro, Ana Luisa, Blesa, Alba, Berenguer, José, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Fiorentino, Gabriella

“…The characterization of the molecular determinants of metal resistance has potential biotechnological application in biosensing and bioremediation. In this…”
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An ArsR/SmtB family member regulates arsenic resistance genes unusually arranged in Thermus thermophilus HB27 by Antonucci, Immacolata, Gallo, Giovanni, Limauro, Danila, Contursi, Patrizia, Ribeiro, Ana Luisa, Blesa, Alba, Berenguer, José, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Fiorentino, Gabriella

“…Summary Arsenic resistance is commonly clustered in ars operons in bacteria; main ars operon components encode an arsenate reductase, a membrane extrusion…”
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The identification of a novel Sulfolobus islandicus CAMP-like peptide points to archaeal microorganisms as cell factories for the production of antimicrobial molecules by Notomista, Eugenio, Falanga, Annarita, Fusco, Salvatore, Pirone, Luciano, Zanfardino, Anna, Galdiero, Stefania, Varcamonti, Mario, Pedone, Emilia, Contursi, Patrizia

“…Pathogenic bacteria easily develop resistance to c onventional antibiotics so that even relatively new molecules are quickly losing efficacy. This strongly…”
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Adding functional properties to beer with jasmine tea extract by Chen, De-Quan, Zou, Chun, Huang, Yi-Bin, Zhu, Xuan, Contursi, Patrizia, Yin, Jun-Feng, Xu, Yong-Quan

“…Hops provide the characteristic bitter taste and attractive aroma to beer; in this study, hops were replaced by jasmine tea extract (JTE) during late-hopping…”
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Antioxidant Capacity of Rigenase ® , a Specific Aqueous Extract of Triticum vulgare by Antonucci, Immacolata, Fiorentino, Gabriella, Contursi, Patrizia, Minale, Massimiliano, Riccio, Rodolfo, Riccio, Salvatore, Limauro, Danila

“…Reactive species of oxygen (ROS), responsible for oxidative stress, accumulate in various tissues damaged by burns, decubitus ulcers, and vascular lesions…”
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Characterization of the Sulfolobus host-SSV2 virus interaction by CONTURSI, Patrizia, JENSEN, Susanne, AUCELLI, Tiziana, ROSSI, Mose, BARTOLUCCI, Simonetta, QUNXIN SHE

“…The Sulfolobus spindle virus, SSV2, encodes a tyrosine integrase which furthers provirus formation in host chromosomes. Consistently with the prediction made…”
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spreadable, non-integrative and high copy number shuttle vector for Sulfolobus solfataricus based on the genetic element pSSVx from Sulfolobus islandicus by Aucelli, Tiziana, Contursi, Patrizia, Girfoglio, Michele, Rossi, Mosè, Cannio, Raffaele

“…The pSSVx genetic element from Sulfolobus islandicus REY15/4 is a hybrid between a plasmid and a fusellovirus, able to be maintained in non-integrative form…”
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Bacillus coagulans MA-13: a promising thermophilic and cellulolytic strain for the production of lactic acid from lignocellulosic hydrolysate by Aulitto, Martina, Fusco, Salvatore, Bartolucci, Simonetta, Franzén, Carl Johan, Contursi, Patrizia

“…The transition from a petroleum-based economy towards more sustainable bioprocesses for the production of fuels and chemicals (circular economy) is necessary…”
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