Curriculum del coordinatore
QUALIFICAZIONI
1990 Si licenzia presso l’Istituto Tecnico Agrario “Stanga” di Cremona e si iscrive all’Università degli Studi di Piacenza.
1995 Si laurea in Scienze Agrarie con 110/110 con lode presso Università degli Studi di Piacenza.
1997 Ottiene il premio Gemelli per il miglior laureato della Facolta’ di Agraria a.a. 1995.
1995-1998 Ottiene una borsa di studio per frequentare l’Istituto di Microbiologia della Facoltà d’Agraria di Piacenza.
1999 Ricercatore presso il gruppo di microbiologia alimentare del “Nestlé Research Center”, Losanna, Svizzera.
2000-2003 Dottorato di ricerca presso il Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Svizzera.
2003-2005 Ottiene una borsa Marie Curie come PostDoc Research Scientist presso il Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
2005 Rientra in Italia presso il Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia dei Microrganismi, Antropologia, Evoluzione, Università degli Studi di Parma come Professore a contratto nell’ambito del programma Rientro dei Cervelli.
2010 Ottiene la posizione di Ricercatore confermato in Microbiologia (SSD/BIO19) presso l’Università degli Studi di Parma per chiamata diretta per chiara fama.
2014 Ottiene abilitazione scientifica nazionale come Professore di Prima (giudizio eccellente) e Seconda Fascia per il SSD BIO19.
2014 Ottiene la posizione di Professore Associato in Microbiologia (SSD/BIO19) presso l’Università degli Studi di Parma.
2014 Ottiene l’abilitazione scientifica nazionale come Professore di Prima fascia per il SSD AGR16.
2017 Direttore del Centro Interdipartimentale “Microbiome Research Hub” presso l’Università degli Studi di Parma.
2018 Ottiene abilitazione scientifica nazionale come Professore di Prima Fascia per il SSD BIO19.
2018 Ottiene la posizione di Professore Ordinario in Microbiologia (SSD/BIO19) presso l’Università degli Studi di Parma.
2020 Coordinatore del Corso di Dottorato in Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Parma.
ATTIVITÀ DIDATTICA
A) Professore Incaricato di Microbiologia Generale (6 CFU) generale presso il Corso di Laurea Triennale in Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Parma nell’Anno Accademico 2005-2006;
B) Professore Incaricato di Biotecnologie Microbiche (6 CFU) presso il Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Parma negli Anni Accademici 2006/2007, 2007/2008 e 2008/2009;
C) Professore Incaricato di Genomica Microbica (5 CFU) presso il Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Industriali, Università degli Studi di Parma negli Anni Accademici 2009/2010;
D) Titolare del corso di studio “Microbiologia, virologia e fisiologia microbica” (9 CFU) presso il Corso di Laurea Triennale di Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Parma dall’ Anno Accademico 2010/2011 ad oggi.
E) Titolare del corso di studio “Microbiologia applicata e probiogenomica” (6 CFU) presso il Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Industriali, Università degli Studi di Parma dall’Anno Accademico 2013/2014 ad oggi.
F) E’ stato relatore di oltre 44 tesi di laurea in Scienze Biologiche e Agrarie nel settore della microbiologia, genomica microbica applicata ai batteri probiotici.
GI) Segretario del Consiglio del Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Biotecnologie Genomiche, Molecolari e Industriali, Dip. Scienze Chimiche della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Parma (2017-2019).
H) Ad oggi ha coordinato in qualità di supevisor nove tesi di dottorato nel settore delle biotecnologie applicate ai batteri probiotici.
I) External PhD examiner:
-26th September 2010, Dept. Microbiology, University College of Cork, Ireland.
-30th January 2013, Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
-25th September 2013, Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
-14th October 2014, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Science and Technology (ETHZ) Zürich, Switzerland.
CONGRESSI E ALTRI RICONOSCIMENTI
Ha partecipato presentando comunicazioni, alle Riunioni Annuali della Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche, Prokaryotic meeting alle conferenze internazionali “FoodMicro”, “International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes”, “International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria”, Probiotics and Prebiotics meetings”, “NutriEvent Congress”.
E’ membro della Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche (SIMGBM) e della American Society for Microbiology (ASM).
Dal 1 gennaio 2014 al 31 dicembre 2016 è stato delegato per le biotecnologie della Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche.
E’ membro dell’editorial board delle seguenti riviste scientifiche:
-BMC Microbiology (section editor for Applied Microbiology)
-Microbiome (associate editor)
-Scientific Reports (associate editor)
-Applied Environmental Microbiology (member of the editorial board)
-Microbial Biotechnology (member of the editorial board)
-Microorganims (member of the editorial board)
-Frontiers in Microbiology (topic Editor)
-Frontiers in Bioscience (managing editor)
-Genes and Nutrition (associate editor)
Ha tenuto seminari e lezioni presso:
Dipartimento di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Siena; Dipartimento di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Verona; Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Milano; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Università degli Studi di Milano; Dipartimento di Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Siena; CIBIO, Università degli Studi di Trento; Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of Davis; Department of Biology, ETH University (Zurich); Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University (Raleigh); Nestlè’ Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland (Cork); Departamento de Microbiologia y Bioquimica de Productos Lacteos (IPLA – CSIC) Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain;
Membro del Scientific Advisor Board del progetto EU GENOBOX (2013-2015).
Membro del commissione scientifica per la valutazione dei progetti presentati nell’ambito delle Joint Programming Initiatives (European Commission), Call INTIMIC 2017.
Membro di commissione di valutazione comparativa per attribuzione di un posto di ricercatore a tempo determinato, ai sensi dell’art. 24, comma 3, lettera a), della Legge 30 dicembre 2010 n. 240 – Settore concorsuale 05/I1 (Microbiologia) (Trento, Luglio-Settembre 2016).
Revisore per l’Università degli Studi di Napoli di progetti di ricerca di pertinenza di Microbiologia (Luglio-Settembre, 2016).
Revisore di progetti di Ricerca “ETH Grant funding programme”, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland (dal 2015 ad oggi).
Revisore di progetti di ricerca del “Danish Council for Independent Research | Technology and Production Sciences” (dal 2014 ad oggi).
Panel Members for the Evaluation of the Advanced European Research Council (ERC) grants (dal 2019 ad oggi).
RESPONSABILE DEI SEGUENTI PROGRAMMI DI RICERCA:
Nel corso della propria carriera il Prof. Ventura ha coordinato e/o e’ stato membro di progetti di ricerca per un importo complessivo pari a € 2,5 milioni.
a) Programmi di ricerca antecedenti al rientro in Italia (Università degli Studi di Parma).
2000-2003 “Phage host interaction in Lactic Acid Bacteria: insights from genomics and phage transcription analysis”. Progetto finanziato da “Swiss National Science Foundation”.
2003-2005 “Towards functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium in University College “Cork” nell’ambito delle Marie Curie Action (Marie Curie Fellow Grant).
b) Programmi di ricerca successivi al rientro in Italia (Università degli Studi di Parma).
2005-2009 “Genome sequencing of probiotic and pathogenic bifidobacterial strains: insights `from genetics and comparative genomics” progetto finanziato dal MIUR `nell’ambito del Rientro dei Cervelli (Importo finanziato € 138,000) (coordinatore).
2005-2006 “Genome sequencing of the pathogenic bifidobacterial strain Bifidobacterium dentium” nell’ambito delle Marie Curie Action (Marie Curie Reintegration Grant) (Importo finanziato € 40,000) (coordinatore).
2006-2009 “Isolation and Molecular Characterization of new probiotic bacteria” progetto finanziato Parmalat spa (Importo finanziato €931,000) (coordinatore).
2010-2011 “Caratterizzazione molecolare di batteri lattici utilizzati come starter industriali” progetto finanziato da Sacco srl (importo finanziato €68,750) (coordinatore).
2010-2012 “Genetic insights from the genome sequences of Bifidobacterium breve 1205 and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum 1206, through probiogenomics analyses” progetto finanziato da Alimentary Health, Cork, Ireland (importo finanziato €73,200) (coordinatore).
2010-2012 “Understanding the adaptation ability of bifidobacteria through functional genomics” nell’ambito degli i-link projects finanziati dal Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (importo finanziato €22,500) (responsabile unità).
2011-2012 “Sviluppo di batteri probiotici di nuova generazione” progetto finanziato da Fondazione Cariparma (importo finanziato €18,000) (coordinatore).
2011-2015 "Ricerca di batteri probiotici di nuova generazione" progetto finanziato dal MIUR ai sensi dell'11 del D.M. n 593, 2000, (importo finanziato €736,000) (coordinatore).
2014-2015 ”DNA sequencing of the gut microbiome”. Progetto Regione (import finanziato €60,000) (coordinatore).
2014-2016 "Scientific substantiation of health claims made on food: collection, collation and critical analysis of information in relation to claimed effects, outcome variables and methods of measurement”. Progetto finanziato da GP/EFSA/NUTRI/2014 (importo totale finanziato €216,000) (responsabile unità).
2014-2017 “A metagenomic approach to detail probiotic infant gut microbes vertically acquired from breast-milk and environmental sources and their effect on the infant gut microbial colonization”. Progetto finanziato da Fondazione Caritro (importo finanziato €70,000) (responsabile unità).
2016-2019 “Impact of early life diet on microbiome development & later health (EarlyMicroHealth)”. Progetto nell’ambito delle Joint Programming Initiatives (European Commission) "A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life - Joint Action Intestinal Microbiomics. (importo totale finanziato €200,000) (responsabile unità italiana).
2018-2021 “Analisi del microbiota nei pazienti sottoposti a trapianti di polmone” progetto nell’ambito “Progetti di Sviluppo Industriale e Sperimentale nell’Ambito Salute, PNR 2015-2020, PON-MIUR (importo finanziato €162620) (responsabile unità).
2019-2021 “Profiling del microbiota fecale per lo screening preventivo di Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) nella provincia di Parma. Il progetto è identificato con il termine “Parma Microbiota”. Progetto finanziato da Fondazione Cariparma (importo finanziato €100,000) (coordinatore).
LEADERSHIP
Dal 2005 ad oggi tramite i finanziamenti autonomamente recuperati il Prof. Ventura ha costituito un laboratorio, Laboratorio di Probiogenomica (www.probiogenomics.com) che si prefigge lo studio della biologia dei microrganismi probiotici con particolare attenzione nell’ambito dei bifidobatteri e il loro ruolo nell’ecosistema intestinale. Il laboratorio di Probiogenomica è costituito da 11 unità (1 RTD, 3 assegnisti, 2 dottorandi e 5 borsisti) e vede la presenza di numerosi tirocinanti (tesi triennali e magistrali). Tutti i collaboratori presenti nel Lab. di Probiogenomica sono retribuiti con finanziamenti reperiti dal Prof. Ventura in modo totalmente autonomo. Al momento dell’arrivo presso l’Ateneo di Parma del Prof. Ventura (Novembre 2005) non esisteva alcuna struttura dedicata alla ricerca nel settore della biologia dei microrganismi probiotici. Il laboratorio di Probiogenomica è attualmente dotato di attrezzature scientifiche all’avanguardia (ad es. sequenziatori di DNA di nuova generazione non presenti in nessun altro laboratorio dell’Ateneo) per un valore totale di 552 mila EURO, acquistati grazie a finanziamenti ottenuti in modo totalmente autonomo dal Prof. Ventura. Il laboratorio di Probiogenomica è inserito in un network scientifico internazionale che vede coinvolti i principali centri di ricerca internazionali nel settore della probiotica (National University of Cork, Ireland; North Carolina State University; IPLA-CSIC, Spain).
ALTRE ATTIVITA’ DI RICERCA
2011 Costituzione di uno spin off accademico “GenProbio” srl. La mission di GenProbio e’ incentrata sullo sviluppo e la commercializzazione di batteri probiotici di nuova generazione da destinarsi sia al settore farmaceutico che alimentare. La compagine sociale dello spin off GenProbio comprende oltre che il candidato come amministratore delegato, anche altri collaboratori del suo gruppo di ricerca, l’Ateneo di Parma, industriali con esperienze nel settore marketing che finanziario. GenProbio srl dall’anno di costituzione, ottobre 2011, ad oggi ha avuto un fatturato di circa 1 milione di EURO, che è stato interamente dedicato al sostegno dei costi della ricerca (pagamenti di assegni di ricerca, dottorati, borse di studio, acquisto di strumentazione scientifica all’avanguardia e di reagenti). GenProbio srl ha due dipendenti (un tecnico di laboratorio e un amministrativo).
ATTIVITA’ SCIENTIFICA
Le pubblicazioni scientifiche, di cui si allega elenco ed una breve discussione, possono essere così raggruppate:
1. Ricerche sulla genomica e postgenomica nei batteri probiotici
2. Ricerche sulla biodiversità della microflora intestinale
3. Ricerche relative ai batteriofagi
4. Ricerche relative allo stress response in Bifidobacterium
5. Ricerche sulla evoluzione dei batteri probiotici
PUBBLICAZIONI
208 articoli scientifici in peer-reviewed journals. Ha inoltre contribuito alla stesura di 12 capitoli di libri scientifici e a due special issues in riviste scientifiche internazionali. Tra le pubblicazioni si ricordano articoli pubblicati in riviste scientifiche prestigiose quali Nature Communications (IF12,353), Genome Biology (IF13,214), PNAS (IF 9.8), ISME J (IF 9.66), Microbiome (IF 9.13), Trends in Microbiology (IF 11.02), (PloS Genetics (IF 8.5), Nature Reviews Microbiology (IF 23,3), Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology Rev. (IF 15.5).
Indicatori dell’attività’ scientifica
Gli indicatori dell’attività’ scientifica sono stati calcolati utilizzando Scopus in data 1 Aprile 2020.
Numero totali delle pubblicazioni: 214
Numero totale di citazioni: 10189
h index: 56
A. Elenco delle pubblicazioni per esteso
1. Lugli, G. A., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., Alessandri, G., Longhi, G., Anzalone, R., Viappiani, A., Tarracchini, C., Bernasconi, S., Yonemitsu, C., Bode, L., Goran, M., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2020. Investigating bifidobacteria and human milk oligosaccharide composition of lactating mothers. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol, (in press) (IF: 4.1).
2. Alessandri, G., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Longhi, G., Anzalone, R., Lugli, G.A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M., 2020. Deciphering the bifidobacterial population within the canine and feline gut microbiota. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 18;86(7). pii: e02875-19. (IF: 3,95).
3. Nogacka, A.M., Salazar, N., Arboleya, S., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Mancabelli, L., Suarez, A., Martinez-Faedo, C., Ventura, M., Tochio, T., Hirano, K., Endo, A., de los Reyes-Gavilán, C., and Gueimonde, M. 2020. In vitro evaluation of different prebiotics on the modulation of gut microbiota composition and function in morbid obese and normal-weight subjects. Int. J. Mol. Sciences 21(3). pii: E906. (IF: 4.183).
4. Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Bernasconi, S., Margolles, A., Di Pierro, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2020. The infant gut microbiome as a microbial organ influencing host well-being. Italian Journal of Pediatrics 46(1):16. (IF: 2.125).
5. Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Viappiani, A., Mancabelli, L., Alessandri, G., Rosaria, A., Longhi, G., Milani, C., Ossiprandi, M.C., Turroni, F., and Ventura, M. 2020. Characterization of the phylogenetic diversity of two novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium cebidarum sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium leontopitheci sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (in press) (IF: 2.134).
6. Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Fontana, F., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2020. The impact of primer design on amplicon-based metagenomic profiling accuracy: detailed insights into bifidobacterial community structure. Microorganisms 8(1). pii: E131 (IF: 4.167).
7. Mancino, W., Lugli, G.A., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2019. Mobilome and resistome reconstruction from genomes belonging to members of the Bifidobacterium genus. Microorganisms 7(12) (IF: 4.167).
8. Milani, C., Alessandri, G., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Longhi, G., Anzalone, R., Viappiani, A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Bifidobacterial biogeography across Italian cheeses produced from raw milk. Microorganisms, 7(12). pii: E599 (IF: 4.167).
9. Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Bifidobacterium bifidum: a key member of the early human gut microbiota. Microorganisms, 7(11). pii: E544 (IF: 4.167).
10. Lugli, G.A., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Uncovering bifidobacteria via targeted sequencing of the mammalian gut microbiota. Microorganisms, 7(11). pii: E535 (IF: 4.167).
11. Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. A microbiome reality check: limitations of in silico-based metagenomic approaches to study complex bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology Reports 11(6):840-847. (IF:2.874).
12. Kaczorowska, J., Casey, E. Neve, H., Franz, C.M.A.P, Noben, J.P., Lugli, G.A., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D., and Mahony, J. 2019. A quest of great importance - developing a broad spectrum Shigella ssp. and Escherichia coli phage collection. Viruses 11(10). pii: E899. (IF:3.761).
13. Alessandri, G., Ossiprandi, M.C., MacSharry, J., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Bifidobacterial dialogue with its human host and consequent modulation of the immune system. Frontiers in Immunology. 10:2348 (IF 4.71).
14. Mancino, W., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Longhi, G., Anzalone, R., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Carnevali, L., Statello, R., Sgoifo, A., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2019. Bifidobacterial transfer from mother to child as examined by an animal model Running title: Bifidobacteria and vertical transmission. Microorganisms, 7(9). pii: E293. (IF: 4.167).
15. Alessandri, G., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Lugli, G. A., Viappiani, A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. The impact of human-facilitated selection on the gut microbiota of domesticated mammals. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol, 95(9). pii: fiz121. (IF: 4.1).
16. Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Alessandri, G., Turroni, F., Mancabelli, L., Tatoni, D., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Isolation of novel gut bifidobacteria using a combination of metagenomic and cultivation approaches. Genome Biology. 20(1), 96 (IF:13,214).
17. Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., James, K., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., Alessandri, G., Mangifesta, M., Mancino, W., Ossiprandi, M.C., Iori, A., Rota, C., Gargano, G., Bernasconi, S., Di Pierro, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Bifidobacterium bifidum and the infant gut microbiota: an intriguing case of microbe-host co-evolution. Environ. Microbiol. (10):3683-3695. (IF:4,974).
18. Molinero, N., Ruiz, L., Milani, C., Gutierrez-Diaz, I., Sanchez, B., Mangifesta, M., Segura, J., Cambero, I., Campelo, A.B., Garcia Bernardo, C.M., Cabrera, A., Rodriguez, J.I., Gonzalez, S., Rodriguez, J.M., Ventura, M., Delgado, S., and Margolles, A. 2019. The human gallbladder microbiome is related to the physiological state and the biliary metabolic profile. Microbiome 7(1):100 (IF: 9.133).
19. Milani, C., Duranti, S., Napoli, S., Alessandri, G., Mancabelli, L., Anzalone, R., Longhi, G., Viappiani, A., Mangifesta, M., Lugli, G.A., Bernasconi, S., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni F. 2019. Colonization of the human gut by bovine bacteria present in Parmesan cheese. Nature Comm. 10(1),1286 (IF:12,353)
20. Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Mancino, W., Anzalone, R., Longhi, G., Statello, R., Carnevali, L., Sgoifo, A., Bernasconi, S., Turroni, F., and Ventura, M. 2019. Exploring the effects of COLOSTRONONI on the mammalian gut microbiota composition. PloS One 14(5):e0217609. (IF:2.766).
21. Agarbati, A., Canonico, L., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Ciani, M., and Comitini, F. 2019. The influence of fungicide treatments on mycobiota of grapes and its evolution during fermentation evaluated by metagenomic and culture-dependent methods. Microorganisms 7(5). pii: E114 (IF: 4.167).
22. Feyereisen M., Mahony J., Lugli G.A., Ventura M., Neve H., Franz CMAP, Noben J.P., O'Sullivan T., van Sinderen, D. 2019. Isolation and Characterization of Lactobacillus brevis Phages. Viruses. 11(5). (IF:3.761)
23. Alessandri, G., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Ranjanoro, T., Modica, S., Carnevali, L., Statello, R., Bottacini, F., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., Sgoifo, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Ability of bifidobacteria to metabolize chitin-glucan and its impact on the gut microbiota. Scientific Reports. 9(1),5755 (IF: 5.578).
24. Kelleher, P., Mahony, J., Bottacini, F., Lugli, G.A., Ventura, M., and van Sinderen, D. 2019. The Lactococcus lactis pan-plasmidome. Frontiers in Microbiol. 10:707. (IF: 3,94).
25. Lugli, G.A., Duranti, S., Albert, K., Mancabelli, L., Napoli, S., Viappiani, A., Anzalone, R., Longhi, G., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Alessandri, G., Sela, D., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Unveiling genomic diversity among members of the Bifidobacterium pseudolongum species, a widely distributed gut commensal of the animal kingdom. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85(8),e03065-18 (IF: 3,95).
26. Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A, Napoli, S., Anzalone, R., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Alessandri, G., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2019. Characterization of the phylogenetic diversity of five novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium castoris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium callimiconis sp. nov., Bifidobacterium goeldii sp. nov., Bifidobacterium samirii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium dolichotidis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 69(5): 1288-1298 (IF: 2.134).
27. Lugli, G.A., Mancino, W., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Napoli, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Anzalone, R., Longhi, G., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2019. Dissecting the evolutionary development of the Bifidobacterium animalis species through comparative genomics analyses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85(7),e02806-18 (IF: 3,95).
28. Alessandri, G., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Lugli, G.A., Viappiani, A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2019. Metagenomic dissection of the canine gut microbiota: insights into taxonomic, metabolic and nutritional features. Environ. Microbiol. 294:1-9 (IF 4.974).
29. Lugli, G.A., Mangifesta, M., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Viappiani, A., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2019. Compositional assessment of bacterial communities in probiotic supplements by means of metagenomic techniques. Int. J. Food. Microbiol. 294: 1-9. (IF 3.451).
30. Ventura, M., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., and van Sinderen D. 2019. Health benefits conferred by the human gut microbiota during infancy. Microbial. Biotech. 12(2):243-248 (IF 3.913).
31. Díaz, M., Guadamuro, L., Espinosa-Martos, I., Mancabelli, L., Jiménez, S., Molinos-Norniella, C., Pérez-Solis, D., Milani, C., Rodríguez, J.M., Ventura, M., Bousoño, C., Gueimonde, M., Margolles, A., José Díaz, J., and Delgado, S. 2018. Microbiota and derived parameters in fecal samples of non-IgE cow`s milk protein allergy infants under restriction diet. Nutrients 11;10(10) (IF: 4.196).
32. Morís, G., Arboleya, S., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Ventura, M., de los Reyes-Gavilán, C.G., and Gueimonde, M. 2018. Fecal microbiota profile in a group of myasthenia gravis patients. Scientific Reports. 8(1):14384 (IF: 5.578).
33. Milani, C., Casey, E., Lugli, G.A., Moore, R., Kaczorowska, J., Feehily, C., Mangifesta, M., Mancabelli, L., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Mahony, J., Cotter, P.J., McAuliffe F., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2018. Tracing mother-infant transmission of bacteriophages by means of a novel tool for analysis of shotgun metagenomics datasets: METAnnotatorX. Microbiome 6(1):145 (IF: 9,133).
34. Mangifesta, M., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Gaiani, F., de'Angelis, N., de’Angelis, G.L., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2018. Mucosal microbiota of intestinal polyps reveals putative biomarkers of colorectal cancer. Scientific Reports. 18;8(1):13974 (IF: 5.578).
35. Cambillau, C., et al.. 2018. Mol. Microbiol. 110(5):777-795. (IF:3.816)
36. Cremon, C., Barbaro, M.R., Ventura, M., and Barbara, G. 2018. Pre and probiotic overview. Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 43:87-92. (IF: 6,613).
37. Mavrich, T., Casey, E., Oliveira, J., Bottacini, F., James, K., Franz, C., Lugli, G.A., Neve, H., Ventura, M., Hatfull, G., Mahony, J., and van Sinderen, D. 2018. Characterization and induction of prophages in human gut-associated Bifidobacterium hosts. Scientific Reports. 8(1):12772 (IF: 5.578).
38. Lugli, G.A., Mancino, W., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D and Ventura, M. 2018. Reconstruction of the bifidobacterial pan-secretome reveals the network of extracellular interactions between bifidobacteria and the infant gut. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(16):e00796-18 (IF: 3,95). Identified as an article of significant interest by the Journal (Spotlight AEM vol. 84. issue 16).
39. Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. B. bifidum PRL2010: scientific support of its use as an effective probiotic bacterium in the infant gut. Nutrafoods 17:173-178.
40. Ferretti, P., et al. 2018. Cell Host Microbe. 24(1):133-145 (IF: 17,87).
41. Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Mancabelli, L., Viappiani, A., Anzalone, R., Alessandri, G., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Phylotype-level profiling of lactobacilli in highly complex environments by means of an ITS-based metagenomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(14) e00706-18. (IF: 3,95).
42. Lavelle, K., Murphy, J., Fitzgerald, B., Lugli, G.A., Zomer, A., Neve, H., Ventura, M., Franz, C., Cambillau, C., van Sinderen, D., and Mahony, J. 2018. A decade of Streptococcus thermophilus phage evolution in an Irish dairy plant. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(10) e02855-17. Identified as an article of significant interest by the Journal (Spotlight AEM vol. 84 issue 10) (IF: 3,95).
43. Ticinesi, A., Milani, C., Guerra, A., Allegri, F., Lauretani, F., Nouvenne, A., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Ferrario, C., Dodi, R., Dall'Asta, M., Del Rio, D., Ventura, M., Meschi, T. 2018. Understanding the gut-kidney axis in nephrolithiasis: an analysis of the gut microbiota composition and functionality of stone formers. Gut. 67(12):2097-2106 (IF: 17.02).
44. Martínez, N., Luque, R., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Bañuelos, O., and Margolles, A. 2018. A gene homolog to rRNA methylases confers erythromycin and clindamycin resistance in Bifidobacterium breve. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(10) e02888-17 (IF: 3,95).
45. Mahony, J., Lugli, G.A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Impact of gut-associated bifidobacteria and their phages on health: two sides of the same coin? Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 102(5): 2091-2099 (IF: 3,420).
46. Bellocchi, C., Fernández-Ochoa, Á., Montanelli, G., Vigone, B., Santaniello, A., Milani, C., Quirantes-Piné, R., Borrás-Linares, I., Ventura, M., Segura-Carrettero, A., Alarcón-Riquelme, M.E., and Beretta, L. 2018. Microbial and metabolic multi-omic correlations in systemic sclerosis patients. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1421(1):97-109 (IF: 4,706).
47. Lugli, G.A., Mangifesta, M., Duranti, S., Anzalone, R., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Alessandri, G., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Phylogenetic classification of six novel species belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium comprising Bifidobacterium anseris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium criceti sp. nov., Bifidobacterium imperatoris sp. nov., Bifidobacterium italicum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium margollesii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium parmae sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 41(3):173-183. (IF: 3,931).
48. Nogueira Viçosa, G., Botta, C., Ferrocino, I., Bertolino, M., Nero, L.A., Ventura, M., and Cocolin, L. 2018. Staphylococcus aureus undergoes major transcriptional reorganization during growth with Enterococcus faecalis in milk. Food Microbiol. 73:17-28 (IF: 3,759).
49. Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Turroni, F., Viappiani, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Tracking the taxonomy of the genus Bifidobacterium based on a phylogenomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84(4). pii: e02249-17 (IF: 3,95).
50. Ventura, M., O’Toole, P.W., de Vos, W. and van Sinderen, D. 2018. Selected aspects of the human gut microbiota. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 75(1): 81-82(IF: 6.570). (Invited review).
51. Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Ferrario, C., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Bifidobacteria and the infant gut: an example of co-evolution and natural selection. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(1):103-118 (IF: 6.570). (Invited review).
52. Bottacini, F., Zomer, A., Milani, C., Ferrario, C., Lugli, G.A., Egan, M., Ventura, M., and van Sinderen, D. 2017. Global transcriptional landscape and promoter mapping of the gut commensal Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. BMC Genomics. 18(1):991. (IF: 3,729).
53. Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Cocconi, D., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Identification of universal gut microbial biomarkers of common human intestinal diseases by meta-analysis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(12). (IF: 3.87).
54. Bottacini, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Omics of bifidobacteria: Research and insights into their health promoting activities. Biochemical Journal. 474(24):4137-4152. (IF: 3,797) (Invited review).
55. Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mahony, J., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2018. Glycan utilization and cross-feeding activities by bifidobacteria. Trends in Microbiology. 26(4):339-350. (IF: 11.020) (invited review).
56. Ferrario, C., Alessandri, G., Mancabelli, L., Gering, E., Mangifesta, M., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Viappiani, A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ossiprandi, M.C., Hiyashi, R., Mackie, R., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Untangling the cecal microbiota of feral chickens by culturomic and metagenomic analyses. 19(11):4771-4783 (IF: 6.24).
57. Milani, C., Duranti, S., Bottacini, F., Casey, E., Turroni, F., Mahony, J., Belzer, C., Delgado, S., Arboleya, S., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Rodriguez, J.M., Bode, L., de Vos, W., Gueimonde, M., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. The first microbial colonizers of the human gut: composition, activities and health implications of the infant gut microbiota. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 81(4):1-67. (IF: 16,417) (Invited review).
58. McDonnell, B., Mahony, J., Hanemaaijer, L., Neve, H., Noben, J.P., Lugli, G.A., Ventura, M., Kouwen, T.R., and van Sinderen, D. 2017. Global survey and genome exploration of bacteriophages infecting the lactic acid bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus. Frontiers in Microbiol. 8:1754 (IF: 3,94).
59. Casey, E., Fitzgerald, B., Mahony, J., Lugli, G.A., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D. 2017. Genome Sequence of Serratia marcescens Phage BF. Genome Announc. 5(23). pii: e00211-17
60. Ferrario, C., Statello, R., Carnevali, L., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Jimenez, B., Lodge, S., Viappiani, A., Alessandri, G., Dall'Asta, M., Del Rio, D., Sgoifo, A., Van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2017. How to feed the mammalian gut microbiota: bacterial and metabolic modulation by dietary fibers. Frontiers in Microbiol. 8:1749. (IF: 3,94).
61. Ticinesi, A., Milani, C., Lauretani, F., Nouvenne, A., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Ferrario, C., Maggio, M., Ventura, M., and Meschi, T. 2017. Gut microbiota composition is associated with polypharmacy in elderly hospitalized patients. Scientific Reports 7(1):11102. (IF:5.578).
62. Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Ticinesi, A., Nouvenne, A., Meschi, T., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Unveiling the gut microbiota composition and functionality associated with constipation through metagenomic analyses. Scientific Reports 7(1):9879 (IF:5.578).
63. Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Mancino, W., Viappiani, A., Faccini, A., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2017. The sortase-dependent fimbriome of the genus Bifidobacterium: extracellular structures with potential to modulate microbe-host dialogue. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 83(19) (IF: 3.95).
64. Lugli, G.L., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Ferrario, C., Modesto, M., Mattarelli, P., Jiří, J., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses of the Bifidobacteriaceae family. BMC Genomics 18(1):568 (IF: 3,729).
65. Nogacka, A., Salazar, N., Suárez, M., Milani, C., Arboleya, S., Solís, G., Fernández, N., Alaez, Hernández-Barranco, A., de los Reyes-Gavilán, C., Ventura, M., and Gueimonde, M., 2017. Impact of intrapartum antimicrobial prophylaxis upon the intestinal microbiota and the prevalence of antibiotic-resistance genes in vaginally delivered full-term neonates. Microbiome 5(1):93 (IF: 9.00).
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67. Motato, K.E., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Valencia, F.E., Ruas-Madiedo, P., and Delgado, S. 2017. Bacterial diversity of the Colombian fermented milk “Suero Costeño” assessed by culturing and high-throughput sequencing and DGGE analysis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Food Microbiol. 68:129-136 (IF: 3.759).
68. Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., James, K., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Ferrario, C., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Unveiling bifidobacterial biogeography across the mammalian branch of the tree of life. ISME J. 11(12):2834-2847 (IF: 9.664).
69. Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., Armanini, F., Turroni, F., James, K., Ferretti, K., Gorfer, V., Ferrario, C., Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Anzalone, R., Zolfo, M., Viappiani, A., Pasolli, E., Bariletti, I., Canto, R., Clementi, R., Cologna, M., Crifò, T., Cusumano, G., Fedi, S., Gottardi, S., Innamorati, C., Masè, C., Postai, D., Savoi, D., Soffiati, M., Tateo, S., Pedrotti, A., Segata, N., Van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Maternal inheritance of bifidobacterial communities and bifidophages in infants through vertical transmission. Microbiome 5:66. (IF: 9.00).
70. Duranti, S., Ferrario, C., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2017. Obesity and microbiota: an example of an intricate relationship. Genes & Nutrition 12:18 (IF: 2.398).
71. Ferrario, C., Lugli, G.A., Ossiprandi, M.C., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Alessandri, G., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2017. Next Generation Sequencing-based multigene panel for high throughput detection of food-borne pathogens. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 256:20-29. (IF: 3,44).
72. Mahony, J., Moscarelli, A., Kelleher, P., Lugli, G.A., Lugli, Ventura, M., Settanni, L., and van Sinderen, D. 2017. Phage biodiversity in artisanal cheese whey reflects the complexity of the production process. Viruses 9(3). (IF: 3.04).
73. Mancabelli, L., et al. 2017. Environ. Microbiol. 19(4):1379-1390. (IF: 6.24)
74. Mahony, J., Oliveira, J., Collins, B., Haanemaaijer, L., Lugli, G.A., Neve, H., Ventura, M., Kouwen, T.R., Cambillau, C., and van Sinderen, D. 2017. Genetic and functional characterisation of the lactococcal P335 phage-host interactions. BMC Genomics 18(1):146 (IF:3.86).
75. Hayes, S., Murphy, J., Mahony, J., Lugli, G.A., Ventura, M., Noben, J.P., Franz, C.M.A.P., Neve, H., Nauta, A., and Van Sinderen, D. 2017. Biocidal inactivation of Lactococcus lactis bacteriophages: efficacy and targets of commonly used sanitizers. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:107 (IF:3.94).
76. Lugli, G.A., et al. 2017. Microbiome. 5(1):23 (IF: 9.00).
77. Inturri, R., Ventura, M., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Lugli, G.A., and Blandino, G. 2017. Complete Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum W11 (LMG P-21586), Used as a Probiotic Strain. Genome Announcement. 9;5(10).
78. Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Ferrario, C., Anzalone, R., Viappiani, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2017. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes among human gut-derived bifidobacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 83(3) (IF: 3.95). Identified as an article of significant interest by the Journal (Spotlight AEM vol. 83 issue 3).
79. Oliveira, J., et al, 2016. Genome Announcements 10;4(6). pii: e00906-16.
80. Maldonado-Gómez, M., Martínez, I., Bottacini, F., O’Callaghan, A., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D., Hillmann, B., Vangay, P., Knights, D., Hutkins, R.W., and Walter, J. 2016. Stable Engraftment of Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 in the Human Gut Depends on Individualized Features of the Resident Microbiome. Cell Host&Microbe. 20(4):515-526 (IF: 12.552).
81. Duranti, S., Gaiani, F., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Grandi, A., Bolchi, A., Santoni, A., Lugli, G., Ferrario, C., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Bertoni, S., Vivo, V., Serafini, F., Barbaro, M. R., Fugazza, A., Barbara, G., Gioiosa, L., Palanza, P., Cantoni, A. M., de'Angelis, G.L., Barocelli, E., de' Angelis, N., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2016. Elucidating the gut microbiome of ulcerative colitis: bifidobacteria as novel microbial biomarkers. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(12) (IF: 3.87).
82. Papadimitriou, K., Alegría, A., Bron, P., De Angelis, M., Gobbetti, M., Kleerebezem, M., Lemos, J., Linares, D., Ross P., Stanton, C., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., Varmanen, P., Ventura, M., Zúñiga, M., Tsakalidou, E., and Kok, J. 2016. Stress Physiology Of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 80(3):837-90. (IF:14,61).
83. Milani, C., Ticinesi, A., Gerritsen, J., Nouvenne, A., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Ferrario, C., Maggio, M., Lauretani, F., De Vos, W., van Sinderen, D., Meschi, T., and Ventura, M. 2016. Gut microbiota composition and Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized elderly individuals: a metagenomic study. Scientific Reports. 6:25945 (IF:5.578).
84. Arboleya, S., Sanchez, B., Solis, G., Fernandez, N., Suárez, M., Hernandez-Barranco, A., Milani, C., Margolles, A., De Los Reyes-Gavilan, C., Ventura, M., and Gueimonde, M. 2016. Impact of prematurity and perinatal antibiotics on the developing intestinal microbiota: a functional inference study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17(5) (IF: 2.86).
85. Pontonio, E. et al. 2016. Microbial Cell Factories. 15(1):72. (IF: 4.22).
86. Duranti, S., Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., Turroni, F., Ferrario, C., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Sánchez, B., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Evaluation of genetic diversity among strains of the human gut commensal Bifidobacterium adolescentis. Scientific Reports 6:23971 (IF:5.578)..
87. Mancabelli, L., Ferrario, C., Milani, C., Mangifesta, M., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Viappiani, A., Ossiprandi, M.C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Insights into the biodiversity of the gut microbiota of broiler chickens. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4727-4738. (IF: 6.24).
88. Ferrario, C., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Turroni, F., Margolles, A., Ruas-Madiedo, P., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Modulation of the eps-ome transcription of bifidobacteria through simulation of human intestinal environment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(4):fiw056. (IF: 3.87).
89. Lugli, G., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. MEGAnnotator: a user-friendly pipeline for microbial genomes assembly and annotation. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 363(7). pii: fnw049. (IF: 2.049).
90. Milani, C., Ferrario, C., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. The human gut microbiota and its interactive connections to diet. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 29(5):539-46 (IF: 1,98).
91. Hevia, H., Milani, C., López, P., Cuervo, A., Díaz, C., González, S., Suárez, A., Turroni, F., Gueimonde, M., Ventura, M., Sánchez, B., and Margolles, A. 2016. Allergic patients with long-term asthma display low levels of Bifidobacterium adolescentis. PloS One 11(2):e0147809. (IF: 4.3).
92. Lugli, GA, Milani, C., Turroni, F., Tremblay, D., Ferrario, C., Mancabelli, L., Duranti, S., Ward, D.V., Ossiprandi, M.C., Moineau, S., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Prophages of the genus Bifidobacterium as modulating agents of the infant gut microbiota. Environ. Microbiol. 18(7):2196-213. (IF: 6.24).
93. Milani, C., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Mancabelli, L., Ferrario, C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Genomics of the genus Bifidobacterium reveals species-specific adaptation to the glycan-rich gut environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82(4):980-91 (IF: 3.95).
94. Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Lugli, G.A., Ferrario, C., Gioiosa, L., Ferrarini, A., Li, J., Palanza, P., Delledonne, M., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2016. Deciphering metabolic interactions of bifidobacteria and its impact on gut microbiota by a multi-omics approach. ISME J. 10(7):1656-68. (IF:9.30).
95. Ferrario, C., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G.A., Turroni, F., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., Ossiprandi, MC., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2015. Exploring amino acid auxotrophy in Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:1331. (IF:3.94).
96. Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Mancabelli, L., Ferrario, C., Mangifesta, M., Hevia, A., Viappiani, A., Scholz, M., Arioli, S., Sanchez, B., Lane, J., Ward, D.W., Hickey, R., Mora, D., Segata, N., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2015. Bifidobacteria exhibit social behavior through carbohydrate resource sharing in the gut. Scientific Reports 5:15782 (IF:5.578).
97. Turroni, F., Özcan, E., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Viappiani, A., van Sinderen, D., Sela, D., Ventura, M. 2015. Glycan cross-feeding activities between bifidobacteria under in vitro conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 24;6:1030 (IF:3.94).
98. Colagiorgi, A., Turroni, F., Mancabelli, L., Serafini, F., Secchi, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2015. Insights into teichoic acid biosynthesis by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 362(17):fnv141. (IF: 2.049).
99. Milani, C., et al. 2015. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81(20):7078-87 (IF: 3.95). Identified as an article of significant interest by the Journal (Spotlight AEM vol. 81 issue 20).
100. Briner, A., Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Gueimonde, M., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., and Barrangou, R. 2015. Occurrence and diversity of CRISPR-Cas systems in the genus Bifidobacterium. Plos One. 10(7):e0133661 (IF: 3.53).
101. Zanotti, I., Turroni, F., Piemontese, A., Mancabelli, L., Milani, C., Viappiani, A., Prevedini, G., Sanchez, B., Margolles, A., Elviri, L., Franco B, van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. 2015. Evidence for cholesterol-lowering activity by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 through gut microbiota modulation. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 99(16):6813-29. (IF: 3.81).
102. Hevia, A., Bernardo, D., Montalvillo, E., Al-Hassi, H.O., Fernández-Salazar, L., Garrote, J.A., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Arranz, E., Knight, S.C., Margolles, A., Sánchez, B. 2015. Human colon-derived soluble factors modulate gut microbiota composition. Front Oncol. 5:86. (no IF)
103. Candon, S., Perez-Arroyo, A., Marquet, C., Valette, F., Foray, A.P., Pelletier, B., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Bach, J.F., Chatenoud, L. 2015. Antibiotics in early life alter the gut microbiome and increase the incidence in a spontaneous mouse model of autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes. PloS One. 10(5):e0125448. (IF: 3.53).
104. Ferrario, C., Milani, C., Mancabelli, L., Lugli, G., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Mangifesta, M., Viappiani, A., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M. 2015. A genome-based identification approach for members of the genus Bifidobacterium. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 91(3) (IF: 3.87).
105. Rojo, D., Hevia, A., Bargiela, R., López, P., Cuervo, A., González, S., Suárez, A., Sánchez, B., Martínez-Martínez, M., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Barbas, C., Moya, A., Suárez, A., Margolles, A., and Ferrer, M. 2015. Ranking the impact of human health disorders on gut metabolism: Systemic lupus erythematosus and obesity as study cases. Scientific Reports 5:8310. (IF:5.578).
106. Duranti, S., et al, and Ventura, M. 2015. Environ. Microbiol. 17:2515-2531. (IF: 6.24).
107. Egan, M., O Connell Motherway, M., Kilcoyne, M., Kane, M., Joshi, L., Ventura, M., van Sinderen D. 2014. Cross-feeding by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 during co-cultivation with Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in a mucin-based medium. BMC Microbiol. 14(1):282. (IF: 2.98).
108. Bottacini, F., O'Connell Motherway, M., Casey, E., McDonnell, B., Mahony, J., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D. 2014. Discovery of a conjugative megaplasmid in Bifidobacterium breve. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81(1):166-76. (IF: 3.95).
109. Hevia, A., Milani, C., López, P., Cuervo, A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., González, S., Suárez, A., Gueimonde, M., Ventura, M., Sánchez, B., and Margolles, A. 2014. Intestinal dysbiosis associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. mBio 30;5(5). pii: e01548-14. (IF: 6.87).
110. Arboleya, S., Sánchez, B., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Solís, G., Fernández, N., de los Reyes-Gavilán, C., Ventura, M., Margolles, A., Gueimonde. M. 2014. Intestinal microbiota development in preterm neonates and effect of perinatal antibiotics. The Journal of Pediatrics. S0022-3476(14)00892-0. (IF: 3.7).
111. De Angelis, M., Bottacini, F., Fosso, B., Kelleher, P., Calasso, M., Di Cagno, R., Ventura, M., Picardi, E., van Sinderen, D., Gobbetti, M. Lactobacillus rossiae, a vitamin B12 producer, represents a metabolically versatile species within the genus Lactobacillus. 2014. PloS One. 9(9):e107232. (IF: 4.3).
112. Bottacini, F., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D. and O'Connell Motherway, M. 2014. Diversity, ecology and intestinal function of bifidobacteria. Microb Cell Fact. Suppl 1:S4. S1-S4. (IF: 4.25)
113. Milani, C., Lugli, G., Turroni, F., Mancabelli, L., Duranti, S., Viappiani, A., Mangifesta, M., Segata, N., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Evaluation of bifidobacterial community composition in the human gut by means of a targeted amplicon sequencing (ITS) protocol. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 90(2):493-503. (IF: 3.87).
114. Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Bottacini, F., Guglielmetti, S., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Bifidobacterium bifidum as an example of a specialized human gut commensal. Frontiers in Microbiology 5:437. (IF: 3.9).
115. Milani, C., Lugli, G.A., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Bottacini, F., Mangifesta, M., Sanchez, B., Viappiani, A., Mancabelli, L., Taminiau, B., Delcenserie, V., Barrangou, R., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Genome encyclopaedia of type strains of the genus Bifidobacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(20):6290-302. Identified as an article of significant interest by the Journal (Spotlight AEM vol. 80 issue 20). (IF: 3.95).
116. Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Duranti, S., Ferrario, C., Viappiani, A., Mancabelli, L., Mangifesta, M., Taminiau, B., Delcenserie, V., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2014. Investigation of the evolutionary development of the genus Bifidobacterium by comparative genomics. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(20):6383-94. (IF: 3.95).
117. Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Viappiani, A., Mangifesta, M., Gioiosa, L., Palanza, P., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Genomic characterization and transcriptional studies of the starch-utilizing Bifidobacterium adolescentis 22L. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(19):6080-90 (IF: 3.95).
118. Guglielmetti, S., Balzaretti, S., Taverniti, V., Miriani, M., Milani, C., Scarafoni, A., Corona, S., Ciranna, A., Arioli, S., Santala, V., Iametti, S., Bonomi, F., Ventura, M., Mora, D., and Karp, M. 2014. Characterization of TgaA, a VirB1-like component belonging to a putative type IV secretion system of Bifidobacterium bifidum MIMBb75. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(17):5161-9 (IF: 3.95).
119. Turroni, F., Serafini, F., Mangifesta, M., Arioli, S., Mora, D., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Expression of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in response to environmental gut conditions. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 357(1):23-33. (IF: 2.049).
120. Egan, M., O'Connell-Motherway, M., Ventura, M. and van Sinderen, D. 2014. Metabolism of sialic acid by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80(14):4414-26. (IF: 3.95).
121. Serafini, F., Turroni, F., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Lugli, G.A., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Zamboni, N., Bottacini, F., van Sinderen, D., Margolles A., and Ventura, M. 2014. Kefir fermented milk and kefiran promote growth of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 and modulate its gene expression. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 178:50-9. (IF: 3.143).
122. Bottacini, F., O' Connell Motherway, M., Kuczynski, J., O' Connell, K.J., Serafini, F., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Lugli, G.A., Zomer, A., Zhurina, D., Riedel, C., Ventura, M., and van Sinderen, D. 2014. Comparative genomics of the Bifidobacterium breve taxon. BMC Genomics 1;15:170. (IF: 4.40).
123. Lugli, G. A., Duranti, S., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Viappiani, A., Mangifesta, M., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2014. Genome sequence of Bifidobacterium moukalabense DSM 27321 highlights closest phylogenetic relatedness with Bifidobacterium dentium taxon. Genome Announcements. 20;2(1).
124. Turroni, F., Taverniti, V., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Duranti, S., Guglielmetti, S., Lugli, G.A., Gioiosa, L., Palanza, P., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2014. Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 modulates host innate immune response. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:730-740. (IF: 3.778).
125. Ferrario, C., et al. 2013. PloS One. 8:e84796. (IF: 4.3).
126. Ventura, M., et al. 2014. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 94(2):163-8 (IF: 1.879).
127. Hidalgo-Cantabrana, C., Sanchez, B., Milani, C., Ventura, M., Margolles, A., and Ruas-Madiedo, P. 2014. Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Bifidobacterium spp.: genomic overview and biological functions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80:9-18. (IF: 3.778).
128. Turroni, F., Serafini, F., Foroni, E., Duranti, S., O’Connell Motherway, M., Taverniti, V., Mangifesta, M., Milani, C., Viappiani, A., Roversi, T., Sánchez, B., Santoni, A., Gioiosa, L., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., Margolles, A., Piazza, L., Palanza, P., Bolchi, A., Guglielmetti, S., van Sinderen D., and Ventura, M. 2013. The role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 110(27):11151-6. (IF: 9.432).
129. O Connell, K., O'Connell-Motherway, M., O'Callaghan, J., Fitzgerald, G., Ross, R.P., Ventura, M., Stanton, C., and van Sinderen, D., 2013. Metabolism of four α-glycosidic linkage-containing oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:6280-6292. (IF: 3.778).
130. Milani, M., Hevia, A., Foroni, E., Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Lugli, G.A., Sanchez, B., Martín, R., Gueimonde, M., van Sinderen, D., Margolles, A., and Ventura, M. 2013. Assessing the fecal microbiota: an optimized Ion Torrent 16S rRNA gene-based analysis protocol. PloS One. 8(7):e68739. (IF: 4.3).
131. Milani, C., Duranti, S., Lugli, G.A., Bottacini, F., Strati, F., Arioli, S., Foroni, E., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2013. Comparative genomics of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis reveals a strict monophyletic bifidobacterial taxon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79(14):4304-4315. (IF: 3.778).
132. Serafini, F., Strati, F., Madiedo, P.R., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Duranti, S., Milano, F., Perotti, A., Viappiani, A., Guglielmetti, S., Buschini, A., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2013. Evaluation of adhesion properties and antibacterial activities of the infant gut commensal Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Anaerobe (IF: 2,409).
133. Turroni, F., Ventura, M., Buttó, L.F., Duranti, S., O’Toole, P.W., O’Connell Motherway, M., and van Sinderen, D. 2014. Molecular dialogue between the human gut microbiota and the host: a Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium perspective. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 71(2):183-203. (IF: 6.570).
134. Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Foroni, E., Bottacini, F., Dal Bello, F., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2013. Exploration of genomic diversity and core genome of the Bifidobacterium adolescentis phylogenetic group by means of a polyphasic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79(1):336-46. (IF: 3.778).
135. LeBlanc, J.G., Milani, C., Savoy de Giori, G., Sesma, F., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2013. Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 24(2):160-8. (IF. 8.934).
136. Gueimonde, M., Ventura, M., Margolles, A., and Sanchez, B. 2012. Genome sequence of the immunomodulatory strain Bifidobacterium bifidum LMG 13195. J. Bacteriol. 194(24):6997. (IF: 3.993).
137. Bottacini, F., Milani, C., Turroni, F., Sánchez, B., Foroni, E., Duranti, S., Serafini, F., Viappiani, A., Strati, F., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., Henrissat, B., Coutinho, P., Fitzgerald, G.F., Margolles, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2012. Bifidobacterium asteroides PRL2011 genome analysis reveals clues for colonization of the insect gut. PloS One 7(9):e44229. (IF: 4.3).
138. Alvarez-Martin, P., O'Connell-Motherway, M., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Ventura, M., and van Sinderen, D. 2012. A two-component regulatory system controls serpin expression in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(19):7032-41. (IF: 3.778).
139. Ventura, M., Turroni, F., O’Connell Motherway, M., MacSharry, J., and van Sinderen, D. 2012. Host-microbe interactions that facilitate gut colonization by commensal bifidobacteria. Trends in Microbiology 20(10):467-476. (IF: 9.8).
140. Gueimonde, M., Bottacini, F., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., Margolles, A., and Sanchez, B. 2012. Genome sequence of the human breast-milk isolate Parascardovia denticolens IPLA 20019. J. Bacteriol 194(17):4776-7. (IF: 3.993).
141. Serafini, F., Turroni, F., Guglielmetti, S., Gioiosa, L., Foroni, E., Sanghez, V., Bartolomucci, A., O'Connell Motherway, M., Palanza, P., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura M. 2012. An efficient and reproducible method for transformation of genetically recalcitrant bifidobacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 333(2):146-52. (IF: 2.04).
142. Turroni, F., Strati, F., Foroni, E., Serafini, F., Duranti, S., van Sinderen D., and Ventura, M. 2012. Analysis of the predicted carbohydrate transport systems encoded by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(14):5002-12. (IF: 3.778).
143. Turroni, F., Peano, C., Pass, D., Foroni, E., Severgnini, M., Claesson, M., Kerr, C., Hourihane, J., Murray, D., Fuligni, F., Gueimonde, M., Margolles, A., De Bellis, G., O’Toole, P.W., van Sinderen, D., Marchesi, J., and Ventura, M. 2012. Diversity of bifidobacteria within the infant gut microbiota. PloS One 7(5):e36957. (IF: 4.3).
144. González-Rodríguez, I., et al. 2012. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(11):3992-8. (IF: 3.778).
145. Ruiz, L., Gueimonde, M., Ruas-Madiedo, P., Ribbera, A., de los Reyes-Gavilan, C., Ventura, M., Margolles, A., and Sanchez, B. 2012. Molecular clues to understand the aerotolerant phenotype of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(3):644-50. (IF: 3.778).
146. Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and van Sinderen, D. 2012. Probiogenomics as a tool to obtain genetic insights into adaptation of probiotic bacteria to the human gut. Bioengineered Bugs. 1;3(2).
147. Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Montanini, B., Viappiani, A., Strati, F., Duranti, F., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., van Sinderen D., and Ventura M. 2011. Global genome transcription profiling of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 under in vitro conditions and identification of reference genes for quantitative Real-Time PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(24):8578-87. (IF: 3.778).
148. Bottacini, F., Dal Bello, F., Turroni, F., Milani, C., Duranti, S., Foroni, E., Viappiani, A., Strati, F., Mora, D., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2011. Complete genome sequence of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BLC1. J. Bacteriol. 193(22):6387-8. (IF: 3.993).
149. Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Serafini, F., Viappiani, A., Montanini, B., Bottacini, F., Ferrarini, A., Bacchini, P.L., Rota, C., Delledonne, M., Ottonello, S., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2011. The ability of Bifidobacterium breve to grow on different milk types: exploring metabolism through genome analyses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(20):7408-17. (IF: 3.778).
150. Foroni, E., Serafini, F., Amidani, D., Turroni, F., He, F., Bottacini, F., O’Connell Motherway, M., Viappiani, A., Zhang, Z., Rivetti, C., van Sinderen, D. and Ventura, M. 2011. Genetic analysis and morphological identification of pilus-like structures in members of the genus Bifidobacterium. Microbial Cell Factories 10 Suppl 1:S16. (IF. 4.54).
151. O'Connell Motherway, M., Zomer, A., Leahy, S., Reunanen, J., Bottacini, F., Claesson, M.J., O’Brien, F., O’Flynn, K., Casey, P.C., Moreno-Munoz, J., Kearney, B., Houston, B., O’Mahony, C., Higgins, D.G., Shanahan F., Palva A., de Vos,W., Fitzgerald, G.F., Ventura, M., O’Toole, P.O., and van Sinderen D. 2011. Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 108(27):11217-22 (IF: 9.432).
152. Turroni, F., Milani, C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2011. Genetic strategies for mucin metabolism in Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010: an example of possible human-microbe co-evolution. Gut Microbes 2(3):183-9. (IF: 2).
153. Serafini, F., Bottacini, F., Viappiani, A., Baruffini, E., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Lodi, T., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2011. Investigation of mupirocin susceptibility in bifidobacteria: physiological and genetic insights. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(9):3141-6. (IF: 3.778).
154. Turroni, F., van Sinderen D., Ventura, M. 2011. Genomics and ecological overview of the genus Bifidobacterium. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 149(1):37-44. (IF: 3.143).
155. Cronin M, Ventura M, Fitzgerald GF, van Sinderen D. 2011. Progress in genomics, metabolism and biotechnology of bifidobacteria. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 149(1):4-18. (IF: 3.143).
156. Ventura, M., Sozzi, T., Turroni, F., Matteuzzi, D., and D. van Sinderen. 2011. The impact of bacteriophages on probiotic bacteria and gut microbiota diversity. Genes and Nutrition J., 6(3):205-7. (IF 3.41).
157. Turroni, F., Bottacini, F., Foroni, E., Mulder, I., Kim, J.H., Zomer, A., Sánchez, B., Bidossi, A., Ferrarini, A., Giubellini, V., Delledonne, M., Henrissat, B., Coutinho, P., Oggioni, M., Fitzgerald, G.F., Mills, D., Margolles, A., Kelly, D., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2010. Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 107(45):19514-9. (IF: 9.432).
158. Bottacini, F., Medini, D., Pavesi, A., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Riley, D., Giubellini, V., Tettelin, H., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. 2010. Comparative genomics of the genus Bifidobacterium. Microbiology 156(Pt 11):3243-54. (IF: 3.025).
159. Canchaya C, Giubellini V, Ventura M, de los Reyes-Gavilán CG, Margolles A. Mosaic-like sequences containing transposon, phage, and plasmid elements among Listeria monocytogenes plasmids. 2010. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:4851-7. (IF: 3.778).
160. Turroni, F., Foroni, E., O’Connel Motherway M., Bottacini, F., Giubellini, V., Zomer, A., Ferrarini, A., Delledonne, M., Zhang, Z., van Sinderen D., and Ventura M. 2010. Characterization of the serpin-encoding gene of Bifidobacterium breve 210B. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76(10):3206-19 (IF: 3.778).
161. Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Foroni, E., Duranti, E., Giubellini, V., Bottacini, F., and D. van Sinderen. 2010. Analyses of bifidobacterial prophage-like sequences. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 98(1):39-50 (IF: 1.964).
162. Ventura, M., Turroni F., Zomer A., Foroni E., Giubellini V., Canchaya C., Bottacini F., Claesson, M.J., Zhang, Z., Mantzourani, M., Mulas L., Ferrarini A., Delledonne M., Henrissat B., Coutinho, P., Oggioni M., Gupta R.S., Beighton D., Fitzgerald G.F., O’Toole, P.W., and van Sinderen D.,. 2009. The Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1 genome sequence reflects its genetic adaptation to the human oral cavity. Plos Genetics 12: e1000785 (IF:8.7).
163. Zomer, A., Fernandez, M., Kearney, B., Fitzgerald, G.F., Ventura, M., van Sinderen, D. 2009. An interactive regulatory network controls stress response in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. J Bacteriol. 191(22):7039-49. (IF: 3.993).
164. Ventura, M., F. Turroni, G.L. Mendez, E. Foroni, A. Zomer, S. Duranti, V. Giubellini, F. Bottacini, P. Horvath, R. Barrangou, D.A. Sela, D.A. Mills and D. van Sinderen. 2009. Comparative analyses of prophage-like elements present in bifidobacterial genomes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75:6929-6936 (IF: 3.778).
165. Turroni F, Marchesi, J.R., Foroni E, Gueimonde, M., Shanahan F, Margolles, A., van Sinderen D, Ventura M. 2009. Microbiomic analysis of the bifidobacterial population in the human distal gut. The ISME J. 3(6):745-51. (IF: 9.26).
166. Turroni F, Foroni E, Pizzetti P, Giubellini V, Ribbera A, Merusi P, Cagnasso P, Bizzarri B, De'angelis GL, Shanahan F, van Sinderen D, Ventura M. 2009. Exploring the diversity of the bifidobacterial population in the human intestinal tract. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75(6):1534-45 (IF: 3.778).
167. Ventura, M., O'Flaherty S., Claesson M.J., Turroni F, Klaenhammer T. R., van Sinderen D., and O'Toole P. W. 2009. Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics. Nature Microbiol. Rev 7(1):61-71 (IF: 23.317).
168. Ventura, M, et al. 2009. Frontiers in Bioscience 14:3214-21 (IF: 3.60).
169. Turroni, F., et al. Ventura, M. 2009. Frontiers in Bioscience 14:4673-84 (IF: 3.60).
170. Denou, E., Pridmore R.D., Ventura, M., Pittet, A.C., Zwahlen, M.C., Berger, B., Barretto, C., Panoff, J.M., Brussow, H. 2008. The role of prophage for genome diversification within a clonal lineage of Lactobacillus johnsonii. J. Bacteriol. 190(17):5806-13. (IF: 3.993).
171. Mayo, B., et al. Ventura M. 2008. Current Genomics. 9(3):169-83. (IF:0.98)
172. Turroni, F, et al., Ventura, M. 2008. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 94(1):35-50 (IF: 1.964).
173. Ventura, M., and Turroni, F. 2008. How bifidobacterial genomics could help in understanding probiotic-prebiotic functionality. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease. 20:177-179.
174. Ventura M, Zomer A, Canchaya C, O'Connell-Motherway M, Kuipers O, Turroni F, Ribbera A, Foroni E, Buist G, Wegmann U, Shearman C, Gasson MJ, Fitzgerald GF, Kok J, van Sinderen D. 2007. Comparative analyses of prophage-like elements present in two Lactococcus lactis strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:7771-80 (IF: 3.778).
175. Ventura, M., Canchaya, C., Tauch. A, Chandra G., Chater, K., Fitzgerald, G.F., and van Sinderen, D. 2007. Genomics of Actinobacteria: tracing the evolutionary history of an ancient phylum. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 71: 495-548 (IF: 15.864).
176. Ventura, M. et al. 2007. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 120;2-12 (IF:2.608).
177. Lindner, J. et al. Ventura, M.,. 2007. Int. J. Food Microbiol.120:13-24 (IF:2.608).
178. Ventura, et al. 2007. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:4695-703. (IF: 3.778).
179. Wegmann U, O'connell-Motherway M, Zomer A, Buist G, Shearman C, Canchaya C, Ventura M, Goesmann A, Gasson MJ, Kuipers OP, van Sinderen D, Kok J. 2007. The complete genome sequence of the lactic acid bacterial paradigm Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363. J. Bacteriol. 189:3256-70. (IF: 3.993).
180. Ventura, M., Canchaya, C., Fitzgerald, G.F., Gupta, R.S., and van Sinderen D. 2007. Genomics as a means to understand bacterial phylogeny and ecological adaptation: the case of bifidobacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 91:351-372. (IF: 1.964).
181. Ventura, M., C. Canchaya, A. Del Casale, F. Dellaglio, E. Neviani, G. F. Fitzgerald and D. van Sinderen. 2006. Analysis of bifidobacterial evolution using a multilocus approach. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 30:734-59. (IF: 2.662).
182. Mahony, J., Deveau, H., McGrath, S., Ventura, M., Canchaya, C., Moineau, S., Fitzgerald, G.F. and D. van Sinderen. 2006. Sequence and comparative analysis of lactococcal bacteriophages jj50, 712 and P008: evolutionary insights into the 936 phage species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 261:253-61. (IF: 2.068).
183. Ventura, M., C. Canchaya, V. Bernini, G.F. Fitzgerald and D. Van Sinderen. 2006. How high G+C Gram-positive bacteria and in particular bifidobacteria cope with heat stress: protein players and regulators. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 30:734-759. (IF: 8.691).
184. Ventura, M., C. Canchaya, V. Bernini, E. Altermann, R. Barrangou, S. Mc Grath, M. J. Claesson, Y. Li, S. Leahy, C. D. Walker, R. Zink, E. Neviani, J. Steele, J. Broadbent, T. R. Klaenhammer, G. F. Fitzgerald, P. O’Toole, and D. van Sinderen. 2006. Comparative genomics and transcriptional analysis of prophages identified in the genomes of Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus salivarius and Lactobacillus casei. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:3131-3146. (IF: 3.778).
185. Ventura, M., C. Canchaya, V. Bernini, A. Del Casale, F. Dellaglio, E. Neviani, G. F. Fitzgerald and D. van Sinderen. 2005. Genetic characterization of hrcA locus in Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:8998-9007. (IF: 3.778).
186. Ventura, M., Z. Ziding, J.G. Kenny, M. Cronin, C. Canchaya, G. F. Fitzgerald and D. van Sinderen. 2005. The ClgR protein regulates the transcription of the clpP operon in Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003. J. Bacteriol. 187:8411-8426. (IF: 3.993).
187. Ventura, M., et al., 2005. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:8692-8705. (IF: 3.778).
188. Ventura, M, J.G. Kenny, Z. Zhang, G.F. Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen. 2005. The clpB gene of Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003: transcriptional analysis and first insights into stress induction. Microbiology. 151:2861-2872. (IF: 3.139).
189. Ventura, M., G.F. Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen. 2005. Genetic and transcriptional organization of the clpC locus in Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:6282-6291. (IF: 3.778).
190. Ventura, M., R. Zink, G.F. Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen. 2005. Gene structure and transcriptional organization of the dnaK operon of Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003 and its application in bifidobacterial tracing. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:487-500. (IF: 3.778).
191. Ventura, M., C. Canchaya, R. Zink, G.F. Fitzgerald, and D. van Sinderen. 2004. Characterization of the groEL and groES loci in Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003: genetic, transcriptional and phylogenetic analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:6197-209. (IF: 3.778).
192. Ventura, M., D. van Sinderen, G.F. Fitzgerald, and R. Zink. 2004. Insights into the taxonomy, genetics and physiology of bifidobacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 86:205-223 (review). (IF: 1.964).
193. Ventura, M. and H. Brüssow. 2004 Temporal transcription map of the virulent Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophage Sfi19. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:5041-5046. (IF: 3.778).
194. Masco L., M. Ventura, R. Zink, G. Huys and J. Swings. 2004. Polyphasic taxonomic analysis of Bifidobacterium animalis and Bifidobacterium lactis reveals relatedness at subspecies level: reclassification of Bifidobacterium animalis as Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis comb. nov. and Bifidobacterium lactis as Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:1137-43. (IF: 2.662).
195. Ventura M., C. Canchaya, D. van Sinderen, G.F. Fitzgerald, and R. Zink. 2004. Bifidobacterium lactis DSM 10140: identification of the atp (atpBEFHAGDC) operon, its genetic structure, characterization and phylogenic analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:3110-3121. (IF: 3.778).
196. Ventura M., C. Canchaya, R.D. Pridmore, and H. Brüssow. 2004. The prophages of Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC533: comparative genomics, transcription and microarray analysis. Virology 320:229-242. (IF: 3.525).
197. Ventura M. et al. 2003. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:7517-7522. (IF: 3.778).
198. Ventura M., C. Canchaya, V. Meylan, T.R. Klaenhammer, and R. Zink. 2003. Analysis, characterization and loci of the tuf genes in Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium and their direct application for species identification. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6908-6922. (IF: 3.778).
199. Ventura M., C. Canchaya, M. Kleerebezem, W.M. de Vos, R.J. Siezen, and H. Brüssow. 2003. The prophage sequences of Lactobacillus plantarum strain WCFS1. Virology. 316:245-255. (IF: 3.525).
200. Ventura M., C. Canchaya, D. Pridmore, and H. Brüssow. 2003. Integration and distribution of Lactobacillus johnsonii prophages. J. Bacteriol. 185:4603-4608. (IF: 3.993).
201. Blatny J.M., M. Ventura, E.M. Rosenhaven, P.A. Risoen, M. Lunde, H. Brüssow, and I.F. Nes. 2003. Transcriptional and regulatory studies of the genetic elements involved in the lysogenic-lytic commitment and the identification of the Cro-like protein ORF76 of the temperate lactococcal bacteriophage ΦLC3. Mol. Gen. Genomics. 269:487-498. (IF: 2.345).
202. Jankovic I., M. Ventura, V. Meylan, M. Rouvet, and R. Zink. 2003. Contribution of Aggregation Promoting Factor (APF) to maintenance of cell shape in Lactobacillus gasseri 4B2. J. Bacteriol. 185:3288-3296. (IF: 3.993).
203. Ventura M., V. Meylan, and R. Zink. 2003. Identification and tracing of Bifidobacterium species by Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus (ERIC) Sequences. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:4286-4301. (IF: 3.778).
204. Desiere F., S. Lucchini, C. Canchaya, M. Ventura & H. Brüssow. 2002. Comparative genomics of phages and prophages in lactic acid bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 82:73-91. (review). (IF: 1.964).
205. Ventura M., and R. Zink. 2002. Specific identification and molecular typing analysis of Lactobacillus johnsonii by using PCR-based methods and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 217:141-154. (IF: 2.068).
206. Ventura M., and R. Zink. 2002. Rapid identification, differentiation, and proposed new taxonomic classification of Bifidobacterium lactis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:6429-6434. (IF: 3.778).
207. Ventura M., I. Jankovic, D.C. Walker, R.D. Pridmore, and R. Zink. 2002. Identification and characterization of novel surface proteins in Lactobacillus johnsonii and Lactobacillus gasseri. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:6172-6181. (IF: 3.778).
208. Ventura M., A. Bruttin, C. Canchaya, and H. Brüssow. 2002. Transcription analysis of Streptococcus thermophilus in the lysogenic state. Virology. 302:21-31. (IF: 3.525).
209. Ventura M., S. Foley, A. Bruttin, C. Canchaya, and H. Brüssow. 2002. Transcription mapping as a tool in phage genomics: the case of the temperate Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21. Virology. 296:62-76. (IF: 3.525).
210. Ventura M. et al. 2001. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2760-2765. (IF: 3.778).
211. Ventura M. et al. 2001. FEMS Microbiology ecology. 36:113-121. (IF: 3.157).
212. Ventura M. et al. 2000. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 23:504-509. (IF: 2.037).
213. Ventura M., L. Morelli and M. L. Callegari. 2000. S-layer gene as a molecular marker for identification of Lactobacillus helveticus. FEMS Microbiology Letters 189:275-279, 2000. (IF: 2.068).
214. Ventura M., M.L. Callegari, L. Morelli. 1999. Surface layer variations affecting phage adsorption on seven Lactobacillus helveticus strains. Annali di Microbiologia ed Enzimologia 49:55-63, 1999. (IF: 0.990).
Capitoli di libri
-Turroni, F., Milani, C., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. Bifidobacteria: ecology and co-evolution with the host. 2017. The genus Bifidobacterium. Elsevier Publisher (Editors Wood, Biavati, Mattarelli and Holzapfel).
-Duranti, S., Turroni, F., Meschi, T., Ticinesi, A., Nouvenne, A., van Sinderen, D., and Ventura, M. Next Generation of Probiotic Bacteria: the test case of Bifidobacteria. 2015. Probiotics for Children. Nova Sciences Publishers, Inc. (Editor, M. Manfredi and G. De Angelis).
-Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and van Sinderen D. Human gut bifidobacteria: special friends. 2014. Diet-Microbe Interactions in the Gut. Elsevier (Editor, K. Tuohy and D. Del Rio).
-Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and van Sinderen D. The gut microbiota in health and disease. 2014. The human microbiota and microbiome. CABI. (Editor, J. Marchesi).
-Sanchez, B., Turroni, F., van Sinderen, D., Ventura, M., Gueimonde, M., and Margolles, A. 2012. Exploration of the interaction of probiotics and prebiotics with the host using omics technologies. Book chapter in: Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). V. Kotchetkov (ed.).
-Ventura, M., Margolles, A., Turroni, F., Zomer, A., de los Reyes-Gavilan, C.G., and van Sinderen D. 2011. The stress response in bifidobacteria. Stress response of Lactic Acid Bacteria. Springer (Editor, E. Tsakalidou).
-Ventura, M., Turroni, F., van Sinderen D. 2011. Bifidobacteria: general overview on ecology, taxonomy and genomics. Lactic Acid Bacteria: Microbiological and functional aspects CRC Press (Editors, S. Lahtinen, A.C. Ouwehand, S. Salminen, A. Von Wright).
-Ventura, M., et al. 2009. Caister Academic Press (Editors, B. Mayo and D. van Sinderen).
-Ventura, M., Turroni, F., and D. van Sinderen. 2009. Genomics of bifidobacteria: where we stand now and where we are going. Bifidobacteria: Genomics and Molecular Aspects. Caister Academic Press (Editors, B. Mayo and D. van Sinderen).
-Ventura, M., Turroni, F., Ribbera, A., Foroni, E., and D. van Sinderen. 2008. Bifidobacteria: the model of human gut commensal. Therapeutic microbiology: probiotics and other strategies. ASM Press (Editor, J. Versalovic&Wilson).
-Mayo B. , van Sinderen D., Ventura, M., Álvarez-Martín, P., and O’Connell-Motherway, M., 2007. Analysis and practical application of LAB genomes. (Book Chapter) Molecular Aspect of Lactic Acid Bacteria for Traditional and New Applications. Editors: B. Mayo, P. Lopez and G. Perez-Martinez.
-Canchaya, C., Ventura, M., and D. van Sinderen. 2006. Phage genomics and bioinformatics. Bacteriophage: Genetics and Molecular Biology (Editors, S. McGraph & D. van Sinderen).
Book editorials
1) 2004-2007. M. Ventura (guest editor). Genetics and genomics of probiotic bacteria. Special issue published by Frontiers in Bioscience (IF: 3.60).
2) 2010. M. Ventura (guest editor) for Genomics of probiotic bacteria and human gut. Special issue in Genes and Nutrition Journal (IF 3.9).
3) 2015-2016. M. Ventura (topic editor) for Bifidobacteria and their role in the human gut microbiota. Special issue for Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 3.9).
4) 2016 to date. M. Ventura (co-guest editor) for The Human gut microbiota. Special issue in preparation for Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (IF 5.08).
B- PARTECIPAZIONE A CONVEGNI NAZIONALI E INTERNAZIONALI
1- Relazioni e seminari a congressi nazionali e internazionali
-“The role of the microbiome in allergic diseases” 2nd Advanced Course of Pediatric Allergology, Parma, Italy 7th-8th June 2019 (lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria: a long history of microbe-mammalian gut co-evolution” The 12th Finnish Gut Day, Helsinki, Finland, 17th January 2019 (lecture).
-“Disentanglement of the biogeography of the genus Bifidobacterium and its impact on bifidobacterial taxonomy” LABIP Workshop, Verona, Italy, 4th-5th October 2018 (lecture).
-“The human gut microbiota: a forgotten organ of our body” Society of Italian Medical Pediatrics (SIMPE), Genova, Italy, 4th-6th October 2018 (lecture).
-“Untangling the evolutionary development of the genus Bifidobacterium by comparative genomics” Pharmabiotics 2018 Conference 14th-15th March 2018, Paris, France (lecture).
-“Unveiling bifidobacterial biogeography across mammals: an example of co-evolution strategy involving maternal inheritance of bifidobacterial communities” 12th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria 27th-21st August 2017 (plenary lecture).
-“Molecular dialogue between microbe-host and microbe-microbe: the case of bifidobacteria” International Scientific Conference Probiotics and Prebiotics, Budapest Hungary, 20th-22nd June 2017 (Plenary lecture).
-“Comparative and functional genomics of bifidobacteria” 4th International Symposium on Propionibacteria and Bifidobacteria, Cork, Ireland, 20-23 September 2016 (plenary lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria: and the human gut microbiota: an example of social behavior” 43 rd Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology, Naples Italy, 27-30 September 2015 (invited lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria and humans: an example of microbe-host co-evolution”, AGI, Genetic School of Cortona, 23rd-24th June 2014, Cortona, Italy (invited lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria and human gut”, Mini Symposium on the microbiota, University of Trento, February 14th-15th 2014 (lecture).
-“Genomics as a mean to understand microbial ecology: the case of bifidobacteria”, XLII National Congress A-MCLI, 12th-15th November 2013, Rimini, Italy. (invited lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria”, Eagen Postgraduate course Gut Microbiome Nutrition and Health, Rome, Italy, July 10th-11th 2013 (lecture).
-“Insights into ecology and genomics of bifidobacteria”, Graduate School in Molecular Science and Plant, Food and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Milan, 22nd April 2013 (lecture).
-“Bifidobacteria: host-interactions and comparisons with other actinobacterial genomes”, Actinobacteria within soils Symposium 25th – 28th October 2012, Münster, Germany (plenary lecture).
-“Diversity of the human gut microbiota”, 24° Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Diabetologia, Torino, Italy 23rd-26th May 2012 (invited lecture).
-“In silico analyses of bifidobacterial genomes: an example of genetic adaptation to the human gut”. 38° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Microbiologia, 17th-20th October, 2010, Riccione, Italy (invited lecture).
-“The genome sequence of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals genetic strategies for utilization of host-derived glycans” 3rd International Symposium on Propionibacteria and Bifidobacteria, Oviedo Spain 1st-6th June 2010 (invited lecture).
-“Microbiomic analysis of intestinal microflora” European Intestinal Transport Group, Meeting, Salerno, Italy 7th-10th April 2010 (Keynote lecture).
-“The impact of bacterial genomics and functional genomics in the understanding of the molecular basis of health promoting activities of bifidobacteria” Nu.Tri.Sci. 2009, Meeting, Novara, Italy 1st of October 2009 (invited lecture).
-“The impact of phages on bacterial chromosomes of human gut commensals: a genomic based analysis” Minisymposium of Phages and Host interaction. Parma, Italy 29th of September 2009. (invited lecture).
-“The new frontiers in probiotic research: microbial ecology of the human gut and probiogenomics”. NutrEvent Meeting, Lille, France June 17th-18th, 2009. (invited lecture).
-“Probiogenomics of bifidobacteria: insights into the molecular basis of probiosis”. SIMGBM, 28th National Meeting, Spoleto, Italy, June 11-13, 2009 (plenary lecture)
-“Probiogenomics & bifidobacteria. Mini-symposium Applications of genomics to LAB”. The new horizon. 9th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 31 to September 4, 2008 (invited lecture)
-“How bifidobacterial genomics could help in understanding probiotic functionality”. 4th probiotics and prebiotics new food. Rome, 16th-18th September 2007 (invited lecture).
-“Probiogenomics and bifidobacteria : the case of a natural gut inhabitant”. 14th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes. NewCastle, UK 26th-30th August 2007 (invited lecture).
First insights into the genome sequence analysis of the mouth-commensal Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1”. FoodMicro 2006, Bologna, Italy 29th August 2nd September 2006 (invited lecture).
-“Stress response in Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003”. International symposium on propionibacteria & bifidobacteria: dairy and probiotic applications, Saint-Malo (short talk). 2nd-4th June 2004.
2- Chair a sessioni di congressi nazionali e internazionali
-SIMGBM, 30th National Meeting, Ravenna, Italy, September 24th-26th, 2015. “The Human Holobiome” (session).
-Eagen Postgraduate course Gut Microbiome Rome, Italy, July 10th-11th, 2013. Nutrition and Health, session “Different microbes for different functions?” (session).
-Actinobacteria within soils Symposium 25th – 28th October 2012, Münster, Germany. “Interaction of Actinobacteria with other organisms” (session).
-SIMGBM, 29th National Meeting, Pisa, Italy, September 21st-23rd, 2011. “Molecular ecology and gut microbiota” (session).
3-Cover images di riviste scientifiche
Alcune delle immagini degli articoli scientifici che il Prof. Ventura ha pubblicato durante la sua carriera sono state selezionate come cover images di issues delle seguenti Riviste Scientifiche:
1) Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (IF 5.08) January 2014, Volume 71, Issue 2.
2) Trends in Microbiology (IF 9.8), October 2012, Volume 20, Issue 10.
3) Frontiers in Microbiology 2014 (IF: 4.00).
4) Environmental Microbiology (IF 6.24), July 2015, Volume 17, Issue 7.
5) Environmental Microbiology (IF 6.24), July 2016, Volume 18, Issue 7
6) Frontiers in Microbiology (IF 4.00), November 2016, Special issue on bifidibobacteria.
7) Environmental Microbiology (IF 6.24), November 2017, Volume 19, Issue 11
8) Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (IF 5.08) January 2018, Volume 75, Issue 1
9) Microbiology and Molecular Biology Review (IF 16,417) June 2018, Volume 82, Issue 2
10) Microorganims (IF 4.167) November 2019,
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