Microbial ecology in extreme environments

• Menzel P, Gudbergsdóttir SR, Rike AG, Lin L, Zhang Q, Contursi P, Moracci M, Kristjansson JK, Bolduc B, Gavrilov S, Ravin N, Mardanov A, Bonch-Osmolovskaya E, Young M, Krogh A, Peng X. (2015) Comparative Metagenomics of Eight Geographically Remote Terrestrial Hot Springs. Microbial Ecology 70(2):411-424.
• Rippa V, Papa R, Giuliani M, Pezzella C, Parrilli E, Tutino ML, Marino G, Duilio A. (2012) Regulated recombinant protein production in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Methods Mol Biol 824:203-218.
• Strazzulli A, Fusco S, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Moracci M, Contursi P. (2017) Metagenomics of microbial and viral life in terrestrial geothermal environments. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 16(3):425-454.

Microbial ecology of soil and plant-microbes interactions

• Battaglia D, Bossi S, Cascone P, Digilio MC, Duran Prieto J, Fanti P, Guerrieri E, Iodice L, Lingua G, Lorito M, Maffei ME, Massa N, Ruocco M, Sasso R, Trotta V. (2013) Tomato below ground–above ground interactions: Trichoderma longibrachiatum affects the performance of Macrosiphumeuphorbiae and its natural antagonists. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 26:1249–1256.

• Biro B, Toscano G, Horváth N, Matics H, Domonkos M, Scotti R, Rao MA, Wejden B, French HK. (2014) Vertical and horizontal distributions of microbial abundances and enzymatic activities in propylene glycol affected soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International 21: 9095-9108
• Bonanomi G, Capodilupo M, Incerti G, Gaglione SA, Scala F. (2014) Fungal diversity increases soil fungistasis and resistance to microbial invasion by a non resident species. Biological Control 72:8-45.
• Bonanomi G, Cesarano G, Lombardi N, Motti R, Scala F, Mazzoleni S, Incerti G. (2017) Litter chemistry explains contrasting feeding preferences of bacteria, fungi, and higher plants. Scientific Reports 7(1):920.
• Bonanomi G, Chirico GB, Palladino M, Gaglione SA, Crispo DG, Lazzaro U, Rippa M, Scala F. (2017) Combined application of photo-selective mulching films and beneficial microbes affects crop yield and irrigation water productivity in intensive farming systems. Agricultural Water Management 184:104-113.
• Bonanomi G, De Filippis F, Cesarano G, La Storia A, Ercolini D, Scala F. (2016) Organic farming induces changes in soil microbiota that affect agro-ecosystem functions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 103:327-336.
• Bonanomi G, Ippolito F, Scala F. (2015) A "black" future for plant pathology? Biochar as a new soil amendment for controlling plant diseases. Journal of Plant Pathology 97:223-234.
• Bonanomi G, Lombardi N, Scala F, Cesarano G, Vinale F, Crasto A, Woo SL, Ippolito F. (2018) Biochar chemistry defined by 13C-CPMAS NMR explains opposite effects on soilborne microbes and crop plants. Applied Soil Ecology 124:351-361.
• Bonanomi G, Chirico GB, Palladino M, Gaglione SA, Crispo DG, Lazzaro U, Rippa M, Scala F. (2017) Combined application of photo-selective mulching films and beneficial microbes affects crop yield and irrigation water productivity in intensive farming systems. Agricultural Water Management 184:104-113.
• Bosso L, Scelza R, Testa A, Cristinzio G, Rao MA. (2015) Depletion of Pentachlorophenol contamination in an agricultural soil treated with Byssochlamys nivea, Scopulariopsis brumptii and urban waste compost: a laboratory microcosm study. Water Air and Soil Pollution 226:1-9.
• Bosso L, Scelza R, Varlese R, Meca G, Testa A, Rao MA, Cristinzio G. (2016) Assessing the effectiveness of Byssochlamys nivea and Scopulariopsis brumptii in pentachlorophenol removal and biological control of two Phytophthora species. Fungal Biology 120:1878.
• Ducci D, Albanese S, Boccia L, Celentano E, Cervelli E, Corniello A, Crispo A, De Vivo B, Iodice P, Langella C, Lima A, Manno M, Palladino M, Pindozzi S, Rigillo M., Romano N, Sellerino M, Senatore A, Speranza G, Fiorentino N, Fagnano M. (2017) An integrated approach for the environmental characterization of a wide potentially contaminated area in southern Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14(7): 693.
• Fiorentino N, Ventorino V, Bertora C, Pepe O, Moschetti G, Grignani C, Fagnano M. (2016) Changes in soil mineral N content and abundances of bacterial communities involved in N reactions under laboratory conditions as predictors of soil N availability to maize under field conditions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 4:523-537.
• Fiorentino N, Ventorino V, Rocco C, Cenvinzo V, Agrelli D, Gioia L, Di Mola I, Adamo P, Pepe O, Fagnano M. (2016) Giant reed growth and effects on soil biological fertility in assisted phytoremediation of an industrial polluted soil. Science of the Total Environment 575:1375-1383.
• Lace B, Genre A, Woo S, Faccio A, Lorito M, Bonfante P. (2015) Gate crashing arbuscular mycorrhizas: in vivo imaging shows the extensive colonization of both symbionts by Trichoderma atroviride. Environmental Microbiology 7:64–77.
• Mazzoleni S, Cartenì F, Bonanomi G, Senatore M, Termolino P, Giannino F, Chiusano ML. (2015) Inhibitory effects of extracellular self‐DNA: a general biological process? New Phytologist 206:127-132.
• Nasta P, Palladino M, Ursino N, Saracino A, Sommella A, Romano N. (2017.) Assessing long-term impact of land-use change on hydrological ecosystem functions in a Mediterranean upland agro-forestry catchment. Science of the Total Environment 605-606:1070-1082.
• Ouni Y, Lakhdar A, Scelza R, Scotti R, Abdelly C, Barhoumi Z, Rao MA. (2013) Effects of two composts and two grasses on microbial biomass and biological activity in a salt-affected soil. Ecological Engineering 60:363-369.
• Palladino M, Nasta P, Capolupo A, Romano N. (2018) Monitoring and modelling the role of phytoremediation to mitigate non-point source cadmium pollution and groundwater contamination at field scale. Italian Journal of Agronomy 13(1S):59-68.
• Ruocco M, Lanzuise S, Lombardi N, Woo SL, Vinale F, Marra R, Varlese R, Manganiello G, Pascale A, Scala V, Turrà D, Scala F, Lorito M. (2015) Multiple roles and effects of a novel Trichoderma hydrophobin. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 28:167-179.
• Toscano G, Cavalca L, Colarieti ML, Scelza R, Scotti R, Rao M, Andreoni V, Ciccazzo S, Greco G. (2013) Aerobic biodegradation of propylene glycol by soil bacteria. Biodegradation 24:603-613.
• Vinale F, Nicoletti R, Borrelli F, Mangoni A, Parisi OA, Marra R, Lombardi N, Lacatena F, Grauso L, Finizio S, Lorito M, Woo SL. (2017) Co-Culture of plant beneficial microbes as source of bioactive metabolites. Scientific Reports 7:14330. 

Wastes and biomasses valorization

• Ariunbaatar J, Panico A, Frunzo L, Esposito G, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F. (2014) Enhanced anaerobic digestion of food waste by thermal and ozonation pretreatment methods. Journal of Environmental Management 146:142-149.

• Ariunbaatar J, Panico A, Lens PNL, Yeh DH, Esposito G, Pirozzi F. (2015) Enhanced mesophilic anaerobic digestion of food waste by thermal pretreatment: substrate versus digestate heating. Waste Management 46:176-181.
• D’Acunto B, Esposito G, Frunzo L, Mattei MR, Pirozzi F. (2016) Mathematical Modeling of Heavy Metal Biosorption in Multispecies Biofilms. Journal of Environmental Engineering ASCE 142:C4015020.
• D’Acunto B, Frunzo L, Klapper I, Mattei MR. (2015) Modeling multispecies biofilms including new bacterial species invasion. Mathematical Biosciences 259:20-26.
• D’Acunto B, Frunzo L, Mattei MR. (2016) Qualitative analysis of the moving boundary problem for a biofilm reactor model, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 438:474-491.
• D’Acunto B, Frunzo L, Mattei MR. (2017) Continuum approach to mathematical modelling of multispecies biofilms. Ricerche di matematica 66:153-169.
• d’Antonio G, Esposito G, Fabbricino M, Panico A. (2016) Modelling the biological processes of MBR treatment plants. Desalination and Water Treatment 57:22960-22967.
• d’Antonio L, Fabbricino M, Pirozzi F. (2015) Effect of Cr(III) on process performances of MBR systems. Desalination and Water Treatment 54:2564-2569.
• Di Capua F, Papirio S, Lens PNL, Esposito G. (2015) Chemolithotrophic denitrification in biofilm reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal 280:643-657.
• Ding Z, Ventorino V, Panico A, Pepe O, van Hullebusch ED, Pirozzi F, Bourven I, Guibaud G, Esposito G. (2017) Enrichment of Anammox biomass from different seeding sludge: process strategy and microbial diversity. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 228:10.
• Ghimire A, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F, Trably E, Escudie R, Lens P, Esposito G. (2015) A review of dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: process parameters and use of by-products. Applied Energy 144:73-95.
• Ghimire A, Frunzo L, Pontoni L, d’Antonio G, Lens P, Esposito G, Pirozzi F. (2015) Dark fermentation of complex waste biomass for biohydrogen production by pretreated thermophilic anaerobic digestate. Journal of Environmental Management 152(4):43-48.
• Ghimire A, Frunzo L, Salzano E, Panico A, Esposito G, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F. (2015) Biomass Enrichment and Scale-up Implications for Dark Fermentation Hydrogen Production with Mixed Cultures. Chemical Engineering Transactions 43:391-396.
• Ghimire A, Luongo V, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F, Lens PNL, Esposito G. (2017) Continuous biohydrogen production by thermophilic dark fermentation of cheese whey: use of buffalo manure as buffering agent. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42(8):4861-4869.
• Ghimire A, Valentino S, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F, Lens PNL, Esposito G. (2016) Concomitant biohydrogen and poly--hydroxybutyrate production from dark fermentation effluents by adapted Rhodobacter sphaeroides and mixed photofermentative cultures. Bioresource Technology 217:157-164.
• Iasimone F, De Felice V, Panico A, Pirozzi F. (2017) Experimental study for the reduction of CO2 emissions in wastewater treatment plant using microalgal cultivation. Journal of CO2 Utilization 22:1-8.
• Iasimone F, Zuccaro G, D’Oriano V, Franci G, Galdiero M, Pirozzi D, De Felice V, Pirozzi F. (2017) Combined yeasts and microalgae cultivation in pilot scale raceway pond for urban wastewater treatment and potential biodiesel production. Water Science and Technology 77(4):wst2017620.
• Liotta F, Chatellier P, Esposito G, Fabbricino M, Frunzo L, van Hullebusch ED, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F. (2015) Modified anaerobic digestion model No.1 for dry and semi-dry anaerobic digestion of solid organic waste. Environmental Technology 36:870-880.
• Liotta F, Esposito G, Fabbricino M, van Hullebusch ED, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F, Pontoni L. (2016) Methane and VFA production in anaerobic digestion of rice straw under dry, semi-dry and wet conditions during start-up phase. Environmental Technology 37:505-512.
• Mancini G, Papirio S, Lens PNL, Esposito G. (2016) Effect of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) pretreatment on biogas production from rice straw, cocoa shell and hazelnut skin. Environmental Engineering Science 33:843-850.
• Mattei MR, D’Acunto B, Esposito G, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F. (2015) Mathematical modeling of competition and coexistence of sulfate-reducing bacteria, acetogens and methanogens in multispecies biofilms. Desalination and Water Treatment 55:740-748.
• Mattei MR, Frunzo L, D’Acunto B, Esposito G, Pirozzi F. (2015) Modelling microbial population dynamics in multispecies biofilms including Anammox bacteria. Ecological Modelling 304:44-58.
• Mattei MR, Frunzo L, D’Acunto B, Pechaud Y, Pirozzi F, Esposito G. (2017) Continuum and discrete approach in modelling biofilm structure and development: a review. Journal of Mathematical Biology 76(4):945-1003.
• Montella S, Amore A, Faraco V. (2016) Metagenomics for the development of new biocatalysts to advance lignocellulose saccharification for bio-economic development. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 36(6):998-1009.
• Montella S, Ventorino V, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Pepe O, Faraco V. (2017) Discovery of genes coding for carbohydrate-active enzyme by metagenomic analysis of lignocellulosic biomasses. Scientific Reports 15:42623.
• Montella S, Ventorino V, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Pepe O, Faraco V. (2017) Discovery of genes coding for carbohydrate-active enzyme by metagenomic analysis of lignocellulosic biomasses. Scientfic Reports 15:42623;
• Pepe O, Ventorino V, Blaiotta G. (2013) Dynamic of functional microbial groups during mesophilic composting of agro-industrial wastes and free-living (N2)-fixing bacteria application. Waste Management 33:1616-1625.
• Pontoni L, D’Alessandro G, d’Antonio G, Esposito G, Fabbricino M, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F. (2015) Effect of anaerobic digestion on rheological parameters and dewaterability of aerobic sludges from MBR and conventional activated sludge plants. Chemical Engineering Transactions 43:2311-2316.
• Pontoni L, d’Antonio G, Esposito G, Fabbricino M, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F. (2015) Thermal pretreatment of olive mill wastewater for efficient methane production: control of aromatic substances degradation by monitoring cyclohexane carboxylic acid. Environmental Technology 36:1785-1794.
• Pontoni L, Fabbricino M, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F, Esposito G. (2016) Biological stability and dewaterability of CAS and MBR sludge. Desalination and Water Treatment 57:2926-22933.
• Spasiano D, Luongo V, Petrella A, Alfè M, Pirozzi F, Fratino U, Piccinni AF. (2017) Preliminary study on the adoption of dark fermentation as pretreatment for a sustainable hydrothermal denaturation of cementasbestos composites. Journal of Cleaner Production 166:172-180.
• Ventorino V, Aliberti A, Faraco V, Robertiello A, Giacobbe S, Ercolini D, Amore A, Fagnano M, Pepe O. (2015) Exploring the microbiota dynamics related to vegetable biomasses degradation and study of lignocellulose-degrading bacteria for industrial biotechnological application. Scientific Reports 5:8161.
• Ventorino V, Ionata E, Birolo L, Montella S, Marcolongo L, de Chiaro A, Espresso F, Faraco V, Pepe O. (2016) Lignocellulose-adapted endo-cellulase producing Streptomyces strains for bioconversion of cellulose-based materials. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:2061.
• Ventorino V, Parillo R, Testa A, Viscardi S, Espresso F, Pepe O. (2016) Chestnut green waste composting for sustainable forest management: microbiota dynamics and impact on plant disease control. Journal of Environmental Management 166:168-177.
• Ventorino V, Romano I, Pagliano G, Robertiello A, Pepe O. (2018) Pre-treatment and inoculum affect the microbial community structure and enhance the biogas reactor performance in a pilot-scale biodigestion of municipal solid waste. Waste Management 73:69-77.
• Yeshanew MM, Frunzo F, Lens PNL, Pirozzi F, Esposito G. (2016) Mass loss controlled thermal pretreatment system to assess the effects of pretreatment temperature on organic matter solubilization and methane yield from food waste. Frontiers in Environmental Science, section Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation 4:62.
• Yeshanew MM, Frunzo L, Pirozzi F, Lens PNL, Esposito G. (2016) Production of biohythane from food waste via an integrated system of continuously stirred tank and anaerobic fluidized bed reactors. Bioresource Technology 220:312-322.
• Zou G, Papirio S, van Hullebusch ED, Puhakka JA. (2015) Fluidized-bed denitrification of mining water tolerates high nickel concentrations. Bioresource Technology 179:284-290.