Cortona Procarioti 2026

Poster list

Posters presented during the 17-19 June poster sessions.

50 posters shown
1

Roberta Pecora

Isolation and proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from Lactobacillus spp

2

Giusy Castagliuolo

Development of a hybrid scaffold functionalized with antimicrobial peptides.

3

Aurora Botti

Biofilm characterization and eDNA analysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4

Chiara Bazzano

Microbial communities in tree exudates and their role in saproxylic hoverfly conservation

5

Iacopo Passeri

MErlin - Methylation-driven Expression & Regulation Linkage in Interacting Nuclear-domains

6

Daniele Clerici

Role of the stringent response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa intracellular survival in healthy and cystic fibrosis macrophages

7

Saverio Castelli

Managing spoilage potential of acetic acid bacteria in the beverage industry: facing complexity through an integrated approach

8

Giovanni Serratore

Role of anticancer drugs on the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens

9

Marta Beccarini

Antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: role of follow-up blood cultures and combination therapy

10

Francesca Coscione

Epigenomics and transcriptomics highlight genotypic-by-environment signatures in bacteria adaptation

11

Antonio Maria Ferriero

Role of the diadenosine tetraphosphate Ap4A in the control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence

12

Carola Turella

Two COG0523 metallochaperones sustain full Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence under zinc limitation

13

Clara Bonaiti

Beyond the host: target enrichment suggests environmental resilience of “Candidatus Saccharimonadia” in the human oral cavity

14

Milena Della Gala

Insights into the glycopeptidolipid gene cluster in Mycobacterium smegmatis

15

Tania Alonso-Vasquez

Stochasticity in multi-layered Quorum Sensing systems

16

Agnese Carnevali

Wastewater-based assessment of antibiotic resistance: insights from a two year-long study in central Italy

17

Chiara Morandi

Sustainable production of bacterial cellulose by Komagateibacter xylinus on agri-food wastes

18

Biancamaria Petrucci

Bioactive liposomes for host-directed modulation against Mycobacterium abscessus: a microfluidic formulation approach

19

Mattia Salvadori

From transcriptomics to multi-step polyethylene biodegradation by Rhodococcus opacus R7

20

Stefano Chiesa

Rhizosphere bacteria at work: integrating cultivable traits and shotgun metagenomics across temporal dynamics

21

Tabata Gaggero

Identification and physiological characterization of bacterial strains isolated from an industrial heavy metal-contaminated soil: implications for assisted phytoremediation

22

Luca Erriquez

Evolution of protein effectors in the vector-borne pathogen Rickettsia and their role in host interactions

23

Francesca Cottino

Discovery of new antimicrobial resistance associated genomic features via machine learning on bacterial whole-genome sequencing data

24

Melissa Berni

Salmonella Enteritidis generates a subpopulation lacking the Wzy-polymerase of the O-antigen to increase cytosolic replication in intestinal epithelial cells and virulence in mice.

25

Pierluigi Gabriele Di Matteo

Biotechnological valorization of bilge water for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and biosurfactants

26

Alessandra Giardina

Dissecting the impact of sub-inhibitory antibiotic concentrations on Panton-Valentine Leucocidin producing S. aureus: a multi-level study on pediatric isolates

27

Giorgio De Tommasis

SPORE-DEFENSE: A spore-based platform for innovative control of mosquito-borne infectious diseases

28

Rosa Anna Nastro

Microbial communities in soil-Microbial Fuel Cells (s-MFCs) in presence and absence of pollutants

29

Alice Vaudi

Analysis of RcsBC Two-Component system network and its implications for virulence in Shigella

30

Beatrice Tontini

Growth and PHA accumulation dynamics of Thauera carbonopians Sel9, a newly identified bacterial species

31

Alessandra Dodi

Detecting plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae membrane vesicles with a sequencing approach

32

Sara Mennella

Gut bacterial metabolites amplify chemotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer through synergistic mechanisms

33

Gaia Vertillo Aluisio

Monoclonal vs surgery treatment in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps affects microbiome composition

34

Stefany Castaldi

Rhizosphere Bacillus mitigate copper stress and sustain plant–pollinator networks

35

Lorenzo Alessandrelli

Rubicon modulates the microbicidal activity of human macrophages against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

36

Ahmed El Goutbi

Phage–host co-evolution: investigation on phage resistance and its impact on therapeutic strategies

37

Francesca Guidi

Identification of novel drug targets in persistent Mycobacterium abscessus in cystic fibrosis

38

Federica Mastrolembo Barnà

HSV-1 proteins shape cGAS–STING pathway activation in infected epithelial cells

39

Alice Casata

Phage-derived depolymerases against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

40

Lorenzo Colombini

Genome analysis of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bloodstream isolate reveals a functional vanA gene cluster split across two plasmids

41

Aldo d’Alessandro

Microbiome responses to extreme isolation: a multi-site human study during submarine patrol

42

Matilda Bellini

Rules of attraction: strain-specific Volatile Organic Compound profiles mediate the ecological interactions between S. cerevisiae and social insects

43

Rosaria Sciortino

Haloarchaeal diversity and bioactive potential in the Trapani salterns: a culture-dependent and metagenomic approach

44

Juliette Yunès

Analysis of RcsB response regulator in pathogenic E. coli

45

Anastasia Tandecki

Bacillus subtilis spores as live platforms to deliver antimicrobials targeting pathogens at epidemic/pandemic risk

46

Sara Angelone

Bet-hedging strategies in hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae: population heterogeneity shapes survival and host interaction

47

Alessia Sordillo

Antimicrobial peptides employed against the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis.

48

Annamaria Gallo

Exploring microalga and Streptomycete co-cultures as plant growth-promoting systems for sustainable agriculture

49

Ilaria Bortoluzzi

Evaluation of the efficacy of various drugs against some strains of Mycobacterium abscessus in the Granuloma-Like Structures (GLS) model

50

Alessia Gennai

Bacterial clearance in the human spleen occurs through a two-step mechanism mediated by the mannose receptor on sinusoidal lining cells.