Scientific selection

Highlighted publications

A selection of studies tracing the development of our research on bifidobacteria, the gut microbiota, microbial genomics and host–microbe interactions.

Curated selection

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Last Scopus update: 22 Jul 2026, 18:02

20 publications
2023Nature Communications

Genetic strategies for sex-biased persistence of gut microbes across human life

Chiara Tarracchini, Giulia Alessandri, Federico Fontana, Sonia Mirjam Rizzo, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Massimiliano Giovanni Bianchi, Leonardo Mancabelli, Giulia Longhi, Chiara Argentini, Laura Maria Vergna, Rosaria Anzalone, Alice Viappiani, Francesca Turroni, Giuseppe Taurino, Martina Chiu, Silvia Arboleya, Miguel Gueimonde, Ovidio Bussolati, Douwe van Sinderen, Christian Milani, Marco Ventura

2019Nature Communications

Colonization of the human gut by bovine bacteria present in Parmesan cheese

Christian Milani, Sabrina Duranti, Stefania Napoli, Giulia Alessandri, Leonardo Mancabelli, Rosaria Anzalone, Giulia Longhi, Alice Viappiani, Marta Mangifesta, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Sergio Bernasconi, Maria Cristina Ossiprandi, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura, Francesca Turroni

2018Cell Host and Microbe

Mother-to-Infant Microbial Transmission from Different Body Sites Shapes the Developing Infant Gut Microbiome

Pamela Ferretti, Edoardo Pasolli, Adrian Tett, Francesco Asnicar, Valentina Gorfer, Sabina Fedi, Federica Armanini, Duy Tin Truong, Serena Manara, Moreno Zolfo, Francesco Beghini, Roberto Bertorelli, Veronica De Sanctis, Ilaria Bariletti, Rosarita Canto, Rosanna Clementi, Marina Cologna, Tiziana Crifò, Giuseppina Cusumano, Stefania Gottardi, Claudia Innamorati, Caterina Masè, Daniela Postai, Daniela Savoi, Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Francesca Turroni, Chiara Ferrario, Christian Milani, Marta Mangifesta, Rosaria Anzalone, Alice Viappiani, Moran Yassour, Hera Vlamakis, Ramnik Xavier, Carmen Maria Collado, Omry Koren, Saverio Tateo, Massimo Soffiati, Anna Pedrotti, Marco Ventura, Curtis Huttenhower, Peer Bork, Nicola Segata

2017Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

The first microbial colonizers of the human gut: Composition, activities, and health implications of the infant gut microbiota

Christian Milani, Sabrina Duranti, Francesca Bottacini, Eoghan Casey, Francesca Turroni, Jennifer Mahony, Clara Belzer, Susana Delgado Palacio, Silvia Arboleya Montes, Leonardo Mancabelli, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Juan Miguel Rodriguez, Lars Bode, Willem De Vos, Miguel Gueimonde, Abelardo Margolles, Douwe Van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

2017Microbiome

Maternal inheritance of bifidobacterial communities and bifidophages in infants through vertical transmission

Sabrina Duranti, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Federica Armanini, Francesca Turroni, Kieran James, Pamela Ferretti, Valentina Gorfer, Chiara Ferrario, Christian Milani, Marta Mangifesta, Rosaria Anzalone, Moreno Zolfo, Alice Viappiani, Edoardo Pasolli, Ilaria Bariletti, Rosarita Canto, Rosanna Clementi, Marina Cologna, Tiziana Crifò, Giuseppina Cusumano, Sabina Fedi, Stefania Gottardi, Claudia Innamorati, Caterina Masè, Daniela Postai, Daniela Savoi, Massimo Soffiati, Saverio Tateo, Anna Pedrotti, Nicola Segata, Douwe Van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

2015Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Exploring vertical transmission of bifidobacteria from mother to child

Christian Milani, Leonardo Mancabelli, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Sabrina Duranti, Francesca Turroni, Chiara Ferrario, Marta Mangifesta, Alice Viappiani, Pamela Ferretti, Valentina Gorfer, Adrian Tett, Nicola Segata, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

2014Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Genomic encyclopedia of type strains of the genus Bifidobacterium

Christian Milani, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Sabrina Duranti, Francesca Turroni, Francesca Bottacini, Marta Mangifesta, Borja Sanchez, Alice Viappiani, Leonardo Mancabelli, Bernard Taminiau, Véronique Delcenserie, Rodolphe Barrangou, Abelardo Margolles, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

2013Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Role of sortase-dependent pili of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 in modulating bacterium-host interactions

Francesca Turroni, Fausta Serafini, Elena Foroni, Sabrina Duranti, Mary O.Connell Motherway, Valentina Taverniti, Marta Mangifesta, Christian Milani, Alice Viappiani, Tommaso Roversi, Borja Sańchez, Andrea Santoni, Laura Gioiosa, Alberto Ferrarini, Massimo Delledonne, Abelardo Margolles, Laura Piazza, Paola Palanza, Angelo Bolchi, Simone Guglielmetti, Douwe Van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging

Francesca Turroni, Francesca Bottacini, Elena Foroni, Imke Mulder, Jae Han Kim, Aldert Zomer, Borja Sánchez, Alessandro Bidossi, Alberto Ferrarini, Vanessa Giubellini, Massimo Delledonne, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro Coutinho, Marco Oggioni, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, David Mills, Abelardo Margolles, Denise Kelly, Douwe Van Sinderen, Marco Ventura