Genetica e fisiologia batterica

  • Lamanna MM, Manzoor I, Joseph M, Ye ZA, Benedet M, Zanardi A, Ren Z, Wang X, Massidda O, Tsui HT, Winkler ME. Roles of RodZ and class A PBP1b in the assembly and regulation of the peripheral peptidoglycan elongasome in ovoid-shaped cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Mol Microbiol. 2022, 118:336-368. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14969.
  • Perez AJ, Villicana JB, Tsui HT, Danforth ML, Benedet M, Massidda O, Winkler ME. FtsZ-Ring Regulation and Cell Division Are Mediated by Essential EzrA and Accessory Proteins ZapA and ZapJ in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Front Microbiol, 2021; 12:780864. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.780864.
  • Vollmer W, Massidda O, Tomasz A. 2019. The Cell Wall of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiol Spectr 7(3). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.GPP3-0018-2018.
  • Cleverley RM, Rutter ZJ, Rismondo J, Corona F, Tsui HT, Alatawi FA, Daniel RA, Halbedel S, Massidda O, Winkler ME, Lewis RJ. 2019. The cell cycle regulator GpsB functions as cytosolic adaptor for multiple cell wall enzymes. Nat Commun, 10:261.
  • Zheng JJ, Perez AJ, Tsui HT, Massidda O, Winkler ME. 2017. Absence of the KhpA and KhpB (JAG/EloR) RNA-binding proteins suppresses the requirement for PBP2b by overproduction of FtsA in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Mol Microbiol, 106:793-814.
  • Rued BE, Zheng JJ, Mura A, Tsui HT, Boersma MJ, Mazny JL, Corona F, Perez AJ, Fadda D, Doubravová L, Buriánková K, Branny P, Massidda O, Winkler ME. 2017. Suppression and synthetic-lethal genetic relationships of ΔgpsB mutations indicate that GpsB mediates protein phosphorylation and penicillin-binding protein interactions in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. Mol Microbiol, 103:931-957. Commentary in Lewis RJ. 2017. GpsB the truth is out there. Mol Microbiol, (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mmi.13612).
  • Mura A, Fadda D, Perez AJ, Danforth ML, Musu D, Rico AI, Krupka M, Denapaite D, Tsui HT, Winkler ME, Branny P, Vicente M, Margolin W*, Massidda O*. 2016. Roles of the Essential Protein FtsA in Cell Growth and Division in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol, 199:pii:e00608-16. (*co-last corresponding authors).
  • Holečková N, Doubravová L*, Massidda O*, Molle V, Buriánková K, Benada O, Kofroňová O, Ulrych A, Branny P. 2014. LocZ is a new cell division protein involved in proper septum placement in Streptococcus pneumoniae. MBio, 6:e 01700-14. (*co-corresponding authors).
  • Massidda, O, Nováková, L, and W Vollmer. 2013. From models to pathogens: How much have we learned about Streptococcus pneumoniae cell division. Env Microbio,15: 3133-57.
  • Beilharz, K, Nováková, L, Fadda, D, Branny, P, Massidda, O*, Veening, JW*. 2012. Control of cell division in Streptococcus pneumoniae by the conserved Ser/Thr protein kinase StkP. Proc Natl Acad Sci, U.S.A.,109: E905–E913. (*co-last corresponding authors).
  • Palmieri C, Mingoia, M, Massidda O, Giovanetti E, Varaldo PE. 2012. Streptococcus pneumoniae transposon Tn1545/Tn6003 changes to Tn6002 due to spontaneous excision in circular form of the erm(B)- and aphA3-containing macrolide-aminoglycoside-streptothricin (MAS) element. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 56:5994–5997.
  • Maggi, S, Massidda, O, Luzi, G, Fadda, D, Paolozzi, L, Ghelardini, P. 2008. Division protein interaction web: identification of a phylogenetically conserved common interactome between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Microbiology (SGM), 154:3042–3052.
  • Le Gouëllec, A, Roux, L, Fadda, D, Massidda, O, Vernet, T, Zapun, A. 2008. Roles of pneumococcal DivIB in cell division. J Bacteriol, 190:4501–4511.
  • Fadda, D, Santona, A, D’Ulisse, V, Ghelardini, P, Ennas, MG, Whalen, MB, Massidda, O. 2007. Streptococcus pneumoniae DivIVA: localization and interactions in a MinCD-free context. J Bacteriol, 189:1288–1298. Journal Highlight in "How DivIVA Controls Morphology During Cell Division in S. pneumoniae". Microbe vol 2, 3,2007 (https://iris.unitn.it/retrieve/handle/11572/187531/157696/Fadda%20et%20al_Journal%20Highlight.pdf); Guest Commentary: Vicente M & García-Ovalle M,. 2007. Making a point: the role of DivIVA in "streptococcal polar anatomy”. J Bacteriol, 89:1185-8 (https://jb.asm.org/content/189/4/1185).
  • Vicente, M, Hodgson, J, Massidda, O, Tonjum, T, Henriques-Normark, B, and Ron, EZ. 2006. The fallacies of hope: will we discover new antibiotics to combat pathogenic bacteria in time? FEMS Microbiol Rev, 30: 841–852.
  • Smith AM, Feldman, C, Massidda, O, McCarthy, K, Ndiweni, D, Klugman, KP. 2005. Altered PBP 2A and its role in the development of penicillin, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone resistance in a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49:2002–2007.
  • Lara B, Rico AI, Petruzzelli S, Santona A, Dumas J, Biton J, Vicente M, Mingorance J, Massidda O. 2005. Cell division in cocci: localization and properties of the Streptococcus pneumoniae FtsA protein. Mol Microbiol, 55:699–711.
  • Fadda D, Pischedda C, Caldara F, Whalen MB, Anderluzzi D, Domenici E, Massidda O. 2003. Characterization of divIVA and other genes located in the chromosomal region downstream of the dcw cluster in Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol, 185:6209–6214.
  • Carettoni D, Gómez-Puertas P, Yim, L, Mingorance J, Massidda O, Vicente M, Valencia A, Domenici E, Anderluzzi D. 2003. Phage-display and correlated mutations identify an essential region of subdomain 1C involved in homodimerization of Escherichia coli FtsA. Proteins, 50:192–206.
  • Massidda O, Anderluzzi D, Friedli L, Feger G 1998. Unconventional organization of the division and cell wall gene cluster of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiology (SGM), 144:3069–3078.
  • Orietta Massidda, PI
  • Berenice Furlan, PhD student
  • Sarah Costinas, PhD student
  • Hamza Ur Rehman, Pre-doc
  • Malcolm Winkler and Tiffany Tsui, Indiana University, Bloomington, US
  • Pavel Branny and Linda Doubravová, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, CR
  • Waldemar Vollmer, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK
  • William Margolin, McGovern Medical School, Houston, US
  • Jan-Willem Veening, University of Lausanne, CH
  • Stefano Rossi, Università di Trento