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Anna Maria Floriano

Ph.D., CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Verified email at universitadipavia.it
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A dual endosymbiosis supports nutritional adaptation to hematophagy in the invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum

M Buysse, AM Floriano, Y Gottlieb, T Nardi… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Many animals are dependent on microbial partners that provide essential nutrients lacking
from their diet. Ticks, whose diet consists exclusively on vertebrate blood, rely on maternally …

Deianiraea, an extracellular bacterium associated with the ciliate Paramecium, suggests an alternative scenario for the evolution of Rickettsiales

…, O Lanzoni, N Lebedeva, AM Floriano… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Rickettsiales are a lineage of obligate intracellular Alphaproteobacteria, encompassing
important human pathogens, manipulators of host reproduction, and mutualists. Here we report …

The Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”: Insights on Reductive Evolution in Rickettsiales

AM Floriano, M Castelli, S Krenek… - Genome biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
“Candidatus Fokinia solitaria” is an obligate intracellular endosymbiont of a unicellular
eukaryote, a ciliate of the genus Paramecium. Here, we present the genome sequence of this …

The evolution of intramitochondriality in Midichloria bacteria

AM Floriano, G Batisti Biffignandi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Midichloria spp. are intracellular bacterial symbionts of ticks. Representatives of this genus
colonise mitochondria in the cells of their hosts. To shed light on this unique interaction we …

Modeling the Life Cycle of the Intramitochondrial Bacterium “Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” Using Electron Microscopy Data

…, A Cafiso, V Serra, M Pajoro, D Di Carlo, AM Floriano… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
“Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii” is a Gram-negative bacterium that lives in strict
intracellular symbiosis with the hard tick Ixodes ricinus , forming one of the most intriguing …

First detection of Amblyomma variegatum and molecular finding of Rickettsia africae in Sardinia, Italy

E Pintore, E Olivieri, AM Floriano, D Sassera… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we present the first detection of a male Amblyomma variegatum tick infesting a sheep
on the island of Sardinia, as well as the detection of a pathogen, Rickettsia africae, in DNA …

Characterization of a novel Pantoea symbiont allows inference of a pattern of convergent genome reduction in bacteria associated with Pentatomidae

M Kashkouli, M Castelli, AM Floriano… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phytophagous stink bugs typically harbor nutritional symbiotic bacteria in their midgut, to
integrate their unbalanced diet. In the Pentatomidae, most symbionts are affiliated to the genus …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus in a Peri-Urban Park in Lombardy (Italy) Reveals the Presence of Emerging Pathogens

A Cafiso, E Olivieri, AM Floriano, G Chiappa, V Serra… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ticks are important vectors of a great range of pathogens of medical and veterinary importance.
Lately, the spread of known tick-borne pathogens has been expanding, and novel ones …

First Report of an ST410 OXA-181 and CTX-M-15 Coproducing Escherichia coli Clone in Italy: A Whole-Genome Sequence Characterization

…, F Romeri, C Pagani, AM Floriano… - Microbial drug …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
We investigated an Italian OXA-181-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolate (ECS1_14) by
whole-genome sequencing. The strain coharbored bla CTX-M-15 , bla CMY-2 , and qnrS1 …

[HTML][HTML] Multi‐country investigation of the diversity and associated microorganisms isolated from tick species from domestic animals, wildlife and vegetation in selected …

E Olivieri, E Kariuki, AM Floriano, M Castelli… - … and Applied Acarology, 2021 - Springer
… cohaerens and Am. gemma collected from white rhinoceros, clustered together with an …
Finally, a Theileria sequence detected in Am. cohaerens collected from white rhinoceros likely …