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  1. Stereodefined Synthesis of 3-Difluoromethyl-Benzoxaboroles: Novel Antimicrobials with Unlocked H-Bonding

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Elio Rossi

  2. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa sirB2 gene is a fitness determinant of anaerobic growth and its inactivation affects virulence and rugose small colony variants emergence

    Article • Virulence, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Elio Rossi

  3. The antimycotic 5-fluorocytosine is a virulence inhibitor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli and eradicates biofilm-embedded bacteria synergizing with β-lactams

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, May 2025, ASM Journals

    Elio Rossi

  4. From Traditional Medicine to the Laboratory: A Multidisciplinary Investigation on Agrimonia eupatoria L. Collected in Valle Imagna (BG, North of Italy)

    Article • Plants, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Elio Rossi

  5. The antimycotic 5-fluorocytosine is a virulence inhibitor of uropathogenicEscherichia coliand eradicates biofilm-embedded bacteria synergizing with β-lactams

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Elio Rossi

  6. Widespread alterations in systemic immune profile are linked to lung function heterogeneity and airway microbes in cystic fibrosis

    Article • Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, September 2024, Elsevier

    Elio Rossi

  7. Fluoropyrimidines affect de novo pyrimidine synthesis impairing biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

    Article • Biofilm, June 2024, Elsevier

    Elio Rossi

  8. Clinical implications of innate immune exhaustion in cystic fibrosis

    Article • ERJ Open Research, April 2024, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Elio Rossi

  9. Cystic fibrosis systemic immune profile is associated with lung microbes and characterized by widespread alterations in the innate and adaptive immune compartments

    Article • August 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Elio Rossi

  10. Lack of Direct Correlation between Biofilm Formation and Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates from an Italian Hospital

    Article • Microorganisms, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Elio Rossi

  11. Inactivation of the Pyrimidine Biosynthesis pyrD Gene Negatively Affects Biofilm Formation and Virulence Determinants in the Crohn’s Disease-Associated Adherent Invasive Escherichia coli LF82 Strain

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Elio Rossi

  12. Editorial: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis: Virulence, Antibiotic Tolerance and Resistance, Stress Responses and Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, February 2022, Frontiers

    Elio Rossi

  13. Compensatory evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s slow growth phenotype suggests mechanisms of adaptation in cystic fibrosis

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elio Rossi

  14. Gut vascular barrier impairment leads to intestinal bacteria dissemination and colorectal cancer metastasis to liver

    Article • Cancer Cell, May 2021, Elsevier

    Elio Rossi

  15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elio Rossi

  16. Filamentous bacteriophages are associated with chronic Pseudomonas lung infections and antibiotic resistance in cystic fibrosis

    Article • Science Translational Medicine, April 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Elio Rossi

  17. Biofilm and motility in response to environmental and host-related signals in Gram negative opportunistic pathogens

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, August 2018, Wiley

    Elio Rossi

  18. High-resolution in situ transcriptomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa unveils genotype independent patho-phenotypes in cystic fibrosis lungs

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elio Rossi

  19. Mutations causing low level antibiotic resistance ensure bacterial survival in antibiotic-treated hosts

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elio Rossi

  20. The Small RNA ErsA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Contributes to Biofilm Development and Motility through Post-transcriptional Modulation of AmrZ

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2018, Frontiers

    Elio Rossi

  21. Cellulose production is coupled to sensing of the pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway via c-di-GMP production by the DgcQ protein of Escherichia coli

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2017, Wiley

    Elio Rossi, Dr PierLuigi Mauri

  22. Correction to: Rossi E, et al., “It’s a gut feeling” – Escherichia coli biofilm formation in the gastrointestinal tract environment

    Article • Critical Reviews in Microbiology, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Elio Rossi

  23. “It’s a gut feeling” – Escherichia coli biofilm formation in the gastrointestinal tract environment

    Article • Critical Reviews in Microbiology, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Elio Rossi

  24. Interplay of the modified nucleotide phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate (PAPS) with global regulatory proteins in Escherichia coli: modulation of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent gene expression and interaction with the HupA regulatory protein

    Article • Chemico-Biological Interactions, April 2016, Elsevier

    Elio Rossi

  25. Glucose availability enhances lipopolysaccharide production and immunogenicity in the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

    Article • Future Microbiology, March 2016, Future Medicine

    Elio Rossi

  26. Exposure of E. coli to DNA-Methylating Agents Impairs Biofilm Formation and Invasion of Eukaryotic Cells via Down Regulation of the N-Acetylneuraminate Lyase NanA

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2016, Frontiers

    Elio Rossi

  27. Characterization of the Escherichia coli σS core regulon by Chromatin Immunoprecipitation-sequencing (ChIP-seq) analysis

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2015, Nature

    Elio Rossi

  28. Sulfate assimilation pathway intermediate phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate acts as a signal molecule affecting production of curli fibres in Escherichia coli

    Article • Microbiology, June 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Elio Rossi

  29. Gene and Protein Expression in Response to Different Growth Temperatures and Oxygen Availability in Burkholderia thailandensis

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Elio Rossi

  30. The immunosuppressive drug azathioprine inhibits biosynthesis of the bacterial signal molecule cyclic-di-GMP by interfering with intracellular nucleotide pool availability

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Francesca Cutruzzola, Elio Rossi

  31. An efficient rRNA removal method for RNA sequencing in GC-rich bacteria

    Article • Microbial Informatics and Experimentation, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Elio Rossi

  32. The Pyrimidine Nucleotide Biosynthetic Pathway Modulates Production of Biofilm Determinants in Escherichia coli

    Article • PLOS One, February 2012, PLOS

    Elio Rossi