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  1. Building Skills for a Sustainable Future: The Erasmus+ CBHE GreenTraINT Experience in Seychelles

    Article • Sustainability, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  2. Bifidobacterium longum subsp. iuvenis subsp. nov., a novel subspecies isolated from the faeces of weaning infants

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, October 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  3. Aedes albopictus microbiota: Differences between wild and mass-reared immatures do not suggest negative impacts from a diet based on black soldier fly larvae and fish food

    Article • PLOS One, September 2023, PLOS

    Paola Mattarelli

  4. Faecal Microbiota Characterisation of Potamochoerus porcus Living in a Controlled Environment

    Article • Microorganisms, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  5. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the closed meeting by videoconference, 3 September 2020

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, May 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  6. Bifidobacterium mellis sp. nov., isolated from the honey stomach of the honey bee Apis mellifera

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  7. Correction to: Assessment of Biolog Ecoplate™ method for functional metabolic diversity of aerotolerant pig fecal microbiota

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  8. After the storm—Perspectives on the taxonomy of Lactobacillaceae

    Article • JDS Communications, May 2022, American Dairy Science Association

    Paola Mattarelli

  9. Potential Applications of Essential Oils for Environmental Sanitization and Antimicrobial Treatment of Intensive Livestock Infections

    Article • Microorganisms, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  10. Essential Oils and Hydrolates: Potential Tools for Defense against Bacterial Plant Pathogens

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  11. Il Silenzio: The First Renaissance Oil Painting on Canvas from the Uffizi Museum Restored with a Safe, Green Antimicrobial Emulsion Based on Citrus aurantium var. amara Hydrolate and Cinnamomum zeylanicum Essential Oil

    Article • Journal of Fungi, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  12. Anti-Mold Effectiveness of a Green Emulsion Based on Citrus aurantium Hydrolate and Cinnamomum zeylanicum Essential Oil for the Modern Paintings Restoration

    Article • Microorganisms, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  13. Assessment of Biolog EcoplateTM method for functional metabolic diversity of aerotolerant pig fecal microbiota

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  14. The Possible Role of Microorganisms in Mosquito Mass Rearing

    Article • Insects, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  15. Host-Diet Effect on the Metabolism of Bifidobacterium

    Article • Genes, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  16. In memoriam – Bruno Biavati (1945–2020)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  17. Is the Antimicrobial Activity of Hydrolates Lower than That of Essential Oils?

    Article • Antibiotics, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  18. Phytocomplex Influences Antimicrobial and Health Properties of Concentrated Glycerine Macerates

    Article • Antibiotics, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  19. Origanum vulgare Essential Oil vs. a Commercial Mixture of Essential Oils: In Vitro Effectiveness on Salmonella spp. from Poultry and Swine Intensive Livestock

    Article • Antibiotics, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  20. Fecal Microbiota Characterization of Seychelles Giant Tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) Living in Both Wild and Controlled Environments

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2020, Frontiers

    Paola Mattarelli

  21. Monarda fistulosa hydrolate as antimicrobial agent in artificial media for the in vitro rearing of the tachinid parasitoid Exorista larvarum

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, September 2020, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  22. Phylogenetic characterization of two novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium: Bifidobacterium saimiriisciurei sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium platyrrhinorum sp. nov.

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, September 2020, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  23. Exploring the Animal Waste Resistome: The Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Through the Use of Livestock Manure

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2020, Frontiers

    Paola Mattarelli

  24. Potent In Vitro Activity of Citrus aurantium Essential Oil and Vitis vinifera Hydrolate Against Gut Yeast Isolates from Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients—The Right Mix for Potential Therapeutic Use

    Article • Nutrients, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Paola Mattarelli

  25. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli, Professor Peter A Vandamme

  26. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms Minutes of the closed meeting, 20 June 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  27. The potential impact of the Lactobacillus name change: The results of an expert meeting organised by the Lactic Acid Bacteria Industrial Platform (LABIP)

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  28. Characterization of Bifidobacterium species in feaces of the Egyptian fruit bat: Description of B. vespertilionis sp. nov. and B. rousetti sp. nov.

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, November 2019, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  29. Alloscardovia theropitheci sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of gelada baboon, the 'bleeding heart' monkey (Theropithecus gelada)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, October 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  30. Bifidobacterium jacchi sp. nov., isolated from the faeces of a baby common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, August 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  31. Novel bifidobacteria strains isolated from nonconventional sources. Technological, antimicrobial and biological characterization for their use as probiotics

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, July 2019, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  32. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms. Minutes of closed and open meetings, 3 September 2018, Berlin, Germany

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, May 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  33. Monarda citriodora hydrolate vs essential oil comparison in several anti-microbial applications

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, February 2019, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  34. Isolation and Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Fermented Goat Milk in Tajikistan

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2018, Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology

    Paola Mattarelli

  35. Corrigendum to “Bifidobacterium aerophilum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium avesanii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium ramosum sp. nov.: Three novel taxa from the faeces of cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus L.)” [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (2016) 229–236]

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  36. Bifidobacterium primatium sp. nov., Bifidobacterium scaligerum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium felsineum sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium simiarum sp. nov.: Four novel taxa isolated from the faeces of the cotton top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) and the emperor tam...

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  37. Technological potential of Bifidobacterium aesculapii strains for fermented soymilk production

    Article • LWT, March 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  38. Bifidobacterium catulorum sp. nov., a novel taxon from the faeces of the baby common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, February 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  39. Intraspecies polymorphisms of Kluyveromyces marxianus strains from Yaghnob valley

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paola Mattarelli

  40. Draft Genome Sequences of Strains TRE 1, TRE D, TRE H, and TRI 7, Isolated from Tamarins and Belonging to Four Putative Novel Bifidobacterium Species

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Edoardo Puglisi, Paola Mattarelli

  41. Bifidobacterium callitrichidarum sp. nov. from the faeces of the emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  42. Chemotaxonomic Features in the Bifidobacteriaceae Family

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  43. Related Genera Within the Family  Bifidobacteriaceae

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  44. Species in the Genus Bifidobacterium

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  45. Hydrolates and Gellan: An Eco-innovative Synergy for Safe Cleaning of Paper Artworks

    Article • Studies in Conservation, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Paola Mattarelli, maria carla sclocchi, silvia sotgiu

  46. Comparative genomic and phylogenomic analyses of the Bifidobacteriaceae family

    Article • BMC Genomics, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  47. Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils from Aerial Parts of Monarda didyma and Monarda fistulosa Cultivated in Italy

    Article • Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Paola Mattarelli

  48. Isolation, Identification and Characterization of Yeasts from Fermented Goat Milk of the Yaghnob Valley in Tajikistan

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2016, Frontiers

    Paola Mattarelli, Dr Irene Stefanini

  49. Combined ethanol and methane production from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) impregnated with lime prior to steam explosion

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, July 2016, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  50. Bifidobacterium aerophilum sp. nov., Bifidobacterium avesanii sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium ramosum sp. nov.: Three novel taxa from the faeces of cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus L.)

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, June 2016, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  51. Bifidobacterium eulemuris sp. nov., isolated from faeces of black lemurs (Eulemur macaco)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  52. Bifidobacterium myosotis sp. nov., Bifidobacterium tissieri sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium hapali sp. nov., isolated from faeces of baby common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus L.)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  53. In VitroActivity of Tea Tree Oil Vaginal Suppositories againstCandidaspp. and Probiotic Vaginal Microbiota

    Article • Phytotherapy Research, August 2015, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  54. Subspeciation of Bifidobacterium longum by multilocus approaches and amplified fragment length polymorphism: Description of B. longum subsp. suillum subsp. nov., isolated from the faeces of piglets

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  55. Isolation and identification of cultivable Bifidobacterium spp. from the faeces of 5 baby common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus L.)

    Article • Anaerobe, June 2015, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  56. Bifidobacterium lemurum sp. nov., from faeces of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, June 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  57. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related organisms * Minutes of the meetings, 1 September 2014, Nantes, France

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, March 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  58. Biosynthesis and cellular content of folate in bifidobacteria across host species with different diets

    Article • Anaerobe, December 2014, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  59. Bifidobacterium aesculapii sp. nov., from the faeces of the baby common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, May 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  60. The genera Bifidobacterium, Parascardovia and Scardovia

    Article • May 2014, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  61. Guidelines for characterizing LAB, bifidobacteria and related genera for taxonomic purposes

    Article • May 2014, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  62. Identification of Bifidobacterium spp. using hsp60 PCR-RFLP analysis: An update

    Article • Anaerobe, April 2014, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  63. Recommended minimal standards for description of new taxa of the genera Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus and related genera

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  64. Occurrence ofBifidobacteriaceaein human hypochlorhydria stomach

    Article • Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, January 2014, Co-Action Publishing

    Paola Mattarelli

  65. Probiotics and Prebiotics in Animal Nutrition

    Article • December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Paola Mattarelli

  66. Identification of species belonging to the Bifidobacterium genus by PCR-RFLP analysis of a hsp60 gene fragment

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  67. The potential of bifidobacteria as a source of natural folate

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, March 2012, Wiley

    Paola Mattarelli

  68. Carbohydrate stress-related response in Bifidobacterium pseudolongum subsp. globosum

    Article • Annals of Microbiology, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  69. Culture Media for the Detection and Enumeration of Bifidobacteria in Food Production

    Article • December 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Paola Mattarelli

  70. Irrigue water and food safety

    Article • Italian Journal of Agronomy, February 2011, PAGEPress Publications

    Paola Mattarelli

  71. Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, July 2010, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  72. Proposal to reclassify the three biotypes of Bifidobacterium longum as three subspecies: Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum subsp. nov., Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis comb. nov. and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. suis comb. nov.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli

  73. Urease-Positive Bacteria Other thanHelicobacter pyloriin Human Gastric Juice and Mucosa

    Article • The American Journal of Gastroenterology, August 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paola Mattarelli

  74. The Family Bifidobacteriaceae

    Article • January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  75. Occurrence of the Family Bifidobacteriaceae in Human Dental Caries and Plaque

    Article • Caries Research, January 2006, Karger Publishers

    Paola Mattarelli

  76. Effect of growth temperature on the biosynthesis of cell wall proteins from Bifidobacterium globosum

    Article • Research in Microbiology, March 1999, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  77. Bifidobacterial cell wall proteins (BIFOP) in Bifidobacterium globosum

    Article • Research in Microbiology, January 1993, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  78. Phase variations inBifidobacterium animalis

    Article • Current Microbiology, July 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paola Mattarelli

  79. Bifidobacterium saeculare: a New Species Isolated from Feces of Rabbit

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, October 1991, Elsevier

    Paola Mattarelli

  80. Bifidobacterium ruminantium sp. nov. and Bifidobacterium merycicum sp. nov. from the Rumens of Cattle

    Article • International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, January 1991, Society for General Microbiology

    Paola Mattarelli