Fausta Serafini
University of Parma
16 Papers
88 Citations
Fausta Serafini is an academic researcher from University of Parma. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bifidobacterium bifidum & Bifidobacterium. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 16 publications.
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Bifidobacterium asteroides PRL2011 genome analysis reveals clues for colonization of the insect gut.
Francesca Bottacini,Christian Milani,Francesca Turroni,Borja Sánchez,Elena Foroni,Sabrina Duranti,Fausta Serafini,Alice Viappiani,Francesco Strati,Alberto Ferrarini,Massimo Delledonne,Bernard Henrissat,Pedro M. Coutinho,Gerald F. Fitzgerald,Abelardo Margolles,Douwe van Sinderen,Marco Ventura +16 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the 2,167,301 bp genome of Bifidobacterium asteroides PRL2011, a strain isolated from the hindgut of Apis mellifera var.
Comparative genomics of the Bifidobacterium breve taxon
Francesca Bottacini,Mary O'Connell Motherway,Justin Kuczynski,Kerry Joan O'Connell,Fausta Serafini,Sabrina Duranti,Christian Milani,Francesca Turroni,Gabriele Andrea Lugli,Aldert Zomer,Daria Zhurina,Christian U. Riedel,Marco Ventura,Douwe van Sinderen +13 more
TL;DR: This study assessed the genomes of thirteen representatives of Bifidobacterium breve, which is not only a frequently encountered component of the (adult and infant) human gut microbiota, but can also be isolated from human milk and vagina, and suggested that this number of B. breve representatives is sufficient to fully describe the pan-genome of this species.
Elucidating the gut microbiome of ulcerative colitis: bifidobacteria as novel microbial biomarkers
Sabrina Duranti,Federica Gaiani,Leonardo Mancabelli,Christian Milani,Andrea Grandi,Angelo Bolchi,Andrea Santoni,Gabriele Andrea Lugli,Chiara Ferrario,Marta Mangifesta,Alice Viappiani,Simona Bertoni,Valentina Vivo,Fausta Serafini,Maria Raffaella Barbaro,Alessandro Fugazza,Giovanni Barbara,Laura Gioiosa,Paola Palanza,Anna Maria Cantoni,Gian Luigi de’Angelis,Elisabetta Barocelli,Nicola de’Angelis,Douwe van Sinderen,Marco Ventura,Francesca Turroni +25 more
TL;DR: The importance of B. bifidum as a microbial biomarker for UC is highlighted by revealing its role in protection against experimentally induced colitis, as shown by the increase in the expression of many tight junction-encoding genes.
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Analysis of predicted carbohydrate transport systems encoded by Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010.
Francesca Turroni,Francesca Turroni,Francesco Strati,Elena Foroni,Fausta Serafini,Sabrina Duranti,Douwe van Sinderen,Marco Ventura +7 more
TL;DR: Growth experiments and transcriptome analyses of B. bifidum PRL2010 revealed that carbohydrate utilization in this microorganism appears to be restricted to a relatively low number of carbohydrates.
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Kefir fermented milk and kefiran promote growth of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 and modulate its gene expression
Fausta Serafini,Francesca Turroni,Patricia Ruas-Madiedo,Gabriele Andrea Lugli,Christian Milani,Sabrina Duranti,Nicole Zamboni,Francesca Bottacini,Douwe van Sinderen,Abelardo Margolles,Marco Ventura +10 more
TL;DR: Kfir and kefiran are able to influence the transcriptome of B. bifidum PRL2010 causing increased transcription of genes involved in the metabolism of dietary glycans as well as genes that act as host-microbe effector molecules such as pili, which support the use of keFir as a valuable means for the delivery of effective microbial cells in probiotic therapy.
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