Stella Papaleo

The paper investigates how host-mediated epigenetic modifications, specifically DNA methylation by a methyltransferase, regulate gene expression in Wolbachia pipientis.

This paper develops a cost-effective protocol to enrich 'Ca. Saccharimonadia' from human saliva, enabling high-quality genome sequencing and metagenome-assembled genomes.

The paper evaluates qPCR and 16S metagenomics methods for quantifying 'Candidatus Saccharibacteria', finding that 16S metagenomics better detects its expansion in allergic subjects than qPCR protocols.

This study introduces RecA as a reliable genetic marker for bacterial taxonomy, showing it provides accurate taxonomic annotation comparable to multi-gene approaches, especially for the Candidate Phyla Radiation.