Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2023

  • Hug, Sebastian; Heiniger, Benjamin; Bolli, Kim; Paszti, Sarah; Eberl, Leo; Ahrens, Christian H; Pessi, Gabriella (2023). Paraburkholderia sabiae Uses One Type VI Secretion System (T6SS-1) as a Powerful Weapon against Notorious Plant Pathogens. Microbiology Spectrum:online.
  • Bellés-Sancho, Paula; Beukes, Chrizelle; James, Euan K; Pessi, Gabriella (2023). Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. Nitrogen, 4(1):135-158.

• 2022

  • Bellés-Sancho, Paula; Liu, Yilei; Heiniger, Benjamin; von Salis, Elia; Eberl, Leo; Ahrens, Christian H; Zamboni, Nicola; Bailly, Aurélien; Pessi, Gabriella (2022). A novel function of the key nitrogen-fixation activator NifA in beta-rhizobia: Repression of bacterial auxin synthesis during symbiosis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:991548.
  • Paszti, Sarah; Vitale, Alessandra; Liu, Yilei; Braunwalder, Rubina; Kalawong, Ratchara; Biner, Olivier; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo (2022). Identification of Key Factors for Anoxic Survival of B. cenocepacia H111. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(9):4560.

• 2021

  • Hug, Sebastian; Liu, Yilei; Heiniger, Benjamin; Bailly, Aurélien; Ahrens, Christian H; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2021). Differential Expression of Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems (T6SS) Suggests a Role of T6SS-b in Early Symbiotic Interaction. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:699590.
  • Bellés-Sancho, Paula; Lardi, Martina; Liu, Yilei; Eberl, Leo; Zamboni, Nicola; Bailly, Aurélien; Pessi, Gabriella (2021). Metabolomics and Dual RNA-Sequencing on Root Nodules Revealed New Cellular Functions Controlled by Paraburkholderia phymatum NifA. Metabolites, 11(7):455.
  • Bellés-Sancho, Paula; Lardi, Martina; Liu, Yilei; Hug, Sebastian; Pinto-Carbó, Marta Adriana; Zamboni, Nicola; Pessi, Gabriella (2021). Paraburkholderia phymatum Homocitrate Synthase NifV Plays a Key Role for Nitrogenase Activity during Symbiosis with Papilionoids and in Free-Living Growth Conditions. Cells, 10(4):952.

• 2020

  • Vitale, Alessandra; Paszti, Sarah; Takahashi, Kohei; Toyofuku, Masanori; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo (2020). Mapping of the denitrification pathway in Burkholderia thailandensis by genome-wide mutant profiling. Journal of Bacteriology, 202(23):00304-20.
  • Vitale, Alessandra; Pessi, Gabriella; Urfer, Matthias; Locher, Hans H; Zerbe, Katja; Obrecht, Daniel; Robinson, John A; Eberl, Leo (2020). Identification of genes required for resistance to peptidomimetic antibiotics by transposon sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1681.
  • Liu, Yilei; Bellich, Barbara; Hug, Sebastian; Eberl, Leo; Cescutti, Paola; Pessi, Gabriella (2020). The exopolysaccharide Cepacian plays a role in the establishment of the Paraburkholderia phymatum – Phaseolus vulgaris symbiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:1600.
  • Lardi, Martina; Liu, Yilei; Hug, Sebastian; Bolzan de Campos, Samanta; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2020). Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815 σ54 controls utilization of Dicarboxylates, motility, and T6SS-b expression. Nitrogen, 1(2):81-98.

• 2019

  • Luther, Anatol; Urfer, Matthias; Zahn, Michael; Müller, Maik; Wang, Shuang-Yan; Mondal, Milon; Vitale, Alessandra; Hartmann, Jean-Baptiste; Sharpe, Timothy; Monte, Fabio Lo; Kocherla, Harsha; Cline, Elizabeth; Pessi, Gabriella; Rath, Parthasarathi; Modaresi, Seyed Majed; Chiquet, Petra; Stiegeler, Sarah; Verbree, Carolin; Remus, Tobias; Schmitt, Michel; Kolopp, Caroline; Westwood, Marie-Anne; Desjonquères, Nicolas; Brabet, Emile; Hell, Sophie; LePoupon, Karen; Vermeulen, Annie; Jaisson, Régis; Rithié, Virginie; Upert, Grégory; Lederer, A; Zbinden, P; Wach, A; Moehle, Kerstin; Zerbe, Katja; Locher, H H; Bernardini, Federico; Dale, G E; Eberl, Leo; Wollscheid, Bernd; Hiller, Sebastian; Robinson, J A; Obrecht, D (2019). Chimeric peptidomimetic antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria. Nature, 576(7787):452-458.
  • Fernández, Noemí; Cabrera, Juan J; Varadarajan, Adithi R; Lutz, Stefanie; Ledermann, Raphael; Roschitzki, Bernd; Eberl, Leo; Bedmar, Eulogio J; Fischer, Hans-Martin; Pessi, Gabriella; Ahrens, Christian H; Mesa, Socorro (2019). An Integrated Systems Approach Unveils New Aspects of Microoxia-Mediated Regulation in Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10:924.

• 2018

  • Jenul, Christian; Sieber, Simon; Daeppen, Christophe; Mathew, Anugraha; Lardi, Martina; Pessi, Gabriella; Hoepfner, Dominic; Neuburger, Markus; Linden, Anthony; Gademann, Karl; Eberl, Leo (2018). Biosynthesis of fragin is controlled by a novel quorum sensing signal. Nature Communications, 9:1297.
  • Lardi, Martina; Pessi, Gabriella (2018). Functional Genomics Approaches to Studying Symbioses between Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia. High-Throughput, 7(2):15.
  • Lardi, Martina; Liu, Yilei; Giudice, Gaetano; Ahrens, Christian H; Zamboni, Nicola; Pessi, Gabriella (2018). Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Identify Multiple Downstream Targets of Paraburkholderia phymatum σ54 During Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19(4):1049.
  • Vetterli, Stefan U; Zerbe, Katja; Müller, Maik; Urfer, Matthias; Mondal, Milon; Wang, Shuang-Yan; Moehle, Kerstin; Zerbe, Oliver; Vitale, Alessandra; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo; Wollscheid, Bernd; Robinson, John A (2018). Thanatin targets the intermembrane protein complex required for lipopolysaccharide transport in Escherichia coli. Science Advances, 4(11):eaau2634.
  • Liu, Yilei; Pessi, Gabriella; Riedel, Katharina; Eberl, Leo (2018). Identification of AHL- and BDSF-Controlled Proteins in Burkholderia cenocepacia by Proteomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1673:193-202.

• 2017

  • Lardi, Martina; Liu, Yilei; Purtschert, Gabriela; Bolzan de Campos, Samanta; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). Transcriptome Analysis of Paraburkholderia phymatum under Nitrogen Starvation and during Symbiosis with Phaseolus Vulgaris. Genes, 8(12):E389.
  • Schmid, Nadine; Suppiger, Angela; Steiner, Elisabeth; Pessi, Gabriella; Kaever, Volkhard; Fazli, Mustafa; Tolker-Nielsen, Tim; Jenal, Urs; Eberl, Leo (2017). High intracellular c-di-GMP levels antagonize quorum sensing and virulence gene expression in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111. Microbiology, 163(5):754-764.
  • Weigert, Michael; Ross-Gillespie, Adin; Leinweber, Anne; Pessi, Gabriella; Brown, Sam P; Kümmerli, Rolf (2017). Manipulating virulence factor availability can have complex consequences for infections. Evolutionary Applications, 10(1):91-101.
  • Lardi, Martina; de Campos, Samanta Bolzan; Purtschert, Gabriela; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). Competition Experiments for Legume Infection Identify Burkholderia phymatum as a Highly Competitive β-Rhizobium. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1527.
  • de Campos, Samanta Bolzan; Lardi, Martina; Gandolfi, Alessia; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). Mutations in Two Paraburkholderia phymatum Type VI Secretion Systems Cause Reduced Fitness in Interbacterial Competition. Frontiers in Microbiology:8:2473.
  • Liu, Yilei; Lardi, Martina; Pedrioli, Alessandro; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2017). NtrC-dependent control of exopolysaccharide synthesis and motility in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111. PLoS ONE, 12(6):e0180362.

• 2016

  • Urfer, Matthias; Bogdanovic, Jasmina; Lo Monte, Fabio; Moehle, Kerstin; Zerbe, Katja; Omasits, Ulrich; Ahrens, Christian H; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo; Robinson, John A (2016). A peptidomimetic antibiotic targets outer membrane proteins and disrupts selectively the outer membrane in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291:1921-1932.
  • Čuklina, Jelena; Hahn, Julia; Imakaev, Maxim; Omasits, Ulrich; Förstner, Konrad U; Ljubimov, Nikolay; Goebel, Melanie; Pessi, Gabriella; Fischer, Hans-Martin; Ahrens, Christian H; Gelfand, Mikhail S; Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Elena (2016). Genome-wide transcription start site mapping of Bradyrhizobium japonicum grown free-living or in symbiosis – a rich resource to identify new transcripts, proteins and to study gene regulation. BMC Genomics:17:302.
  • Lardi, Martina; Murset, Valérie; Fischer, Hans-Martin; Mesa, Socorro; Ahrens, Christian H; Zamboni, Nicola; Pessi, Gabriella (2016). Metabolomic Profiling of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens-Induced Root Nodules Reveals Both Host Plant-Specific and Developmental Signatures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17(6):815.
  • Turnbull, Lynne; Toyofuku, Masanori; Hynen, Amelia L; Kurosawa, Masaharu; Pessi, Gabriella; Petty, Nicola K; Osvath, Sarah R; Cárcamo-Oyarce, Gerardo; Gloag, Erin S; Shimoni, Raz; Omasits, Ulrich; Ito, Satoshi; Yap, Xinhui; Monahan, Leigh G; Cavaliere, Rosalia; Ahrens, Christian H; Charles, Ian G; Nomura, Nobuhiko; Eberl, Leo; Whitchurch, Cynthia B (2016). Explosive cell lysis as a mechanism for the biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles and biofilms. Nature Communications, 7:online.

• 2015

  • Lardi, Martina; Aguilar, Claudio; Pedrioli, Alessandro; Omasits, Ulrich; Suppiger, Angela; Cárcamo-Oyarce, Gerardo; Schmid, Nadine; Ahrens, Christian H; Eberl, Leo; Pessi, Gabriella (2015). σ54-Dependent Response to Nitrogen Limitation and Virulence in Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain H111. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(12):4077-4089.

• 2014

  • Carlier, A; Agnoli, K; Pessi, G; Suppiger, A; Jenul, C; Schmid, N; Tummler, B; Pinto-Carbó, Marta; Eberl, L (2014). Genome Sequence of Burkholderia cenocepacia H111, a Cystic Fibrosis Airway Isolate. Genome Announcements, 2(2):e00298-14.
  • Koch, M; Delmotte, N; Ahrens, C H; Omasits, U; Schneider, K; Danza, F; Padhi, B; Murset, V; Braissant, O; Vorholt, J A; Hennecke, H; Pessi, G (2014). A Link between Arabinose Utilization and Oxalotrophy in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(7):2094-2101.
  • Aguilar, Claudio; Schmid, Nadine; Lardi, Martina; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo (2014). The IclR-family regulator BapR controls biofilm formation in B. cenocepacia H111. PLoS ONE, 9(3):e92920.

• 2013

  • Suppiger, Angela; Schmid, Nadine; Aguilar, Claudio; Pessi, Gabriella; Eberl, Leo (2013). Two quorum sensing systems control biofilm formation and virulence in members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Virulence, 4(5):400-409.
  • Pessi, Gabriella; Braunwalder, Rubina; Grunau, Alexander; Omasits, Ulrich; Ahrens, Christian H; Eberl, Leo (2013). Response of Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 to Micro-Oxia. PLoS ONE, 8(9):e72939.

• 2012

  • Deng, Y; Schmid, N; Wang, C; Wang, J; Pessi, G; Wu, D; Lee, J; Aguilar, C; Ahrens, C H; Chang, C; Song, H; Eberl, L; Zhang, L H (2012). Cis-2-dodecenoic acid receptor RpfR links quorum-sensing signal perception with regulation of virulence through cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate turnover. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(38):15479-15484.
  • Schmid, Nadine; Pessi, Gabriella; Deng, Yinyue; Aguilar, Claudio; Carlier, Aurelien L; Grunau, Alexander; Omasits, Ulrich; Zhang, Lian-Hui; Ahrens, Christian H; Eberl, Leo (2012). The AHL- and BDSF-dependent quorum sensing systems control specific and overlapping sets of genes in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111. PLoS ONE, 7(11):e49966.

• 2010

  • Koch, M; Delmotte, N; Rehrauer, H; Vorholt, J A; Pessi, G; Hennecke, H (2010). Rhizobial adaptation to hosts, a new facet in the legume root-nodule symbiosis. Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 23(6):784-90.

• 2007

  • Pessi, G; Ahrens, C H; Rehrauer, H; Lindemann, A; Hauser, F; Fischer, H M; Hennecke, H (2007). Genome-wide transcript analysis of Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteroids in soybean root nodules. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20(11):1353-1363.