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Doni L, Tassistro G, Oliveri C, Balbi T, Auguste M, Pallavicini A, Canesi L, Pruzzo C, Vezzulli L. Plankton and marine aggregates as transmission vectors for V. aestuarianus 02/041 infecting the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Environ Microbiol Rep 2023; 15:631-641. [PMID: 37776112 PMCID: PMC10667632 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
Abstract
Vibrio aestuarianus is a bacterium related to mass mortality outbreaks of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas in Europe. In this study, the role of different planktonic substrates (phytoplankton cells, marine aggregates and chitin fragments) in mediating V. aestuarianus 02/041 infection of oysters was evaluated by controlled infection experiments. It was shown that phytoplankton cells and, to a greater extent, marine aggregates, significantly promote V. aestuarianus 02/041 intake by C. gigas maintained under stressful conditions in the laboratory. Such intake is associated with higher concentration of the pathogen in the bivalve hemolymph and compromised health status of infected oysters. In contrast, chitin particles do not play a significant role as transmission vector for V. aestuarianus 02/041 infecting its bivalve host. Interestingly, incorporation into marine aggregates foster extracellular proteases (ECPs) activity and a higher expression of bacterial virulence genes, that are potentially involved in bivalve infection. Results from this study contribute to elucidate transmission patterns of V. aestuarianus 02/041 to C. gigas that may be useful for the development of efficient measures to prevent and control oyster disease outbreaks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lapo Doni
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
- National Biodiversity Future CenterPalermoItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of TriesteTriesteItaly
- Stazione Zoologica Anton DohrnNapoliItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
- National Biodiversity Future CenterPalermoItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
- National Biodiversity Future CenterPalermoItaly
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Cecchetto M, Di Cesare A, Eckert E, Fassio G, Fontaneto D, Moro I, Oliverio M, Sciuto K, Tassistro G, Vezzulli L, Schiaparelli S. Antarctic coastal nanoplankton dynamics revealed by metabarcoding of desalination plant filters: Detection of short-term events and implications for routine monitoring. Sci Total Environ 2021; 757:143809. [PMID: 33257075 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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One of the main requirements of any sound biological monitoring is the availability of long term and, possibly, temporal data with a high resolution. This is often difficult to be achieved, especially in Antarctica, due to a variety of logistic constraints, which make continuous sampling and monitoring activities generally unfeasible. Here we focus on the 5 μm filters used in the desalination plant of the Italian research base "Mario Zucchelli" in the Terra Nova Bay area (Ross Sea, Antarctica) to evaluate intra-annual coastal nanoplankton dynamics. These filters, together with others of larger mesh sizes, are used to decrease the amount of organisms and debris in the input seawater before the desalination processes take place, hence automatically collect the plankton present in the water column around the desalination system intake. We have used a DNA metabarcoding approach to characterize the communities retained by filters' sets collected in January 2012 and 2013. Intra-annual dynamics were disclosed with an unprecedented detail, that would not have been possible by using standard sampling approaches, and highlighted the importance of extreme, stochastic events such as katabatic wind pulses, which triggered dramatic, short-term shifts in coastal nanoplankton composition. This method, by combining a cost-effective sampling and molecular techniques, may represent a viable solution for long-term monitoring programs focusing on Antarctic coastal communities.
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- Matteo Cecchetto
- Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Science (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Water Research Institute (CNR-IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Science (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Science (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA, Section of Genoa), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Science (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Lasa A, di Cesare A, Tassistro G, Borello A, Gualdi S, Furones D, Carrasco N, Cheslett D, Brechon A, Paillard C, Bidault A, Pernet F, Canesi L, Edomi P, Pallavicini A, Pruzzo C, Vezzulli L. Dynamics of the Pacific oyster pathobiota during mortality episodes in Europe assessed by 16S rRNA gene profiling and a new target enrichment next-generation sequencing strategy. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:4548-4562. [PMID: 31325353 PMCID: PMC7379488 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Infectious agents such as the bacteria Vibrio aestuarianus or Ostreid herpesvirus 1 have been repeatedly associated with dramatic disease outbreaks of Crassostrea gigas beds in Europe. Beside roles played by these pathogens, microbial infections in C. gigas may derive from the contribution of a larger number of microorganisms than previously thought, according to an emerging view supporting the polymicrobial nature of bivalve diseases. In this study, the microbial communities associated with a large number of C. gigas samples collected during recurrent mortality episodes at different European sites were investigated by real-time PCR and 16SrRNA gene-based microbial profiling. A new target enrichment next-generation sequencing protocol for selective capturing of 884 phylogenetic and virulence markers of the potential microbial pathogenic community in oyster tissue was developed allowing high taxonomic resolution analysis of the bivalve pathobiota. Comparative analysis of contrasting C. gigas samples conducted using these methods revealed that oyster experiencing mortality outbreaks displayed signs of microbiota disruption associated with the presence of previously undetected potential pathogenic microbial species mostly belonging to genus Vibrio and Arcobacter. The role of these species and their consortia should be targeted by future studies aiming to shed light on mechanisms underlying polymicrobial infections in C. gigas.
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- Aide Lasa
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
- Department of Microbiology and ParasitologyUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de CompostelaSpain
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- National Research Council‐Water Research Institute (CNR‐IRSA), Largo Tonolli 50, 28822VerbaniaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Plant and Microbial BiologyUniversity of ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Fish Health UnitThe Marine Institute, Rinville OranmoreGalwayIreland
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- Fish Health UnitThe Marine Institute, Rinville OranmoreGalwayIreland
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- Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement Marin, Institut Universitaire Européen de la MUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale – UMR6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IfremerPlouzanéFrance
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- Laboratoire des sciences de l'Environnement Marin, Institut Universitaire Européen de la MUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale – UMR6539 CNRS/UBO/IRD/IfremerPlouzanéFrance
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- Ifremer, Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes MarinsUMR 6539 LEMAR (CNRS/Ifremer/IRD/UBO) Technopole Iroise, CS 1007029280PlouzaneFrance
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Life SciencesUniversity of TriesteTriesteItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV)University of GenoaGenoaItaly
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Di Cesare A, Petrin S, Fontaneto D, Losasso C, Eckert EM, Tassistro G, Borello A, Ricci A, Wilson WH, Pruzzo C, Vezzulli L. ddPCR applied on archived Continuous Plankton Recorder samples reveals long-term occurrence of class 1 integrons and a sulphonamide resistance gene in marine plankton communities. Environ Microbiol Rep 2018; 10:458-464. [PMID: 30022610 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance is a rising threat for human health. Although in clinical settings and terrestrial environments the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria is well documented, their dissemination and spread in the marine environment, covering almost two-thirds of the Earth's surface, is still poorly understood. In this study, the presence and abundance of sulphonamide resistance gene (sul2) and class 1 integron-integrase gene (intI1), used as markers for the occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistance genes since the beginning of the antibiotic era, were investigated. Twenty-nine archived formalin-fixed samples, collected by the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) survey in the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea from 1970 to 2011, were analysed using Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) applied for the first time on CPR samples. The two marker genes were present in a large fraction of the samples (48% for sul2 and 76% for intI1). In contrast, results from Real-Time PCR performed on the same samples greatly underestimate their occurrence (21% for sul2 and 52% for intI1). Overall, besides providing successful use of ddPCR for the molecular analysis of CPR samples, this study reveals long-term occurrence and spread of sul2 gene and class 1 integrons in the plankton-associated bacterial communities in the ocean.
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- Andrea Di Cesare
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- O.U. Microbial Ecology, Department of Food Safety, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Microbial Ecology Group (MEG), National Research Council - Institute of Ecosystem Study (CNR-ISE), Verbania, Italy
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- O.U. Microbial Ecology, Department of Food Safety, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- Microbial Ecology Group (MEG), National Research Council - Institute of Ecosystem Study (CNR-ISE), Verbania, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- O.U. Microbial Ecology, Department of Food Safety, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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- CPR Survey, Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Vezzulli L, Stagnaro L, Grande C, Tassistro G, Canesi L, Pruzzo C. Comparative 16SrDNA Gene-Based Microbiota Profiles of the Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and the Mediterranean Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from a Shellfish Farm (Ligurian Sea, Italy). Microb Ecol 2018; 75:495-504. [PMID: 28803409 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-017-1051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis are two widely farmed bivalve species which show contrasting behaviour in relation to microbial diseases, with C. gigas being more susceptible and M. galloprovincialis being generally resistant. In a recent study, we showed that different susceptibility to infection exhibited by these two bivalve species may depend on their different capability to kill invading pathogens (e.g., Vibrio spp.) through the action of haemolymph components. Specific microbial-host interactions may also impact bivalve microbiome structure and further influence susceptibility/resistance to microbial diseases. To further investigate this concept, a comparative study of haemolymph and digestive gland 16SrDNA gene-based bacterial microbiota profiles in C. gigas and M. galloprovincialis co-cultivated at the same aquaculture site was carried out using pyrosequencing. Bacterial communities associated with bivalve tissues (hemolymph and digestive gland) were significantly different from those of seawater, and were dominated by relatively few genera such as Vibrio and Pseudoalteromonas. In general, Vibrio accounted for a larger fraction of the microbiota in C. gigas (on average 1.7-fold in the haemolymph) compared to M. galloprovincialis, suggesting that C. gigas may provide better conditions for survival for these bacteria, including potential pathogenic species such as V. aestuarianus. Vibrios appeared to be important members of C. gigas and M. galloprovincialis microbiota and might play a contrasting role in health and disease of bivalve species. Accordingly, microbiome analyses performed on bivalve specimens subjected to commercial depuration highlighted the ineffectiveness of such practice in removing Vibrio species from bivalve tissues.
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- Luigi Vezzulli
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Vezzulli L, Grande C, Tassistro G, Brettar I, Höfle MG, Pereira RPA, Mushi D, Pallavicini A, Vassallo P, Pruzzo C. Whole-Genome Enrichment Provides Deep Insights into Vibrio cholerae Metagenome from an African River. Microb Ecol 2017; 73:734-738. [PMID: 27888291 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0902-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The detection and typing of Vibrio cholerae in natural aquatic environments encounter major methodological challenges related to the fact that the bacterium is often present in environmental matrices at very low abundance in nonculturable state. This study applied, for the first time to our knowledge, a whole-genome enrichment (WGE) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach for direct genotyping and metagenomic analysis of low abundant V. cholerae DNA (<50 genome unit/L) from natural water collected in the Morogoro river (Tanzania). The protocol is based on the use of biotinylated RNA baits for target enrichment of V. cholerae metagenomic DNA via hybridization. An enriched V. cholerae metagenome library was generated and sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq platform. Up to 1.8 × 107 bp (4.5× mean read depth) were found to map against V. cholerae reference genome sequences representing an increase of about 2500 times in target DNA coverage compared to theoretical calculations of performance for shotgun metagenomics. Analysis of metagenomic data revealed the presence of several V. cholerae virulence and virulence associated genes in river water including major virulence regions (e.g. CTX prophage and Vibrio pathogenicity island-1) and genetic markers of epidemic strains (e.g. O1-antigen biosynthesis gene cluster) that were not detectable by standard culture and molecular techniques. Overall, besides providing a powerful tool for direct genotyping of V. cholerae in complex environmental matrices, this study provides a 'proof of concept' on the methodological gap that might currently preclude a more comprehensive understanding of toxigenic V. cholerae emergence from natural aquatic environments.
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- L Vezzulli
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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