| Comparative analysis of the two Acinetobacter baumannii multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes S Gaiarsa, G Batisti Biffignandi, EP Esposito, M Castelli, KA Jolley, ... Frontiers in microbiology 10, 447452, 2019 | 118 | 2019 |
| Disentangling the taxonomy of Rickettsiales and description of two novel symbionts (“Candidatus Bealeia paramacronuclearis” and “Candidatus Fokinia cryptica”) sharing the … F Szokoli, M Castelli, E Sabaneyeva, M Schrallhammer, S Krenek, ... Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82 (24), 7236-7247, 2016 | 84 | 2016 |
| Deianiraea, an extracellular bacterium associated with the ciliate Paramecium, suggests an alternative scenario for the evolution of Rickettsiales M Castelli, E Sabaneyeva, O Lanzoni, N Lebedeva, AM Floriano, ... The ISME Journal 13 (9), 2280-2294, 2019 | 56 | 2019 |
| Diversity and environmental distribution of the cosmopolitan endosymbiont “Candidatus Megaira” O Lanzoni, E Sabaneyeva, L Modeo, M Castelli, N Lebedeva, F Verni, ... Scientific Reports 9 (1), 1179, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| “Candidatus Gortzia shahrazadis”, a novel endosymbiont of Paramecium multimicronucleatum and a revision of the biogeographical distribution of Holospora-like bacteria V Serra, SI Fokin, M Castelli, CK Basuri, V Nitla, F Verni, BV Sandeep, ... Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1704, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| “Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”, a Novel “Stand-Alone” Symbiotic Lineage of Midichloriaceae (Rickettsiales) F Szokoli, E Sabaneyeva, M Castelli, S Krenek, M Schrallhammer, ... PLoS One 11 (1), e0145743, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| A House for Two—Double Bacterial Infection in Euplotes woodruffi Sq1 (Ciliophora, Euplotia) Sampled in Southeastern Brazil MVX Senra, RJP Dias, M Castelli, ID Silva-Neto, F Verni, CAG Soares, ... Microbial ecology 71, 505-517, 2016 | 42 | 2016 |
| Biodiversity of “Non-model” Rickettsiales and Their Association with Aquatic Organisms M Castelli, D Sassera, G Petroni Rickettsiales: Biology, molecular biology, epidemiology, and vaccine …, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| Microbial Consortium Associated with the Antarctic Marine Ciliate Euplotes focardii: An Investigation from Genomic Sequences S Pucciarelli, RR Devaraj, A Mancini, P Ballarini, M Castelli, ... Microbial ecology 70, 484-497, 2015 | 41 | 2015 |
| Morphology, ultrastructure, genomics, and phylogeny of Euplotes vanleeuwenhoeki sp. nov. and its ultra-reduced endosymbiont “Candidatus Pinguicoccus … V Serra, L Gammuto, V Nitla, M Castelli, O Lanzoni, D Sassera, C Bandi, ... Scientific reports 10 (1), 20311, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Tissue tropism and metabolic pathways of Midichloria mitochondrii suggest tissue-specific functions in the symbiosis with Ixodes ricinus E Olivieri, S Epis, M Castelli, IV Boccazzi, C Romeo, A Desirò, ... Ticks and tick-borne diseases 10 (5), 1070-1077, 2019 | 38 | 2019 |
| Phylogenetic relationships among endosymbiotic R-body producer: bacteria providing their host the killer trait M Schrallhammer, M Castelli, G Petroni Systematic and applied microbiology 41 (3), 213-220, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| The Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”: Insights on Reductive Evolution in Rickettsiales AM Floriano, M Castelli, S Krenek, TU Berendonk, C Bazzocchi, G Petroni, ... Genome biology and evolution 10 (4), 1120-1126, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| The Hidden World of Rickettsiales Symbionts: “Candidatus Spectririckettsia obscura,” a Novel Bacterium Found in Brazilian and Indian Paramecium caudatum M Castelli, V Serra, MVX Senra, CK Basuri, CAG Soares, SI Fokin, ... Microbial ecology 77, 748-758, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Host and symbiont intraspecific variability: The case of Paramecium calkinsi and “Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis” E Sabaneyeva, M Castelli, F Szokoli, K Benken, N Lebedeva, A Salvetti, ... European Journal of Protistology 62, 79-94, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Sequence of a Coxiella Endosymbiont of the Tick Amblyomma nuttalli Suggests a Pattern of Convergent Genome Reduction in the Coxiella Genus T Nardi, E Olivieri, E Kariuki, D Sassera, M Castelli Genome biology and evolution 13 (1), evaa253, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
| ‘Candidatus Sarmatiella mevalonica’ endosymbiont of the ciliate Paramecium provides insights on evolutionary plasticity among Rickettsiales M Castelli, O Lanzoni, T Nardi, S Lometto, L Modeo, A Potekhin, ... Environmental Microbiology 23 (3), 1684-1701, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Characterization of a novel Pantoea symbiont allows inference of a pattern of convergent genome reduction in bacteria associated with Pentatomidae M Kashkouli, M Castelli, AM Floriano, C Bandi, S Epis, Y Fathipour, ... Environmental Microbiology 23 (1), 36-50, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Response of the bacterial symbiont Holospora caryophila to different growth conditions of its host M Castelli, O Lanzoni, SI Fokin, M Schrallhammer, G Petroni European Journal of Protistology 51 (1), 98-108, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Occurrence of Eustrongylides excisus (Nematoda: Dioctophymatidae) in European perch (Perca fluviatilis) and great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) in Lake Annone, northern Italy A Rusconi, P Prati, R Bragoni, M Castelli, U Postiglione, S Rigamonti, ... The Journal of Parasitology 108 (2), 209-216, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
