Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2025

  • Golaz, D., Bürgi, L., Egli, M., Bigler, L., & Pessi, G. (2025). The Siderophore Phymabactin Facilitates the Growth of the Legume Symbiont Paraburkholderia phymatum in Aluminium-Rich Martian Soil Life, 15, 1044. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15071044

• 2024

  • Bellés-Sancho, P., Golaz, D., Paszti, S., Vitale, A., Liu, Y., Bailly, A., Eberl, L., James, E. K., & Pessi, G. (2024). Tn-seq profiling reveals that NodS of the beta-rhizobium Paraburkholderia phymatum is detrimental for nodulating soybean Communications Biology, 7, 1706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07385-x
  • Leinweber, A., Laffont, C., Lardi, M., Eberl, L., Pessi, G., & Kümmerli, R. (2024). RNA-Seq reveals that Pseudomonas aeruginosa mounts growth medium-dependent competitive responses when sensing diffusible cues from Burkholderia cenocepacia Communications Biology, 7, 995. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06618-3
  • Golaz, D., Papenfuhs, C. K., Bellés-Sancho, P., Eberl, L., Egli, M., & Pessi, G. (2024). RNA-seq analysis in simulated microgravity unveils down-regulation of the beta-rhizobial siderophore phymabactin Npj Microgravity, 10, 44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00391-7

• 2023

  • Hug, S., Heiniger, B., Bolli, K., Paszti, S., Eberl, L., Ahrens, C. H., & Pessi, G. (2023). Paraburkholderia sabiae Uses One Type VI Secretion System (T6SS-1) as a Powerful Weapon against Notorious Plant Pathogens Microbiology Spectrum, online. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01622-23
  • Bellés-Sancho, P., Beukes, C., James, E. K., & Pessi, G. (2023). Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Paraburkholderia Species: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives Nitrogen, 4, 135–158. https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen4010010
  • Bellés-Sancho, P. (2023). Elucidation of the genetic determinants underlying Paraburkholderia phymatum’s symbiotic ability and its high competitiveness in legume root infection. (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

• 2022

  • Bellés-Sancho, P., Liu, Y., Heiniger, B., von Salis, E., Eberl, L., Ahrens, C. H., Zamboni, N., Bailly, A., & Pessi, G. (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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.991548
  • Paszti, S., Vitale, A., Liu, Y., Braunwalder, R., Kalawong, R., Biner, O., Pessi, G., & Eberl, L. (2022). Identification of Key Factors for Anoxic Survival of B. cenocepacia H111 International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 4560. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23094560
  • Purtschert-Montenegro, G. (2022). Identification of a novel bacterial killing nanomachine in Pseudomonas putida IsoF (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

• 2021

  • Hug, S., Liu, Y., Heiniger, B., Bailly, A., Ahrens, C. H., Eberl, L., & Pessi, G. (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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.699590
  • Bellés-Sancho, P., Lardi, M., Liu, Y., Eberl, L., Zamboni, N., Bailly, A., & Pessi, G. (2021). Metabolomics and Dual RNA-Sequencing on Root Nodules Revealed New Cellular Functions Controlled by Paraburkholderia phymatum NifA Metabolites, 11, 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11070455
  • Bellés-Sancho, P., Lardi, M., Liu, Y., Hug, S., Pinto-Carbó, M. A., Zamboni, N., & Pessi, G. (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, 952. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10040952
  • Gualdi, S. (2021). Identification of fitness determinants in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 by transposon sequencing (Dissertation, University of Zurich)

• 2020

  • Vitale, A., Paszti, S., Takahashi, K., Toyofuku, M., Pessi, G., & Eberl, L. (2020). Mapping of the denitrification pathway in Burkholderia thailandensis by genome-wide mutant profiling Journal of Bacteriology, 202, 00304–00320. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00304-20
  • Vitale, A., Pessi, G., Urfer, M., Locher, H. H., Zerbe, K., Obrecht, D., Robinson, J. A., & Eberl, L. (2020). Identification of genes required for resistance to peptidomimetic antibiotics by transposon sequencing Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1681. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01681
  • Liu, Y., Bellich, B., Hug, S., Eberl, L., Cescutti, P., & Pessi, G. (2020). The exopolysaccharide Cepacian plays a role in the establishment of the Paraburkholderia phymatum – Phaseolus vulgaris symbiosis Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 1600. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01600
  • Lardi, M., Liu, Y., Hug, S., Bolzan de Campos, S., Eberl, L., & Pessi, G. (2020). Paraburkholderia phymatum STM815 σ54 controls utilization of Dicarboxylates, motility, and T6SS-b expression Nitrogen, 1, 81–98. https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen1020008

• 2018

  • Jenul, C., Sieber, S., Daeppen, C., Mathew, A., Lardi, M., Pessi, G., Hoepfner, D., Neuburger, M., Linden, A., Gademann, K., & Eberl, L. (2018). Biosynthesis of fragin is controlled by a novel quorum sensing signal Nature Communications, 9, 1297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03690-2
  • Lardi, M., & Pessi, G. (2018). Functional Genomics Approaches to Studying Symbioses between Legumes and Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobia High-Throughput, 7, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ht7020015
  • Lardi, M., Liu, Y., Giudice, G., Ahrens, C. H., Zamboni, N., & Pessi, G. (2018). Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Identify Multiple Downstream Targets of Paraburkholderia phymatum σ54 During Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, 1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19041049
  • Vetterli, S. U., Zerbe, K., Müller, M., Urfer, M., Mondal, M., Wang, S.-Y., Moehle, K., Zerbe, O., Vitale, A., Pessi, G., Eberl, L., Wollscheid, B., & Robinson, J. A. (2018). Thanatin targets the intermembrane protein complex required for lipopolysaccharide transport in Escherichia coli Science Advances, 4, eaau2634. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau2634

• 2017

  • Liu, Y., Lardi, M., Pedrioli, A., Eberl, L., & Pessi, G. (2017). NtrC-dependent control of exopolysaccharide synthesis and motility in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 PLoS ONE, 12, e0180362. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180362

• 2016

  • Lardi, M., Murset, V., Fischer, H.-M., Mesa, S., Ahrens, C. H., Zamboni, N., & Pessi, G. (2016). Metabolomic Profiling of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens-Induced Root Nodules Reveals Both Host Plant-Specific and Developmental Signatures International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, 815. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17060815