Zannoni ‘s research interests

Professor of Microbiology at the Dept. of Pharmacy & Biotechnology of the University of Bologna – Italy. Research’sfellow at the St. Louis Medical School, St. Louis MO, USA (1977-78). In 1981, 1983 and 1991, EMBO’s fellow at the St.Andrews University, Scotland U.K.; CNRS-CEA Saclay, France; University of Göttingen, Germany. Present scientificinterests: microbial remediation of metals and metalloids in planktonic cells and biofilms, microbial production of metalnanoparticles, molecular mechanisms of bacterial movement and biofilm formation, alkane and naphthenic aciddegradation by Rhodococcus spp. Author and/or co-author of more than 150 publications, and several text-books forstudents. From 2003 to 2006, prof. Zannoni served as President of the Italian Society of Microbiology and MicrobialBiotechnology (SIMGBM), while from 2004 to 2010 he has been the Head of the Dept. of Biology of the University ofBologna and from 2015 to 2018, member of the Board of Directors of the University of Bologna – Bologna Italy.

New FEMS Delegate: Davide ZannoniSociety Name:

Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche -Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology

Assembly, growth and conductive properties of tellurium nanorods produced by Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1. Presentato, A., Piacenza, E. (….) Zannoni, D., Turner, R.J. 2018 Scientific Reports 8(1),3923

Tellurite processing by cells of Rhodobacter capsulatus involves a periplasmic step where the oxyanion causes a malfunction of the cytochrome c maturation system. Borsetti, F., Borghese, R., Cappelletti, M., Zannoni, D. 2018 International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 130, pp. 84-90

Aerobic growth of Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1 using selected naphthenic acids as the sole carbon and energy sources. Presentato, A., Cappelletti, M., Sansone, A., (...), Turner, R.J., Zannoni, D. 2018 Frontiers in Microbiology 9(APR),672

Biosynthesis of selenium-nanoparticles and -nanorods as a product of selenite bioconversion by the aerobic bacterium Rhodococcus aetherivorans BCP1. Presentato, A., Piacenza, E., Anikovskiy, M., (...), Zannoni, D., Turner, R.J. 2018New Biotechnology 41, pp. 1-8

Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 grown with biphenyl expresses a cytochrome caa3oxidase that uses cytochrome c4as electron donor. Sandri, F., Musiani, F., Selamoglu, N., Daldal, F., Zannoni, D. 2018 FEBS Letters 592(6), pp. 901-915

Aerobic co-metabolism of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane by Rhodococcus aetherivorans TPA grown on propane: kinetic study and bioreactor configuration analysis. Cappelletti, M., Pinelli, D., Fedi, S., Zannoni, D., Frascari, D. 2018 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 93(1), pp. 155-165

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PHAs and TAGs

Searching for new antibiotics in a quartzitic cave – «tepui» Venezuela

MicroBioReactor

Oil sands: a type of unconventionalpetroleum deposits

Oils sands processing Naphthenic acid’s pondsRhodococcus BCP1

Metal nanorods/wires

BioplasticsBiofuels

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SIMGBMSocietà Italiana diMicrobiologia Generalee Biotecnologie Microbiche

President: Ezio Ricca, Napoli Secretary: Paolo Visca, Roma 3Executive Committee

Microbial Physiology: Federica BrioniMilano

Medical Microbiology: Roberta ProvvediPadova

Food and Agricultural Microbiology: Carlo Viti , Firenze

Virology: Elisabetta AffabrisRoma 3

Biotechnology: P. BranduardiMilano-Bicocca

Industrial Microbiology: Margherita Sosio, Naicons SrL

Environmental Microbiology:Luigi Vezzulli, Genova

Microbial Fermentations:Flavia Marinelli, Insubria

Microbial Genetics: Renato FaniFirenze

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SIMGBMSocietà Italiana diMicrobiologia Generalee Biotecnologie Microbiche

ANNUAL CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY AND MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY