2023

Zecchin, S., Wang, J., Martin, M., Romani, M., Planer-Friedrich, B., & Cavalca, L. (2023). Microbial communities in paddy soils: differences in abundance and functionality between rhizosphere and pore water, the influence of different soil organic carbon, sulfate fertilization and cultivation time, and contribution to arsenic mobility and speciation. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99(11), fiad121.
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Bertolini, M., Zecchin, S., & Cavalca, L. (2023). Sequential Anaerobic/Aerobic Microbial Transformation of Chlorinated Ethenes: Use of Sustainable Approaches for Aquifer Decontamination. Water, 15(7), 1406.
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2022

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Zanetti, R., Zecchin, S., Colombo, M., Borgonovo, G., Mazzini, S., Scaglioni, L., Facchetti, G., Gandolfi, R., Rimoldi, I., & Cavalca, L. (2022). Ni2+ and Cu2+ Biosorption by EPS-Producing Serratia plymuthica Strains and Potential Bio-Catalysis of the Organo–Metal Complexes. Water, 14(21), 3410.
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Goglio, A., Marzorati, S., Zecchin, S., Quarto, S., Falletta, E., Bombelli, P., Cavalca, L., Beggio, G., Trasatti, S.,   & Schievano, A. (2022). Plant nutrients recovery from agro-food wastewaters using microbial electrochemical technologies based on porous biocompatible materials. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(3), 107453.
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2021

Bertolini, M., Zecchin, S., Beretta, G. P., De Nisi, P., Ferrari, L., Cavalca, L. (2021). Effectiveness of Permeable Reactive Bio-Barriers for Bioremediation of an Organohalide-Polluted Aquifer by Natural-Occurring Microbial Community. Water, 13(17), 2442.
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Zecchin, S., Crognale, S., Zaccheo, P., Fazi, S., Amalfitano, S., Casentini, B., Callegari, M., Zanchi, R., Sacchi, G. A., Rossetti, S., Cavalca, L. (2021). Adaptation of microbial communities to environmental arsenic and selection of arsenite-oxidizing bacteria from contaminated groundwaters. Frontiers in microbiology, 12, 364.
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2019

Zecchin, S., Colombo, M., & Cavalca, L. (2019). Exposure to different arsenic species drives the establishment of iron-and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria on rice root iron plaques. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35(8), 117. DOI

Rago, L., Zecchin, S., Villa, F., Goglio, A., Corsini, A., Cavalca, L., & Schievano, A. (2019). Bioelectrochemical nitrogen fixation (e-BNF): electro-stimulation of enriched biofilm communities drives autotrophic nitrogen and carbon fixation. Bioelectrochemistry, 125, 105-115. DOI

Ahn, A. C., Cavalca, L., Colombo, M., Schuurmans, J. M., Sorokin, D. Y., & Muyzer, G. (2019). Transcriptomic analysis of two Thioalkalivibrio species under arsenite stress revealed a potential candidate gene for an alternative arsenite oxidation pathway. Frontiers in microbiology, 10, 1514. DOI

Cavalca, L., Zecchin, S., Zaccheo, P., Abbas, B. A., Rotiroti, M., Bonomi, T., & Muyzer, G. (2019). Exploring biodiversity and arsenic metabolism of microbiota inhabiting arsenic-rich groundwaters in Northern Italy. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1480. DOI

2018

Corsini, A., Colombo, M., Gardana, C., Zecchin, S., Simonetti, P., & Cavalca, L. (2018). Characterization of As (III) oxidizing Achromobacter sp. strain N2: effects on arsenic toxicity and translocation in rice. Annals of microbiology, 68(5), 295-304. DOI

Rago, L., Zecchin, S., Marzorati, S., Goglio, A., Cavalca, L., Cristiani, P., & Schievano, A. (2018). A study of microbial communities on terracotta separator and on biocathode of air breathing microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry, 120, 18-26. DOI

Zecchin, S., Mueller, R. C., Seifert, J., Stingl, U., Anantharaman, K., Von Bergen, M., Cavalca L., & Pester, M. (2018). Rice Paddy Nitrospirae carry and express genes related to Sulfate respiration: proposal of the new genus “Candidatus Sulfobium”. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 84(5), e02224-17. DOI

2017

Crognale, S., Zecchin, S., Amalfitano, S., Fazi, S., Casentini, B., Corsini, A., Cavalca L., & Rossetti, S. (2017). Phylogenetic structure and metabolic properties of microbial communities in arsenic-rich waters of geothermal origin. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 2468. DOI

Zecchin, S., Corsini, A., Martin, M., & Cavalca, L. (2017). Influence of water management on the active root-associated microbiota involved in arsenic, iron, and sulfur cycles in rice paddies. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 101(17), 6725-6738. DOI

Rago, L., Cristiani, P., Villa, F., Zecchin, S., Colombo, A., Cavalca, L., & Schievano, A. (2017). Influences of dissolved oxygen concentration on biocathodic microbial communities in microbial fuel cells. Bioelectrochemistry, 116, 39-51. DOI

Zecchin, S., Corsini, A., Martin, M., Romani, M., Beone, G. M., Zanchi, R., Zanzo E., Tenni D., Fontanella M. C., & Cavalca, L. (2017). Rhizospheric iron and arsenic bacteria affected by water regime: implications for metalloid uptake by rice. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 106, 129-137. DOI

2015

Pigna, M., Caporale, A. G., Cavalca, L., Sommella, A., & Violante, A. (2015). Arsenic in the soil environment: mobility and phytoavailability. Environmental Engineering Science, 32(7), 551-563. DOI

Amer, R. A., Mapelli, F., El Gendi, H. M., Barbato, M., Goda, D. A., Corsini, A., Cavalca L., Fusi M., Borin S., Daffonchio D., & Abdel-Fattah, Y. R. (2015). Bacterial diversity and bioremediation potential of the highly contaminated marine sediments at El-Max District (Egypt, Mediterranean Sea). BioMed research international, 2015. DOI

Corsini, A., Colombo, M., Muyzer, G., & Cavalca, L. (2015). Characterization of the arsenite oxidizer Aliihoeflea sp. strain 2WW and its potential application in the removal of arsenic from groundwater in combination with Pf-ferritin. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 108(3), 673-684. DOI

Cavalca, L., Corsini, A., Canzi, E., & Zanchi, R. (2015). Rhizobacterial communities associated with spontaneous plant species in long-term arsenic contaminated soils. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 31(5), 735-746. DOI

2014

Corsini, A., Zaccheo, P., Muyzer, G., Andreoni, V., & Cavalca, L. (2014). Arsenic transforming abilities of groundwater bacteria and the combined use of Aliihoeflea sp. strain 2WW and goethite in metalloid removal. Journal of hazardous materials, 269, 89-97. DOI

Corsini, A., Cavalca, L., Muyzer, G., & Zaccheo, P. (2014). Effectiveness of various sorbents and biological oxidation in the removal of arsenic species from groundwater. Environmental Chemistry, 11(5), 558-565. DOI

2013

Toscano, G., Cavalca, L., Colarieti, M. L., Scelza, R., Scotti, R., Rao, M. A., Andreoni V., Ciccazzo S., & Greco, G. (2013). Aerobic biodegradation of propylene glycol by soil bacteria. Biodegradation, 24(5), 603-613. DOI

Cavalca, L., Corsini, A., Zaccheo, P., Andreoni, V., & Muyzer, G. (2013). Microbial transformations of arsenic: perspectives for biological removal of arsenic from water. Future Microbiology, 8(6), 753-768. DOI

Cavalca, L., Corsini, A., Bachate, S. P., & Andreoni, V. (2013). Rhizosphere colonization and arsenic translocation in sunflower (Helianthusannuus L.) by arsenate reducing Alcaligenes sp. strain Dhal-L. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 29(10), 1931-1940. DOI

2012

Andreoni, V., Zanchi, R., Cavalca, L., Corsini, A., Romagnoli, C., & Canzi, E. (2012). Arsenite oxidation in Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus As3-1b strain: detection of genes involved in arsenite oxidation and CO 2 fixation. Current microbiology, 65(2), 212-218. DOI

2011

Colombo, M., Cavalca, L., Bernasconi, S., & Andreoni, V. (2011). Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soils by native microflora and bioaugmentation with Sphingobium chlorophenolicum strain C3R: a feasibility study in solid-and slurry-phase microcosms. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 65(1), 191-197. DOI

Ruggiero, P., Terzano, R., Spagnuolo, M., Cavalca, L., Colombo, M., Andreoni, V., Rao M., Perucci P., & Monaci, E. (2011). Hg bioavailability and impact on bacterial communities in a long-term polluted soil. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 13(1), 145-156. DOI

Corsini, A., Cavalca, L., Zaccheo, P., Crippa, L., & Andreoni, V. (2011). Influence of microorganisms on arsenic mobilization and speciation in a submerged contaminated soil: effects of citrate. Applied soil ecology, 49, 99-106. DOI

2010

Cavalca, L., Zanchi, R., Corsini, A., Colombo, M., Romagnoli, C., Canzi, E., & Andreoni, V. (2010). Arsenic-resistant bacteria associated with roots of the wild Cirsium arvense (L.) plant from an arsenic polluted soil, and screening of potential plant growth-promoting characteristics. Systematic and applied microbiology, 33(3), 154-164. DOI

Corsini, A., Cavalca, L., Crippa, L., Zaccheo, P., & Andreoni, V. (2010). Impact of glucose on microbial community of a soil containing pyrite cinders: role of bacteria in arsenic mobilization under submerged condition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42(5), 699-707. DOI