Angelo Sisto

Dr. Angelo Sisto


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Academic Career Length

42Years (1985-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 May 2010 in International Journal of Food Microbiology
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PBPalmira De Bellis
Palmira De Bellis
Francesca ValerioFrancesca Valerio
Francesca Valerio
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto
SLStella Lisa Lonigro
Stella Lisa Lonigro
PLPaola Lavermicocca
Paola Lavermicocca

1 September 2009 in Systematic and Applied Microbiology
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Francesca ValerioFrancesca Valerio
Francesca Valerio
MFMara Favilla
Mara Favilla
PBPalmira De Bellis
Palmira De Bellis
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto
SCSilvia de Candia
Silvia de Candia
PLPaola Lavermicocca
Paola Lavermicocca

1 June 2012 in International Journal of Food Microbiology
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Francesca ValerioFrancesca Valerio
Francesca Valerio
PBPalmira De Bellis
Palmira De Bellis
MBM. Di Biase
M. Di Biase
SLS.L. Lonigro
S.L. Lonigro
Barbara GiussaniBarbara Giussani
Barbara Giussani
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto

1 May 1985 in Physiological Plant Pathology
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GSGiuseppe Surico
Giuseppe Surico
NIN.S. Iacobellis
N.S. Iacobellis
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto

1 June 2020 in Microbiological Research
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SZStefania Zicca
Stefania Zicca
PBPalmira De Bellis
Palmira De Bellis
MMMario Masiello
Mario Masiello
MSMaria Saponari
Maria Saponari
PSPasquale Saldarelli
Pasquale Saldarelli
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto

27 November 2015 in Toxins
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PBPalmira De Bellis
Palmira De Bellis
MTMariana Tristezza
Mariana Tristezza
EHEdith Miriam Haidukowski
Edith Miriam Haidukowski
Francesca FanelliFrancesca Fanelli
Francesca Fanelli
ASAngelo Sisto
Angelo Sisto
Francesco GriecoFrancesco Grieco
Francesco Grieco
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin with a main nephrotoxic activity contaminating several foodstuffs. In the present report, five soil samples collected from OTA-contaminated vineyards were screened to isolate microorganisms able to biodegrade OTA. When cultivated in OTA-supplemented medium, OTA was converted in OTα by 225 bacterial isolates. To reveal clonal relationships between isolates, molecular typing by using an automated rep-PCR system was carried out, thus showing the presence of 27 different strains (rep-PCR profiles). The 16S-rRNA gene sequence analysis of an isolate representative of each rep-PCR profiles indicated that they belonged to five bacterial genera, namely Pseudomonas, Leclercia, Pantoea, Enterobacter, and Acinetobacter. However, further evaluation of OTA-degrading activity by the 27 strains revealed that only Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain 396.1 and Acinetobacter sp. strain neg1, consistently conserved the above property; their further characterization showed that they were able to convert 82% and 91% OTA into OTα in six days at 24 °C, respectively. The presence of OTα, as the unique OTA-degradation product was confirmed by LC-HRMS. This is the first report on OTA biodegradation by bacterial strains isolated from agricultural soils and carried out under aerobic conditions and moderate temperatures. These microorganisms might be used to detoxify OTA-contaminated feed and could be a new source of gene(s) for the development of a novel enzymatic detoxification system.