Giulia Benatti

Mrs. Giulia Benatti


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

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23 January 2026 in Journal of Fungi
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Luca SpaggiariLuca Spaggiari
Luca Spaggiari
GTGabriele Tedeschi
Gabriele Tedeschi
GBGiulia Benatti
Giulia Benatti
MBMichael De Benedittis
Michael De Benedittis
MFMaria Teresa Antonia Franzè
Maria Teresa Antonia Franzè
Andrea ArdizzoniAndrea Ardizzoni
Andrea Ardizzoni
Saccharomyces cerevisiae probiotic properties are effective for the treatment of infections by the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans. Here, we assessed the anti-Candida effect of cell-free supernatants (CFSs) from three different fecal isolates and one ATCC strain of S. cerevisiae. We evaluated C. albicans growth inhibition through CFUs, and the impairment of virulence factors (adhesion, biofilm formation, and metabolic activity) by crystal violet and XTT assays. An untargeted metabolomic analysis of the CFSs was also performed. The CFSs moderately reduced C. albicans growth, but they could impair C. albicans virulence by reducing its capacity to adhere and to form a biofilm, and by decreasing the metabolic activity of biofilm-embedded fungal cells. The untargeted metabolomic analysis indicated an overexpression of N-acetyl-DL-tryptophan and other molecules derived from its metabolism (kynurenic acid and indole-3-acrylic acid), the dipeptides glycyl-L-leucine, prolyl-leucine, and γ-L-glutamyl-L-leucine, and the unconventional nucleotide inosine in the CFSs from fecal isolates, as compared to the reference strain. Further studies are warranted to better characterize the metabolome of these CFSs. Should the effects described here also be confirmed in vivo, the possible future employment of S. cerevisiae CFSs as a postbiotic aid to the current antifungal therapy may be considered.