Maria Grazia Ammendolia

TL;DR: It was shown that apo-lactoferrin hinders virus attachment to cell receptors since it is able to bind the viral particles and to prevent both rotavirus haemagglutination and viral binding to susceptible cells.

TL;DR: Enterococcal clinical isolates were investigated for the ability to form biofilm on inert surfaces, as a measure of slime production, in an attempt to find new possible virulence factors for these microorganisms to indicate a role of slime for survival in stressful conditions.

TL;DR: expression of the slime-associated antigen appeared to be species specific and confined to the Staphylococcus epidermidissensu stricto isolates, and its strong association with the ability of these strains to produce thicker biofilms indicated slime- associated antigen as a possible virulence marker for S. epidersmidis.

TL;DR: Zinc lactoferrin was the sole compound capable of inhibiting a phase of infection subsequent to virus internalization into the host cells, as well as preventing viral replication when present during the entire cycle of poliovirus infection or during the viral adsorption step.

TL;DR: The data reported in this study indicate that low iron concentration induced free-living forms and motility both in P. aeruginosa and B. cenocepacia, while high iron concentrations stimulated aggregation and biofilm formation already in the fluid phases, so demonstrating that aggregation andBiofilm formation are positively iron-modulated in these bacteria.