Giulia Alessandri

University of Parma

Research Areas

• Gut microbiota and health
• Probiotics and Fermented Foods
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
• Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
• Infant Nutrition and Health

Health Outcomes Studied

• Enhanced Natural Killer Cell Tumoricidal Activity
• Increased Vaginal Lactobacilli Levels

Papers (7)

• 2024
  Characterization of a <i>Bifidobacterium animalis</i> subsp. <i>lactis</i> reference strain based on ecology and transcriptomics.10.1128/aem.01080-24
• 2023Primary author
  Identification of a prototype human gut Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum strain based on comparative and functional genomic approaches10.3389/fmicb.2023.1130592
• 2022
  The Integrated Probiotic Database: a genomic compendium of bifidobacterial health-promoting strains.10.20517/mrr.2021.13
• 2022
  Evaluation of Modulatory Activities of Lactobacillus crispatus Strains in the Context of the Vaginal Microbiota10.1128/spectrum.02733-21
• 2020
  Probiogenomics Analysis of 97 Lactobacillus crispatus Strains as a Tool for the Identification of Promising Next-Generation Probiotics10.3390/microorganisms9010073
• 2019Primary author
  Bifidobacterial Dialogue With Its Human Host and Consequent Modulation of the Immune System10.3389/fimmu.2019.02348
• 2019
  Bifidobacterium bifidum and the infant gut microbiota: an intriguing case of microbe-host co-evolution.10.1111/1462-2920.14705