Publications by authors named "C D Votta"
Soil is one of the most important reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, global threat that needs to be addressed with the One Health approach. Despite urban parks playing a fundamental role in urban ecosystems, the diffusion, maintenance, and human impact of antibiotic-resistance genes in this substrate are still poorly addressed. To fill in this gap, we adopted a molecular and culturomics approach to study antibiotic resistance in urban parks, accounting for the environmental matrix and the level of urbanization.
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- Enhancing crop productivity is crucial for food security, and biostimulants like zaxinone and its mimics show promise in boosting plant growth and yield.
- Their application was studied to see how they affect soil and rice root microbiota, focusing on bacterial and fungal communities at different growth stages.
- Results indicate that these treatments initially reduced beneficial microbes in the roots but allowed for a recovery in microbial diversity later, highlighting their potential as eco-friendly solutions for agriculture.
Cross-kingdom RNA interference (ckRNAi) is a mechanism of interspecies communication where small RNAs (sRNAs) are transported from one organism to another; these sRNAs silence target genes in trans by loading into host AGO proteins. In this work, we investigated the occurrence of ckRNAi in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis (AMS). We used an in silico prediction analysis to identify a sRNA (Rir2216) from the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis and its putative plant gene target, the Medicago truncatula MtWRKY69 transcription factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: The main goal of radiotherapy (RT) is to deliver a precise dose to the target while sparing the surrounding normal tissue and minimizing side effects. Appropriate patient immobilization is crucial, especially for head and neck cancer (HNC) and Brain Cancer (BC). Conventional closed-face masks (CFMs), while effective in minimizing head motion, can cause significant discomfort, anxiety, and claustrophobia.
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- Strigolactones are important for plant growth and communication in the soil, with rice producing various types of these compounds from its roots.
- Researchers discovered a new type of strigolactone called 4-oxo-methyl carlactonoate (4-oxo-MeCLA) in rice root exudate and pinpointed specific enzymes involved in its production.
- Mutant rice strains lacking these enzymes show altered root growth and slower mycorrhizal colonization, highlighting the complexity of strigolactone biosynthesis and its significance in plant development and symbiotic relationships.