Alexandros Mosca

The main research activities are focused on the bioinformatic analysis of data derived from the high-throughput amplicon sequencing and the shotgun metagenomics sequencing. In particular, great attention is devoted to the microbial communities identification of the root environment in plants affected by plant pathogens or subjected to abiotic stresses (e.g. water or salinity deficit). Microbial interactions through the application of the network analysis are also a research topic of particular interest to explore the changes of the microbial structure and identify the so-called keystone taxa.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8352-8457

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

Dimaria G.*, Mosca A.*, Anzalone A., Paradiso G., Nicotra D., Privitera G. F., Catara V. (2023). Sour orange microbiome is affected by infections of Plenodomus tracheiphilus causal agent of citrus Mal Secco disease. Agronomy, 13(3), 654. doi:10.3390/agronomy13030654, *co-first authors

Licciardello G., Mosca A., Di Silvestro S., Puglisi D., Russo M. P., Catara V., Caruso P. (2023). Cultivar susceptibility to olive knot disease and association with endophytic microbiota community. Agronomy, 13(2), 468. doi:10.3390/agronomy13020468

Anzalone A.*, Mosca A.*, Dimaria G., Nicotra D., Tessitori M., Privitera G.F., Pulvirenti A., Leonardi C., Catara V. (2022). Soil and Soilless Tomato Cultivation Promote Different Microbial Communities That Provide New Models for Future Crop Interventions. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 23(15), 8820. doi:10.3390/ijms23158820, *co-first authors

Di Guardo M., Farneti B., Khomenko I., Luca L., Modica G., Mosca A., Distefano G., Bianco L., Troggio M., Sottile F. (2022). Direct-injection spectrometry and whole-genome genotyping unravel the genetic regulation of fresh and roasted kernels of almond, 367–372. In XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Breeding and Effective Use of Biotechnology and 1362.

Vindigni G., Mosca A., Bartoloni T., Spina D. (2021). Shedding Light on Peri-Urban Ecosystem Services Using Automated Content Analysis. Sustainability, 13(16), 9182. doi:10.3390/su13169182

Di Guardo M., Farneti B., Khomenko I., Modica G., Mosca A., Distefano G., Bianco L., Troggio M., Sottile F., La Malfa S., Biasioli F., Gentile A. (2020). Genetic characterization of an almond germplasm collection and volatilome profiling of raw and roasted kernels. Horticulture research, 8(1), 1-19. doi:10.1038/s41438-021-00465-7

Selected conference proceedings:

Mosca A., Dimaria G., Modica G., Lombardo M.F., Nicotra D., Cirvilleri G., Continella A., Catara V. (2023). Effect of abiotic stresses on microbial communities of the root environment of citrus rootstocks. Slovenian Microbiome Network Symposium (SMNS), Maribor, Slovenia, November 30-December 1 2023, 84-5 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Mosca A., Dimaria G., Modica F., Nicotra D., Massimino M. E., Scuderi G., Russo M., Catara V. (2023). Analysis of the soil microbial communities in lemon groves affected by Mal secco disease. Abstracts of presentations at the XXVIII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV), Napoli, Italy. 1288-9, doi:10.1007/s42161-023-01500-3 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Nicotra D., Mosca A., Dimaria G., Massimino M. E., Ghadamgahi F., Vetukuri R. R., Catara V. (2023). Effect of the introduction of synthetic consortia of biocontrol bacteria in the resident microbial communities of tomato rhizosphere. Abstracts of presentations at the XXVIII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV), Napoli, Italy. 1292, doi: 10.1007/s42161-023-01500-3 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Mosca A., Dimaria G., Modica F., Nicotra D., Massimino M. E., Catara V. (2023). Composition and functional profiles of soil bacterial communities in lemon groves of a dedicated production area. 2nd Young AMICI Symposium, online, 11-12 September 2023 (abstract accepted as oral communication).

Mosca A., Robertson-Albertyn S., Ashraf S., Abbott J., Bulgarelli D. Novel insights into the spinach microbiota. School of Life Sciences Research Symposium, Crieff, Scotland (UK), March 16-18, 2023 (poster presentation).

Dimaria G., Mosca A., Viscardo O., Russo M., Catara V. (2022). Identification and characterization of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni strains isolated from almond in Sicily. Abstracts of presentations at the XXVII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV) September 21-23, 2022. University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Nicotra D., Anzalone A., Mosca A., Dimaria G., Modica F., Cirvilleri G., Catara V. (2022). Identification and characterization of tomato bacterial endophytes and preliminary evaluation for consortia-based biocontrol products. 14th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (ICPPB), Assisi, Italy, Book of abstract, 151 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

Mosca A., Privitera G. F., Anzalone A., Nicotra D., Dimaria G., Leonardi C., Pulvirenti A., Catara V. (2022). Network analysis revealed potential keystone taxa of microbiome in soil- and soilless-cultivated tomatoes. 18th BITS Meeting, Verona, Italy, 27-29 June 2022, Book of abstract, 94 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Dimaria G., Mosca A., Anzalone A., Nicotra D., Russo M., Catara V. (2022). Genomica di un batterio multitask. Atti del convegno finali. “Biotecnologie Sostenibili per il Contenimento della ‘Tristeza’ e del Mal Secco degli Agrumi”, progetto S.I.R.P.A. (PO FESR Sicilia 2014 – 2020), pag. 51–59 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).

 

Mosca A., Dimaria G., Paradiso G., Anzalone A., Nicotra D., Lo Cicero L., Catara V. (2022). Mal secco e microbioma radicale: effetti sui batteri utili. Atti del convegno finali: “Biotecnologie Sostenibili per il Contenimento della ‘Tristeza’ e del Mal Secco degli Agrumi”, progetto S.I.R.P.A. (PO FESR Sicilia 2014 – 2020), pag. 59–67 (abstract accepted as poster presentation).