{"id":409187,"date":"2026-02-02T04:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/michele-castelli-217860-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:35:17","slug":"michele-castelli-217860-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/michele-castelli-217860-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Michele Castelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010  &#8211; Dipartimento di Biologia | Email: michele.castelli@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"217860","unipi-persone-nome":"Michele","unipi-persone-cognome":"Castelli","unipi-persone-email":"michele.castelli@unipi.it","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=015328","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=015328&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Zoologia BIOS-03\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Ricercatore a tempo determinato L.240\/2010 ","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp09701","unipi-persone-codocenze":"<h4 class=\"mt-2\">Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli\/insegnamenti<\/h4><ul><li>Sistematica e Filogenesi Molecolare (Cod. 537EE) per Laurea Magistrale in Conservazione ed evoluzione<\/li><li>Cicli di Seminari in Biodiversit\u00e0, Ecologia, Evoluzione (Cod. 309EE) per Laurea in Scienze biologiche<\/li><li>Cicli di Seminari in Biodiversit\u00e0, Ecologia, Evoluzione (Cod. 309EE) per Laurea in Scienze biologiche<\/li><li>Cicli di Seminari in Biodiversit\u00e0, Ecologia, Evoluzione (Cod. 309EE) per Laurea in Scienze biologiche<\/li><\/ul>","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor","_wpml_word_count":"15","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facultative mutualism between Paramecium and the intracellular Rickettsiales bacterium Megaera mediated by a horizontally acquired biotin operon<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Giovannini, Michele; Gammuto, Leandro; Alonso-V\u00e1squez, Tania; Gogoleva, Natalia; Bellinzona, Greta; Potekhin, Alexey; Petroni, Giulio; Castelli, Michele - 2026 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1359815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Evolutionary-Focused Review of the Holosporales [Alphaproteobacteria]: Diversity, Host Interactions, and Taxonomic Re-ranking as Holosporineae Subord. Nov<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Castelli, Michele; Petroni, Giulio - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hepatincolaceae [Alphaproteobacteria] are Distinct From Holosporales and Independently Evolved to Associate With Ecdysozoa<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Castelli, M.; Gammuto, L.; Podushkina, D.; Vecchi, M.; Altiero, T.; Clementi, E.; Guidetti, R.; Rebecchi, L.; Sassera, D. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Genome sequence of Ehrlichia muris from Ixodes ricinus collected in Italy on a migratory bird provides epidemiological and evolutionary insights<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Croci, C.; Erriquez, L.; Bisaglia, B.; Bellinzona, G.; Olivieri, E.; Sassera, D.; Castelli, M. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparative genomics of Cryptosporidium parvum reveals the emergence of an outbreak-associated population in Europe and its spread to the United States<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bellinzona, G.; Nardi, T.; Castelli, M.; Biffignandi, G. B.; Adjou, K.; Betson, M.; Blanchard, Y.; Bujila, I.; Chalmers, R.; Davidson, R.; D&#039;Avino, N.; Enbom, T.; Gomes, J.; Karadjian, G.; Klotz, C.; Ostlund, E.; Plutzer, J.; Rimhanen-Finne, R.; Robinson, G.; Sannella, A. R.; Sroka, J.; Stensvold, C. R.; Troell, K.; Vatta, P.; Zalewska, B.; Bandi, C.; Sassera, D.; Caccio, S. M. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Addictive manipulation: A perspective on the role of reproductive parasitism in the evolution of bacteria-eukaryote symbioses<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Castelli, M.; Nardi, T.; Giovannini, M.; Sassera, D. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1297507\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novel evolutionary insights on the interactions of the Holosporales [Alphaproteobacteria] with eukaryotic hosts from comparative genomics<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Giovannini, M.; Petroni, G.; Castelli, M. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1297007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Host association and intracellularity evolved multiple times independently in the Rickettsiales<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Castelli, Michele; Nardi, Tiago; Gammuto, Leandro; Bellinzona, Greta; Sabaneyeva, Elena; Potekhin, Alexey; Serra, Valentina; Petroni, Giulio; Sassera, Davide - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Molecular characterization of Dictyocaulus nematodes in wild red deer Cervus elaphus in two areas of the Italian Alps<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Cafiso, A.; Castelli, M.; Tedesco, P.; Poglayen, G.; Pederzoli, C. B.; Robetto, S.; Orusa, R.; Corlatti, L.; Bazzocchi, C.; Luzzago, C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1221351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cCandidatus Intestinibacterium parameciiphilum\u201d\u2014member of the \u201cCandidatus Paracaedibacteraceae\u201d family [Alphaproteobacteria, Holosporales] inhabiting the ciliated protist Paramecium<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Lanzoni, O.; Szokoli, F.; Schrallhammer, M.; Sabaneyeva, E.; Krenek, S.; Doak, T. G.; Verni, F.; Berendonk, T. U.; Castelli, M.; Petroni, G. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Occurrence of Eustrongylides excisus [Nematoda:Dioctophymatidae] in European Perch [Perca fluviatilis] and Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo] in Lake Annone, Northern Italy<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Rusconi, A.; Prati, P.; Bragoni, R.; Castelli, M.; Postiglione, U.; Rigamonti, S.; Sassera, D.; Olivieri, E. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isolation of a Colistin-Susceptible MDR Pantoea calida Harboring the mcr-9 Gene Suggests the Silent Spread of the Resistance Factor<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Gaiarsa, S.; Merla, C.; Corbella, M.; Mariani, B.; Zatelli, M.; Sciabica, I.; Castelli, M.; Piazza, A.; Zecca, M.; Sassera, D.; Cambieri, P. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1355467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Molecular identification of Contracaecum rudolphii A and B [Nematoda: Anisakidae] from cormorants collected in a freshwater ecosystem of the pre-alpine area in Northern Italy<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Carmeno, C.; Rusconi, A.; Castelli, M.; Prati, P.; Bragoni, R.; Santoro, A.; Postiglione, U.; Sassera, D.; Olivieri, E. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1158831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cryptic Diversity in Paramecium multimicronucleatum Revealed with a Polyphasic Approach<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Melekhin, M.; Yakovleva, Y.; Lebedeva, N.; Nekrasova, I.; Nikitashina, L.; Castelli, M.; Mayen-Estrada, R.; Romanovich, A. E.; Petroni, G.; Potekhin, A. - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1158363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Characterization of a Pseudokeronopsis Strain [Ciliophora, Urostylida] and Its Bacterial Endosymbiont \u201cCandidatus Trichorickettsia\u201d [Alphaproteobacteria, Rickettsiales]<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Castelli, Michele; Serra, Valentina; Gammuto, Leandro; Senra, Marcus V. 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