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Patwardhan., S., Phan, J., Smedile, F. and Vetriani, C. (2023). The genome of Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans strain TC8, a metabolically versatile Alphaproteobacterium from the Tor Caldara gas vents in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Microorganisms 11:1366. doi: doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11061366

Smedile, F., Foustoukos, D., Patwardhan., S., Mullane, K., Schlegel, I., Adams, M.W., Gerrit, J.S., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. (2022). Adaptations to high pressure of Nautilia sp. strain PV-1, a piezophilic Campylobacterium (aka Epsilonproteobacterium) isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Environ. Microbiol. 24:6164–6183. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16256

Sciutteri, V., Smedile, F., Vizzini, S., Mazzola, A. and Vetriani, C. (2022). Microbial biofilms along a geochemical gradient at the shallow-water hydrothermal system of Vulcano island, Mediterranean Sea. Front. Microbiol. 13:840205. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.840205

Patwardhan, S., Smedile, F., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. (2021). Metaproteogenomic profiling of chemosynthetic microbial biofilms reveals metabolic flexibility during colonization of a shallow-water gas vent. Front. Microbiol. 12:638300. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.638300

Fullerton, K.M., Schrenk, M.O., Yücel, M., Manini, E., Basili, M., Rogers, T.J., Fattorini, D., Di Carlo, M., d’Errico, G., Regoli, F., Nakagawa, M., Vetriani, C., Smedile, F., Ramírez, C., Miller, H., Morrison, S.M., Buongiorno, J., Jessen, G.L., Steen, A.D., Martínez, M., de Moor, J.M., Barry, P.H., Giovannelli, D. and Lloyd, K.G. (2021). Effect of tectonic processes on biosphere-geosphere feedbacks across a convergent margin. Nat. Geosci. 14:301–306. doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00725-0

Honarbakhsh, M., Ericsson, A., Zhong, G., Isoherranen, N., Zhu, C., Bromberg, Y., Charlene Van Buiten, C., Malta, K., Joseph, L., Sampath, H., Lakey, A., Storch, J., Vetriani, C., Chikindas, M.J., Breslin, P. and Quadro, L. (2021). Impact of vitamin A transport and storage on intestinal retinoid homeostasis and functions. J. Lipid Res. 62:100046. doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100046

Labonté, J., Pachiadaki, M., Fergusson, E., McNichol, J., Grosche, A., Gulman, L.K., Vetriani, C., Sievert, S.M. and Stepanauskas, R. (2019). Single cell genomics-based analysis of gene content and expression of prophages in a diffuse-flow deep-sea hydrothermal system. Front. Microbiol. 10:1262. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01262

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Patwardhan, S., Foustoukos, D.I., Giovannelli, D., Yücel, M. and Vetriani, C. (2018). Ecological succession of sulfur-oxidizing Epsilon- and Gammaproteobacteria during colonization of a shallow-water gas vent. Front. Microbiol. 9:2970. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02970

Jelen, B., Giovannelli, D., Falkowski, P.G. and Vetriani, C. (2018). Elemental sulfur reduction in the deep-sea vent thermophile, Thermovibrio ammonificans. Environ. Microbiol. 20:2301-2316. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14280

Di Carlo, M., Giovannelli, D., Fattorini, D., Le Bris, N., Vetriani, C. and Regoli, F. (2017). Trace elements and arsenic speciation in tissues of tube dwelling polychaetes from hydrothermal vent ecosystems (East Pacific Rise): an ecological role as antipredatory strategy? Mar. Environ. Res. 132:1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.10.003

Giovannelli, D., Sievert, S.M., Hügler, M., Markert, S., Becher, D., Schweder, T. and Vetriani, C. (2017). Insight into the evolution of microbial metabolism from the deep-branching bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. eLife 6:e18990. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18990.001

Patwardhan, S. and Vetriani, C. (2016). Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively chemolithoautotrophic, mesophilic alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water gas vent at Tor Caldara, Tyrrhenian Sea. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 66:3579-3584. 10.1099/ijsem.0.001235

Giovannelli, D., d'Errico, G., Fiorentino, F., Fattorini, D., Regoli, F., Angeletti, L., Bakran-Petricioli, T., Vetriani, C., Yucel, M., Taviani, M. and Manini, E. (2016). Diversity and distribution of prokaryotes within a shallow-water pockmark field. Front. Microbiol. 7:941. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00941

Giovannelli, D., Chung, M., Staley, J., Starovoytov, V., Le Bris, N. and Vetriani, C. (2016). Sulfurovum riftiae sp. nov., a mesophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing, nitrate-reducing chemolithoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacterium isolated from the tube of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete, Riftia pachyptila. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 66:2697-2701. doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001106

Houghton, J.L., Foustoukos, D., Flynn T., Vetriani, C., Brandley, A., Fike, D. (2016). Thiosulfate oxidation by Thiomicrospira thermophila: metabolic flexibility in response to ambient geochemistry. Environ. Microbiol. 18:3057-3072. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13232

O'Brien, C. E., Giovannelli, D., Govenar, B., Luther, G. W., Lutz, R. A., Shank, T. M. and Vetriani, C. (2015). Microbial biofilms associated with fluid chemistry and megafaunal colonization at post-eruptive deep-sea hydrothermal vents Deep-Sea Research II 121:31-40. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.07.020

Grosche, A., Sekaran, H., Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. (2015). Cetia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chemolithoautotrophic, thermophilic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 65:1144-1150. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000070

Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Bolognini, M., Ricci, J., Bini, E. and Vetriani, C. (2015). From deep-sea volcanoes to human pathogens: A conserved quorum sensing signal in Epsilonproteobacteria. ISME J. 9:1222-1234. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.246

Tasiemski, A., Jung, S., Boidin-Wichlacz, C., Jollivet, D., Cuvillier-Hot, V., Pradillon, F., Vetriani, C., Hecht, O., Sönnichsen, F.D., Gelhaus, C., Hung, C.-W., Tholey, A., Leippe, M., Grötzinger, J. and Gaill, F. (2014). Characterization and function of the first antibiotic isolated from a vent organism: The extremophile metazoan Alvinella pompejana. Plos One 9:e95737. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0095737

Vetriani, C., Voordeckers, J. W., Crespo-Medina, M., O’Brien, C., Giovannelli, D. and Lutz, R. A. (2014). Deep-sea hydrothermal vent Epsilonproteobacteria encode for a conserved and widespread nitrate reduction pathway (Nap). ISME J. 8:1510-1521. dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.246

Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Bohnert, K. A., Cuebas, M., Keddis, R. and Vetriani, C. (2013). Detection and phylogenetic analysis of the membrane-bound nitrate reductase (NarG) in pure cultures and microbial communities from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 86:256-267. doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12158

Yücel, M., Sievert, S., Vetriani, C., Foustoukos, D., Giovannelli, D. and Le Bris, N. (2013). Eco-geochemical dynamics of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent system at Milos Island, Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean). Chem. Geol. 356:11-20. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.07.020

Giovannelli, D., d’Errico, G., Manini, E., Yakimov, M. and Vetriani, C. (2013). Diversity and phylogenetic analyses of bacteria from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent in Milos island (Greece). Front. Microbiol. 4:184. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00184

Bertrand, E. M., Keddis, R., Groves, J. T., Vetriani, C. and Narehood Austin, R. (2013). Identity and mechanisms of alkane-oxidizing metalloenzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Front. Microbiol. 4:109. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00109

Giovannelli, D., Grosche, A., Starovoytov, V., Yakimov, M., Manini, E. and Vetriani, C. (2012). Galenea microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, microaerophilic, chemosynthetic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a shallow water hydrothermal vent. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:3060-3066. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.040808-0

Rosario-Passapera, R., Keddis, R., Wong, R., Lutz, R. A., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. (2012). Parvibaculum hydrocarbonoclasticum sp. nov., a mesophilic, alkane-oxidizing alphaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:2921-2926. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.039594-0

Andrianasolo, E., Haramaty, L., Rosario-Passapera, R., Vetriani, C., Falkowski, P., White, E. and Lutz, R. (2012). Ammonificin C and D, hydroxyethylamine chroman derivatives from a cultured marine hydrothermal vent bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. Mar. Drugs 10:2300-2311.

Giovannelli, D., Ricci, J., Pérez-Rodríguez, I. Hügler, M., O’Brien, C., Keddis, R., Grosche, A., Goodwin, L., Bruce, D., Davenport, K., Detter, C., Han, J., Han, S., Ivanova, N., Land, M. L., Mikhailova, N., Nolan, M., Pitluck, S., Tapia, R., Woyke, T. and Vetriani, C. (2012). Complete genome sequence of Thermovibrio ammonificans HB-1, a thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Stand. Genomic Sci. 7:82-90.

Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Grosche, A., Massenburg, L., Starovoytov, V., Lutz, R. A. and Vetriani, C. (2012). Phorcysia thermohydrogeniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:2388-2394. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.035642-0

Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. (2012). Chemoautotrophy at deep-sea vents - Past, present, and future. Oceanography 25:218–233. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.21.

Giovannelli, D., Ferriera, S., Johnson, J., Kravitz, S., Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Ricci, J., O’Brien, C., Voordeckers, J. W., Bini, E. and Vetriani, C. (2011). Draft genome sequence of Caminibacter mediatlanticus strain TB-2, an Epsilonproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Stand. Genomic Sci. 5:135-143. Published online on October 6, 2011.

Andrianasolo, E., Haramaty, L., McPhail, K. L., White, E., Vetriani, C., Falkowski, P., Lutz, R. (2011). Bathymodiolamides A and B, ceramide derivatives from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent invertebrate mussel, Bathymodiolus thermophilus. J. Nat. Prod. 74:842-846.

Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Ricci, J., Voordeckers, J. W., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. (2010). Nautilia nitratireducens sp. nov, a thermophilic, anaerobic, chemosynthetic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60:1182-1186. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.013904-0

Reed, A. J., Dorn, R., Van Dover, C. L., Lutz, R. A. and Vetriani, C. (2009). Phylogenetic diversity of methanogenic, sulfate-reducing and methanotrophic prokaryotes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Deep-Sea Research II 56:1665-1674.

Rona, P. A., Seilacher, A., de Vargas, C., Gooday, A. J., Bernhard, J. M., Bowser, S., Vetriani, C., Wirsen, C. O., Mullineaux, L., Sherrel, R., Grassle, J. F., Low, S., and Lutz, R. A. (2009). Paleodictyon nodosum, a living fossil on the deep sea floor. Deep-Sea Research II 56: 1700-1712.

Andrianasolo, E., Haramaty, L., Rosario-Passapera, R., Bidle, K., White, E., Vetriani, C., Falkowski, P., Lutz, R. (2009). Ammonificin A and B, hydroxyethylamine chroman derivatives with antimicrobial and apoptosis-induction activities from a cultured marine hydrothermal vent bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. J. Nat. Prod. 72:1216-1219.

Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A., Cruz-Matos R., Perez-Rodriguez, I., Barkay, T., Lutz, R. A., Starovoytov, V., and Vetriani, C. (2009). Salinisphaera hydrothermalis sp. nov, a mesophilic, halotolerant, facultative autotrophic, thiosulfate oxidizing “gammaproteobacterium” from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 59:1480-1486. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.005058-0

Sherman, L. Blum, J. D., Nordstrom, D. J., McCleskey, R. B., Barkay, T. and Vetriani, C. (2009). Mercury isotopic composition of hydrothermal systems in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field and Guaymas Basin sea-floor rift. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 279:86-96.

Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A.D., Bloom, N.S., Luther, G.W, Wright, D.D., Reinfelder, J.R., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. (2009). Adaptation of Chemosynthetic Bacteria to Elevated Mercury Concentrations in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Limnol. Ocean. 54:41-49.

Voordeckers, J.W., Do, M., Hügler, M., Ko, V., Sievert, S.M., and Vetriani, C. (2008). Culture dependent and independent analyses of 16S rRNA and ATP citrate lyase genes: a comparison of microbial communities from different black smoker chimneys on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Extremophiles 5:627-640.

Lutz, R.A., Shank, T.M., Luther, G.W., Vetriani, C., Tolstoy, M., Nuzzio, D.B., Moore, T.S., Waldauser, F., Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A., Annis, E.R., and Reed, A.J. (2008). Interrelationships between vent fluid chemistry, temperature, seismic activity and biological community structure at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. Journal of Shellfish Research 27:177-190.

Nees, H.A., Moore, T.S., Mullaugh, K.M., Holyoke, R.R., Janzen, C.P., Ma, S., Metzger, E., Waite, T.J., Yücel, M., Lutz. R.A., Shank, T.M., Vetriani, C., Nuzzio, D.B., and Luther, G.W. (2008). Hydrothermal vent mussel habitat chemistry, pre- and post-eruption at 9ºN50’ North on the East Pacific Rise. Journal of Shellfish Research 27:169-175.

Chatziefthimiou, A.D., Crespo-Medina, M., Wang, Y., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. (2007) The isolation and initial characterization of mercury resistant chemolithotrophic and thermophilic bacteria from mercury rich geothermal springs. Extremophiles 11:469-479.

Hügler, M., Huber, H., Molyneaux, S.J., Vetriani, C., and Sievert, S.M. (2007) Autotrophic CO2 fixation via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle in different lineages within the phylum Aquificae: Evidence for two ways of citrate cleavage. Environmental Microbiology 9:81-92.

Reed, A.J., Lutz, R.A., and Vetriani, C. (2006) Vertical Distribution and Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in Sulfide and Methane-Rich Cold Seep Sediments Located at the Base of the Florida Escarpment. Extremophiles 10:199-211.

Voordeckers, J.W., Starovoytov, V., and Vetriani, C. (2005) Caminibacter mediatlanticus sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, nitrate-ammonifying bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:773-779. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63430-0

Vetriani, C., Chew, Y.S., Miller, S.M., Yagi, J., Coombs, J., Lutz, R.A., and Barkay, T. (2005) Mercury adaptations among bacteria from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:220-226. 10.1128/AEM.71.1.220-226.2005

Vetriani, C., Speck, M.D., Ellor, S.V., Lutz, R.A., and Starovoytov,V. (2004) Thermovibrio ammonificans sp. nov., a thermophilic, chemolithotrophic, nitrate ammonifying bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54:175-181. doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02781-0

Vetriani, C., Tran, H.V., and Kerkhof, L.J. (2003) Fingerprinting Microbial Assemblages from the Oxic/Anoxic Chemocline of the Black Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6381-6488. 10.1128/AEM.69.11.6481-6488.2003

Koblízek, M., Béjà, O., Bidigare, R.R., Christensen, S., Benetiz-Nelson, B., Vetriani, C., Kolber, M.K., Falkowski, P.G., and Kolber, Z.S. (2003) Isolation and characterization of Erythrobacter sp. strains from the upper ocean. Arch. Microbiol. 180:327-338.

Grzebyk, D., Schofield, O., Vetriani, C., and Falkowski. P.G. (2003) The Mesozoic radiation of eukaryotic algae: The portable plastid hypothesis. J. Phycol. 39:1–10.

Kolber, Z.S., Plumley, F.G., Lang, A.S., Beatty. J.T., Blankenship, R.E., VanDover, C.L., Vetriani, C., Koblizek, M., Rathgeber, C., and Falkowski, P.G. (2001) Contribution of aerobic photoheterotrophic bacteria to the carbon cycle in the ocean. Science 292:2492-2495.

Britton, K. L., Yip, K. S. P., Sedelnikova, S. E., Stillman, T. J., Adams, M. W. W., Ma, K., Maeder, D. L., Robb, F. T., Tolliday, N., Vetriani, C., Rice, D. W., and Baker, P. J. (1999) Structure Determination of the glutamate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Thermococcus litoralis and its comparison with that from Pyrococcus furiosus. J. Mol. Biol. 293:1121-1132.

Vetriani, C., Jannasch, H.W., MacGregor, B.J., Stahl, D.A., and Reysenbach, A.-L. (1999) Population structure and phylogenetic characterization of marine benthic Archaea in deep-sea sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:4375-4384. 10.1128/AEM.65.10.4375-4384.1999

Sun, M.M., Tolliday, N., Vetriani, C., Robb F.T., and Clark, D.S. (1999) Pressure-induced thermostabilization of glutamate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus. Protein Sci. 8:1056-1063.

Vetriani, C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Yip, K.S.P., Stillman, T.J., Britton, K.L., Rice, D.W., Klump, H.H. and Robb, F.T. (1998) Protein thermostability above 100ºC: a key role for ionic interactions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:12300-12305. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.21.12300

Vetriani, C., Reysenbach, A.-L. and Doré, J. (1998) Recovery and phylogenetic analysis of Archaea from Continental Shelf sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 161:83-88.

Yip, K.S.P., Britton, K.L., Stillman, T.J., Lebbink, J., Devos, W.M., Robb, F.T., Vetriani, C., Maeder, D.L., Rice, D.W. (1998) Insights into the molecular basis of thermal stability from the analysis of ion-pair networks in the glutamate dehydrogenase family. Europ. J. Biochem. 255:336-346.

Dente, L., Vetriani, C., Zucconi, A., Pelicci, G., Lanfrancone, L., Pelicci, P.G. and Cesareni, G. (1997) Modified peptide libraries as a tool to study specificity of phosphorylation and recognition of tyrosine containing peptides. J. Mol. Biol. 269:694-703.

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Castagnoli, L., Vetriani, C. and Cesareni, G. (1994) Linking an easily detectable phenotype to the folding of a common structural motif: Selection of rare turn mutation that prevent the folding of Rop. J. Mol. Biol. 237:378-387.

Visca, P., Chiarini, F., Mansi, A., Vetriani, C., Serino, L. and Orsi, N. (1992) Virulence determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains from urinary tract infections. Epidemiol. Infect. 108:323-336.

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Visca, P., Filetici, E., Anastasio, M.P., Vetriani, C., Fantasia, M. and Orsi, N. (1991). Siderophore production by Salmonella species isolated from different sources. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 79:225-232.

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Cesareni, G., Castagnoli, L., Dente, L., Iannolo, G., Vetriani, C., Felici, F., Luzzago, A., Monaci, P., Nicosia, A. and Cortese, R. (1995) Construction and utilization of peptide libraries displayed by filamentous bacteriophage. In "Immunological recognition of peptides in medicine and biology", Eds. N.D. Zegers, W.J.A. Boersma and E. Claassen, pp. 43-59, CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Cesareni, G., Minenkova, O., Dente, L., Iannolo, G., Zucconi, A., Helmer Citterich, M., Lanfrancotti, A., Castagnoli, L. and Vetriani, C. (1994) Structural and functional constraints in the display of peptides on filamentous phage capsids. In "Combinatorial Libraries", R. Cortese (Ed.), Walter De Gruyter and Co., Berlin-New York.

Castagnoli, L., Vetriani, C., Gonfloni, S., Felici, F., Santiago Vispo, N. and Cesareni, G. (1992) Selection from a peptide library of the antigenic determinants of a protein. In: “Generation of antibodies by cell and gene immortalization”, The Year in Immunology 7, pp. 41-49, S. Karger AG, Basel.

Ellor, S.V., Voordeckers, J. and Vetriani, C. (2004). Isolation and Characterization of a Thermophilic, Chemolithotrophic Nitrate-Reducing Bacterium from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. The Rutgers Scholar - An Electronic Bulletin of Undergraduate Research, Vol. 6, http://rutgersscholar.rutgers.edu/volume06/eev/eev.htm. Permanently archived.

Chew, Y.C., Vetriani, C. and Barkay, T. (2002). Mercury resistance and merA sequences of moderately thermophilic and mesophilic bacteria from hydrothermal vents. The Rutgers Scholar - An Electronic Bulletin of Undergraduate Research, Vol. 4, Sciences and Engineering. http://rutgersscholar.rutgers.edu/volume04/chewbark/chewbark.htm. Permanently archived.

Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. (2017). From extreme environments to human pathogens: An evolutionary journey. The Biochemist 39:4-9. pdf

Vetriani, C. and Robb, F.T. (2017). Relationship Between Aquatic Thermophiles And Human Bacterial Pathogens. Scientia. pdf

Vetriani, C. (2000). Account of a Deep-Sea Diving Expedition. Published as: I predatori degli Archeobatteri perduti (Raiders of the lost Archaea). Sette (weekly supplement to Il Corriere della Sera – highest distribution newspaper in Italy) 9:110-112.

Foustoukos, D.I., Pérez-Rodríguez, I., Sievert, S.M. and Vetriani, C. Lithotrophic Nitrate Reduction Under High-Pressure Conditions at Deep-Sea Vents. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, March 13-17, 2023. LPI Contribution No. 2806, id.1084.

Smedile, F., Grosche, A., Patwardhan, S., Giovannelli, D., Jelen, B. and Vetriani, C. Hydrogen oxidation coupled to sulfur reduction: an ancient respiratory pathway widespread among deep-sea vent bacteria. XXXII SIMGBBM congress Palermo, Italy, September 17-20, 2017.

Vetriani, C., Amieva, M.R., Giovannelli, D., Patwardhan, S., Grosche, A. and Smedile, F. Common adaptive strategies in hydrothermal vent and pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria revealed by comparative genomic and physiological analyses. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27 - September 1, 2017.

Smedile, F., Grosche, A., Patwardhan, S., Giovannelli, D., Jelen, B and Vetriani, C. Hydrogen oxidation coupled to sulfur reduction in deep-sea vent bacteria. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27-September 1, 2017.

Grosche, A., Giovannelli, D., Smedile, F., Le Bris, N., and Vetriani, C. The Microbial Biogeography of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Mapping the Landscape of Active Microbial Communities Across Space, Time, and Fluid Dynamics. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27-September 1, 2017.

Patwardhan, S., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Prokaryotic Diversity and Function at a Newly Discovered Shallow-water Gas Vent Site in the Tyrrhenian Sea. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27-September 1, 2017.

Jelen, B., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Revealing the genes responsible for sulfur respiration in Thermovibrio ammonificans. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27-September 1, 2017.

Foustoukos, D. I., Patwardhan, S., Mullane,K., Smedile, F., Pérez-Rodriguez, I., Vetriani, C. Lithotrophic nitrate reduction under high-pressure conditions at deep-sea vents. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA, August 27-September 1, 2017.

Patwardhan, S., Smedile, F., Vetriani, C. The genome of Varunaivibrio sulfuroxidans strain TC8T, an alphaproteobacterium from a shallow-water vent gas vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea shows potential for heavy metal detoxification and metabolic adaptations to its native habitat. Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Denver, CO, July 30-Aug 3, 2017.

Jelen, B., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Revealing the genes responsible for sulfur respiration in Thermovibrio ammonificans. NorthEastern Geobiology Symposium 2017, University of Connecticut, March 10, 2017.

Jelen, B., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Revealing the genes responsible for sulfur respiration in Thermovibrio ammonificans. Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 2-3, 2017.

Grosche, A., Smedile, F., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Primary Production at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Theobald Smith Society (NJ chapter of ASM) Fall Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, November 14, 2016.

Grosche, A., Dreifus, J., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Deep-Sea Dinner Party: Carbon Cycling in Biofilms at Hydrothermal Vents. Theobald Smith Society (NJ chapter of ASM) Meeting in Miniature, New Brunswick, NJ, April 27, 2016. Winner of the first prize in oral presentations.

Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Acquired and ancestral metabolic traits in the evolution of metabolism. Modeling Origin of Life Conference, Washington DC, November 2015.

Patwardhan, S., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Microbial Diversity at a Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, August 2-6, 2015.

Grosche, A., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Community Structure and Function During Biofilm Formation at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. NEMPET (Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy, Minnowbrook Lodge, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, NY, June 26-28, 2015.

Grosche, A., Giovannelli, D., Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. The composition of active microbial communities in the shallow subsurface and in seafloor biofilms at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. American Society of Microbiology, Theobald Smith Society Meeting, New Brunswick, NJ, April, 2015.

Giovannelli, D., Hügler, M., Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. Insight into the evolution of carbon fixation revealed by comparative genomic and proteomic analysis of the anaerobic chemosynthetic bacterium Thermovibrio ammonificans. Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, Munich, Germany, March 26-28, 2015.

Giovannelli, D., Foustoukos, D. I., Le Bris,N., Yücel, M., Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. Spatial and temporal diversity of microbial mats in the shallow-water hydrothermal system of Milos Island (Greece). Deep Carbon Observatory International Science Meeting, Munich, Germany, March 26-28, 2015.

Giovannelli, D., Foustoukos, D. I., Le Bris,N., Yücel, M., Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. Spatial and temporal diversity of microbial mats in the shallow-water hydrothermal system of Milos Island (Greece). American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2014.

Grosche, A., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Tolerance to oxidative stress as a mechanism to facilitate dispersal of subsurface microorganisms: A case study using the model bacterium, Thermovibrio ammonificans. 10th International Congress on Extremophiles, Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 7-11, 2014.

Giovannelli, D., Hugler, M., Sievert, S. M. and Vetriani, C. Insight into the evolution of carbon fixation revealed by comparative genomic of the anaerobic chemosynthetic bacterium Thermovibrio ammonificans. Deep Carbon Observatory Summer School 2014, Yellowstone National Park, MT, July 13-18, 2014.

Patwardhan, S., Giovannelli, D. and Vetriani, C. Bacterial Diversity at a Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Gordon Research Conference and Seminar in Marine Microbes, Waltham, MA, June 22-27, 2014.

Yücel, M., Sievert, S. M., *Giovannelli, D., Vetriani, C., Foustoukos, D. I. and Le Bris, N. Microbial population and geochemical dynamics in the shallow-water hydrothermal vents of Milos (Greece). European Geoscience Union, General assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 27-May 2, 2014.

Patwardhan, S., D.Giovannelli and Vetriani, C. Bacterial Diversity at a Shallow-Water Hydrothermal Vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Theobald Smith Society Meeting in Miniature, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 3, 2014.

Vetriani, C., Barkay, T., Borin, S., Bolognini, M., Crespo-Medina, M., O’Brien, C., Perez-Rodriguez, I., Ricci, J., and Wawrick, B. Chemosynthetic Microbial Biofilms at Post Eruptive Vents on the East Pacific Rise at 9°N. 112th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, San Francisco, CA, June 16-19, 2012.

Perez, I., Ricci, J., Bini, E., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. AI-2 mediated quorum sensing in anaerobic chemosynthetic Epsilonproteobacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. 8th International Congress on Extremophiles, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, September 12-16, 2010. Winner of the ISE Poster Award 2010.

Porter, A.W., Vetriani, C. and Young, L.Y. Aromatic Carboxylic Acids are Anaerobically Transformed in Guaymas Basin Sediments. Goldschmidt 2010, Knoxville, TN, June 13-18, 2010.

Ricci, J., Crespo-Medina, M., Starovoytov, V., Wawrik, B. and Vetriani, C. Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Microbial Biofilms from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. 110th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2010. This poster was selected to be included in the Outstanding Student Poster Session.

Rosario-Passapera. R., Cruz-Matos, R., Wong, R., Lutz, R.A., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. Characterization of Parvibaculm hydrocarbonoclasticus sp. nov., an alkane-oxidizing Alphaproteobacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. The Fourth Annual Mini-Symposium on Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1-2, 2010.

Cruz, R. and Vetriani, C. Diversity of alkane oxidizing bacteria and alkane hydroxylase genes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Fourth Annual Mini-Symposium on Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1-2, 2010.

Perez, I., Ricci, J., Bini, E., Starovoytov, V. and Vetriani, C. The role of biofilm formation in the evolution of early microbial processes: anaerobic chemosynthetic Epsilonproteobacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Fourth Annual Mini-Symposium on Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1-2, 2010.

Ricci, J., Crespo-Medina, M., Starovoytov, V., Wawrik, B. and Vetriani, C. Metatranscriptomic analysis of microbial biofilms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Fourth Annual Mini-Symposium on Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1-2, 2010.

O'Brien, C., Govenar, B., Luther, G.W., Lutz, R.A., Shank, T.M. and Vetriani, C. Composition of microbial biofilm communities from diffuse flow deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise at 9ºN. The Fourth Annual Mini-Symposium on Microbiology at Rutgers University: Cultivating Traditions, Current Strength and Future Frontiers, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1-2, 2010.

Vetriani, C., Barkay, T., Borin, S., Crespo-Medina, M., Cruz, R., Govenar, B., LeBris, N., Luther, G.W., Lutz, R.A., Nuzzio, D., Perez, I., Shank, T.M., Sievert, S., Wawrik, B. and Yucel, M. An integrated view of microbial biofilms at post eruptive vents on the EPR at 9ºN. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes, St. Louis, MO, October 1-3, 2009.

Shank, T.M., Govenar, B., Luther, G.W., and Vetriani, C., Sievert, S., Gulman, L., Seyfried, W.E., Fornari, D.J., Tolstoy, M., and Lutz, R.A. Long-term integrated studies on the East Pacific Rise: Spatial and temporal patterns of interactions among vent fluid chemistry, microbial community structure and faunal colonization associated with volcanic disturbances. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes, St. Louis, MO, October 1-3, 2009.

Lutz, R.A., Shank, T.M., Luther, G.W., and Vetriani, C. Interdisciplinary studies of biological community structure at deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise. Ridge 2000 Integration and Synthesis Workshop: Developing a holistic view of oceanic spreading center processes, St. Louis, MO, October 1-3, 2009.

Perez, I. and Vetriani, C. Physiological characterization of an anaerobic chemosynthetic, nitrate-reducing bacterium from a deep-sea vent at 9ºN on the EPR. 109th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May 17-21, 2009.

Cruz, R., and Vetriani, C. Diversity of alkane oxidizing bacteria and alkane hydroxylase genes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. 109th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May 17-21, 2009.

Porter, A.W., Vetriani, C. and Young, L.Y. Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Transformation in Guaymas Basin Enrichments Q-075. 109th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May 17-21, 2009.

Vetriani, C., Barkay, T., Borin, S., Crespo-Medina, M., Cruz, R., Luther, G.W., Perez, I., and Voordeckers, J.W. Microbial colonization of post eruptive vents on the EPR at 9ºN. Ridge 2000 meeting: Mantle to Microbe: Integrated Studies at Oceanic Spreading Centers, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2008.

Vetriani, C., Voordeckers, J.W., Sievert, S.M., and Hügler, M. Culture dependent and independent analyses of 16S rRNA and ATP citrate lyase genes: a comparison of microbial communities from different black smoker chimneys on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Ridge 2000 meeting: Mantle to Microbe: Integrated Studies at Oceanic Spreading Centers, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2008.

Crespo-Medina, M., Bloom, N., Chatziefthimiou, A., Luther, G.W., Reinfelder, J., Vetriani, C. and Barkay, T. Microbe-Mercury Interactions at Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents from the East Pacific Rise at 9ºN. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008. Winner of the Ocean Sciences Award of Recognition.

Cruz, R. and Vetriani, C. Diversity of Alkane Oxidizing Bacteria and Alkane Hydroxylase Genes in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. InterRidge Theoretical Institute Workshop: Biogeochemical Interactions at Deep-Sea Vents, Woods Hole, MA, September 10-14, 2007.

Crespo-Medina, M., Cuebas. M., Borin, S., Luther, G.W., Waite, T., Barkay. T., and Vetriani, C. Isolation and Partial Characterization of Aerobic Chemosynthetic Thiosulfate Oxidizing Bacteria from Diffuse Flow Hydrothermal Vents on the East Pacific Rise. InterRidge Theoretical Institute Workshop: Biogeochemical Interactions at Deep-Sea Vents, Woods Hole, MA, September 10-14, 2007.

Vetriani, C. Diversity of alkane-oxidizing bacteria and alkane hydroxylase genes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Center for BioInorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) Summer Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, June 10-13, 2007.

Crespo-Medina, M., Cuebas. M., Borin, S., Luther, G.W., Waite, T., Barkay. T., and Vetriani, C. Isolation and Partial Characterization of Aerobic Chemosynthetic Thiosulfate Oxidizing Bacteria from Diffuse Flow Hydrothermal Vents on the East Pacific Rise. 107th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada, May 21-25, 2007.

Vetriani, C. MIP: Physiology and Molecular Ecology of Thermophilic Nitrate-Reducing Microorganisms at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Microbial Observatories/Microbial Interaction and Processes Principal Investigators’ Meeting and Workshop, Washington, DC, March 1-3, 2007.

Vetriani, C., Voordeckers, J., and Crespo-Medina, M. Detection of the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapA) in thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacteria and in deep-sea hydrothermal vent microbial communities. Extremophiles 2006, Brest, France, September 17-21, 2006.

Crespo-Medina, M., Bloom, N., Chatziefthimiou, A., Reinfelder, J., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. Interactions of Chemosynthetic Bacteria with Mercury at Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. International Conference: “Mercury as a Global Pollutant”, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Voordeckers, J.W., Crespo-Medina, M., and Vetriani, C. Detection and Diversity of the Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase (NapA) in Epsilonproteobacteria and Natural Microbial Communities in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. 106th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 21-25, 2006.

Lutz, R.A., Vetriani, C., Luther, G., Shank, T., and Tolstoy, M. Integrated studies of biological community structure at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: a project overview. RIDGE 2000 Progress and Planning Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 30-November 2, 2005.

Vetriani, C. Chemosynthetic processes and energy metabolism in hydrothermal vent bacteria. Symposium on Marine Extremophiles and Metabolic Diversity. Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 24, 2005.

Vetriani, C. Alkane-oxidizing bacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The Center for BioInorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) Summer Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, June 12-15, 2005.

Reed, A.J., Lutz, L.A., and Vetriani, C. Analysis of the Vertical Zonation of Sedimentary Archaea Via Analysis of 16S rDNA and mcr Genes from Cold Seep Areas of the Florida Escarpment (Gulf of Mexico) and the Blake Ridge (Atlantic Ocean). 105th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA, June 5-9, 2005. N-071.

Austin, R.N., Alexander-Ozinskas, M., Bertrand, E.M., Zylstra, G.J., Groves, J.T., Rozhkova, E.A., and Vetriani, C. Mechanistic Studies of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Metalloenzymes in Pristine, Polluted and Extreme Environments. 229th National Meeting, American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.

Vetriani, C., Voordeckers, J.W., and Sievert, S.M. Characterization of Thermophilic, Chemolithoautotrophic, Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, and Identification of the Genes Involved in Nitrate Reduction and Carbon Fixation. Extremophiles 2004, American Society of Microbiology, Cambridge, MD, September 19-23, 2004.

Crespo-Medina, M., Barkay, T., and Vetriani, C. Mercuric Reductase Enzymes from Mesophilic Bacteria are Optimally Active at a Moderately Thermophilic to Thermophilic Temperature Range. Extremophiles 2004, American Society of Microbiology, Cambridge, MD, September 19-23, 2004.

Voordeckers, J., Haggblom, M., and Vetriani, C. Isolation and Characterization of Novel Thermophilic, Chemolithoautotrophic, Nitrate-reducing Isolates from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents that Belong to the Genus Caminibacter. 104th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 24-27, 2004.

Wong, R. and Vetriani, C. Isolation of Alkane-Oxidizing Bacteria from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents and Identification of Alkane Hydroxylase Encoding Genes. 104th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 24-27, 2004.

Chatziefthimiou, A., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. Isolation and Characterization of Mercury Resistant, Thermophilic, Thiosulfate-Oxidizing Bacteria from a Hot Spring in Mount Amiata, Italy. 104th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, May 24-27, 2004.

Vetriani, C. and Voordeckers, J. Isolation and Characterization of Thermophilic, Chemolithotrophic Nitrate Ammonifying Bacteria from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Ridge 2000 Community Meeting, Boulder, CO, November 6-8, 2003.

Vetriani, C., Speck, M.D., and Ellor, S.V. Isolation and Characterization of Thermophilic, Chemolithotrophic Nitrate Ammonifying Bacteria from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. 103st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, May 18-22, 2003.

Voordeckers, J., Haggblom, M., Van Dover, C. L., and Vetriani, C. Phylogenetic and Functional Analysis of Microbial Communities Associated with Active Black Smokers at Mid-Atlantic Ridge Hydrothermal Vents. 103st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, May 18-22, 2003.

Reed, A.J., Lutz, R.A., Van Dover, C. L., and Vetriani, C. Diversity, Community Structure and Vertical Zonation of Sedimentary Bacteria and Archaea from the Base of the Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. 103st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, May 18-22, 2003.

Chew, Y., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. Mercury resistance and merA sequences of mesophilic and moderately thermophilic bacteria from hydrothermal vents. 102nd General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-23, 2002.

Barkay, T., Schaefer, J., Yagi, J., Chew, Y., and Vetriani, C. The mercury resistance operon: old paradigms, new frontiers. Bioremediation and Biodegradation: Current Advances in Reducing Toxicity, Exposure and Environmental Consequences, Pacific Grove, CA, June 9-12, 2002.

Kerkhof, L.J. and Vetriani, C. High Density Sampling in the Coastal Ocean. Ocean Sciences meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 11-15, 2002.

Grzebyk, D. Schofield, O., Vetriani, C. and Falkowski P.G. Comparative Evolution of Plastid Genomes in Eukaryotic Algae. Ocean Sciences meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 11-15, 2002.

Vetriani, C., Reed, A.J., Speck, M.D., and Lutz, R.A. Microbial community analysis along temperature and chemical gradients associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise ridge (9º 50' N). Second international symposium on deep-sea hydrothermal vent biology, Brest, France, October 8-12, 2001.

Reed, A.J., Speck, M.D., Lutz, R.A., and Vetriani, C. Microbial community analysis along temperature and chemical gradients associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the East Pacfic Rise ridge (9º 50' N). 101st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 20-24, 2001.

Vetriani, C., Tran, H.V., and Kerkhof, L.J. Phylogenetic and functional analysis of microbial communities at the oxic/anoxic interface in the Black Sea. 101st General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 20-24, 2001.

Koblizek, M., Vetriani, C. Falkowski P.G., and Kobler, Z. Marine Aerobic Photosynthetic Bacteria. Life on the Edge of Photosynthesis. Eighteenth Annual Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference, Woods Hole, MA, April 20-22, 2001.

Kolber, Z.S. and Vetriani, C. Detection and characterization of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria in the upper ocean. ASLO Aquatic Sciences 2001, Albuquerque, NM, February 12-16, 2001.

Sun, M.M.C., Mak, G.S., Maeder, D.L., Lee, M., Vetriani, C., Robb, F.T., and Clark, D.S. Effect of amino acid mutations and pressure on the stability and flexibility of hyperthermophilic gluatamate dehydrogenase. 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 26-30, 2000.

Vetriani, C. and Kerkhof, L.J. Phylogenetic and functional characterization of microbial assemblages at the oxic/anoxic interface in the Black Sea. 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 24-28, 2000.

Sun, M.M.C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Vetriani, C., Robb, F.T., and Clark, D.S. Stability of Hyperthermophilic Glutamate Dehydrogenases: Insights into the Mechanism of Pressure Stabilization and the Effect of Charge Interactions," NATO Advanced Study Institute on High Pressure Molecular Science, Il Ciocco, Italy, October, 1998.

Sun, M.M.C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Vetriani, C., Robb, F.T., and Clark, D.S. Stability of Thermophilic Glutamate Dehydrogenases: Insights into the Mechanism of Pressure Stabilization and the Effect of Charge Interactions. American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 1998.

Sun, M.M.C., Vetriani, C., Tolliday, N., Maeder, D.L., Robb, F.T., and Clark, D.S. Improving the stability of hyperthermophilic enzymes by protein engineering and application of high pressure. American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 1998.

Vetriani, C., Jannasch, H.W., Grassle, J.F., Robb, F.T. and Reysenbach, A.-L. Vertical distribution and phylogenetic characterization of benthic Archaea in coastal and deep-sea sediments. 1998 Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, Feb. 9-13, 1998.

Vetriani, C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Yip, K.S.P., Stillman, T.J., Britton, K.L., Rice, D.W., Klump, H.H. and Robb, F.T. Protein thermostability above 100ºC: a key role for ionic interactions. International Congress on Extremophiles, Yokohama, Japan, Jan. 18-22, 1998.

L’Haridon, S., Speck, M., Vetriani, C., Reysenbach, A-L., Prieur, D. and Jeanthon, C. The Desulfobacteriaceae, a new family of thermophilic bacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Thermophiles 1998, Brest, France.

Reysenbach, A.-L. and Vetriani, C. Molecular markers in biodiversity studies. International Workshop for Agricultural Biotechnology, Dec. 97, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Sun, M.M., Clark, D.S., DiRuggiero, J., Vetriani, C. and Robb, F.T. Pressure-regulated activity and stability of hyperthermophilic enzymes. 1997 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 16-21, 1997.

Vetriani, C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Klump, H.H., Yip, K.S.P., Rice, D.W. and Robb, F.T. (1997) Improving enzyme thermostability: The Thermococcus litoralis glutamate dehydrogenase model. 4th International Biotechnology Conference, Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn”, Naples, Italy, Sept. 22-29, 1997.

Vetriani, C., Maeder, D.L., Tolliday, N., Rice, D.W., Britton, K.L., Klump, H.H. and Robb, F.T. (1996) Marked elevation of thermostability of Thermococcus litoralis glutamate dehydrogenase by site-directed mutagenesis. Thermophiles ‘96 Conference, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Sept 4-9, 1996.

Maeder, D.L., Yip, K.S.P., Rice, D.W., Stillman, T.J., Britton, K.L., Vetriani, C., Tolliday, N., DiRuggiero, J., Klump, H.H. and Robb, F.T. (1996) The structural basis for enzyme stability at or near 100ºC: Comparative structural and biophisical studies on glutamate dehydrogenases from hyperthermophiles. International Conference on Protein Folding and Design, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, April 23-26, 1996.

Castagnoli, L., Abril, M., Vetriani, C., Portoghese, A., Helmer-Citterich, M., Ausiello, G. and Cesareni, G. (1994) Why Rop folds in a four a-helix bundle. Convegno Congiunto ABCD-AGI-SIBBM-SIMGBM, Montesilvano Lido, Italy, Sept 26-30, 1994.

Vetriani, C., Iannolo, G., Minenkova, O., Dente, L. and Cesareni, G. (1993) The amino-terminus of the major coat protein of filamentous phage and phage assembly. 1993 Meeting on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Aug. 24-29, 1993.

Vetriani, C., Castagnoli, L., Felici, F., Gonfloni, S., Jappelli, R., Musacchio, A., Tataseo, P. and Cesareni, G. (1991) Selection of ligands from a phage displayed peptide library. Convegno Congiunto SIBBM-AGI, Porto Conte, Italy, Oct. 2-5, 1991.

Tataseo, P., Vetriani, C. and Cesareni, G. (1991) Genetic analysis of the interaction between filamentous phages and bacterial pili. 1991 Meeting on Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Aug. 20-25, 1991.

Visca, P., Vetriani, C., Serino, L. and Orsi, N. (1989) Production of siderophore and iron regulated outer membrane proteins by Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates. 4th International Symposium on Clinical Microbiology, Monteporzio, Italy, 1989.

September 16-20, 2018. 12th International Congress of Extremophiles, Ischia, Italy. Keynote presentation: Ecophysiology of chemosynthetic microbial biofilms at a shallow water gas vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

September 17-20, 2017. Microbiology 2017 - XXXII SIMGBM Congress, Palermo, Italy. Invited presentation: Prokaryotic diversity and function at a shallow-water gas vent in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

August 29, 2017. 6th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE6), Woods Hole, MA. Invited presentation: Common adaptive strategies in hydrothermal vent and pathogenic Epsilonproteobacteria revealed by comparative genomic and physiological analyses.

April 18, 2017. Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Invited seminar “From seafloor volcanic eruptions to microbial genomes: Adventures in deep-sea microbiology”.

December 13, 2016. Italian Space Agency, Rome Italy. Invited to participate in the workshop: “Exobiology and extreme environments: from molecular chemistry to the biology of extremophiles”. Presented a talk entitled: “Life in the dark: Anaerobic chemosynthetic bacteria as models to reconstruct the evolutionary history of early metabolism”.

December 12, 2016. Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. Invited seminar “Life in the dark: Chemosynthetic communities at deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

December 5-6, 2016. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Deep-sea ecosystems and extreme environments” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular approaches for microbial ecology studies”, 2) “Chemoautotrophy and heterotrophy in the deep ocean”, and 3) “Microbial colonization and biofilm formation hydrothermal vents and cold seeps”.

December 10-11, 2015. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Deep-sea ecosystems and extreme environments” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular approaches for microbial ecology studies”, 2) “Chemoautotrophy and heterotrophy in the deep ocean”, and 3) “Microbial colonization and biofilm formation hydrothermal vents and cold seeps”.

November 7, 2015. Keynote presentation: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB) 48th Annual Fall Conference, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Keynote speaker: “Life in Deep-Sea Vents”.

October 9, 2015. Waterfront Technology Center, Rutgers University, Camden NJ. Invited seminar: “From deep-sea volcanoes to mammalian hosts: Epsilonproteobacteria as models to reconstruct the evolutionary history of microbial adaptation”.

December 10-12, 2014. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Deep-sea ecosystems and extreme environments” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular tools for microbial ecology studies”, and 2) “Microbial colonizers, biofilms and microbial adaptations to deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

December 4-5, 2013. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Extreme environments and deep-sea ecosystems” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular tools in microbial oceanography”, and 2) “Microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Microbial colonization, biofilms, thermophiles”.

December 6-7, 2012. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Extreme environments and deep-sea ecosystems” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular tools in microbial oceanography”, and 2) “Microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Microbial colonization, biofilms, thermophiles”.

February 3, 2012. Invited Presentation: “Chemosynthetic microbial biofilms at post eruptive vents on the East Pacific Rise at 9°N”. Microbiology at Rutgers: Second Annual Mini-Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

December 5-7, 2011. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Extreme environments and deep-sea ecosystems” as a lecturer on the themes: 1) “Molecular tools in microbial oceanography”, and 2) “Microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Microbial colonization, biofilms, thermophiles”.

December 1, 2011. IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany. Invited seminar: “Chemosynthetic microbial biofilms: Understanding the foundation of deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems”.

November 9, 2011. Queens College, New York, NY. Invited seminar: “Chemosynthetic microbial biofilms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: insight from laboratory and in situ studies”.

March 25, 2011. Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Invited talk: “Life without sun: A deep look into chemosynthetic microbial communities from hydrothermal vents”.

December 1, 2010. Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited seminar: “Chemosynthetic microbial biofilms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: insight from laboratory and in situ studies”.

December 2-3, 2010. Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. Invited to participate in the training course “Extreme environments and deep-sea ecosystems” as a lecturer on the theme: “Extremophilic microbes: adaptation to temperature and toxics /Microbial diversity and metal/hydrocarbon detoxification at vents and seeps”.

June 23, 2009. Goldschmidt 2009, Davos, Switzerland. Keynote presentation: “Microbial Mechanisms of Energy Conservation, Carbon Transfer and Detoxification in Deep-Sea Extreme Environments”.

April 20, 2009. Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science Symposium “Deep Sea, Ocean Floor Gas Vents”. Invited Speaker and Panelist, Honoring J. Frederick Grassle, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

December 19, 2008. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Invited presentation: “Microbial Colonization of Post Eruptive Vents on the EPR at 9°N”.

December 12, 2008. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Invited lecture: “Microbial colonization of deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the East Pacific Rise (9°N) following recent a volcanic eruption”.

March 19, 2008. Department of Biological Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ. Invited lecture: “Microbial Colonization of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents Following a Volcanic Eruption on the East Pacific Rise”.

February 29, 2008. Keynote presentation: Second Annual Joint Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Symposium, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. Keynote Speaker: “Microbiology of Post-Eruptive Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents”.

February 8, 2008. Microbiology at Rutgers: Second Annual Mini-Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited Presentation: “Microbial Studies of Post-Eruptive Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents”.

June 10-13, 2007. The Center for BioInorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) Summer Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Invited talk: “Diversity of alkane-oxidizing bacteria and alkane hydroxylase genes in deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

March 2, 2007. Microbial Observatories/Microbial Interaction and Processes Principal Investigators’ Meeting and Workshop, Washington, DC, March 1-3, 2007. Invited Presentation: “MIP: Physiology and Molecular Ecology of Thermophilic Nitrate-Reducing Microorganisms at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents”.

December 7, 2006. Theobald Smith Society, New Jersey Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J. Invited Speaker for the Three-Speaker Meeting: “Microbiology of Deep-Sea Vents: A View of Ancient Microbial Processes”.

November 15, 2006. Columbia Earth Microbiology Initiative, Workshop on Subsurface Microbiology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY. Invited seminar: “Microbial Diversity of Deep-Sea Reducing Environments: Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps”.

July 30, 2006. Jacques Cousteau Coastal Education Center, Tuckerton, NJ. Invited lecture: “Introduction to the IMAX Movie Volcanoes of the Deep-Sea”, for the Sixth Grade MARE Workshop.

March 30, 2006. School of Natural Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ. Invited speaker for the Biology Seminar Course: “Microbiology of deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

September 26, 2005. Department of Biology, University of Rome III, Rome, Italy. Invited seminar: “Volcanoes and Bacteria at the bottom of the ocean”.

September 24, 2005. Symposium on Marine Extremophiles and Metabolic Diversity. Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Riva del Garda, Italy. Invited lecture: “Chemosynthetic processes and energy metabolism in hydrothermal vent bacteria”.

June 27, 2005. Jacques Cousteau Coastal Education Center, Tuckerton, NJ. Invited lecture: “Microbiology of the Deep-Sea”, for “The Sea You Can’t See”, a NSF-sponsored marine microbiology workshop for high school teachers.

June 12-15, 2005. The Center for BioInorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) Summer Conference, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Invited talk: “Alkane-oxidizing bacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

February 24, 2005. Department of Biology, College of Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX. Invited seminar: “Chemolithotrophy and hydrogen-based energy metabolism in thermophilic microorganisms from deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

November 19, 2004. Fifth Annual West Point Microbiology Symposium, Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences, The United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. Invited lecture: “Microbiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents”.

March 5, 2004. Department of Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Invited lecture: “Microbiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents” for the Marine Microbiology course.

March 4, 2004. Department of Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Invited seminar: “Microbial processes at deep-sea vents: Nitrate respiratory metabolism and mercury reduction".

February 2, 2004. “Astrobiology and Extrasolar Planets” Seminar Series, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Invited seminar: "Deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems: Contemporary windows into ancient microbial processes".

October 10, 2003, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited seminar: “A microbial link between the carbon and nitrogen cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents”.

August 6, 2003. Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited lecture: “Deep-Sea Vent Microbes: A Link Between Geology, Chemistry and Biology” for the “Volcanoes of the Deep-Sea” workshop, sponsored by NSF’s Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence (COSEE).

April 10, 2003, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited seminar: “Microbial interactions with hydrothermal fluids at deep-sea vents”.

May 2, 2002, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. Invited seminar: “Diversity, distribution and physiological adaptations of deep-sea hydrothermal vent microorganisms”.

March 6, 2002, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ. Invited seminar: “Diversity, distribution and physiological adaptations of deep-sea hydrothermal vent microorganisms”.

March 7, 2001, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Invited seminar: “Microbial Communities in Deep-Sea Extreme Environments: Population Structure and Biophysical Adaptations”.

July 24, 2000. Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD. Invited lecture: “Diversity, Ecology and Phylogeny of the Archaea” for the course: “Extremophile Research: Theory and Techniques”.

March 24, 1999, Department of Biology, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. Invited seminar: “Archaea in Marine Environments: Perspectives on their Diversity, Community Structure and Evolution”.

July 26, 1999. Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD. Invited lecture: “Diversity, Ecology and Phylogeny of the Archaea” for the course: “Extremophile Research: Theory and Techniques”.