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Dr. Fabio Rezzonico

Dr. Fabio Rezzonico

Dr. Fabio Rezzonico

ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Einsiedlerstrasse 34
8820 Wädenswil

+41 (0) 58 934 52 92
fabio.rezzonico@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position at the ZHAW

Research Fellow - Research Team Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology

www.zhaw.ch/iunr/umweltgenomik

Education and Continuing education

Expertise and research interests

Molecular biology, Phylogenetics, Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Genomics

Professional milestones

2007-2013: Scientific collaborator/PostDoc, Bacteriology Group, Agroscope, Wädenswil, Switzerland. Participation to several projects related to fire blight, Dr. B.Duffy:
- Diversity and biosafety of fire blight biocontrol agent Pantoea agglomerans.
- Investigation of DNA-mediated resistance in streptomycin formulations
- Sequencing of several Erwinia and Pantoea genomes
- Application of MALDI-TOF MS for the identification of environmental organisms.
- Diversity, evolution and source-tracking of fire blight agent Erwinia amylovora.
- Organization of the 13th International Fire Blight Workshop, ETH Zürich.

2005-2007: Post-doctoral researcher, SafeCrop Centre, Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige, Italy. Role of quorum sensing in the pathogenicity of fire blight agent Erwinia amylovora, Dr. C.Gessler.

2005-2006: Research associate, Project HiDRAS (High-quality Disease Resistant Apples for a Sustainable Agriculture).Identification of genetic markers associated with fruit quality and disease resistance in apple, Dr. A.Patocchi.

2004-2005: Research assistant, Institute for Plant Sciences, Phytopathlogy Group. ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Role of secondary metabolites in plant protection by biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens, Prof. G.Défago.

1999-2000: Research assistant, Institute for Plant Sciences, Phytopathlogy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Development of a PCR-based method for detection and quantification of Pseudomonas fluorescens in soil, Prof. G.Défago.

Educational background

2019: CAS Hochschuldidaktik, Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich PHZH

2000-2004: Ph.D.in Biological Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Dissertation: “Analysis of stress response and type III secretion system mediated biocontrol in fluorescent pseudomonads protecting plants from soil-borne diseases.”
Institute for Plant Sciences, Phytopathlogy group, Prof. G.Défago.

1992-1998: M. Sc. in Biological Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Certificate in molecular biology, microbiology, biotechnology and cell biology.
Master thesis: “Genetic expression in mitogen-activated T lymphocytes under simulated microgravity.”
Space biology group, Dr. A.Cogoli.

Membership of networks

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Other publications
Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

*** In peer-reviewed journals ***

Bink M.C.A.M., Jansen J., Madduri M., Voorrips R.E., Durel C.-E., Kouassi A.B., Laurens F., Mathis F., Gessler C., Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Patocchi A., Kellerhals M., Boudichevskaia A., Dunemann F., Peil A., Nowicka A., Lata B., Stankiewicz-Kosyl M., Jeziorek K.,Pitera E., Soska A., Tomala K., Evans K.M., Fernández-Fernández F., Guerra W., Korbin M., Keller S., Lewandowski M., Plocharski W., Rutkowski K., Zurawicz E., Costa F., Sansavini S., Tartarini S., Komjanc M., Mott D., Antofie A., Lateur M., Rondia A.,Gianfranceschi L., van de Weg W.E. (2014) Bayesian QTL analyses using pedigreed families of an outcrossing species, with application to fruit firmness in apple. Theor Appl Genet, DOI 10.1007/s00122-014-2281-3.

Braun-Kiewnick A., Lehmann A., Rezzonico F., Wend C., Smits T.H.M. & Duffy B. (2012) Development of species-, strain-and antibiotic biosynthesis-specific quantitative PCR assays for Pantoea agglomerans as tools for biocontrol monitoring. J Microbiol Meth, 90:315-320.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M. & Duffy B. (2012) Detection of AI-2 receptors in genomes of Enterobacteriaceae suggests a role of type-2 quorum sensing in closed ecosystems. Sensors, 12:6645-6665.

Rezzonico F., Braun-Kiewnick A., Powney R., Rodoni B., Goesmann A., Duffy B. & Smits T.H.M. (2012) Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes as a distinguishing factor for Rubus isolates of Erwinia amylovora. Mol Plant Pathol, 13:975-984.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M. & Duffy B. (2012) Misidentification slanders Pantoea agglomerans as a serial killer. J Hosp Inf, 81:137-139.

De Maayer P., Chan W.Y., Rezzonico F., Bühlmann A., Venter S.N., Blom J., Goesmann A., Frey J.E., Smits T.H.M., Duffy B. & Coutinho T.A. (2012) Complete genome sequence of clinical isolate Pantoea ananatis LMG 5342. J Bacteriol, 194:1615-1616.

Kamber T., Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2012) Genomics and current genetic understanding of Erwinia amylovora and the fire blight antagonist Pantoea vagans. Trees, 26:227-238.

Rezzonico F., Stockwell V.O., Tonolla M., Duffy B. & Smits T.H.M. (2011) Pantoea clinical isolates cannot be accurately assigned to species based on metabolic profiling. Transpl Inf Dis, 14:220-221.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Kamber T., Blom J., Goesmann A., Ishimaru C.A., Frey J.E., Stockwell V.O. & Duffy B. (2011) Metabolic versatility and antibacterial metabolite biosynthesis are distinguishing genomic features of the fire blight antagonist Pantoea vagans C9-1. PLoS ONE, 6:e22247.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M. & Duffy B. (2011) Diversity and functionality of CRISPR regions in fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. Appl Environ Microbiol, 77:3819-3829.

Evans K.M., Patocchi A., Rezzonico F., Mathis F., Durel C.E., Fernández-Fernández F., Boudichevskaia A., Dunemann F., Stankiewicz-Kosyl M., Gianfranceschi L., Komjanc M., Lateur M., Madduri M., Noordijk Y. & van de Weg W.E. (2010) Genotyping of pedigreed apple breeding material with a genome covering set of SSRs: Trueness to type of cultivars and their parentages. Mol Breeding, 28:535-547.

Rezzonico F., Vögel G., Duffy B. & Tonolla M. (2010) Rapid identification of Pantoea agglomerans and discrimination of misidentified Enterobacter spp. using Intact Cell MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. Appl Environ Microbiol, 76:4497-4509.

Smits T.H.M., Jaenicke S., Rezzonico F., Kamber T., Goesmann A., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2010) Complete genome sequence of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia pyrifoliae DSM 12163T and comparative genomic insights into plant pathogenicity. BMC Genomics, 11:2.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Kamber T., Blom J., Goesmann A., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2010) Complete genome sequence of the fire blight bacterium Erwinia amylovora CFBP 1430 and comparison to other Erwinia spp. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact, 23:384-393.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Kamber T., Goesmann A., Stockwell V.O., Frey J.E. & Duffy, B. (2010) The genome sequence of the biocontrol agent Pantoea vagans C9-1. J Bacteriol, 192:6486-6487.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Pelludat C., Goesmann A., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2010) Genomic and phenotypic characterization of a non-pigmented variant of Pantoea vagans biocontrol strain C9-1 lacking the 530 kb megaplasmid pPag3. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 308:48-54.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2010) Evolutionary insights from Erwinia amylovora genomics. J Biotechnol, 155:34-39.

Patocchi A., Fernández-Fernández F., Evans K., Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Boudichevskaia A., Dunemann F., Stankiewicz-Kosyl M., Mathis-Jeanneteau F., Durel C.E., Gianfranceschi L., Costa F., Toller C., Cova V., Mott D., Komjanc M., Barbaro E., Kodde L., Rikkerink E., Gessler C. & van de Weg W.E. (2009) Development and test of 21 multiplex PCRs composed of SSRs spanning most of the apple genome. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 5:211-223.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M., Montesinos E., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2009) Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans plant and clinical strains. BMC Microbiol, 9:204.

Rezzonico F., Stockwell V.O. & Duffy B. (2009) Plant-agricultural streptomycin formulations do not carry antibiotic resistance genes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53:3173-3177.

Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2008) Lack of genomic evidence of AI-2 receptors suggests a non-quorum sensing role for luxS in most bacteria. BMC Microbiol, 8:154.

Gobbin D., Rezzonico F. & Gessler C. (2007) Quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil using a quantitative competitive PCR assay unaffected by variability in cell lysis and DNA extraction efficiency. Soil Biol Biochem, 39:1609-1619.

Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2007) The role of luxS in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora is limited to metabolism and does not involve quorum sensing. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact, 20:1284-1297.

Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y. & Défago G. (2007) Is the ability of biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads to produce the antifungal metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol really synonymous with higher plant protection? New Phytol, 173:861-872.

Rezzonico F., Binder C., Défago G. & Moënne-Loccoz Y. (2005) Evolutionary recycling of type III secretion system to target pathogenic Chromista promotes plant protection by bacteria. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact, 18:991-1001.

Molina L., Rezzonico F., Défago G. & Duffy B. (2005) Autoinduction in Erwinia amylovora: evidence of an acyl-homoserine lactone signal in the fire blight pathogen. J Bacteriol, 187: 3206-3213.

Rezzonico F., Défago G. & Moënne-Loccoz Y. (2004) Comparison of ATPase-encoding type III secretion system gene hrcN in biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads and phytopathogenic Proteobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol, 70:5119-5131.

Rezzonico F., Moënne-Loccoz Y. & Défago G. (2003) Effect of stress on the ability of a phlA-based quantitative competitive PCR assay to monitor biocontrol strain Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Appl Environ Microbiol, 69:686-690.


*** Other publications ***

Rezzonico F. (2014) Il tempo in una latta (appunti di stenoscopia). Meridiana, 232.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M. & Duffy, B. (2011) Record of past encounters with phages and plasmids delivers new insights about the origin and dispersal of fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. Acta Hort, 896:109-113.

Rezzonico F., Duffy B., Pflüger V., Vogel G. & Tonolla M. (2011) MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a tool for rapid identification and clustering analysis of fire blight biocontrol Pantoea strains and the genus Pantoea. Acta Hort, 896:119-122.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Pelludat C., Kamber T., Frey J.E., Duffy B., Goesmann A., Ishimaru C.A. & Stockwell V.O. (2011) The genome sequence of Pantoea vagans biocontrol strain C9-1. Acta Hort, 896:233-236.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Frey J.E., Duffy B., Blom J. & Goesmann A. (2011) Insights into evolution from comparative genomics of Erwinia amylovora and related species. Acta Hort, 896:259-262.

Braun-Kiewnick A., Kellerhals M., Rezzonico F., Baumgartner I., Kamber T., LeRoux P.-M. & Duffy B. (2010) 12. Internationaler Feuerbrand-Workshop. SZOW, 146(22):11-13.

Rezzonico F. & Gobbin D. (2009) Are type III secretion systems found in fluorescent pseudomonads involved in plant colonization or biocontrol? IOBC/WPRS Bull, 43:331-335.

Rezzonico F., Smits T.H.M., Pelludat C., Montesinos E., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2009). Genotypic comparison of Pantoea agglomerans biocontrol and clinical isolates to address taxonomic and bio-safety questions. IOBC/WPRS Bull, 43:35-39.

Smits T.H.M., Rezzonico F., Pelludat C., Stockwell V.O., Goesmann A., Frey J.E. & Duffy B. (2009). Complete genome sequencing of Pantoea agglomerans strain C9-1. IOBC/WPRS Bull, 43:375-378

Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2008) Metabolic role of luxS, putative autoinducer-2 synthase, in Erwinia amylovora. Acta Hort, 793:61-65.

Rezzonico F., Duffy B. & Stockwell V.O. (2008) Absence of streptomycin resistance genes in antibiotic formulations. Acta Hort, 793:415-417.

Gobbin D., Rezzonico F. & Gessler C. (2007) Development of a quantitative competitive PCR assay for the quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil. IOBC/WPRS Bull, 30(6):481-484.

Patocchi A., Fernandez F., Evans K., Silfverberg-Dilworth E., Matasci C.L., Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Boudichevskaia A., Dunemann F., Stankiewicz-Kosyl M., Matisse F., Soglio V., Gianfranceschi L., Durel C.E., Toller C., Cova V., Mott D., Komjanc M., Barbaro E., Costa F., Voorrips R.E., Yamamoto T., Gessler C. & Van de Weg W.E. (2007) Development of a set of apple SSRs markers spanning the apple genome, genotyping of HiDRAS plant material and validation of genotypic data. Acta Hort, 814:603-608.

Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y. & Défago G. (2007) Population-level evidence of the importance of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and hydrogen cyanide in plant protection by Pseudomonas fluorescens. IOBC/WPRS Bull, 30(6):99-104.

Rezzonico F. & Duffy B. (2007) Characterization of the role of luxS in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. IOBC/WPRS Bull, 30(6):181-185.

Rezzonico F., Moënne-Loccoz Y. & Défago G. (2002) Impact of cell stress on the efficacy of phlA-based quantitative competitive PCR in biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Proceedings of APS 2002 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July 27-31, 2002). Phytopathology, 92:S69.

Rezzonico F. (2002) Giove veglia sui pesci. Meridiana, 161.