Carmelina Bianco

Role: Researcher
Section: Researchers and Technologists
Division: Naples
Tel: (39) 081-6132610
E-mail: carmelina.bianco[at]cnr.it
URL: http://ibbr.cnr.it

Dr. Carmelina Bianco graduated in Chemistry and received her PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II. She has been a researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) since 2012. During her research, she has published 33 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have received more than 2.300 citations. She is involved in numerous national and international projects and has established collaborations with groups from both national and international institutions. Carmelina Bianco’s main research activity (orcid.org/0000-0002-8489-3779) focuses on the study of the mechanisms that regulate the interaction between soil bacteria and host plants (legumes and cereals) in a sustainable agriculture context (reducing chemical fertilization and improving plant response to adverse environmental conditions, such as drought stress and high salinity, which are strongly amplified by climate change). In line with this activity, recent studies have focused on restoring microbial biodiversity from the rhizosphere of plants adapted to extreme conditions, such as those in Mali (West Africa). Specifically, these studies are aimed at isolating endophytic bacteria, analyzing their growth-promoting properties, and evaluating their ability to colonize new host plants of commercial interest.

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

Drought responsiveness in six wheat genotypes: identification of stress resistance indicators

Guizani A, Askri H, Amenta ML, Defez R, Babay E, Bianco C, Rapaná N, Finetti-Sialer M, Gharbi F

Year: 2023

Exploitation of plant growth promoting bacteria for sustainable agriculture: hierchical approach to link laboratory and field experiments

Massa F, Defez R, Bianco C

Year: 2022

Endophytes from African Rice (Oryza glaberrima L.) Efficiently Colonize Asian Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Stimulating the Activity of Its Antioxidant Enzymes and Increasing the Content of Nitrogen, Carbon, and Chlorophyll

Bianco C, Andreozzi A, Romano S, Fagorzi C, Cangioli L, Prieto P, Cisse F, Niangado O, Sidibé A, Pianezze S, Perini M, Mengoni A, Defez R

Year: 2021

Molecular and physiological analysis of indole-3-acetic acid degradation in Bradyrhizobium japonicum E109

Torres D, Mongiardini E, Donadío F, Donoso R, Recabarren-Gajardo G, Gualpa J, Spaepen S, Defez R, Lopez G, Bianco C, Cassán F

Year: 2021

Efficient colonization of the endophytes Herbaspirillum huttiense RCA24 and Enterobacter cloacae RCA25 influences the physiological parameters of Oryza sativa L. cv. Baldo rice

Andreozzi A, Prieto P, Mercado-Blanco J, Monaco S, Zampieri E, Romano S, Valè G, Defez R, Bianco C

Year: 2019

Bacterial IAA-delivery into Medicago root nodules triggers a balanced stimulation of C and N metabolism leading to biomass increase

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Romano S, Pocsfalvi G, Fiume I, Esposito R, Angelini C, Bianco C

Year: 2019

Bacterial IAA-Delivery into Medicago Root Nodules Triggers a Balanced Stimulation of C and N Metabolism Leading to a Biomass Increase

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Romano S, Pocsfalvi G, Fiume I, Esposito R, Angelini C, Bianco C

Year: 2019

New insights into structural and functional roles of Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA): Changes in DNA Topology and gene expression in Bacteria

Defez R, Valenti A, Andreozzi A, Romano S, Ciaramella M, Pesaresi P, Forlani S, Bianco C

Year: 2019

The Overproduction of Indole-3-Acetic Acid (IAA) in Endophytes Upregulates Nitrogen Fixation in Both Bacterial Cultures and Inoculated Rice Plants

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Bianco C

Year: 2017

Quantification of Triphenyl-2H-tetrazoliumchloride reduction activity in bacterial cells

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Bianco C

Year: 2017

Improved drought stress response in alfalfa plants nodulated by an IAA over-producing Rhizobium strain

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Dickinson M, Charlton A, Tadini L, Pesaresi P, Bianco C

Year: 2017

Improved drought stress response in alfalfa plants nodulated by an IAA over-producing Rhizobium Strain

Defez R, Andreozzi A, Dickinson M, Charlton A, Tadini L, Pesaresi P, Bianco C

Year: 2017

Overproduction of Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Free-Living Rhizobia Induces Transcriptional Changes Resembling Those Occurring in Nodule Bacteroids

Defez R, Esposito R, Angelini C, Bianco C

Year: 2016

Biotization of encapsulated in vitro derived propagules of Carrizo citrange

Germana MA, Micheli M, Chiancone B, Bianco C, Casales Fabrizio G, Defez R

Year: 2015

Bisphenol A removal by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa immobilized on granular activated carbon and operating in a fluidized bed reactor

Mita L, Grumiro L, Rossi S, Bianco C, Defez R, Gallo P, Mita DG, Diano N

Year: 2015

Sinorhizobium meliloti bacteroids: whole-genome resequencing

Bianco C, Esposito R, Angelini C, Rubino S, Defez R

Year: 2014

Over-expression of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in rhizobacteria: a way to manage microbial communities and promote plant growth and productivity

Bianco C, Rubino S, Andreozzi A, Defez R

Year: 2014

Modulation of endogenous Indol-3-Acetic acid biosynthesis in bacteroids within Medicago sativa nodules

Bianco C, Senatore B, Arbucci S, Pieraccini G, Defez R

Year: 2014

Soil bacteria support and protect plants against abiotic stresses

Bianco C, Defez R

Year: 2011

Auxins upregulate nif and fix genes

Bianco C, Defez R

Year: 2010

Improvement of phosphate solubilization and Medicago plant yield by an indole-3-acetic acid-overproducing strain of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Bianco C, Defez R

Year: 2010

How to improve legume production under severe environmental stresses

Bianco C, Rotino GL, Campion B, Anas I, Defez, R

Year: 2010

Medicago truncatula improves salt tolerance when nodulated by an indole-3-acetic acid over-producing Sinorhizobium meliloti strain

Bianco C, Defez R

Year: 2009

Legumes like more IAA

Bianco C, Imperlini E, Defez R

Year: 2009

Effects of indole-3-acetic acid on Sinorhizobium meliloti survival and on symbiotic nitrogen fixation and stem dry weight production

Imperlini E, Bianco C, Lonardo E, Camerini S, Cermola M, Moschetti G, Defez R

Year: 2009

Introduction of a novel pathway for IAA biosynthesis to rhizobia alters vetch root nodule development

Camerini S, Senatore B, Lonardo E, Imperlini E, Bianco C, Moschetti G, Rotino GL, Campion B, Defez R

Year: 2008

Indole-3-acetic acid improves Escherichia coli’s defences to stress

Bianco C, Imperlini E, Calogero R, Senatore B, Amoresano A, Carpentieri A, Pucci P, Defez R

Year: 2006

Indole-3-acetic acid regulates the central metabolic pathways in Escherichia coli

Bianco C, Imperlini E, Calogero R, Senatore B, Pucci P, Defez R

Year: 2006

Structural and kinetic characterization of native laccases from Pleurotas ostreatus, Rigidoporus lignosus, and Trametes trogii

Garzillo AM, Colao MC, Buonocore V, Oliva R, Falcigno L, Saviano M, Santoro AM, Zappala R, Bonomo RP, Bianco C, Giardina P, Palmieri G, Sannia, G

Year: 2001

Purification, characterization, and functional role of a novel extracellular protease from Pleurotus ostreatus

Palmieri G, Bianco C, Cennamo G, Giardina P, Marino G, Monti M, Sannia, G

Year: 2001

Copper induction of laccase isoenzymes in the ligninolytic fungus Pleurotus ostreatus

Palmieri G, Giardina P, Bianco C, Fontanella B, Sannia, G

Year: 2000

A novel white laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus

Palmieri G, Giardina P, Bianco C, Scaloni A, Capasso A, Sannia, G

Year: 1997