The University of Tennessee Southern

Samara Mattiello, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biology

Contact Information

Office Address:
School of Mathematics and Sciences

Phone: 931-363-9833 Ext: 3833

Email: smattiel@utsouthern.edu

Biography

Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Southern – UTS with extensive knowledge of Microbiology, especially in Bacteriology by conducting independent research into Bacterial Resistance, Bacterial Persistence, Anaerobes, Salmonella, Gut microbiome, and Probiotic development, with advanced abilities in Culturomics, Germ-Free animal model (chicken and mice), DNA, RNA, Transcriptomic, and Next Generation Sequencing.

Education

PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology

Publications

  • Ambat, Achuthan, Linto Antony, Abhijit Maji, Sudeep Ghimire, Samara Mattiello, Purna C. Kashyap, Sunil More, Vanessa Sebastian, and Joy Scaria. Enhancing Recovery from Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis and Alleviating DSS-Induced Colitis in Mice with a Consortium of Rare Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Bacteria. Gut Microbes 16, 1. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2024.2382324
  • Wongkuna S, Ambat A, Ghimire S, Mattiello SP, Maji A, Kumar R, Antony L, Chankhamhaengdecha S, Janvilisri T, Nelson E, Doerner KC, More S, Behr M, Scaria J. 2024. Identification of a microbial sub-community from the feral chicken gut that reduces Salmonella colonization and improves gut health in a gnotobiotic chicken model. Microbiol Spectr 12:e01621-23 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01621-23
  • Mattiello, S.P., Barth, V.C., Scaria, J., Ferreira C. A. S., Oliveira S. D. Fluoroquinolone and beta-lactam antimicrobials induce different transcriptome profiles in Salmonella enterica persister cells. Sci Rep 13, 18696 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46142-8
  • Drescher, S.P.M., Gallo, S.W., Ferreira, P.M.A., Ferreira C. A. S., Oliveira S. D. Salmonella enterica persister cells form unstable small colony variants after in vitro exposure to ciprofloxacin. Sci Rep 9, 7232 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43631-7
  • Mattiello, S.P., Drescher, G., Barth, V.C., Ferreira C. A. S., Oliveira S. D. Characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica strains isolated from Brazilian poultry production. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 108, 1227–1238 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-015-0577-1 6. Silva, V. F. da, Drescher, G., Mattiello, S. P., Kolling, L., Müller, G., Ferronatto, A. I., Santurio, J. de M., Costa, M. M. da. Agentes fúngicos da dermatofitose em cães e gatos do município de Xanxerê, Santa Catarina. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 32(3), 1095–1100 (2011). https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2011v32n3p1095
  • Drescher, G.; Mattiello, S.P.; Peixoto, R.M.; Vargas, A.C.; Maciel, M.N.; Costa, M.M. Biochemical characterization and antibiotics sensibility of bacteria agents responsible for ovine subclinical mastitis in west region of the Santa Catarina. Ciência Animal Brasileira (Online), v. 11, p. 188-193 (2010). DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.5189