Roseli Wassem

Division of Plant Sciences

201 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center

1201 E. Rollins Street

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia MO 65211

Email: rwbdt@missouri.edu

Lab phone: (573) 884 4799

 

Education:

1991-1994 – Biology

Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

1995-2000 – Ph.D

Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

Thesis: Transcriptional regulation of the nifA gene of Herbasirillum seropedicae

 

Current research focus: Plant-microbial interaction

 

Professional Experience:

August 2002 – Associate Professor – Federal University of Paraná

March 2006- April 2007 Postdoctoral fellow at University of Geneva.

 

Publications:

Modulation of defence and iron homeostasis genes in rice roots by the diazotrophic endophyte Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Brusamarello-Santos LCC, Alberton D, Valdameri G, Camilios-Neto D, Covre R, Lopes KP, Zibetti Tadra-Sfeir M, Faoro H, Adele Monteiro R, Barbosa-Silva A, John Broughton W, Oliveira Pedrosa F, Wassem R, Souza EM.

Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 22;9(1):10573. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45866-w.

 

Unveiling the Diversity of Immunoglobulin Heavy Constant Gamma (IGHG) Gene Segments in Brazilian Populations Reveals 28 Novel Alleles and Evidence of Gene Conversion and Natural Selection.

Calonga-Solís V, Malheiros D, Beltrame MH, Vargas LB, Dourado RM, Issler HC, Wassem R, Petzl-Erler ML, Augusto DG.

Front Immunol. 2019 Jun 4;10:1161. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01161. eCollection 2019.

 

A NodD-like protein activates transcription of genes involved with naringenin degradation in a flavonoid-dependent manner in Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Wassem R, Marin AM, Daddaoua A, Monteiro RA, Chubatsu LS, Ramos JL, Deakin WJ, Broughton WJ, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM.

Environ Microbiol. 2017 Mar;19(3):1030-1040. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13604. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

 

Wheat colonization by an Azospirillum brasilense ammonium-excreting strain reveals upregulation of nitrogenase and superior plant growth promotion.  SANTOS, K. F. D. N. ; MOURE, V. R. ; HAUER, V. ; SANTOS, A. R. S ; DONATTI, L. ; GALVÃO, C. W. ; Pedrosa, F. O. ; SOUZA, E. M. ; Wassem, R. ; STEFFENS, M. B. R. . PLANT AND SOIL, v. 415, p. 245-255, 2017.

The NtrY-NtrX two-component system is involved in controlling nitrate assimilation in Herbaspirillum seropedicae strain SmR1.

Bonato P, Alves LR, Osaki JH, Rigo LU, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Zhang N, Schumacher J, Buck M, Wassem R, Chubatsu LS.

FEBS J. 2016 Nov;283(21):3919-3930. doi: 10.1111/febs.13897. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

 

RNA-seq analyses reveal insights into the function of respiratory nitrate reductase of the diazotroph Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Bonato P, Batista MB, Camilios-Neto D, Pankievicz VC, Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Monteiro RA, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Chubatsu LS, Wassem R, Rigo LU.

Environ Microbiol. 2016 Sep;18(8):2677-88. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13422. Epub 2016 Jul 12.

 

Genetic and functional characterization of a novel meta-pathway for degradation of naringenin in Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1.

Maria Marin A, de la Torre J, Ricardo Marques Oliveira A, Barison A, Satie Chubatsu L, Adele Monteiro R, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, Maltempi de Souza E, Wassem R, Duque E, Ramos JL.

Environ Microbiol. 2016 Dec;18(12):4653-4661. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13313. Epub 2016 Apr 30.

 

Genome wide transcriptional profiling of Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 grown in the presence of naringenin.

Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Faoro H, Camilios-Neto D, Brusamarello-Santos L, Balsanelli E, Weiss V, Baura VA, Wassem R, Cruz LM, De Oliveira Pedrosa F, Souza EM, Monteiro RA.

Front Microbiol. 2015 May 21;6:491. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00491. eCollection 2015.

 

Enhanced oxygen consumption in Herbaspirillum seropedicae fnr mutants leads to increased NifA mediated transcriptional activation.

Batista MB, Wassem R, Pedrosa Fde O, de Souza EM, Dixon R, Monteiro RA.

BMC Microbiol. 2015 May 7;15:95. doi: 10.1186/s12866-015-0432-6.

 

Dual RNA-seq transcriptional analysis of wheat roots colonized by Azospirillum brasilense reveals up-regulation of nutrient acquisition and cell cycle genes.

Camilios-Neto D, Bonato P, Wassem R, Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Brusamarello-Santos LC, Valdameri G, Donatti L, Faoro H, Weiss VA, Chubatsu LS, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM.

BMC Genomics. 2014 May 16;15:378. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-378.

 

The Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 Fnr orthologs controls the cytochrome composition of the electron transport chain.

Batista MB, Sfeir MZ, Faoro H, Wassem R, Steffens MB, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Dixon R, Monteiro RA.

Sci Rep. 2013;3:2544. doi: 10.1038/srep02544.

 

Naringenin degradation by the endophytic diazotroph Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1.

Marin AM, Souza EM, Pedrosa FO, Souza LM, Sassaki GL, Baura VA, Yates MG, Wassem R, Monteiro RA.

Microbiology. 2013 Jan;159(Pt 1):167-75. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.061135-0. Epub 2012 Nov 1.

 

Draft genome sequence of Herbaspirillum lusitanum P6-12, an endophyte isolated from root nodules of Phaseolus vulgaris.

Weiss VA, Faoro H, Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Raittz RT, de Souza EM, Monteiro RA, Cardoso RL, Wassem R, Chubatsu LS, Huergo LF, Müller-Santos M, Steffens MB, Rigo LU, Pedrosa Fde O, Cruz LM.

J Bacteriol. 2012 Aug;194(15):4136-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.00657-12.

 

The type III secretion system is necessary for the development of a pathogenic and endophytic interaction between Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans and Poaceae.

Schmidt MA, Balsanelli E, Faoro H, Cruz LM, Wassem R, de Baura VA, Weiss V, Yates MG, Madeira HM, Pereira-Ferrari L, Fungaro MH, de Paula FM, Pereira LF, Vieira LG, Olivares FL, Pedrosa FO, de Souza EM, Monteiro RA.

BMC Microbiol. 2012 Jun 6;12:98. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-98.

 

Genomic comparison of the endophyte Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 and the phytopathogen Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans M1 by suppressive subtractive hybridization and partial genome sequencing.

Monteiro RA, Balsanelli E, Tuleski T, Faoro H, Cruz LM, Wassem R, de Baura VA, Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Weiss V, DaRocha WD, Muller-Santos M, Chubatsu LS, Huergo LF, Pedrosa FO, de Souza EM.

FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2012 May;80(2):441-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01309.x. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

 

CD80 and CD86 polymorphisms in populations of various ancestries: 5 new CD80 promoter alleles.

Beltrame MH, Pincerati MR, Dalla-Costa R, Wassem R, Köhler KF, Chautard-Freire-Maia EA, Tsuneto LT, Petzl-Erler ML.

Hum Immunol. 2012 Jan;73(1):111-7. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.10.018. Epub 2011 Oct 23.

 

Herbaspirillum-plant interactions: microscopical, histological and molecular aspects. MONTEIRO, Rose Adele ; Balsanelli, Eduardo ; WASSEM, Roseli ; Marin, Anelis M. ; Brusamarello-Santos, Liziane C. C. ; Schmidt, Maria Augusta ; Tadra-Sfeir, Michelle Z. ; Pankievicz, Vania C. S. ; Cruz, Leonardo M. ; Chubatsu, Leda S. ; Pedrosa, Fabio O. ; Souza, Emanuel M. .  Plant and Soil (Print), v. x, p. online first, 2012.

 

Differential gene expression of rice roots inoculated with the diazotrophHerbaspirillum seropedicae. Brusamarello-Santos, Liziane C. C. ; PACHECO, F. ; AL Janabi, S.M.M. ; MONTEIRO, Rose Adele ; CRUZ, Leonardo Magalhães ; BAURA, Valter Antonio de ; PEDROSA, Fabio de Oliveira ; SOUZA, Emanuel Maltempi de ; WASSEM, Roseli .  Plant and Soil (Print), v. 356, p. 115-123, 2012.

 

The type III secretion system is necessary for the development of a pathogenic and endophytic interaction between Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans and Poaceae.  Schmidt, Maria A ; Balsanelli, Eduardo ; FAORO, Helisson ; Cruz, Leonardo M ; WASSEM, Roseli ; de Baura, Valter A ; Weiss, Vinicius ; Yates, Marshall G ; Madeira, Humberto M F ; Pereira-Ferrari, Lilian ; Fungaro, Maria H P ; de Paula, Francine M ; Pereira, Luiz F P ; Vieira, Luiz G E ; Olivares, F bio L ; Pedrosa, F bio O ; de Souza, Emanuel M ; Monteiro, Rose A . BMC Microbiology (Online), v. 12, p. 98, 2012.

 

Nitrogen fixation control in Herbaspirillum seropedicae. CHUBATSU, Leda Satie ; MONTEIRO, Rose Adele ; Souza, Emanuel Maltempi ; OLIVEIRA, M. A. S. ; YATES, Marshall Geoffrey ; WASSEM, Roseli ; Bonatto, A.C. ; Huergo, Luciano Fernandes ; STEFFENS, Maria Berenice Reynaud ; RIGO, Liu Un ; PEDROSA, Fabio de Oliveira .  Plant and Soil (Print), v. 356, p. 197-207, 2012.

 

Genome of Herbaspirillum seropedicae strain SmR1, a specialized diazotrophic endophyte of tropical grasses.

Pedrosa FO, Monteiro RA, Wassem R, Cruz LM, Ayub RA, Colauto NB, Fernandez MA, Fungaro MH, Grisard EC, Hungria M, Madeira HM, Nodari RO, Osaku CA, Petzl-Erler ML, Terenzi H, Vieira LG, Steffens MB, Weiss VA, Pereira LF, Almeida MI, Alves LR, Marin A, Araujo LM, Balsanelli E, Baura VA, Chubatsu LS, Faoro H, Favetti A, Friedermann G, Glienke C, Karp S, Kava-Cordeiro V, Raittz RT, Ramos HJ, Ribeiro EM, Rigo LU, Rocha SN, Schwab S, Silva AG, Souza EM, Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Torres RA, Dabul AN, Soares MA, Gasques LS, Gimenes CC, Valle JS, Ciferri RR, Correa LC, Murace NK, Pamphile JA, Patussi EV, Prioli AJ, Prioli SM, Rocha CL, Arantes OM, Furlaneto MC, Godoy LP, Oliveira CE, Satori D, Vilas-Boas LA, Watanabe MA, Dambros BP, Guerra MP, Mathioni SM, Santos KL, Steindel M, Vernal J, Barcellos FG, Campo RJ, Chueire LM, Nicolás MF, Pereira-Ferrari L, Silva JL, Gioppo NM, Margarido VP, Menck-Soares MA, Pinto FG, Simão Rde C, Takahashi EK, Yates MG, Souza EM.

PLoS Genet. 2011 May;7(5):e1002064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002064. Epub 2011 May 12.

 

Naringenin regulates expression of genes involved in cell wall synthesis in Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Tadra-Sfeir MZ, Souza EM, Faoro H, Müller-Santos M, Baura VA, Tuleski TR, Rigo LU, Yates MG, Wassem R, Pedrosa FO, Monteiro RA.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Mar;77(6):2180-3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02071-10. Epub 2011 Jan 21.

 

Evidence for the endophytic colonization of Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) roots by the diazotroph Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

Schmidt MA, Souza EM, Baura V, Wassem R, Yates MG, Pedrosa FO, Monteiro RA.

Braz J Med Biol Res. 2011 Mar;44(3):182-5. Epub 2011 Jan 14.