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Safiyh Taghavi is affiliated with the Research Triangle Park Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular attention to molecular biology and infectious diseases as significant subfields. The work encompasses areas of gastroenterology and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) research. These themes indicate a strong interest in understanding microbial interactions within the gastrointestinal system and their implications for respiratory and chronic diseases.

Safiyh Taghavi has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers published in notable scientific journals. These include:

  • Rationally designed bacterial consortia to treat chronic immune-mediated colitis and restore intestinal homeostasis, 2021, Nature Communications
  • COVID-19 and the Gut Microbiome: More than a Gut Feeling, 2020, mSystems

In research collaborations, Safiyh Taghavi frequently works with several coauthors. Among these are Daniël van der Lelie, with whom they have coauthored two papers, as well as Akihiko Oka, Junji Umeno, Ting-Jia Fan, and Katherine E. Merrell, each contributing to at least one joint publication.

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in the journals Nature Communications and mSystems, reflecting a focused dissemination of work in high-impact venues related to microbiology and systems biology.

Best Publications

  • The versatility and adaptation of bacteria from the genus Stenotrophomonas

    Robert P. Ryan;Sebastien Monchy;Massimiliano Cardinale;Safiyh Taghavi

  • The Soil Microbiome Influences Grapevine-Associated Microbiota

    Iratxe Zarraonaindia;Iratxe Zarraonaindia;Sarah M. Owens;Sarah M. Owens;Pamela Weisenhorn;Kristin West

  • Engineered endophytic bacteria improve phytoremediation of water-soluble, volatile, organic pollutants

    Tanja Barac;Safiyh Taghavi;Safiyh Taghavi;Brigitte Borremans;Ann Provoost

  • Genome Survey and Characterization of Endophytic Bacteria Exhibiting a Beneficial Effect on Growth and Development of Poplar Trees

    Safiyh Taghavi;Craig Garafola;Sébastien Monchy;Lee Newman

  • Phytoremediation: plant–endophyte partnerships take the challenge

    Nele Weyens;Daniel van der Lelie;Safiyh Taghavi;Jaco Vangronsveld

  • Exploiting plant–microbe partnerships to improve biomass production and remediation

    Nele Weyens;Daniel van der Lelie;Safiyh Taghavi;Lee Newman

  • Ralstonia metallidurans, a bacterium specifically adapted to toxic metals: towards a catalogue of metal-responsive genes

    Max Mergeay;Sébastien Monchy;Tatiana Vallaeys;Vanessa Auquier

  • Horizontal Gene Transfer to Endogenous Endophytic Bacteria from Poplar Improves Phytoremediation of Toluene

    Safiyh Taghavi;Safiyh Taghavi;Tanja Barac;Bill Greenberg;Brigitte Borremans

  • Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth Promoting Endophytic Bacterium Enterobacter sp. 638

    Safiyh Taghavi;Daniel van der Lelie;Adam Hoffman;Yian-Biao Zhang

  • ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA FROM SEEDS OF NICOTIANA TABACUM CAN REDUCE CADMIUM PHYTOTOXICITY

    Chiara Mastretta;Safiyh Taghavi;Daniel van der Lelie;Alessio Mengoni

  • Comparative genomics and functional analysis of niche-specific adaptation in Pseudomonas putida.

    Xiao-Xiao Wu;Xiao-Xiao Wu;Sébastien Monchy;Safiyh Taghavi;Wei Zhu

  • The Complete Genome Sequence of Cupriavidus metallidurans Strain CH34, a Master Survivalist in Harsh and Anthropogenic Environments

    Paul J. Janssen;Rob Van Houdt;Hugo Moors;Pieter Monsieurs

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects soil microbial diversity associated with trembling aspen.

    Celine Lesaulnier;Celine Lesaulnier;Dimitris Papamichail;Dimitris Papamichail;Dimitris Papamichail;Sean McCorkle;Bernard Ollivier

  • Plasmids pMOL28 and pMOL30 of Cupriavidus metallidurans Are Specialized in the Maximal Viable Response to Heavy Metals

    Sébastien Monchy;Mohammed Abderrafi Benotmane;Paul A.J.Paul Janssen;Tatiana Vallaeys

  • Bioprospecting metagenomes: glycosyl hydrolases for converting biomass.

    Luen-Luen Li;Luen-Luen Li;Sean R McCorkle;Sebastien Monchy;Safiyh Taghavi;Safiyh Taghavi

  • Bioaugmentation with engineered endophytic bacteria improves contaminant fate in phytoremediation.

    Nele Weyens;Daniël Van Der Lelie;Tom J. Artois;Karen Smeets

  • Decolorization, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity reduction during a combined ozonation/fungal treatment of dye-contaminated wastewater.

    Sophie Vanhulle;Marie Trovaslet;Estelle Enaud;Mathias Lucas

  • Phytoremediation of Heavy and Transition Metals Aided by Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis

    X Hao;Safiyh Taghavi;P Xie;MJ Orbach

  • An exceptionally selective lead(II)-regulatory protein from Ralstonia metallidurans: development of a fluorescent lead(II) probe.

    Peng Chen;Bill Greenberg;Safiyh Taghavi;Christine Romano

  • Poplar and its Bacterial Endophytes: Coexistence and Harmony

    D. van der Lelie;Safiyh Taghavi;Sebastien Monchy;Jorg Schwender

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel van der Lelie
Daniel van der Lelie Gusto Global LLC
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University
Nele Weyens
Nele Weyens Hasselt University
Max Mergeay
Max Mergeay Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Michael E. Himmel
Michael E. Himmel National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
John J. Dunn
John J. Dunn Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Susannah G. Tringe
Susannah G. Tringe Joint Genome Institute
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University

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