Publications

Van Den Bossche T, Lazau EA, Aho VTE, Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz J, Wolf M, Kunath BJ, Valentin-Alvarado LE, Hellwig P, Verschaffelt P, Rajczewski AT, Henderickx JGE, Suomi T, Xian F, Shah S, Martens L, Benndorf D, Damare SR, Haak BW, Haange SB, Piehowski PD, Kupczok A, Figeys D, Mesuere B, Palmblad M, Hettich RL, Elo LL, Vizcaíno JA, Garg N, Wang Z, Arıkan M, McCue LA, Griffin TJ, Clerbaux LA, Heyer R, Medema MH, Matallana-Surget S, Gomez-Varela D, Muth T, Tillett B, Armengaud J, Finn RD, Wilmes P, Gregory Caporaso J, Grenga L, Jagtap PD. (2026). Integrating multi-omics technologies to decipher microbiome functions. Nat Commun. 2026 Sep 8;17(1):9600. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-77539-4.

Lee CE, Messer LF, Wattiez R, Matallana-Surget S. (2025) The invisible threats of sunscreen as a plastic co-pollutant: Impact of a common organic UV filter on biofilm formation and metabolic function in the nascent marine plastisphere. J Hazard Mater. Jun 28;495:139103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139103.

Armengaud J, Cardon T, Cristobal S, Matallana-Surget S, Bertile F. (2025) Novel model organisms and proteomics for a better biological understanding. J Proteomics. Apr 9 ; 316:105441. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2025.105441.

Lee CE, Messer LF, Wattiez R, Matallana-Surget S. (2025) Decoding Microbial Plastic Colonisation: Multi-Omic Insights Into the Fast-Evolving Dynamics of Early-Stage Biofilms. Proteomics. Jan 6:e202400208. doi: 10.1002/pmic.202400208.

Messer LF, Wattiez R, Matallana-Surget S. (2024) A closer look at plastic colonisation: Prokaryotic dynamics in established versus newly synthesised marine plastispheres and their planktonic state. Environ Pollut. 358:124479. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124479.

Oliver DM, Metcalf R, Jones DL, Matallana-Surget S, Thomas DN, Robins P, Tulloch CL, Cotterell BM, Williams G, Christie-Oleza JA, Quilliam RS. (2024) Plastic pollution and human pathogens: Towards a conceptual shift in risk management at bathing water and beach environments. Water Res. 261:122028. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122028.

Anjeli UG, Sartimbul A, Sulistiyati TD, Yona D, Iranawati F, Seftiyawan FO, Aliviyanti D, Lauro FM, Matallana-Surget S, Fanda AM, Winata VA. (2024) Microplastics contamination in aquaculture-rich regions: A case study in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. Sci Total Environ. 26;927:171992. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171992.

Matallana-Surget, S., Geron, A., Decroo, C., and Wattiez, R. (2024). Diel Cycle Proteomics: Illuminating Molecular Dynamics in Purple Bacteria for Optimized Biotechnological Applications. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25, no. 5: 2934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25052934

Messer, L.F., Lee, C.E., Wattiez, R. and Matallana-Surget, S. (2024). Novel functional insights into the microbiome inhabiting marine plastic debris: critical considerations to counteract the challenges of thin biofilms using multi-omics and comparative metaproteomics. Microbiome 12, 36 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01751-x

Matallana-Surget S, Nigro LM, Waidner LA, Lebaron P, Wattiez R, Werner J, Fraser R, Dimitrov D, Watt R and Jeffrey WH (2024) Clarifying the murk: unveiling bacterial dynamics in response to crude oil pollution, Corexit-dispersant, and natural sunlight in the Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1337886. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1337886

Bertile, F., Matallana-Surget, S., Tholey, A., Cristobal, S., & Armengaud, J. (2023) Diversifying the concept of model organisms in the age of -omics. Communications Biology. 6:1062 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05458-x

Metcalf, R., Messer, L. F., White ,H. L., Ormsby, M. J., Matallana-Surget, S., & Quilliam, R.S. (2023). Evidence of interspecific plasmid uptake by pathogenic strains of Klebsiella isolated from microplastic pollution on public beaches. Journal of Hazardous Materials 461, 132567 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4510708

Lee, C., Messer, L., Holland, S., Gutierrez, T., Quilliam, R., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2023). The primary molecular influences of marine plastisphere formation and function: Novel insights into organism -organism and -co-pollutant interactions. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2023.2224182

Augustin, G., Werner, J., & Wattiez, R. & Matallana-Surget, S., (2023). Towards the discovery of novel molecular clocks in Prokaryotes. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/1040841X.2023.2220789

Martínez-Espinosa, R. M., Armengaud, J., Matallana-Surget, S., & Olaya-Abril, A. (2023).Editorial: Environmental omics and their biotechnological applications. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1165558

Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., …Matallana-Surget S et al. (2022). Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 841, Article 156704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156704

Moresco, V., Charatzidou, A., Oliver, D. M., Weidmann, M., Matallana-Surget, S., & Quilliam, R. S. (2022). Binding, recovery, and infectiousness of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses associated with plastic pollution in surface water. Environmental Pollution, 308, Article 119594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119594

Delacuvellerie, A., Ballerini, T., Frère, L., Matallana-Surget, S., Dumontet, B., & Wattiez, R. (2022). From rivers to marine environments: A constantly evolving microbial community within the plastisphere. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, Article 113660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113660

Géron, A., Werner, J., Lebaron, P., Wattiez, R., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2021). Diel Protein Regulation of Marine Picoplanktonic Communities Assessed by Metaproteomics. Microorganisms, 9(12), Article 2621. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122621

Lozano, C., Lebaron, P., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2021). Shedding light on the bacterial resistance to toxic UV filters: A comparative genomic study. PeerJ, 9, Article e12278. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12278

Lozano, C., Lee, C., Wattiez, R., Lebaron, P., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2021). Unraveling the molecular effects of oxybenzone on the proteome of an environmentally relevant marine bacterium. Science of the Total Environment, 793, 148431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148431

Moresco, V., Oliver, D. M., Weidmann, M., Matallana-Surget, S., & Quilliam, R. S. (2021). Survival of human enteric and respiratory viruses on plastics in soil, freshwater, and marine environments. Environmental Research, 199, Article 111367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111367

Chang, R. L., Stanley, J. A., Robinson, M. C., Sher, J. W., Li, Z., Chan, Y. A., …Matallana-Surget, S. (2020). Protein structure, amino acid composition and sequence determine proteome vulnerability to oxidation-induced damage. EMBO Journal, 39(23), Article e104523. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2020104523

Lozano, C., Givens, J., Stien, D., Matallana-Surget, S., & Lebaron, P. (2020). Bioaccumulation and Toxicological Effects of UV-Filters on Marine Species. In A. Tovar-Sánchez, D. Sánchez-Quiles, & J. Blasco (Eds.), Sunscreens in Coastal Ecosystems: Occurrence, Behavior, Effect and Risk (85-130). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2019_442

Lozano, C., Matallana-Surget, S., Givens, J., Nouet, S., Arbuckle, L., Lambert, Z., & Lebaron, P. (2020). Toxicity of UV filters on marine bacteria: Combined effects with damaging solar radiation. Science of the Total Environment, 722, Article 137803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137803

Werner, J., Géron, A., Kerssemakers, J., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2019). mPies: a novel metaproteomics tool for the creation of relevant protein databases and automatized protein annotation. Biology Direct, 14(1), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13062-019-0253-x

Géron, A., Werner, J., Wattiez, R., Lebaron, P., & Matallana-Surget, S. (2019). Deciphering the Functioning of Microbial Communities: Shedding Light on the Critical Steps in Metaproteomics. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 2395. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02395

Matallana-Surget, S., Werner, J., Wattiez, R., Lebaron, K., Intertaglia, L., Regan, C., …Lebaron, P. (2018). Proteogenomic Analysis of Epibacterium Mobile BBCC367, a Relevant Marine Bacterium Isolated From the South Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 3125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03125

Perez, V. A., Hengst, M. B., Kurte, L., Dorador, C., Jeffrey, W. H., Wattiez, R., …Matallana-Surget, S. (2017). Bacterial survival under extreme UV radiation: A comparative proteomics study of Rhodobacter sp., isolated from high altitude wetlands in Chile. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 1173. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01173

Matallana-Surget, S., Derock, J., Baptiste, L., Badri, H., Deschoenmaeker, F., & Wattiez, R. (2014). Proteome-wide analysis and diel proteomic profiling in the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis PCC 8005. PLoS ONE, 9(6), Article e99076. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099076

Matallana-Surget, S., & Wattiez, R. (2013). Impact of Solar Radiation on Gene Expression in Bacteria. Proteomes, 1(2), 70-86. https://doi.org/10.3390/proteomes1020070

Matallana-Surget, S., Cavicchioli, R., Fauconnier, C., Wattiez, R., Baptiste, L., Joux, F., …Lebaron, P. (2013). Shotgun redox proteomics: identification and quantitation of carbonylated proteins in the UVB resistant marine bacterium, Photobacterium angustum S14. PLoS ONE, 8(7), Article e68112. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068112

Baptiste, L., Houyoux, N., Matallana-Surget, S., & Wattiez, R. (2012). Analysis of Isotopic Labelling Vs. Label-Free Approaches for Quantitative Proteomics. In H. Leung, T. Man, & R. Flores (Eds.), Integrative Proteomics (327-346). Croatia: InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/2473

Matallana-Surget, S., Joux, F., Wattiez, R., & Lebaron, P. (2012). Proteome analysis of the UVB-resistant marine bacterium Photobacterium angustum S14. PLoS ONE, 7(8), Article e42299. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042299

Williams, T., Joux, F., Lauro, F., Matallana-Surget, S., & Cavicchioli, R. (2011). Physiology of marine oligotrophic ultramicrobacteria. In K. Horikoshi, G. Antranikian, A. Bull, F. Robb, & K. Stetter (Eds.), Extremophiles Handbook (1179-1199). Japan: Springer

Matallana-Surget, S., Baptiste, L., & Wattiez, R. (2010). Shotgun proteomics: concept, key points and data mining. Expert Review of Proteomics, 7(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1586/epr.09.101

Matallana-Surget, S., Douki, T., Meador, J., Cavicchioli, R., & Joux, F. (2010). Influence of growth temperature and starvation state on survival and DNA damage induction in the marine bacterium Sphingopyxis alaskensis exposed to UV radiation. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 100(2), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.05.001

Matallana-Surget, S., Joux, F., Raftery, M., & Cavicchioli, R. (2009). The response of the marine bacterium Sphingopyxis alaskensis to solar radiation assessed by quantitative proteomics. Environmental Microbiology, 11(10), 2660-2675. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01992.x

Matallana-Surget, S., Douki, T., Cavicchioli, R., & Joux, F. (2009). Remarkable resistance to UVB of the marine bacterium Photobacterium angsutum explained by an unexpected role of photolyase. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 8(9), 1313-1320. https://doi.org/10.1039/B902715G

Abboudi, M., Matallana-Surget, S., Rontani, J., Sempéré, R., & Joux, F. (2008). Physiological alteration of the marine bacterium Vibrio angustum S14 exposed to simulated sunlight during growth. Current Microbiology, 57(5), 412-417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9214-9

Matallana-Surget, S., Meador, J., Joux, F., & Douki, T. (2008). Effect of the GC content of DNA on the distribution of UVB-induced bipyrimidine photoproducts. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 7(7), 794-801. https://doi.org/10.1039/B719929E

Matallana-Surget, S., Joux, F., Lebaron, P., & Cavicchioli, R. (2007). Isolation and characterization of oligotrophic marine bacteria. Journal de la Societe de Biologie, 201(1), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1051/jbio%3A2007005

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