ORCID: 0000-0002-7342-3157

• [68] 2026 ; Chevalier A, Ben Khedher M, Tran A, Coin M, Pousse M, Tazi A, Eleni Dit Trolli S, Lanotte P, Follet C, Pichon M, Dubois D, Herbulot L, Potron A, Aberrane S, Birgy A, Boutillier B, Pantel A, Di Maio M, Dubourg G, Boyer P, Corvec S, Groshenry G, Bonis M, Saissi M, Gallet A, Boyer L, Croce O, Lotte R, Ruimy R. ; Genomic determinants of Bacillus cereus and outcomes of infection in preterm neonates: a multicentre retrospective study. Clin Microbiol Infect.

• [67] 2025 ; Andreoni-Pham R, Johnston H, Warner JF, Nedoncelle K, Carvalho JE, Hofmänner K, Maugeri A, Croce O, Amiel A, Röttinger E ; Whole body regeneration deploys a rewired embryonic gene regulatory network logic ; Nature Communications

• [66] 2025 ; Iltis C, Moskalevska I, Debiesse A, Seguin L, Fissoun C, Cervera L, Moudombi L, Ardin M, Ferrari A, Eliott C, Pisani D, Ottaviani A, Bourinet M, Luci C, Gual P, Makulyte G, Bernard D, Durandy M, Duret LC, Hamidouche T, Kunz S, Croce O, Delannoy C, Guérardel Y, Allain F, Hofman P, Benarroch-Popivker D, Bianchini L, Dadone-Montaudie B, Cosson E, Guglielmi J, Pourcher T, Braud VM, Shkreli M, Pers YM, Jorgensen C, Brondello JM, Féral CC, Michallet MC, Gilson E, Cherfils-Vicini J. ; A ganglioside-based immune checkpoint enables senescent cells to evade immunosurveillance during aging ; Nat Aging

• [65] 2024 ; Colson D, Yalvac B, Weterings J, Verrijssen AS, Van Haaren P, Bellezzo M, Berbée M, Van Limbergen EJ, Croce O, Verhaegen F, Reniers B ; Dosimetry and Monte Carlo modelling of the Papillon+ contact X-ray brachytherapy device ; Brachytherapy

• [64] 2022 ; Mendez-Bermudez A, Lototska L, Pousse M, Tessier F, Croce O, Latrick C, Cherdyntseva V, Nassour J, Xiaohua J, Lu Y, Abbadie C, Gagos S, Ye J, Gilson E; Selective pericentromeric heterochromatin dismantling caused by TP53 activation during senescence ; Nucleic Acids Res.

• [63] 2022 ; Ben Khedher M, Ghedira K, Rolain JM, Ruimy R, Croce O ; Application and Challenge of 3rd Generation Sequencing for Clinical Bacterial Studies ; International Journal of Molecular Sciences

• [62] 2022 ; Montandon M, Hamidouche T, Yart L, Duret LC, Pons C, Soubeiran N, Pousse M, Cervera L, Vial V, Fassy J, Croce O, Gilson E, Shkreli M ; Telomerase is required for glomerular renewal in kidneys of adult mice ; NPJ Regen Med.

• [61] 2021 ; Ben Khedher M, Nindo F, Chevalier A, Bonacorsi S, Dubourg G, Fenollar F, Casagrande F, Lotte R, Boyer L, Gallet A, Rolain JM, Croce O, Ruimy R; Complete Circular Genome Sequences of Three Bacillus cereus Group Strains Isolated from Positive Blood Cultures from Preterm and Immunocompromised Infants Hospitalized in France ; Microbiology Resource Announcement

• [60] 2020 ; Robin JD, Jacome Burbano MS, Peng H, Croce O, Thomas JL, Laberthonniere C, Renault V, Lototska L, Pousse M, Tessier F, Bauwens S, Leong W, Sacconi S, Schaeffer L, Magdinier F, Ye J, Gilson E ; Mitochondrial function in skeletal myofibers is controlled by a TRF2-SIRT3 axis over lifetime ; Aging Cell

• [59] 2019 ; Cherfils-Vicini J, Iltis C, Cervera L, Pisano S, Croce O, Sadouni N, Győrffy B, Collet R, Renault VM, Rey-Millet M, Leonetti C, Zizza P, Allain F, Ghiringhelli F, Soubeiran N, Shkreli M, Vivier E, Biroccio A, Gilson E ; Cancer cells induce immune escape via glycocalyx changes controlled by the telomeric protein TRF2 ; EMBO Journal

• [58] 2018 ; Tissot F, Estrach S, Boulter E, Cailleteau L, Tosello L, Seguin L, Pisano S, Audebert S, Croce O, Féral C ; Dermal fibroblast SLC3A2 deficiency leads to premature aging and loss of epithelial homeostasis ; Journal of Investigative Dermatology

• [57] 2018 ; Mendez-Bermudez A, Lototska L, Bauwens S, Giraud-Panis MJ, Croce O, Jamet K, Irizar A, Mowinckel M, Koundrioukoff S, Nottet N, Almouzni G, Teulade-Fichou MP, Schertzer M, Perderiset M, Londoño-Vallejo A, Debatisse M, Gilson E, Ye J. ; Genome-wide Control of Heterochromatin Replication by the Telomere Capping Protein TRF2. ; Mol Cell

• [56] 2017 ; Bouam A., Robert C., Croce O., Levasseur A., Drancourt M. ; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium boenickei CIP 107829 ; Genome Announcements

• [55] 2017 ; Drancourt M., Aboudharam G., Croce O., Armougom F., Robert C., Raoult D. ; Dental pulp as a source of low-contaminated DNA ; Microbial Pathogenesis

• [54] 2016 ; Cassir N., Benamar S., Croce O., La Scola B. ; Clostridium species identification by 16S rRNA pyrosequencing metagenomics ; Clinical Infectious Diseases

• [53] 2016 ; Khelaifia S., Lagier J.C., Bibi F., Azhar E.I., Croce O., Padmanabhan R., Jiman-Fatani A.A., Yasir M., Robert C., Andrieu C., Fournier P.E., Raoult D. ; Microbial Culturomics to Map Halophilic Bacterium in Human Gut: Genome Sequence and Description of Oceanobacillus jeddahense sp. nov. ; OMICS

• [52] 2016 ; Bou Khalil J., Benamar S., Baudoin J.P., Croce O., Blanc-Tailleur C., Pagnier I., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Developmental Cycle and Genome Analysis of “Rubidus massiliensis,” a New Vermamoeba vermiformis Pathogen ; Frontiers in in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

• [51] 2016 ; Armougom F., Bitam I., Croce O., Merhej V., Barassi L., Nguyen T.T., La Scola B. and Raoult D. ; Genomic insights into a new Citrobacter koseri strain revealed gene exchanges with the virulence-associated Yersinia pestis pPCP1 plasmid ; Frontiers in Microbiology

• [50] 2016 ; Seck E.H., Sankar S.A., Khelaifia S., Croce O., Robert C., Couderc C., Di Pinto F., Sokhna C., Fournier P.E., Raoult D., Lagier J.C. ; Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Planococcus massiliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the human gut ; New microbes and new infections

• [49] 2016 ; Vayssier-Taussat M., Moutailler S., Féménia F., Raymond P., Croce O., La Scola B., Fournier P.E., Raoult D. ; Identification of Novel Zoonotic Activity of Bartonella spp. ; Emerging infectious diseases ;

• [48] 2016 ; Moumene M., Drissi F., Croce O., Djebbari B., Robert C., Angelakis E., Benouareth D.E., Raoult D., Merhej V. ; Complete genome sequence and description of Lactococcus garvieae M14 isolated from Algerian fermented milk ; New microbes and new infections

• [47] 2015 ; Albrengues J., Bertero T., Grasset E., Bonan S., Maiel M., Bourget I., Philippe C., Herraiz Serrano C., Benamar S., Croce O., Sanz-Moreno V., Meneguzzi G., Feral C.C., Cristofari G., Gaggioli C. ; Epigenetic switch drives the conversion of fibroblasts into proinvasive cancer-associated fibroblasts ; Nature Communications

• [46] 2015 ; Asmar S., Robert C., Croce O., Caputo A., Drancourt M.; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium neworleansense Strain ATCC 49404T ; Genome Announcements

• [45] 2015 ; Seck E.H., Rathored J., Khelaifia S., Croce O., Robert C., Couderc C., Di Pinto F., Sokhna C., Raoult D., Lagier J.C.; Virgibacillus senegalensis sp. nov. A new moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the human gut ; New microbes and new infections

• [44] 2015 ; Lagier J.C., Khelaifia S., Azhar E.I., Croce O., Bibi F., Jiman-Fatani A.A., Yasir M., Helaby H.B., Robert C., Fournier P.E., Raoult D.; Genome sequence of Oceanobacillus picturae strain S1, an halophilic bacterium first isolated in human gut. ; 10:91 ; Stand Genomic Sci.

• [43] 2015 ; Khelaifia S., Croce O., Lagier J.C., Robert C., Couderc C., Di Pinto F., Davoust B., Djossou F., Raoult D., Fournier P.E. ; Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Virgibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from human gut ; New microbes and new infections

• [42] 2015 ; Caputo A., Merhej V., Georgiades K., Fournier P.E., Croce O, Robert C., Raoult D. ; Pan-genomic analysis to redefine species and subspecies based on quantum discontinuous variation: the Klebsiella paradigm ; Biology Direct

• [41] 2015 ; Asmar S.; Phelippeau M., Croce O., Robert C., Drancourt M. ; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium bohemicum strain DSM 44277T ; Genome Announcements

• [40] 2015 ; Phelippeau M., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium lentiflavum CSUR P1491 ; Genome Announcements

• [39] 2015 ; Phelippeau M., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ;Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium europaeum strain CSUR P1344 ; Genome Announcements

• [38] 2015 ; Cassir N., Benamar S., Bou Khalil J., Croce O., Saint-Faust M., Jacquot A., Gotthard G., Armstrong N., Henry M., Jardot P., Robert C., Garbi A., Lagier J.C., Ghigo E., Chabrière E., Marchandin H., Sartor C., Boutte P., Cambonie G., Simeoni U., Raoult D. and La Scola B. ; Clostridium butyricum strains and dysbiosis linked to necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates ; Clinical Infectious Diseases

• [37] 2015 ; Aboubaker Osman D., Phelippeau M., Musso D., Robert C., Michelle C., Croce O., Drancourt M. ; Draft Genome Sequence Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain MT43, representative of the Manu2 genotype ; Genome Announcements

• [36] 2015 ; Aboubaker Osman D., Phelippeau M., Musso D., Robert C., Michelle C., Croce O., Drancourt M. ; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain MT11 representative of a new lineage ; Genome Announcements

• [35] 2015 ; Pagnier I., Yutin N., Croce O., Makarova K.S., Wolf Y.I., Benamar S., Raoult D., Koonin E.V., La Scola B. ; Babela massiliensis, a representative of a widespread bacterial phylum with unusual adaptations to parasitism in amoebae ; Biology Direct

• [34] 2015 ; Caputo A., Dubourg G., Croce O., Gupta S., Robert C., Papazian L., Rolain J.M., Raoult D. ; Whole-genome assembly of Akkermansia muciniphila sequenced directly from human stool ; Biology Direct

• [33] 2014 ; Benamar S., La Scola B., Croce O.; Genome sequence of Afipia felis strain 76713, isolated in hospital water using an amoeba co-culture procedure ; Genome Announcements ;

• [32] 2014 ; Croce O., Hugon P., Lagier JC., Bibi F., Robert C., Azhar E., Raoult D., Fournier PE.; Genome sequence of Bacillus simplex strain P558, isolated from human faeces sample ; Genome Announcements

• [31] 2014 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Genome sequence of Legionella massiliensis, isolated from a cooling tower water sample ; Genome Announcements

• [30] 2014 ; Phelippeau M., Robert C., Croce O., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium neoaurum strain DSM 44074 T ; Genome Announcements

• [29] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium farcinogenes NCTC 10955 ; May 29;2(3). pii: e00523-14 ; Genome Announcements

• [28] 2014 ; M. Sassi, Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium triplex DSM 44626 ; May 29;2(3). pii: e00499-14 ; Genome Announcements

• [27] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M. ; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium vulneris DSM 45247T ; May 8;2(3): e00370-14 ; Genome Announcements

• [26] 2014 ; Gaia M., Benamar S., Boughalmi M., Pagnier I., Croce O., Colson P., Raoult D., La Scola B.; Zamilon, a Novel Virophage With Mimiviridae Host Specificity ; Apr 18;9(4):e94923 ; PLoS One

• [25] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M.; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium austroafricanum DSM 44191 ; Apr 17;2(2) ; Genome Announcements

• [24] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M.; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium margeritense DSM 44476T; Genome Announcements

• [23] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M.; Draft genome sequence of Mycobacterium asiaticum DSM 44297 strain ; Apr 17;2(2) ; Genome Announcements

• [22] 2014 ; Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., Drancourt M.; Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium cosmeticum DSM 44829; Apr 10;2(2) ; Genome Announcements ;

• [21] 2014 ; Gorlas A., Croce O., Oberto J., Gauliard E., Forterre P., Marguet E. ; Thermococcus nautili sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal deep sea vent (East Pacific Ridge) ; May;64(Pt 5):1802-10 ; Int J Syst Evol Microbiol.

• [20] 2014 ; Fournier P.E., Levy P.Y., Million M., Croce O., Blanc-Tailleur C., Brouqui P., Raoult D. ; Genome of a chronic osteitis-causing Clostridium tetani ; 2:25–26 ; New Microbes and New Infections.

• [19] 2014 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Anaerococcus provencensis sp. nov. ; 9(3) ; Stand Genomic Sci.

• [18] 2014 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Genome Sequence of Legionella anisa, Isolated from a Respiratory Sample, Using an Amoebal Coculture Procedure. ; Feb 27;2(1) ; Genome Announcements ;

• [17] 2014 ; Cassir N., Croce O., Pagnier I., Benamar S., Couderc C., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacteroides neonati sp. nov., a new species of anaerobic bacterium ; 9(3) ; Stand Genomic Sci.

• [16] 2013 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Fenollaria massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of anaerobic bacterium ; 9(3); Stand Genomic Sci.

• [15] 2013 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Anaerococcus pacaensis sp. nov., a new species of anaerobic bacterium ; 8(3):548-60 ; Stand Genomic Sci.

• [14] 2012 ; Merhej V., Croce O., Robert C, Raoult D. ; Genome sequence of Bartonella rattimassiliensis, a bacterium isolated from European Rattus norvegicus ; 194(24):7013 ; J Bacteriol.

• [13] 2012 ; Pagnier I, Croce O., Robert C, Raoult D, La Scola B. ; Genome sequence of Afipia birgiae, a rare bacterium associated with Amoebae ; 194(24):7018 ; J Bacteriol.

• [12] 2012 ; Merhej V., Croce O., Robert C, Rolain J.M., Raoult D. ; Genome sequence of Bartonella rattaustraliani, a bacterium isolated from an Australian rat ; 194(24):7012 ; J Bacteriol.

• [11] 2012 ; Gardès J., Bachar D., Croce O., Christen R. ; Patho-Genes.org: a website dedicated to gene sequences of potential bioterror bacteria and PCR primers used to amplify them ; 5(5):594-8 ; Microb Biotechnol.

• [10] 2012 ;Pagnier I., Boughalmi M., Croce O., Robert C., Raoult D., La Scola B. ; Genome Sequence of Legionella tunisiensis strain LegMT, a new Legionella species isolated from hypersaline lake water ; 194(21):5978 ; J Bacteriol.

• [9] 2012 ; Pagnier I., Croce O., Robert C, Raoult D, La Scola B. Genome Sequence of Reyranella massiliensis, a Bacterium Associated with Amoebae ; 194(20):5698 ; J Bacteriol.

• [8] 2012 ; Gardès J., Croce O., Christen R. ; In silico analyses of primers used to detect the pathogenicity genes of Vibrio cholerae ; 27(3):250-6 ; Microbes Environ.

• [7] 2012 ; Gérard J.P., Marcie S., Croce O., Hachem S., Trimaud R., Bordy J.M., Denoziere M., Courdi A., Benezery K., Hannoun Levi J.M., Barbet N. ; Development of a new Papillon 50TM machine with dedicated applicators used for 50 kV X-ray radiotherapy of rectal and skin cancers ; 33(2):109-116 ; IRBM.

• [6] 2012 ; Croce O., Hachem S., Franchisseur E., Marcié S., Gérard J.P. ; Contact radiotherapy using a 50 kV X-ray system : Evaluation of absorbed-dose with the monte-carlo code PENELOPE and comparison with measurements ; 81(6):609-617 ; Radiation Physics and Chemistry.

• [5] 2011 ; Gérard J.P., Sun Myint A., Croce O., Marcié S. ; Renaissance of contact x-ray therapy for treating rectal cancer; 8(4):483-92 ; Expert Rev Med Devices.

• [4] 2010 ; Croce O.; Chevenet F.; Christen R. ; A new web-server for the rapid identification of microorganisms ; 2(3):84-88 ; Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology.

• [3] 2010 ; Chevenet F., Croce O., Hebrard M., Christen R., Berry V. ; ScripTree: scripting phylogenetic graphics ; 26(8):1125-6 ; Bioinformatics.

• [2] 2008 ; Croce O.; Chevenet F.; Christen R.; OligoHeatMap (OHM): an online tool to estimate and display hybridizations of oligonucleotides onto DNA sequences; 36: W154–W156. ; Nucleic Acids Research.

• [1] 2006 ; Croce O.; Lamarre M.; Christen R. ; Querying the public databases for sequences using complex keywords contained in the feature lines; 7:45 ; BMC Bioinformatics.