Diana Z. Sousa

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Diana Z. Sousa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Building and Construction and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana Z. Sousa has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Building and Construction and 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Diana Z. Sousa's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (63 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers). Diana Z. Sousa is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (63 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (36 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers). Diana Z. Sousa collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Portugal and United States. Diana Z. Sousa's co-authors include Alfons J. M. Stams, M. M. Alves, Martijn Diender, M. A. Pereira, Hauke Smidt, A. J. Cavaleiro, Nico J. Claassens, Thijs J. G. Ettema, Guillaume Tahon and William H. Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Diana Z. Sousa

114 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diana Z. Sousa Netherlands	38	2.1k	1.9k	1.3k	1.1k	808	119	4.8k
Stefano Campanaro Italy	44	2.9k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	917 1.1×	163	6.7k
Jo De Vrieze Belgium	36	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	691 0.9×	98	4.4k
Anna Schnürer Sweden	44	4.3k 2.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.6×	877 1.1×	133	6.3k
Sabine Kleinsteuber Germany	41	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	112	4.2k
Richard Sparling Canada	37	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	3.1k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	384 0.5×	137	6.1k
Josef Winter Germany	42	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	688 0.9×	136	5.2k
Ralph S. Tanner United States	36	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	816 0.7×	704 0.9×	82	4.4k
Xiong Zheng China	42	1.4k 0.6×	810 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	3.2k 2.8×	549 0.7×	147	6.0k
Gavin Collins Ireland	37	1.5k 0.7×	729 0.4×	541 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	887 1.1×	103	3.9k
Kornél L. Kovács Hungary	35	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	958 0.7×	485 0.4×	361 0.4×	134	3.7k

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Diender, Martijn, et al.. (2025). Microbial synergy between Rhodospirillum rubrum and Acetobacterium woodii enables anaerobic CO conversion to polyhydroxyalkanoates. Green Chemistry. 27(26). 7878–7886. 1 indexed citations

Sipkema, Detmer, et al.. (2025). Hot prospects: harnessing thermophilic microbes for syngas fermentation. Trends in biotechnology. 43(11). 2803–2817. 1 indexed citations

Boeren, Sjef, et al.. (2024). Alcohol dehydrogenase system acts as the sole pathway for methanol oxidation in Desulfofundulus kuznetsovii strain TPOSR. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 117(1). 47–47. 2 indexed citations

Sousa, Diana Z., et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic tools for more efficient biotechnological processes: an example in poly-(3-hydroxybutyrate) production from carbon monoxide. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 90. 103212–103212. 1 indexed citations

Spormann, Alfred M., et al.. (2024). Dream reactions of CO2 capture, conversion, and beyond. Cell Reports Physical Science. 5(12). 102302–102302.

Kurth, Julia M., et al.. (2024). A novel mechanism for dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans. mSystems. 9(3). e0096723–e0096723. 4 indexed citations

Sousa, Diana Z., et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic evidence for an energetically advantageous relationship between Syntrophomonas wolfei and Methanothrix soehngenii. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 16(3). e13276–e13276. 6 indexed citations

Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. van, et al.. (2024). Coupling extracellular glycan composition with metagenomic data in papermill and brewery anaerobic granular sludges. Water Research. 252. 121240–121240. 12 indexed citations

Sanders, Mark, et al.. (2024). Methanogenic partner influences cell aggregation and signalling of Syntrophobacterium fumaroxidans. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 127–127. 9 indexed citations

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Sousa, Diana Z., et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of microbial co-aggregation in mixed anaerobic cultures. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 407–407. 8 indexed citations

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Cantera, Sara, et al.. (2023). Microbial conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into the fine chemicals hydroxyectoine and ectoine. Bioresource Technology. 374. 128753–128753. 21 indexed citations

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Cantera, Sara, Elisa Rodríguez, Juan Carlos López, et al.. (2023). Resilience and robustness of alphaproteobacterial methanotrophs upon methane feast-famine scenarios.. Environmental Research. 239(Pt 2). 117376–117376. 7 indexed citations

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Diender, Martijn, et al.. (2023). The role of ethanol oxidation during carboxydotrophic growth of Clostridium autoethanogenum. Microbial Biotechnology. 16(11). 2082–2093. 5 indexed citations

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Boeren, Sjef, et al.. (2022). Stimulating Effect of Trichococcus flocculiformis on a Coculture of Syntrophomonas wolfei and Methanospirillum hungatei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(13). e0039122–e0039122. 12 indexed citations

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Duarte, M. Salomé, A. J. Cavaleiro, Andreia F. Salvador, et al.. (2022). Principles, Advances, and Perspectives of Anaerobic Digestion of Lipids. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(8). 4749–4775. 64 indexed citations

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Diender, Martijn, et al.. (2021). Synthetic co-cultures: novel avenues for bio-based processes. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 67. 72–79. 72 indexed citations

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Sousa, Diana Z., et al.. (2021). Conversion of Carbon Monoxide to Chemicals Using Microbial Consortia. Advances in biochemical engineering, biotechnology. 180. 373–407. 8 indexed citations

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Ziels, Ryan, Masaru K. Nobu, & Diana Z. Sousa. (2019). Elucidating Syntrophic Butyrate-Degrading Populations in Anaerobic Digesters Using Stable-Isotope-Informed Genome-Resolved Metagenomics. mSystems. 4(4). 25 indexed citations

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Salvador, Andreia F., A. J. Cavaleiro, Ana M. S. Paulo, et al.. (2018). Inhibition Studies with 2-Bromoethanesulfonate Reveal a Novel Syntrophic Relationship in Anaerobic Oleate Degradation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(2). 34 indexed citations

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Sousa, Diana Z., Michael Visser, A.H. van Gelder, et al.. (2018). The deep-subsurface sulfate reducer Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii employs two methanol-degrading pathways. Nature Communications. 9(1). 239–239. 36 indexed citations

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