Francesca Petriglieri

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

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Francesca Petriglieri is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Petriglieri has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 13 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Petriglieri's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Francesca Petriglieri is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (12 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers). Francesca Petriglieri collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, France and Austria. Francesca Petriglieri's co-authors include Per Halkjær Nielsen, Caitlin M. Singleton, Marta Nierychlo, Zivile Kondrotaite, Morten Simonsen Dueholm, Simon Jon McIlroy, Jannie Munk Kristensen, Miriam Peces, Jette Fischer Petersen and Michael Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Petriglieri

20 papers receiving 994 citations

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Connecting structure to function with the recovery of over 1000 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes from activated sludge using long-read sequencing

2021 212 citations Caitlin M. Singleton, Francesca Petriglieri et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Petriglieri Denmark	14	632	399	257	247	206	21	1.0k
Jannie Munk Kristensen Denmark	10	458 0.7×	422 1.1×	319 1.2×	116 0.5×	139 0.7×	15	884
Alejandro Palomo Denmark	16	901 1.4×	557 1.4×	232 0.9×	232 0.9×	218 1.1×	39	1.3k
Man Hu China	8	696 1.1×	417 1.0×	169 0.7×	143 0.6×	180 0.9×	11	956
Bram Vanparys Belgium	12	704 1.1×	632 1.6×	385 1.5×	128 0.5×	196 1.0×	14	1.2k
Abdul Majid Maszenan Singapore	20	796 1.3×	439 1.1×	512 2.0×	215 0.9×	256 1.2×	33	1.4k
Igrid R. Gregory United States	7	813 1.3×	467 1.2×	174 0.7×	276 1.1×	222 1.1×	8	1.1k
Eva L. M. Figuerola Argentina	17	433 0.7×	354 0.9×	194 0.8×	77 0.3×	126 0.6×	23	927
Barbara Muñoz-Palazón Spain	18	861 1.4×	283 0.7×	95 0.4×	321 1.3×	193 0.9×	51	1.1k
Gerda Harms United States	10	853 1.3×	481 1.2×	215 0.8×	260 1.1×	226 1.1×	11	1.3k
Yuepeng Sun China	13	644 1.0×	195 0.5×	184 0.7×	133 0.5×	247 1.2×	31	903

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Sereika, Mantas, Aaron J. Mussig, Chenjing Jiang, et al.. (2025). Genome-resolved long-read sequencing expands known microbial diversity across terrestrial habitats. Nature Microbiology. 10(8). 2018–2030. 3 indexed citations

Kondrotaite, Zivile, Caitlin M. Singleton, Miriam Peces, et al.. (2025). Ecophysiology and niche differentiation of three genera of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. mSystems. 10(9). e0032225–e0032225.

Nierychlo, Marta, Zivile Kondrotaite, Francesca Petriglieri, et al.. (2025). Diversity and abundance of filamentous and non-filamentous “ Leptothrix” in global wastewater treatment plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(3). e0148524–e0148524. 1 indexed citations

Sereika, Mantas, Francesca Petriglieri, Per Halkjær Nielsen, et al.. (2023). Closed genomes uncover a saltwater species of Candidatus Electronema and shed new light on the boundary between marine and freshwater cable bacteria. The ISME Journal. 17(4). 561–569. 25 indexed citations

Petriglieri, Francesca, Zivile Kondrotaite, Caitlin M. Singleton, et al.. (2023). A comprehensive overview of the Chloroflexota community in wastewater treatment plants worldwide. mSystems. 8(6). e0066723–e0066723. 30 indexed citations

Kondrotaite, Zivile, Francesca Petriglieri, Caitlin M. Singleton, et al.. (2022). Diversity and Ecophysiology of the Genus OLB8 and Other Abundant Uncultured Saprospiraceae Genera in Global Wastewater Treatment Systems. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 917553–917553. 71 indexed citations

Petriglieri, Francesca, Jette Fischer Petersen, Miriam Peces, et al.. (2022). Quantification of Biologically and Chemically Bound Phosphorus in Activated Sludge from Full-Scale Plants with Biological P-Removal. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(8). 5132–5140. 32 indexed citations

Singleton, Caitlin M., Francesca Petriglieri, Kenneth Wasmund, et al.. (2022). The novel genus, ‘Candidatus Phosphoribacter’, previously identified as Tetrasphaera, is the dominant polyphosphate accumulating lineage in EBPR wastewater treatment plants worldwide. The ISME Journal. 16(6). 1605–1616. 64 indexed citations

Petriglieri, Francesca, Caitlin M. Singleton, Zivile Kondrotaite, et al.. (2022). Reevaluation of the Phylogenetic Diversity and Global Distribution of the Genus “CandidatusAccumulibacter”. mSystems. 7(3). e0001622–e0001622. 37 indexed citations

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Petriglieri, Francesca, Caitlin M. Singleton, Miriam Peces, et al.. (2021). “ Candidatus Dechloromonas phosphoritropha” and “ Ca . D. phosphorivorans”, novel polyphosphate accumulating organisms abundant in wastewater treatment systems. The ISME Journal. 15(12). 3605–3614. 124 indexed citations

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Singleton, Caitlin M., Francesca Petriglieri, Jannie Munk Kristensen, et al.. (2021). Connecting structure to function with the recovery of over 1000 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes from activated sludge using long-read sequencing. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2009–2009. 212 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kristensen, Jannie Munk, et al.. (2021). High Diversity and Functional Potential of Undescribed “Acidobacteriota” in Danish Wastewater Treatment Plants. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 643950–643950. 95 indexed citations

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Nierychlo, Marta, Caitlin M. Singleton, Francesca Petriglieri, et al.. (2021). Low Global Diversity of Candidatus Microthrix, a Troublesome Filamentous Organism in Full-Scale WWTPs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 690251–690251. 30 indexed citations

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Jiang, Chenjing, Simon Jon McIlroy, Rong Qi, et al.. (2020). Identification of microorganisms responsible for foam formation in mesophilic anaerobic digesters treating surplus activated sludge. Water Research. 191. 116779–116779. 23 indexed citations

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Fernando, Eustace, Simon Jon McIlroy, Marta Nierychlo, et al.. (2019). Resolving the individual contribution of key microbial populations to enhanced biological phosphorus removal with Raman–FISH. The ISME Journal. 13(8). 1933–1946. 139 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Per Halkjær, Marta Nierychlo, Francesca Petriglieri, & Kasper Reitzel. (2019). Bakterier fjerner phosphat fra spildevand. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 26–29. 1 indexed citations

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Nierychlo, Marta, et al.. (2018). The morphology and metabolic potential of the Chloroflexi in full-scale activated sludge wastewater treatment plants. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95(2). 78 indexed citations

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Petriglieri, Francesca, Marta Nierychlo, Per Halkjær Nielsen, & Simon Jon McIlroy. (2018). In situ visualisation of the abundant Chloroflexi populations in full-scale anaerobic digesters and the fate of immigrating species. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0206255–e0206255. 38 indexed citations

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Dueholm, Morten Simonsen, Simon Knutsson, Marta Nierychlo, et al.. (2018). Global database of microbes in wastewater treatment systems. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations

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Petriglieri, Francesca, Marta Nierychlo, Simon Jon McIlroy, & Per Halkjær Nielsen. (2017). The in situ characterization of the Chloroflexi communities of full-scale anaerobic digesters and the influence of immigration.. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 1 indexed citations

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