Nico Betterle

1.1k total citations
21 papers, 830 citations indexed

About

Nico Betterle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Betterle has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 830 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Nico Betterle's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (8 papers) and Light effects on plants (6 papers). Nico Betterle is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (15 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (8 papers) and Light effects on plants (6 papers). Nico Betterle collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Nico Betterle's co-authors include Roberto Bassi, Luca Dall’Osto, Matteo Ballottari, Anastasios Melis, Stefano Cazzaniga, Silvia Bianchi, Tomas Morosinotto, Simone Zorzan, Roman Kouřil and Diego Hidalgo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Plant Cell.

In The Last Decade

Nico Betterle

20 papers receiving 823 citations

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Stephan Eberhard France

Wojciech J. Nawrocki Netherlands

Stephan Hobe Germany

Alexander P. Hertle Germany

Alberta Pinnola Italy

Franck Michoux United Kingdom

Mathias Labs Germany

Caterina Gerotto Italy

Laura L. Eggink United States

Henning Kirst United States

Stephan Eberhard France

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20 of 20 papers shown

Betterle, Nico, et al.. (2025). Engineering of the fast-growing cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 11901 to synthesize astaxanthin. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts. 18(1). 28–28. 3 indexed citations

Bergantino, Elisabetta, et al.. (2025). A Bioprocess Engineering Approach to Boost Selection of Fully Segregated Transformants in Cyanobacteria. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 122(10). 2781–2790.

Betterle, Nico, et al.. (2024). Valorization of wastewater from industrial hydroponic cultivations using the microalgal species Chlorella vulgaris. Algal Research. 81. 103570–103570. 3 indexed citations

Betterle, Nico, Giuseppe Mannino, Stefano D’Alessandro, et al.. (2023). The Geomagnetic Field (GMF) Is Required for Lima Bean Photosynthesis and Reactive Oxygen Species Production. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2896–2896. 13 indexed citations

Melis, Anastasios, Diego Hidalgo, & Nico Betterle. (2023). Perspectives of cyanobacterial cell factories. Photosynthesis Research. 162(2-3). 459–471. 14 indexed citations

Hidalgo, Diego, Nico Betterle, & Anastasios Melis. (2022). Phycocyanin Fusion Constructs for Heterologous Protein Expression Accumulate as Functional Heterohexameric Complexes in Cyanobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 11(3). 1152–1166. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Xianan, Nico Betterle, Diego Hidalgo, & Anastasios Melis. (2021). Recombinant Protein Stability in Cyanobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology. 10(4). 810–825. 21 indexed citations

Betterle, Nico, Diego Hidalgo, & Anastasios Melis. (2020). Cyanobacterial Production of Biopharmaceutical and Biotherapeutic Proteins. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 237–237. 21 indexed citations

Benedetti, Manuel, et al.. (2019). Design of a highly thermostable hemicellulose-degrading blend from Thermotoga neapolitana for the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Journal of Biotechnology. 296. 42–52. 20 indexed citations

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Betterle, Nico & Anastasios Melis. (2019). Photosynthetic generation of heterologous terpenoids in cyanobacteria. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 116(8). 2041–2051. 31 indexed citations

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Kirst, Henning, Evangelia Vamvaka, Nico Betterle, et al.. (2018). Downregulation of the CpSRP43 gene expression confers a truncated light-harvesting antenna (TLA) and enhances biomass and leaf-to-stem ratio in Nicotiana tabacum canopies. Planta. 248(1). 139–154. 28 indexed citations

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Betterle, Nico & Anastasios Melis. (2018). Heterologous Leader Sequences in Fusion Constructs Enhance Expression of Geranyl Diphosphate Synthase and Yield of β-Phellandrene Production in Cyanobacteria (Synechocystis). ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(3). 912–921. 27 indexed citations

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Jeong, Jooyeon, Kwangryul Baek, Jihyeon Yu, et al.. (2017). Deletion of the chloroplast LTD protein impedes LHCI import and PSI–LHCI assembly in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Experimental Botany. 69(5). 1147–1158. 34 indexed citations

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Mannucci, Silvia, Giamaica Conti, Stefano Tambalo, et al.. (2014). Magnetic Nanoparticles from Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Increase the Efficacy of Thermotherapy in a Model of Colon Carcinoma. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e108959–e108959. 49 indexed citations

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Betterle, Nico, Matteo Ballottari, Sacha Baginsky, & Roberto Bassi. (2014). High Light-Dependent Phosphorylation of Photosystem II Inner Antenna CP29 in Monocots Is STN7 Independent and Enhances Nonphotochemical Quenching. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 167(2). 457–471. 35 indexed citations

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Pinnola, Alberta, et al.. (2012). Enhancement of Non-Photochemical Quenching in the Bryophyte Physcomitrella patens During Acclimation to Salt and Osmotic Stress. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(10). 1815–1825. 41 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Silvia, Nico Betterle, Roman Kouřil, et al.. (2011). Arabidopsis Mutants Deleted in the Light-Harvesting Protein Lhcb4 Have a Disrupted Photosystem II Macrostructure and Are Defective in Photoprotection. The Plant Cell. 23(7). 2659–2679. 142 indexed citations

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Ballottari, Matteo, et al.. (2010). Identification of the Chromophores Involved in Aggregation-dependent Energy Quenching of the Monomeric Photosystem II Antenna Protein Lhcb5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(36). 28309–28321. 29 indexed citations

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Betterle, Nico, Matteo Ballottari, Rainer Hienerwadel, Luca Dall’Osto, & Roberto Bassi. (2010). Dynamics of zeaxanthin binding to the photosystem II monomeric antenna protein Lhcb6 (CP24) and modulation of its photoprotection properties. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 504(1). 67–77. 40 indexed citations

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Betterle, Nico, Matteo Ballottari, Simone Zorzan, et al.. (2009). Light-induced Dissociation of an Antenna Hetero-oligomer Is Needed for Non-photochemical Quenching Induction. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(22). 15255–15266. 251 indexed citations

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