Stefano Romano

3.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Stefano Romano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Romano has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Stefano Romano's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Stefano Romano is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (5 papers). Stefano Romano collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Austria. Stefano Romano's co-authors include Alan D. W. Dobson, George M. Savva, Arjan Narbad, Janis R. Bedarf, Falk Hildebrand, Ian G. Charles, Anne Daebeler, Mads Albertsen, Michael Wagner and Christopher J. Sedlacek and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Romano

27 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

2017 629 citations K. Dimitri Kits, Christopher J. Sedlacek et al. Nature profile →
Meta-analysis of the Parkinson’s disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation

2021 462 citations Stefano Romano, George M. Savva et al. npj Parkinson s Disease profile →
Fecal microbiota transfer between young and aged mice reverses hallmarks of the aging gut, eye, and brain

2022 222 citations Aimée Parker, Stefano Romano et al. Microbiome profile →

Peers

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Clementina Sansone Italy

Fang Li China

Kai Guo China

R. Kirubagaran India

Xiaoling Liu China

Yun‐Juan Chang United States

R H Olsen United States

Brendan T. Higgins United States

Sisi Liu China

Anders Johansen Denmark

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Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Romano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Romano

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefano Romano. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefano Romano based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefano Romano. Stefano Romano is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kellingray, Lee, George M. Savva, Enriqueta García-Gutiérrez, et al.. (2025). Temporal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 shedding in feces and saliva: a longitudinal study in Norfolk, United Kingdom during the 2021–2022 COVID-19 waves. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(5). e0319524–e0319524. 1 indexed citations

Romano, Stefano, Jakob Wirbel, Rebecca Ansorge, et al.. (2025). Machine learning-based meta-analysis reveals gut microbiome alterations associated with Parkinson’s disease. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4227–4227. 6 indexed citations

Bedarf, Janis R., Stefano Romano, Silke S. Heinzmann, et al.. (2025). A prebiotic dietary pilot intervention restores faecal metabolites and may be neuroprotective in Parkinson’s Disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 66–66. 6 indexed citations

Ansorge, Rebecca, Stefano Romano, Andrea Telatin, et al.. (2025). The nisin O cluster: species dissemination, candidate leader peptide proteases and the role of regulatory systems. Microbiology. 171(2).

Parker, Aimée, Stefano Romano, Rebecca Ansorge, et al.. (2022). Fecal microbiota transfer between young and aged mice reverses hallmarks of the aging gut, eye, and brain. Microbiome. 10(1). 1400–1403. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Tianqi, Enriqueta García-Gutiérrez, Alp Aydin, et al.. (2021). An optimised protocol for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in stool. BMC Microbiology. 21(1). 242–242. 5 indexed citations

Romano, Stefano, George M. Savva, Janis R. Bedarf, et al.. (2021). Meta-analysis of the Parkinson’s disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation. npj Parkinson s Disease. 7(1). 27–27. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

Ansorge, Rebecca, Stefano Romano, Lizbeth Sayavedra, et al.. (2019). Functional diversity enables multiple symbiont strains to coexist in deep-sea mussels. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2487–2497. 68 indexed citations

Romano, Stefano, et al.. (2017). Phosphate Limitation Triggers the Dissolution of Precipitated Iron by the Marine Bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 364–364. 18 indexed citations

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Naughton, Lynn M., Stefano Romano, Fergal O’Gara, & Alan D. W. Dobson. (2017). Identification of Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters in the Pseudovibrio Genus Reveals Encouraging Biosynthetic Potential toward the Production of Novel Bioactive Compounds. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1494–1494. 46 indexed citations

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Kits, K. Dimitri, Christopher J. Sedlacek, Е. В. Лебедева, et al.. (2017). Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle. Nature. 549(7671). 269–272. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Romano, Stefano, Antonio Fernàndez-Guerra, F. Jerry Reen, et al.. (2016). Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals a Diverse Repertoire of Genes Involved in Prokaryote-Eukaryote Interactions within the Pseudovibrio Genus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 387–387. 16 indexed citations

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Schwedt, Anne, Michael Seidel, Thorsten Dittmar, et al.. (2015). Substrate Use of Pseudovibrio sp. Growing in Ultra-Oligotrophic Seawater. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0121675–e0121675. 19 indexed citations

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Reen, F. Jerry, Stefano Romano, Alan D. W. Dobson, & Fergal O’Gara. (2015). The Sound of Silence: Activating Silent Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Marine Microorganisms. Marine Drugs. 13(8). 4754–4783. 118 indexed citations

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Romano, Stefano, et al.. (2015). Phosphate Limitation Induces Drastic Physiological Changes, Virulence-Related Gene Expression, and Secondary Metabolite Production in Pseudovibrio sp. Strain FO-BEG1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81(10). 3518–3528. 53 indexed citations

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Romano, Stefano, et al.. (2014). Exo-Metabolome of Pseudovibrio sp. FO-BEG1 Analyzed by Ultra-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and the Effect of Phosphate Limitation. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e96038–e96038. 53 indexed citations

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Romano, Stefano, Patrizia Paganin, Cristiano Varrone, Silvia Tabacchioni, & Luigi Chiarini. (2013). Dynamics of hydrogen-producing bacteria in a repeated batch fermentation process using lake sediment as inoculum. Archives of Microbiology. 196(2). 97–107. 11 indexed citations

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Richter, Michael, et al.. (2013). The genus P seudovibrio contains metabolically versatile bacteria adapted for symbiosis. Environmental Microbiology. 15(7). 2095–2113. 89 indexed citations

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Lal, Sadhana, Stefano Romano, Luigi Chiarini, Antonella Signorini, & Silvia Tabacchioni. (2011). The Paenibacillus polymyxa species is abundant among hydrogen-producing facultative anaerobic bacteria in Lake Averno sediment. Archives of Microbiology. 194(5). 345–351. 11 indexed citations

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Romano, Stefano, Patrizia Paganin, Cristiano Varrone, Silvia Tabacchioni, & Luigi Chiarini. (2010). Hydrogen production by bacterial consortia selected from lake sediments. Journal of Biotechnology. 150. 141–141. 1 indexed citations

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