Stephanus N. Venter

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Stephanus N. Venter is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephanus N. Venter has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Plant Science, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephanus N. Venter's work include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (28 papers). Stephanus N. Venter is often cited by papers focused on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (43 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (34 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (28 papers). Stephanus N. Venter collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Stephanus N. Venter's co-authors include Teresa A. Coutinho, Carrie Brady, Ilse Cleenwerck, Paul de Vos, Jan A. Venter, Emma T. Steenkamp, Volker S. Brözel, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings and Marike Palmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Stephanus N. Venter

129 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephanus N. Venter South Africa	36	2.2k	1.5k	742	708	657	136	4.3k
Ching‐Hong Yang United States	37	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	784 1.1×	267 0.4×	444 0.7×	100	4.9k
Claire Prigent‐Combaret France	36	4.1k 1.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	739 1.0×	305 0.5×	91	7.0k
Antonio de Vicente Spain	44	5.1k 2.3×	1.7k 1.2×	526 0.7×	307 0.4×	1.7k 2.7×	165	6.8k
L.S. van Overbeek Netherlands	41	3.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	290 0.4×	689 1.0×	90	6.5k
Yves Dessaux France	32	2.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.9×	516 0.7×	383 0.5×	271 0.4×	51	4.7k
Jorge Lalucat Spain	38	1.7k 0.8×	3.0k 2.0×	1.8k 2.4×	536 0.8×	348 0.5×	125	5.5k
Abdellatif Boudabous Tunisia	39	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	585 0.8×	529 0.7×	178 0.3×	149	4.8k
Max Teplitski United States	38	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	618 0.9×	105 0.2×	99	5.3k
Trevor Suslow United States	35	2.3k 1.0×	726 0.5×	249 0.3×	234 0.3×	431 0.7×	95	5.0k
Daniel Wibberg Germany	40	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	623 0.8×	345 0.5×	333 0.5×	181	4.3k

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Beukes, Chrizelle W., Magriet A. van der Nest, Juanita R. Avontuur, et al.. (2025). Argyrolobium legumes from an African centre of endemism associate with novel Bradyrhizobium species harbouring unique sets of symbiosis genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 214. 108471–108471.

Viver, Tomeu, Juan F. Gago, Juanita R. Avontuur, et al.. (2025). Global dominance of Haloquadratum walsbyi by a single genomovar with distinct gene content and viral cohorts from close relatives. The ISME Journal. 19(1). 1 indexed citations

Viver, Tomeu, Juan F. Gago, Stephanus N. Venter, et al.. (2025). Uneven sequencing (coverage) depth can bias microbial intraspecies diversity estimates and how to account for it. ISME Communications. 5(1). ycaf228–ycaf228.

Viver, Tomeu, Roth E. Conrad, Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, et al.. (2024). Towards estimating the number of strains that make up a natural bacterial population. Nature Communications. 15(1). 544–544. 35 indexed citations

Hart, Daniel W., et al.. (2023). The best of both worlds: no apparent trade-off between immunity and reproduction in two group-living African mole-rat species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1883). 20220310–20220310. 6 indexed citations

Brady, Carrie, Steven V. Beer, May Bente Brurberg, et al.. (2022). Rahnella perminowiae sp. nov., Rahnella bonaserana sp. nov., Rahnella rivi sp. nov. and Rahnella ecdela sp. nov., isolated from diverse environmental sources, and emended description of the genus Rahnella. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 72(1). 13 indexed citations

Beukes, Chrizelle W., Marike Palmer, Sofie E. De Meyer, et al.. (2022). Delineation of Paraburkholderia tuberum sensu stricto and description of Paraburkholderia podalyriae sp. nov. nodulating the South African legume Podalyria calyptrata. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 45(3). 126316–126316. 7 indexed citations

Conrad, Roth E., Tomeu Viver, Juan F. Gago, et al.. (2021). Toward quantifying the adaptive role of bacterial pangenomes during environmental perturbations. The ISME Journal. 16(5). 1222–1234. 21 indexed citations

Lisboa, Bruno Brito, Pedro Beschoren da Costa, Stephanus N. Venter, et al.. (2021). Culture-independent assessment of the diazotrophic Bradyrhizobium communities in the Pampa and Atlantic Forest Biomes localities in southern Brazil. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 44(4). 126228–126228. 5 indexed citations

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Beukes, Chrizelle W., Marike Palmer, Sofie E. De Meyer, et al.. (2020). Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and ‘Paraburkholderia atlantica’ – Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa-associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 44(1). 126152–126152. 15 indexed citations

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Human, Zander Rainier, Bernard Slippers, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Michael J. Wingfield, & Stephanus N. Venter. (2017). Antifungal actinomycetes associated with the pine bark beetle, Orthotomicus erosus, in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 113(1/2). 7–7. 9 indexed citations

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Human, Zander Rainier, Kyuho Moon, Munhyung Bae, et al.. (2016). Antifungal Streptomyces spp. Associated with the Infructescences of Protea spp. in South Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. 1657–1657. 19 indexed citations

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Maayer, Pieter De, Stephanus N. Venter, Tim Kamber, et al.. (2011). Comparative genomics of the type VI secretion systems of Pantoea and Erwinia species reveals the presence of putative effector islands that may be translocated by the VgrG and Hcp proteins. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 576–576. 79 indexed citations

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Chimwamurombe, Percy, et al.. (2010). Factors impacting on the microbiological quality and safety of processed hake. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 9(49). 8405–8411. 2 indexed citations

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Venter, Stephanus N., et al.. (2010). Evaluation of oxidising disinfectants to control Vibrio biofilms in treated seawater used for fish processing. Water SA. 36(3). 215–220. 18 indexed citations

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Venter, Stephanus N., et al.. (2003). Identification methods for Legionella from environmental samples. Water Research. 37(6). 1362–1370. 44 indexed citations

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Venter, Stephanus N.. (2002). Dracophyllum marmoricola and Dracophyllum ophioliticum (Ericaceae), two new species from north‐west Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 40(1). 39–47. 6 indexed citations

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Momba, Maggy Ndombo Benteke, R. Kfir, Stephanus N. Venter, & T.E. Cloete. (2000). An overview of biofilm formation in distribution systems and its impact on the deterioration of water quality. Water SA. 26(1). 59–66. 100 indexed citations

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Theron, Jacques, et al.. (2000). Detection of toxigenicVibrio choleraefrom environmental water samples by an enrichment broth cultivation-pit-stop semi-nested PCR procedure. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 89(3). 539–546. 41 indexed citations

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Venter, Stephanus N.. (1996). Leslie Charles Leach 1909-1996. 30(1). 29. 1 indexed citations

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