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Antonio Ventosa

Antonio Ventosa

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Microbiology

D-Index
91
Citations
28428
World Ranking
656
National Ranking
13

Overview

Antonio Ventosa is affiliated with the University of Seville in Spain. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, primarily focusing on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Environmental Science.

The main topics within Antonio Ventosa's body of work include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Their publications have appeared frequently in several scientific venues, with the most common being:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Antonio Ventosa include:

  • "Phylogenomics of Haloarchaea: The Controversy of the Genera Natrinema-Haloterrigena," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae," 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria," 2024, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "The best of both worlds: a proposal for further integration of Candidatus names into the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes," 2024, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Guidelines for interpreting the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and for preparing a Request for an Opinion," 2023, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Frequent co-authors in Antonio Ventosa's collaborations include:

  • Cristina Sánchez-Porro
  • Rafael R. de la Haba
  • David R. Arahal
  • Raquel S. Peixoto
  • Max M. Häggblom

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

    Jongsik Chun;Aharon Oren;Antonio Ventosa;Henrik Christensen

  • Biology of moderately halophilic aerobic bacteria

    Antonio Ventosa;Joaquín J. Nieto;Aharon Oren

  • Numerical Taxonomy of Moderately Halophilic Gram-negative Rods

    Antonio Ventosa;Emilia Quesada;Francisco Rodriguez-Valera;Francisco Ruiz-Berraquero

  • Proposed Minimal Standards for Description of New Taxa in the Order Halobacteriales

    A. Oren;A. Ventosa;W. D. Grant

  • Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria.

    N A Logan;O Berge;A H Bishop;H-J Busse

  • Diversity of moderately halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes

    C. Sánchez-Porro;S. Martín;E. Mellado;A. Ventosa

  • Biotechnological applications and potentialities of halophilic microorganisms.

    A Ventosa;J J Nieto

  • Classification of Non-alkaliphilic Halobacteria Based on Numerical Taxonomy and Polar Lipid Composition, and Description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov.

    Marina Torreblanca;F. Rodriguez-Valera;Guadalupe Juez;Antonio Ventosa

  • New Abundant Microbial Groups in Aquatic Hypersaline Environments

    Rohit Ghai;Lejla Pašić;Lejla Pašić;Ana Beatriz Fernández;Ana-Belen Martin-Cuadrado

  • Screening and isolation of halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolyses from Howz Soltan Lake, Iran

    R. Rohban;Mohammad Ali Amoozegar;A. Ventosa

  • Halobacillus gen. nov., with Descriptions of Halobacillus litoralis sp. nov. and Halobacillus trueperi sp. nov., and Transfer of Sporosarcina halophila to Halobacillus halophilus comb. nov.

    S. Spring;W. Ludwig;M. C. Marquez;A. Ventosa

  • Variation of environmental features and microbial populations with salt concentrations in a multi-pond saltern.

    F. Rodriguez-Valera;A. Ventosa;G. Juez;Johannes F. Imhoff

  • Halophiles 2010: life in saline environments.

    Yanhe Ma;Erwin A. Galinski;William D. Grant;Aharon Oren

  • Production and biochemical characterization of an α-amylase from the moderate halophile Halomonas meridiana

    María-José Coronado;María-José Coronado;Carmen Vargas;Jürgen Hofemeister;Antonio Ventosa

  • Halomonas organivorans sp. nov., a moderate halophile able to degrade aromatic compounds.

    María Teresa García;Encarnación Mellado;Juan Carlos Ostos;Antonio Ventosa

  • Survey of metal tolerance in moderately halophilic eubacteria

    J J Nieto;R Fernández-Castillo;M C Márquez;A Ventosa

  • Halomonas neptunia sp. nov., Halomonas sulfidaeris sp. nov., Halomonas axialensis sp. nov. and Halomonas hydrothermalis sp. nov.: halophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal-vent environments

    Jonathan Z. Kaye;M. Carmen Márquez;Antonio Ventosa;John A. Baross

  • Vibrio tapetis sp. nov., the Causative Agent of the Brown Ring Disease Affecting Cultured Clams

    Juan J. Borrego;Dolores Castro;Antonio Luque;Christine Paillard

  • Microbial diversity of hypersaline environments: a metagenomic approach.

    Antonio Ventosa;Rafael R de la Haba;Cristina Sánchez-Porro;R Thane Papke

  • Deleya halophila, a New Species of Moderately Halophilic Bacteria

    E. Quesada;A. Ventosa;F. Ruiz-Berraquero;A. Ramos-Cormenzana

  • Class III. Halobacteria class nov

    WD Grant;M Kamekura;TJ McGenity;A Ventosa

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Grant
William D. Grant University of Leicester
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Don A. Cowan
Don A. Cowan University of Pretoria
Yanhe Ma
Yanhe Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Miguel Hernandez University
Cathrin Spröer
Cathrin Spröer Leibniz Association
Lucas Domínguez
Lucas Domínguez Complutense University of Madrid
Edward R. B. Moore
Edward R. B. Moore University of Gothenburg
Morris Kates
Morris Kates University of Ottawa

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