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Danilo Ercolini is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research primarily spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, key subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Food Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, and Ecology.

The scientist's main topics of research focus on various aspects of microbiology and nutrition. These include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Frequent publication venues for Danilo Ercolini's work include:

  • Food Research International
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Nutrients
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Among recent significant publications are:

  • "Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host," 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake," 2020, Gut
  • "A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance," 2021, Cell
  • "Large-scale genome-wide analysis links lactic acid bacteria from food with the gut microbiome," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "The food-gut axis: lactic acid bacteria and their link to food, the gut microbiome and human health," 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Danilo Ercolini frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors. Those with the highest number of joint publications include:

  • Francesca De Filippis
  • Vincenzo Valentino
  • Edoardo Pasolli
  • Giuseppina Sequino
  • Avelino Álvarez-Ordóñez

Best Publications

  • High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome.

    Francesca De Filippis;Nicoletta Pellegrini;Lucia Vannini;Ian B Jeffery

  • A selected core microbiome drives the early stages of three popular italian cheese manufactures.

    Francesca De Filippis;Antonietta La Storia;Giuseppina Stellato;Monica Gatti

  • PCR-DGGE Fingerprinting: Novel Strategies for Detection of Microbes in Food

    Danilo Ercolini

  • Membrane Toxicity of Antimicrobial Compounds from Essential Oils

    Rosangela Di Pasqua;Gail Betts;Nikki Hoskins;Mike Edwards

  • Bacterial populations and the volatilome associated to meat spoilage

    Annalisa Casaburi;Paola Piombino;George-John Nychas;Francesco Villani

  • Spoilage microbiota associated to the storage of raw meat in different conditions.

    Agapi I. Doulgeraki;Danilo Ercolini;Francesco Villani;George-John E. Nychas

  • Prevotella diversity, niches and interactions with the human host

    Adrian Tett;Edoardo Pasolli;Giulia Masetti;Danilo Ercolini

  • Changes in the spoilage-related microbiota of beef during refrigerated storage under different packaging conditions.

    Danilo Ercolini;Federica Russo;Elena Torrieri;Paolo Masi

  • Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake

    Victoria Meslier;Manolo Laiola;Henrik Munch Roager;Francesca De Filippis

  • High-Throughput Sequencing and Metagenomics: Moving Forward in the Culture-Independent Analysis of Food Microbial Ecology

    Danilo Ercolini

  • The Prevotella copri Complex Comprises Four Distinct Clades Underrepresented in Westernized Populations

    Adrian Tett;Kun D. Huang;Francesco Asnicar;Hannah Fehlner-Peach

  • Mesophilic and Psychrotrophic Bacteria from Meat and Their Spoilage Potential In Vitro and in Beef

    Danilo Ercolini;Federica Russo;Antonella Nasi;Pasquale Ferranti

  • Antibiotic-induced microbiota perturbation causes gut endocannabinoidome changes, hippocampal neuroglial reorganization and depression in mice

    F. Guida;F. Turco;M. Iannotta;D. De Gregorio

  • Whole-grain wheat consumption reduces inflammation in a randomized controlled trial on overweight and obese subjects with unhealthy dietary and lifestyle behaviors: role of polyphenols bound to cereal dietary fiber

    Paola Vitaglione;Ilario Mennella;Rosalia Ferracane;Angela A Rivellese

  • Distinct Genetic and Functional Traits of Human Intestinal Prevotella copri Strains Are Associated with Different Habitual Diets

    Francesca De Filippis;Edoardo Pasolli;Edoardo Pasolli;Adrian Tett;Sonia Tarallo

  • A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance

    David Danko;Daniela Bezdan;Evan E. Afshin;Sofia Ahsanuddin

  • Bacterial community structure and location in Stilton cheese.

    Danilo Ercolini;Philip J. Hill;Christine E. R. Dodd

  • Biochemical and sensory characteristics of traditional fermented sausages of Vallo di Diano (Southern Italy) as affected by the use of starter cultures.

    Annalisa Casaburi;Annalisa Casaburi;M-Conception Aristoy;Silvana Cavella;Rossella Di Monaco

  • Large-scale genome-wide analysis links lactic acid bacteria from food with the gut microbiome.

    Edoardo Pasolli;Francesca De Filippis;Italia E. Mauriello;Fabio Cumbo

  • Monitoring of microbial metabolites and bacterial diversity in beef stored under different packaging conditions.

    Danilo Ercolini;Ilario Ferrocino;Antonella Nasi;Maurice Ndagijimana

  • Bacteria and yeast microbiota in milk kefir grains from different Italian regions

    Cristiana Garofalo;Andrea Osimani;Vesna Milanović;Lucia Aquilanti

  • Spoilage-related microbiota associated with chilled beef stored in air or vacuum pack

    C. Pennacchia;D. Ercolini;F. Villani

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca De Filippis
Francesca De Filippis University of Naples Federico II
Francesco Villani
Francesco Villani University of Naples Federico II
Gianluigi Mauriello
Gianluigi Mauriello University of Naples Federico II
Marco Gobbetti
Marco Gobbetti Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Luca Simone Cocolin
Luca Simone Cocolin University of Turin
Maria De Angelis
Maria De Angelis University of Bari Aldo Moro
Giancarlo Moschetti
Giancarlo Moschetti University of Palermo
Raffaella Di Cagno
Raffaella Di Cagno Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Eugenio Parente
Eugenio Parente University of Basilicata
Kalliopi Rantsiou
Kalliopi Rantsiou University of Turin

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