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Marco Candela is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has a research profile focused on environmental science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist's work spans several main fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

More specifically, their research interests cover subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Immunology
  • Aquatic Science

Marco Candela's main topics of work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Diet and metabolism studies

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Marco Candela include:

  • "Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries" (2020, Gut)
  • "Elevated gut microbiome abundance of Christensenellaceae, Porphyromonadaceae and Rikenellaceae is associated with reduced visceral adipose tissue and healthier metabolic profile in Italian elderly" (2021, Gut Microbes)
  • "Shotgun Metagenomics of Gut Microbiota in Humans with up to Extreme Longevity and the Increasing Role of Xenobiotic Degradation" (2020, mSystems)
  • "Tissue-scale microbiota of the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and its relationship with the environment" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Gut microbiome structure and adrenocortical activity in dogs with aggressive and phobic behavioral disorders" (2020, Heliyon)

Marco Candela collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Simone Rampelli
  • Silvia Turroni
  • Daniel Scicchitano
  • Giorgia Palladino
  • Patrizia Brigidi

Best Publications

  • Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Status in Seniors and Centenarians

    Elena Biagi;Lotta Nylund;Lotta Nylund;Marco Candela;Rita Ostan

  • Gut microbiome of the Hadza hunter-gatherers

    Stephanie L. Schnorr;Marco Candela;Simone Rampelli;Manuela Centanni

  • Gut Microbiota and Extreme Longevity.

    Elena Biagi;Claudio Franceschi;Simone Rampelli;Marco Severgnini

  • Mediterranean diet intervention alters the gut microbiome in older people reducing frailty and improving health status: the NU-AGE 1-year dietary intervention across five European countries

    Tarini Shankar Ghosh;Simone Rampelli;Ian B Jeffery;Aurelia Santoro

  • Interaction of probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains with human intestinal epithelial cells: adhesion properties, competition against enteropathogens and modulation of IL-8 production.

    Marco Candela;Federico Perna;P. Carnevali;Beatrice Vitali

  • Ageing of the human metaorganism: the microbial counterpart

    Elena Biagi;Marco Candela;Susan Fairweather-Tait;Claudio Franceschi

  • The effect of short-chain fatty acids on human monocyte-derived dendritic cells

    Claudia Nastasi;Marco Candela;Charlotte Menné Bonefeld;Carsten Geisler

  • Metagenome Sequencing of the Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Gut Microbiota

    Simone Rampelli;Stephanie L. Schnorr;Clarissa Consolandi;Silvia Turroni

  • Correction: Through Ageing, and Beyond: Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Status in Seniors and Centenarians.

    Elena Biagi;Lotta Nylund;Marco Candela;Rita Ostan

  • Functional metagenomic profiling of intestinal microbiome in extreme ageing

    Simone Rampelli;Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Elena Biagi

  • Ageing and gut microbes: perspectives for health maintenance and longevity.

    Elena Biagi;Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Paolo Garagnani

  • Behçet's syndrome patients exhibit specific microbiome signature

    Clarissa Consolandi;Silvia Turroni;Giacomo Emmi;Marco Severgnini

  • Recommendations for the management of mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome in hepatitis C virus-infected patients.

    Maurizio Pietrogrande;Salvatore De Vita;Anna Linda Zignego;Pietro Pioltelli

  • Modulation of gut microbiota dysbioses in type 2 diabetic patients by macrobiotic Ma-Pi 2 diet.

    Marco Candela;Elena Biagi;Matteo Soverini;Clarissa Consolandi

  • Incidence and Characteristics of Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas in a Multicenter Case File of Patients With Hepatitis C Virus-Related Symptomatic Mixed Cryoglobulinemias

    Giuseppe Monti;Pietro Pioltelli;Francesco Saccardo;Mauro Campanini

  • Inflammation and colorectal cancer, when microbiota-host mutualism breaks.

    Marco Candela;Silvia Turroni;Elena Biagi;Franck Carbonero

  • Intestinal microbiota is a plastic factor responding to environmental changes

    Marco Candela;Elena Biagi;Simone Maccaferri;Silvia Turroni

  • Gut microbiota changes in the extreme decades of human life: a focus on centenarians.

    Aurelia Santoro;Rita Ostan;Marco Candela;Elena Biagi

  • Impact of a synbiotic food on the gut microbial ecology and metabolic profiles

    Beatrice Vitali;Maurice Ndagijimana;Federica Cruciani;Paola Carnevali

  • The three genetics (nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and gut microbiome) of longevity in humans considered as metaorganisms.

    Paolo Garagnani;Chiara Pirazzini;Cristina Giuliani;Marco Candela

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Brigidi
Patrizia Brigidi University of Bologna
Silvia Turroni
Silvia Turroni University of Bologna
Elena Biagi
Elena Biagi University of Bologna
Simone Rampelli
Simone Rampelli University of Bologna
Marco Severgnini
Marco Severgnini National Research Council (CNR)
Armando Gabrielli
Armando Gabrielli Marche Polytechnic University
Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Beatrice Vitali
Beatrice Vitali University of Bologna
Sven Hammerschmidt
Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald
Daniela Monti
Daniela Monti University of Florence

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