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Marco Ventura

Marco Ventura

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Microbiology
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
100
Citations
36181
World Ranking
410
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Marco Ventura is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine. Their research intersects with several subfields including molecular biology, food science, infectious diseases, ecology, and nutrition and dietetics.

Their scientific work centers on key topics such as gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, genomics and phylogenetic studies, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, infant nutrition and health, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Recent notable publications by Marco Ventura include:

  • "Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a key member of the human gut microbiota in the production of GABA" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "The infant gut microbiome as a microbial organ influencing host well-being" (2020, The Italian Journal of Pediatrics)
  • "Insights into endogenous Bifidobacterium species in the human gut microbiota during adulthood" (2022, Trends in Microbiology)
  • "The genus Bifidobacterium: from genomics to functionality of an important component of the mammalian gut microbiota" (2021, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal)
  • "The Gut-Muscle Axis in Older Subjects with Low Muscle Mass and Performance: A Proof of Concept Study Exploring Fecal Microbiota Composition and Function with Shotgun Metagenomics Sequencing" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Marco Ventura has frequently published research in various scientific venues. Their most common publication outlets include:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbiome Research Reports
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Microbial Biotechnology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Gabriele Andrea Lugli
  • Christian Milani
  • Francesca Turroni
  • Leonardo Mancabelli
  • Douwe van Sinderen

Best Publications

  • The First Microbial Colonizers of the Human Gut: Composition, Activities, and Health Implications of the Infant Gut Microbiota

    Christian Milani;Sabrina Duranti;Francesca Bottacini;Eoghan Casey

  • Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: a gut microbiota perspective.

    Jean Guy LeBlanc;Christian Milani;Graciela Savoy de Giori;Graciela Savoy de Giori;Fernando Sesma

  • Genomics of Actinobacteria: Tracing the Evolutionary History of an Ancient Phylum

    Marco Ventura;Carlos Canchaya;Andreas Tauch;Govind Chandra

  • Mother-to-Infant Microbial Transmission from Different Body Sites Shapes the Developing Infant Gut Microbiome.

    Pamela Ferretti;Edoardo Pasolli;Adrian Tett;Francesco Asnicar

  • Stress Physiology of Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Konstantinos Papadimitriou;Ángel Alegría;Peter A Bron;Maria de Angelis

  • Diversity of Bifidobacteria within the Infant Gut Microbiota

    Francesca Turroni;Francesca Turroni;Clelia Peano;Daniel A. Pass;Elena Foroni

  • Gut Bifidobacteria Populations in Human Health and Aging.

    Silvia Arboleya;Silvia Arboleya;Claire Watkins;Claire Watkins;Catherine Stanton;Catherine Stanton;R. Paul Ross;R. Paul Ross

  • Intestinal Dysbiosis Associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Arancha Hevia;Christian Milani;Patricia López;Adriana Cuervo

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Prototype Lactic Acid Bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363

    Udo Wegmann;Mary O'Connell-Motherway;Aldert Zomer;Girbe Buist

  • Genome-scale analyses of health-promoting bacteria: probiogenomics.

    Marco Ventura;Sarah Josephine O'Flaherty;Marcus J. Claesson;Francesca Turroni

  • Stable Engraftment of Bifidobacterium longum AH1206 in the Human Gut Depends on Individualized Features of the Resident Microbiome

    María X. Maldonado-Gómez;Inés Martínez;Inés Martínez;Francesca Bottacini;Amy O’Callaghan

  • Intestinal microbiota development in preterm neonates and effect of perinatal antibiotics.

    Silvia Arboleya;Borja Sánchez;Christian Milani;Sabrina Duranti

  • Functional genome analysis of Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 reveals type IVb tight adherence (Tad) pili as an essential and conserved host-colonization factor

    Mary O'Connell Motherway;Aldert Zomer;Sinead C. Leahy;Justus Reunanen

  • Genome analysis of Bifidobacterium bifidum PRL2010 reveals metabolic pathways for host-derived glycan foraging

    Francesca Turroni;Francesca Bottacini;Elena Foroni;Imke Mulder

  • Exploring the Diversity of the Bifidobacterial Population in the Human Intestinal Tract

    Francesca Turroni;Elena Foroni;Paola Pizzetti;Vanessa Giubellini

  • Aging Gut Microbiota at the Cross-Road between Nutrition, Physical Frailty, and Sarcopenia: Is There a Gut-Muscle Axis?

    Andrea Ticinesi;Fulvio Lauretani;Christian Milani;Antonio Nouvenne

  • Molecular dialogue between the human gut microbiota and the host: a Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium perspective

    Francesca Turroni;Marco Ventura;Ludovica F. Buttó;Sabrina Duranti

  • Assessing the Fecal Microbiota: An Optimized Ion Torrent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analysis Protocol

    Christian Milani;Arancha Hevia;Elena Foroni;Sabrina Duranti

  • Maternal inheritance of bifidobacterial communities and bifidophages in infants through vertical transmission

    Sabrina Duranti;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Leonardo Mancabelli;Federica Armanini

  • Bifidobacterium adolescentis as a key member of the human gut microbiota in the production of GABA.

    Sabrina Duranti;Lorena Ruiz;Lorena Ruiz;Gabriele Andrea Lugli;Héctor Tames;Héctor Tames

  • Human gut microbiota and bifidobacteria: from composition to functionality.

    Francesca Turroni;Angela Ribbera;Elena Foroni;Douwe van Sinderen

Frequent Co-Authors

Douwe van Sinderen
Douwe van Sinderen University College Cork
Francesca Turroni
Francesca Turroni University of Parma
Christian Milani
Christian Milani University of Parma
Gabriele Andrea Lugli
Gabriele Andrea Lugli University of Parma
Sabrina Duranti
Sabrina Duranti University of Parma
Leonardo Mancabelli
Leonardo Mancabelli University of Parma
Abelardo Margolles
Abelardo Margolles Spanish National Research Council
Gerald F. Fitzgerald
Gerald F. Fitzgerald University College Cork
Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán
Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán Spanish National Research Council
Miguel Gueimonde
Miguel Gueimonde Spanish National Research Council

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