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Marco Ventura

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Microbiology
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

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

Marco Ventura publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marco Ventura sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 383 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Marco Ventura D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marco Ventura sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 122 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 93 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 100 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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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