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Martin Romantschuk

Martin Romantschuk

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8793
World Ranking
16301
National Ranking
119

Overview

Martin Romantschuk is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and specializes in environmental science. Their research spans several subfields, including pollution, ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The primary focus of their work lies in microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, electrokinetic soil remediation techniques, heavy metals in the environment, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, geophysical and geoelectrical methods, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

Recent publications from Martin Romantschuk and related authors include the following:

  • "Yard vegetation is associated with gut microbiota composition," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater by in situ biostimulation," 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "In situ electrokinetic (EK) remediation of the total and plant available cadmium (Cd) in paddy agricultural soil using low voltage gradients at pilot and full scales," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "PET addition delays the composting mature process and promotes microbiota associated with plastic degradation in plastisphere," 2023, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Lead (Pb) contamination alters richness and diversity of the fungal, but not the bacterial community in pine forest soil," 2024, Helda (University of Helsinki)

Frequent co-authors of Martin Romantschuk include:

  • Aki Sinkkonen
  • Nan Hui
  • Nina S. Atanasova
  • Xinxin Liu
  • Rasmus Malmgren

The most common publication venues where Martin Romantschuk's work appears are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Helda (University of Helsinki)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Martin Romantschuk's research addresses a range of environmental challenges, focusing on bioremediation processes and soil remediation techniques. Their work often explores the interactions between microbial communities and environmental contaminants, including heavy metals and plastics.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial diversity at different stages of the composting process

    Pasi Partanen;Jenni Hultman;Lars Paulin;Petri Auvinen

  • Hrp pilus: An hrp-dependent bacterial surface appendage produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000

    Elina Roine;Wensheng Wei;Jing Yuan;Eeva-Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila

  • Means to improve the effect of in situ bioremediation of contaminated soil: an overview of novel approaches.

    M Romantschuk;I Sarand;T Petänen;R Peltola

  • Use of a by-product of peat excavation, cotton grass fibre, as a sorbent for oil-spills.

    S. Suni;A.-L. Kosunen;M. Hautala;A. Pasila

  • Activity, diversity and population size of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in oil-contaminated landfarming soil

    Jukka Kurola;Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen;Tuula Aarnio;Jenni Hultman

  • Effects of pH and microbial composition on odour in food waste composting.

    Cecilia Sundberg;Dan Yu;Ingrid Franke-Whittle;Sari Kauppi

  • Enhancing bioremediation of diesel-fuel-contaminated soil in a boreal climate: Comparison of biostimulation and bioaugmentation

    Sari Kauppi;Aki Tapio Sinkkonen;Martin Romantschuk

  • The Hrp pilus of Pseudomonas syringae elongates from its tip and acts as a conduit for translocation of the effector protein HrpZ

    Chun-Mei Li;Ian Brown;John Mansfield;Conrad Stevens

  • Soil microbial communities are shaped by vegetation type and park age in cities under cold climate

    Nan Hui;Ari Jumpponen;Gaia Francini;D. Johan Kotze

  • Traceability of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in compost-treated soils

    Gerd Innerebner;Brigitte Knapp;Tuija Vasara;Martin Romantschuk

  • Attachment of plant pathogenic bacteria to plant surfaces.

    Martin Romantschuk

  • Biogas production and methanogenic archaeal community in mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion processes.

    D. Yu;J.M. Kurola;K. Lähde;M. Kymäläinen

  • Isolation of Additional Bacteriophages with Genomes of Segmented Double-Stranded RNA

    Leonard Mindich;Xueying Qiao;Jian Qiao;Shiroh Onodera

  • Microbial biofilms and catabolic plasmid harbouring degradative fluorescent pseudomonads in Scots pine mycorrhizospheres developed on petroleum contaminated soil

    Inga Sarand;Sari Timonen;Eeva-Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila;Teija Koivula

  • Effects of differing temperature management on development of Actinobacteria populations during composting

    Kristin Steger;Åsa Jarvis;Tuija Vasara;Martin Romantschuk

  • Characterization of Type IV Pilus Genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000

    Elina Roine;Deanna M. Raineri;Martin Romantschuk;Mark Wilson

  • The type III-dependent Hrp pilus is required for productive interaction of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria with pepper host plants.

    Ernst Weber;Tuula Ojanen-Reuhs;Elisabeth Huguet;Gerd Hause

  • Nucleotide sequence of the large double-stranded RNA segment of bacteriophage phi 6: genes specifying the viral replicase and transcriptase.

    Leonard Mindich;I. Nemhauser;P. Gottlieb;M. Romantschuk

  • Immunocytochemical localization of HrpA and HrpZ supports a role for the Hrp pilus in the transfer of effector proteins from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato across the host plant cell wall

    Ian R. Brown;John W. Mansfield;Suvi Taira;Elina Roine

  • Membrane fusion in prokaryotes: bacteriophage phi 6 membrane fuses with the Pseudomonas syringae outer membrane.

    D. H. Bamford;M. Romantschuk;P. J. Somerharju

Frequent Co-Authors

Heikki Setälä
Heikki Setälä University of Helsinki
Dennis H. Bamford
Dennis H. Bamford University of Helsinki
Lars Paulin
Lars Paulin University of Helsinki
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
Petri Auvinen
Petri Auvinen University of Helsinki
Håkan Jönsson
Håkan Jönsson Lund University
Juha Mikola
Juha Mikola Natural Resources Institute Finland
Hannu Fritze
Hannu Fritze Natural Resources Institute Finland
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen University of Helsinki
Anne Ojala
Anne Ojala University of Helsinki

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