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Stefano Donadio

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
14618
World Ranking
15962
National Ranking
6629

Stefano Donadio publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefano Donadio sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 158 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Stefano Donadio D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stefano Donadio sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Stefano Donadio is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their scholarly contributions span several fields, primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Key subfields of their research include Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Ecology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The following research topics summarize the focus areas of Stefano Donadio's work:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications

Stefano Donadio has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Margherita Sosio
  • Sonia I. Maffioli
  • Marianna Iorio
  • Matteo Simone
  • Paolo Monciardini

The scientist's recent papers reflect contributions to various high-impact journals and cover multiple aspects of microbial biosynthesis, metabolomics, and antibiotic development. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics," 2021, Nature Reviews Chemistry
  • "Biosynthetic potential of uncultured Antarctic soil bacteria revealed through long-read metagenomic sequencing," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "A biaryl-linked tripeptide from Planomonospora reveals a widespread class of minimal RiPP gene clusters," 2020, Cell Chemical Biology
  • "A Two-Component regulatory system with opposite effects on glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis and resistance," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Planomonospora: A Metabolomics Perspective on an Underexplored Actinobacteria Genus", 2021, Journal of Natural Products

Stefano Donadio has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Modular organization of genes required for complex polyketide biosynthesis.

    Stefano Donadio;Michael J. Staver;James B. McAlpine;Susan J. Swanson

  • Towards the sustainable discovery and development of new antibiotics

    Marcus Miethke;Marco Pieroni;Tilmann Weber;Mark Brönstrup

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Polyketide Synthesis: Prospects for Hybrid Antibiotics

    Leonard Katz;Stefano Donadio

  • Cloning of genes governing the deoxysugar portion of the erythromycin biosynthesis pathway in Saccharopolyspora erythraea (Streptomyces erythreus)

    J. Vara;M. Lewandowska-Skarbek;Yi-Guang Wang;S. Donadio

  • Polyketide synthases and nonribosomal peptide synthetases: the emerging view from bacterial genomics

    Stefano Donadio;Paolo Monciardini;Margherita Sosio

  • Antibiotic discovery in the twenty-first century: current trends and future perspectives

    Stefano Donadio;Sonia Maffioli;Paolo Monciardini;Margherita Sosio

  • Organization of the enzymatic domains in the multifunctional polyketide synthase involved in erythromycin formation in Saccharopolyspora erythraea

    Stefano Donadio;Leonard Katz

  • An erythromycin analog produced by reprogramming of polyketide synthesis.

    Stefano Donadio;James B. McAlpine;Paul J. Sheldon;Marianna Jackson

  • Sequencing and mutagenesis of genes from the erythromycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Saccharopolyspora erythraea that are involved in L-mycarose and D-desosamine production

    Richard G. Summers;Stefano Donadio;Michael J. Staver;Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski

  • Microbial technologies for the discovery of novel bioactive metabolites.

    Stefano Donadio;Paolo Monciardini;Rosa Alduina;Paola Mazza

  • Acyltransferase domain substitutions in erythromycin polyketide synthase yield novel erythromycin derivatives.

    Xiaoan Ruan;Ana Pereda;Diane L. Stassi;David Zeidner

  • New target for inhibition of bacterial RNA polymerase: ‘switch region’

    Aashish Srivastava;Meliza Talaue;Shuang Liu;David Degen

  • Discovering new bioactive molecules from microbial sources.

    Paolo Monciardini;Marianna Iorio;Sonia Maffioli;Margherita Sosio

  • The Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of the Glycopeptide Antibiotic A40926 by Nonomuraea Species

    Margherita Sosio;Sofia Stinchi;Fabrizio Beltrametti;Ameriga Lazzarini

  • Efficacy of the New Lantibiotic NAI-107 in Experimental Infections Induced by Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Pathogens

    Daniela Jabés;Cristina Brunati;GianPaolo Candiani;Simona Riva

  • New PCR primers for the selective amplification of 16S rDNA from different groups of actinomycetes

    Paolo Monciardini;Margherita Sosio;Linda Cavaletti;Claudia Chiocchini

  • Antibiotic-producing ability by representatives of a newly discovered lineage of actinomycetes.

    Elena Busti;Paolo Monciardini;Linda Cavaletti;Ruggiero Bamonte

  • Identification of a Saccharopolyspora erythraea gene required for the final hydroxylation step in erythromycin biosynthesis.

    D. Stassi;S. Donadio;Michael J. Staver;L. Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. Ebright
Richard H. Ebright Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Leonard Katz
Leonard Katz Haskins Laboratories
Claudio O. Gualerzi
Claudio O. Gualerzi University of Camerino
Hans-Georg Sahl
Hans-Georg Sahl University of Bonn
Wilfred A. van der Donk
Wilfred A. van der Donk University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marnix H. Medema
Marnix H. Medema Wageningen University & Research
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Manfred Rohde
Manfred Rohde Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Rolf Müller
Rolf Müller Saarland University
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen

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