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Stefano Fazi is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a publication record of 63 works in this domain. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple topics, notably Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, and Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Stefano Amalfitano
  • Franco Tassi
  • Stefanía Venturi
  • Francesco Capecchiacci
  • Jacopo Cabassi

Key publication venues where Stefano Fazi has appeared multiple times are:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research

Stefano Fazi has recently published several papers, including:

  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring, 2020, Water Research
  • Overview and Challenges of Large-Scale Cultivation of Photosynthetic Microalgae and Cyanobacteria, 2023, Marine Drugs
  • The Essentials of Marine Biotechnology, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

In addition to journal articles, Stefano Fazi has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Pensoft Publishers titled A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment (2021).

Best Publications

  • Magnetite Particles Triggering a Faster and More Robust Syntrophic Pathway of Methanogenic Propionate Degradation

    Carolina Cruz Viggi;Simona Rossetti;Stefano Fazi;Paola Paiano

  • Overview and Challenges of Large-Scale Cultivation of Photosynthetic Microalgae and Cyanobacteria

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  • Expanding ecological assessment by integrating microorganisms into routine freshwater biomonitoring

    M. Sagova-Mareckova;J. Boenigk;A. Bouchez;K. Cermakova

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding for benthic monitoring: A review of sediment sampling and DNA extraction methods.

    J. Pawlowski;J. Pawlowski;K. Bruce;K. Panksep;K. Panksep;F.I. Aguirre

  • The essentials of marine biotechnology.

    Ana Rotter;Michèle Barbier;Francesco Bertoni;Atle Bones

  • Enhancing methane production from food waste fermentate using biochar: the added value of electrochemical testing in pre-selecting the most effective type of biochar.

    Carolina Cruz Viggi;Serena Simonetti;Enza Palma;Pamela Pagliaccia

  • Recovery and quantification of bacterial cells associated with streambed sediments.

    Stefano Amalfitano;Stefano Fazi

  • A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment

    Kat Bruce;Rosetta Blackman;Sarah J. Bourlat;Ann Micaela Hellstrom

  • Responses of benthic bacteria to experimental drying in sediments from Mediterranean temporary rivers.

    Stefano Amalfitano;Stefano Fazi;Annamaria Zoppini;Anna Barra Caracciolo

  • Bacterial communities associated with benthic organic matter in headwater stream microhabitats.

    Stefano Fazi;Stefano Amalfitano;Jakob Pernthaler;Alberto Puddu

  • Microbial biofilm structure and organic matter use in mediterranean streams

    Anna M. Romaní;Stefano Amalfitano;Joan Artigas;Stefano Fazi

  • Anaerobic arsenite oxidation with an electrode serving as the sole electron acceptor: a novel approach to the bioremediation of arsenic-polluted groundwater.

    Narcis Pous;Barbara Casentini;Simona Rossetti;Stefano Fazi

  • Dissolved organic matter composition in a fragmented Mediterranean fluvial system under severe drought conditions

    Eusebi Vazquez;Stefano Amalfitano;Stefano Fazi;Andrea Butturini

  • Response of biofilm bacterial communities to antibiotic pollutants in a Mediterranean river

    L. Proia;G. Lupini;V. Osorio;S. Pérez

  • A revisitation of TRIX for trophic status assessment in the light of the European Water Framework Directive: application to Italian coastal waters.

    Maurizio Pettine;Barbara Casentini;Stefano Fazi;Franco Giovanardi

  • Bacterial uptake of DOM released from P-limited phytoplankton

    Alberto Puddu;Annamaria Zoppini;Stefano Fazi;Michela Rosati

  • A New Network for the Advancement of Marine Biotechnology in Europe and Beyond

    Ana Rotter;Ariola Bacu;Michèle Barbier;Francesco Bertoni

  • Dynamics of a benthic microbial community in a riverine environment subject to hydrological fluctuations (Mulargia River, Italy)

    Annamaria Zoppini;Stefano Amalfitano;Stefano Fazi;Alberto Puddu

  • Sediment microbial communities rely on different dissolved organic matter sources along a Mediterranean river continuum

    A. Freixa;E. Ejarque;S. Crognale;S. Amalfitano

  • Stream hydrological fragmentation drives bacterioplankton community composition.

    Stefano Fazi;Eusebi Vázquez;Emilio O. Casamayor;Stefano Amalfitano

  • Extracellular enzyme activity and dynamics of bacterial community in mucilaginous aggregates of the northern Adriatic Sea.

    Annamaria Zoppini;Alberto Puddu;Stefano Fazi;Michela Rosati

  • Groundwater geochemistry and microbial community structure in the aquifer transition from volcanic to alluvial areas.

    S. Amalfitano;A. Del Bon;A. Zoppini;S. Ghergo

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Butturini
Andrea Butturini University of Barcelona
Franco Tassi
Franco Tassi University of Florence
Orlando Vaselli
Orlando Vaselli University of Florence
Anna M. Romaní
Anna M. Romaní University of Girona
David M. Harper
David M. Harper University of Leicester
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
Bernhard M. Fuchs
Bernhard M. Fuchs Max Planck Society
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Jakob Pernthaler
Jakob Pernthaler University of Zurich

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