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Tatyana P. Tourova

Tatyana P. Tourova

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Microbiology
Russia
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
52
Citations
8208
World Ranking
4247
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Russia Leader Award

Overview

Tatyana P. Tourova is affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Russian Federation. Their research broadly covers Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on topics related to microbial ecology and molecular studies.

The scientist's work emphasizes several main topics, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants

Subfields of study in which they have contributed include Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. The scientist has published extensively in a variety of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Sustainability
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Tatiana P. Tourova has collaborated often with several coauthors, notably:

  • Tamara N. Nazina
  • Diyana S. Sokolova
  • Denis S. Grouzdev
  • А. Б. Полтараус
  • Salimat K. Bidzhieva

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Tatyana P. Tourova showcase a range of scientific inquiries, including microbial biodiversity, taxonomy, and environmental microbiology. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Biodiversity of Microorganisms Colonizing the Surface of Polystyrene Samples Exposed to Different Aqueous Environments," 2020, Sustainability
  • "Phylogenetic Diversity of Microbial Communities from the Surface of Polyethylene Terephthalate Materials Exposed to Different Water Environments," 2020, Microbiology

Other notable papers of 2020 in related fields, though with other lead authors but affiliated with the same collaborators, include:

  • "Sphaerochaeta halotolerans sp. nov., a novel spherical halotolerant spirochete from a Russian heavy oil reservoir, emended description of the genus Sphaerochaeta, reclassification of Sphaerochaeta coccoides to a new genus Parasphaerochaeta gen. nov. as Parasphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and proposal of Sphaerochaetaceae fam. nov.," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Soehngenia longivitae sp. nov., a Fermenting Bacterium Isolated from a Petroleum Reservoir in Azerbaijan, and Emended Description of the Genus Soehngenia," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Diversity and Biotechnological Potential of Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from Heavy-Oil Reservoirs (Russia)," 2020, Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Taxonomic study of aerobic thermophilic bacilli: descriptions of Geobacillus subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Geobacillus uzenensis sp. nov. from petroleum reservoirs and transfer of Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus thermodenitrificans to Geobacillus as the new combinations G. stearothermophilus, G. th.

    T N Nazina;T P Tourova;A B Poltaraus;E V Novikova

  • Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes

    Dimitry Yu. Sorokin;Anatoly M. Lysenko;Lubov' L. Mityushina;Tatyana P. Tourova

  • Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes

    D.Y. Sorokin;D.Y. Sorokin;T.P. Tourova;M. Mussmann;G. Muyzer

  • Caldithrix abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrate- reducing, thermophilic, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent, represents a novel bacterial lineage

    Margarita L. Miroshnichenko;Nadezhda A. Kostrikina;Nikolai A. Chernyh;Nikolai V Pimenov

  • 8 Identification of Microorganisms by Rapid DNA-DNA Hybridization

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  • Thermincola ferriacetica sp. nov ., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic bacterium capable of dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction

    Daria G. Zavarzina;Tatyana G. Sokolova;Tatyana P. Tourova;Nikolai A. Chernyh

  • Thermoanaerobacter siderophilus sp. nov., a novel dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing, anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium.

    A. I. Slobodkin;T. P. Tourova;B. B. Kuznetsov;N. A. Kostrikina

  • Microbial thiocyanate utilization under highly alkaline conditions

    Dimitry Y. Sorokin;Tatyana P. Tourova;Anatoly M. Lysenko;J. Gijs Kuenen

  • [Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake].

    D. G. Zavarzina;T. V. Kolganova;E. S. Boulygina;N. A. Kostrikina

  • Reclassification of 'Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. thermotolerans' strain K1 as Alicyclobacillus tolerans sp. nov. and Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 as Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus.

    Grigorii I. Karavaiko;Tat'yana I. Bogdanova;Tat'yana P. Tourova;Tamara F. Kondrat'eva

  • Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio paradoxus sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic, obligately autotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria capable of growth on thiocyanate, from soda lakes.

    D.Y. Sorokin;T.P. Tourova;A.M. Lysenko;L.L. Mityushina

  • A Study of Nucleotide Sequences of nifH Genes of Some Methanotrophic Bacteria

    E. S. Boulygina;B. B. Kuznetsov;A. I. Marusina;T. P. Tourova

  • Carboxydocella thermautotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, CO-utilizing thermophile from a Kamchatkan hot spring.

    T G Sokolova;N A Kostrikina;N A Chernyh;T P Tourova

  • Carboxydobrachium pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, CO-utilizing marine bacterium from Okinawa Trough.

    T G Sokolova;J M González;N A Kostrikina;N A Chernyh

  • Thioalkalispira microaerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium from a soda lake.

    Dimitry Yu Sorokin;Tat'yana P Tourova;Tat'yana V Kolganova;Klaas A Sjollema

  • Sulfobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermotolerant, chemolithotrophic bacterium

    Tat'yana I. Bogdanova;Iraida A. Tsaplina;Tamara F. Kondrat'eva;Vitalii I. Duda

  • Geobacillus gargensis sp. nov., a novel thermophile from a hot spring, and the reclassification of Bacillus vulcani as Geobacillus vulcani comb. nov.

    Tamara N. Nazina;Elena V. Lebedeva;Andrei B. Poltaraus;Tatyana P. Tourova

  • Clostridium alkalicellum sp. nov., an Obligately Alkaliphilic Cellulolytic Bacterium from a Soda Lake in the Baikal Region

    T. N. Zhilina;V. V. Kevbrin;T. P. Tourova;A. M. Lysenko

  • Anaerobic growth of the haloalkaliphilic denitrifying sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Thialkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans sp. nov. with thiocyanate

    Dimitry Yu. Sorokin;Tat'yana P. Tourova;Alexey N. Antipov;G. Muyzer

  • Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio jannaschii sp. nov., novel species of haloalkaliphilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from hypersaline alkaline Mono Lake (California).

    Dimitry Yu Sorokin;Vladimir M Gorlenko;Tat'yana P Tourova;Alexandre I Tsapin

  • Anaerobranca californiensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalithermophilic, fermentative bacterium isolated from a hot spring on Mono Lake.

    Vladimir Gorlenko;Alexandre Tsapin;Alexandre Tsapin;Zorigto Namsaraev;Tracy Teal

Frequent Co-Authors

Anatoly M. Lysenko
Anatoly M. Lysenko Russian Academy of Sciences
Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya
Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya Russian Academy of Sciences
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam
Dimitry Y. Sorokin
Dimitry Y. Sorokin Delft University of Technology
Erwin A. Galinski
Erwin A. Galinski University of Bonn
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
Stefan Spring
Stefan Spring Leibniz Association
Christian Jeanthon
Christian Jeanthon Université Paris Cité
Brian J. Tindall
Brian J. Tindall Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures

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