2026 Vittorio Venturi: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13843	12737	411	387	202	11579

Overview

Vittorio Venturi is affiliated with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their main fields of study include:

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, Venturi's work emphasizes several subfields:

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Ecology
Cell Biology

The core topics associated with their research cover:

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Nematode management and characterization studies
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Among their recent papers, several have been published in recognized journals. These publications include:

"Plant Disease Management: Leveraging on the Plant-Microbe-Soil Interface in the Biorational Use of Organic Amendments," 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
"The rice foot rot pathogen Dickeya zeae alters the in-field plant microbiome," 2021, Environmental Microbiology
"Cell-Cell Signaling Proteobacterial LuxR Solos: a Treasure Trove of Subgroups Having Different Origins, Ligands, and Ecological Roles," 2023, mSystems
"A call to arms for cell-cell interactions between bacteria in the plant microbiome," 2021, Trends in Plant Science
"Pathobiomes Revealed that Pseudomonas fuscovaginae and Sarocladium oryzae Are Independently Associated with Rice Sheath Rot," 2020, Microbial Ecology

Venturi frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Cristina Bez
Iris Bertani
Alfonso Esposito
Silvano Piazza
Samson Musonerimana

Their work is often published in multiple venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

Frontiers in Plant Science
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Rhizosphere
Microbial Biotechnology

Best Publications

Signaling in the Rhizosphere

Vittorio Venturi;Christoph Keel

688
Citations
Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants.

Asaf Levy;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Isai Salas Gonzalez;Maximilian Mittelviefhaus;Scott Clingenpeel

598
Citations
Regulation of quorum sensing in Pseudomonas

Vittorio Venturi

592
Citations
Detection of quorum-sensing N-acyl homoserine lactone signal molecules by bacterial biosensors

Laura Steindler;Vittorio Venturi

479
Citations
Synergisms between microbial pathogens in plant disease complexes: a growing trend.

Jay Ram Lamichhane;Vittorio Venturi

466
Citations
Common Features of Environmental and Potentially Beneficial Plant-Associated Burkholderia

Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno;Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno;Jesús Caballero-Mellado;Bruna G. Coutinho;Lucia Mendonça-Previato

441
Citations
LuxR-family 'solos': bachelor sensors/regulators of signalling molecules

Sujatha Subramoni;Vittorio Venturi

250
Citations
Plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas putida WCS358 produces and secretes four cyclic dipeptides: cross-talk with quorum sensing bacterial sensors.

Giuliano Degrassi;Claudio Aguilar;Marco Bosco;Sotir Zahariev

242
Citations
Control of rpoS transcription in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas: why so different?

Vittorio Venturi

195
Citations
RsaL provides quorum sensing homeostasis and functions as a global regulator of gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Giordano Rampioni;Martin Schuster;Everett Peter Greenberg;Iris Bertani

174
Citations
Sharing of quorum-sensing signals and role of interspecies communities in a bacterial plant disease

Taha Hosni;Chiaraluce Moretti;Giulia Devescovi;Zulma Rocio Suarez-Moreno

172
Citations
Plant-Growth Promotion and Biocontrol Properties of Three Streptomyces spp. Isolates to Control Bacterial Rice Pathogens.

Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno;Diana Marcela Vinchira-Villarraga;Diana Isabel Vergara-Morales;Leonardo Castellanos

165
Citations
Pseudomonas aeruginosa relA contributes to virulence in Drosophila melanogaster.

David L. Erickson;J. Louise Lines;Everett C. Pesci;Vittorio Venturi

153
Citations
Chemical Signaling Between Plants and Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

Vittorio Venturi;Clay Fuqua

152
Citations
A novel widespread interkingdom signaling circuit.

Juan F. González;Vittorio Venturi

150
Citations
Involvement of a Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Lipase Secreted by a Clinical Isolate of Burkholderia glumae in Severe Disease Symptoms in Rice

Giulia Devescovi;Joseph Bigirimana;Giuliano Degrassi;Laura Cabrio

133
Citations
The Quorum-Sensing Negative Regulator RsaL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Binds to the lasI Promoter

Giordano Rampioni;Iris Bertani;Elisabetta Zennaro;Fabio Polticelli

128
Citations
Genetics of ferulic acid bioconversion to protocatechuic acid in plant-growth-promoting Pseudomonas putida WCS358

Vittorio Venturi;Francesca Zennaro;Giuliano Degrassi;Benedict C. Okeke

128
Citations
Plant-Influenced Gene Expression in the Rice Endophyte Burkholderia kururiensis M130

Bruna G Coutinho;Danilo Licastro;Lucia Mendonça-Previato;Miguel Cámara

125
Citations
Quorum sensing in the Burkholderia cepacia complex.

Vittorio Venturi;Arianna Friscina;Iris Bertani;Giulia Devescovi

123
Citations