Papers
2025
VENTURINI, A. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; BERRIOS, L.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; PEAY, K. G.; TSAI, S. M. Linking soil microbial genomic features to forest-to-pasture conversion in the Amazon. Microbiology Spectrum, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01561-24
HOLMES, K. D.; FINE, P.; MESONES, I.; ALVAREZ-MANJARREZ, J.; VENTURINI, A. M.; PEAY, K. G.; SALAZAR, D. Evolutionary trajectories of shoots vs. roots: Plant volatile metabolomes are richer but less structurally diverse belowground in the tropical tree genus Protium. Plants, v. 14, n. 2, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14020225
2024
BERRIOS, L.; VENTURINI, A. M.; ANSELL, B. T.; TOK, E.; JOHNSON, W.; WILLING, C. E.; PEAY, K. G. Co-inoculations of bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi often drive additive plant growth responses. ISME Communications, v. 4, n. 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae104
GONTIJO, J. B.; PAULA, F. S.; BIELUCZYK, W.; DA FRANÇA, A. G.; NAVROSKI, D.; MANDRO, J. A.; VENTURINI, A. M.; ASSELTA, F. O.; MENDES, L. M.; MOURA, J. M. S.; MOREIRA, M. Z.; NÜSSLEIN, K. R.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M.; BODELIER, P. L. E.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; TSAI, S. M. Methane-cycling microbial communities from Amazon floodplains and upland forests respond differently to simulated climate change scenarios. Environmental Microbiome, v. 19, n. 48, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00596-z
ALBINO, R. C.; BRIMBLE, M. A.; ZDENEK, C.; VANDENBROECK, K.; MASUD, S.; ZHANG, X.; COSENTINO, M.; GUPTA, A.; ABDUL-GHANI, R.; GERARDUZZI, C.; JACKSON, P.; OOMEN, R.; SERVAIS, B.; MANJUNATHA, A.; BULTHUIS, N.; ROMERO-MOLINA, C.; TENG, D.; KOSANIC, A.; DE ANGELI DUTRA, D.; ALEKKOU, D.; VENTURINI, A. M.; VIRGUEZ, E.; OBASA; A. E. Preventing bad behavior in academia. Science, v. 385, p. 22-24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr0734
BERRIOS, L.; DLOTT, G. A.; BOGAR, L. M.; VENTURINI, A. M.; WILLING, C. E.; DEL RIO, A.; ANSELL, B. T.; ZEMAITIS, K.; VELICKOVIC, M.; VELICKOVIC, D.; PELLITIER, P. T.; YEAM, J.; HUTCHINSON, C.; BLOODSWORTH, K.; LIPTON, M. S.; PEAY, K. G. Ectomycorrhizal fungi alter soil food webs and the functional potential of bacterial communities. mSystems, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00369-24
2023
VENTURINI, A. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; MANDRO, J. A.; BERENGUER, E.; PEAY, K. G.; TSAI, S. M.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M. Soil microbes under threat in the Amazon Rainforest. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, v. 38, n. 8, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.04.014
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BIELUCZYK, W.; ASSELTA, F. O.; NAVROSKI, D.; GONTIJO, J. B.; VENTURINI, A. M.; MENDES, L. W.; SIMON, C. P.; DE CAMARGO, P. B.; TADINI, A. M.; MARTIN NETO, L.; BENDASSOLLI, J. A.; RODRIGUES, R. R.; VAN DER PUTTEN, W. H.; TSAI, S. M. Linking above and belowground carbon sequestration, soil organic matter properties, and soil health in Brazilian Atlantic Forest restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 344, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118573
ALVAREZ, D. O.; SOUZA, L. F.; MENDES, L. W.; MORAES, M. T.; TOSI, M.; VENTURINI, A. M.; MEYER, K. M.; CAMARGO, P. B.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; DUNFIELD, K. E.; TSAI, S. M. Shifts in functional traits and interactions patterns of soil methane-cycling communities following forest-to-pasture conversion in the Amazon Basin. Molecular Ecology, v. 32, n. 12, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16912
2022
VENTURINI, A. M.; DIAS, N. M. S.; GONTIJO, J. B.; YOSHIURA, C. A.; PAULA, F. S.; MEYER, K. M.; NAKAMURA, F. M.; DA FRANÇA, A. G.; BORGES, C. D.; BARLOW, J.; BERENGUER, E.; NÜSSLEIN, K. R.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M.; TSAI, S. M. Increased soil moisture intensifies the impacts of forest-to-pasture conversion on methane emissions and methane-cycling communities in the Eastern Amazon. Environmental Research, v. 212, part A, n. 113139, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113139
VENTURINI, A. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; MANDRO, J. A.; PAULA, F. S.; YOSHIURA, C. A.; DA FRANÇA, A. G.; TSAI, S. M. Genome-resolved metagenomics reveals novel archaeal and bacterial genomes from Amazonian forest and pasture soils. Microbial Genomics, v. 8, n. 7, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000853
VENTURINI, A. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; DA FRANÇA, A. G.; MOURA, J. M. S.; NUSSLEIN, K.; BOHANNAN, B. J.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; TSAI, S. M. Metagenomes from Eastern Brazilian Amazonian floodplains in the wet and dry seasons. Microbiology Resource Announcements, n. e00432-22, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00432-22
GONTIJO, J. B.; PAULA, F. S.; VENTURINI, A. M.; MANDRO, J. A.; BODELIER, P. L. E.; TSAI, S. M. Insights into the genomic potential of a Methylocystis sp. from Amazonian floodplain sediments. Microorganisms, v. 10, n. 9, p. 1747, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091747
MONTEIRO, G. G. T. N.; BARROS, D. B.; GABRIEL, G. V. M.; VENTURINI, A. M.; VELOSO, T. G. R.; VAZQUEZ, G. H.; OLIVEIRA, L. C.; NEU, V.; BODELIER, P. L. E.; TSAI, S. M.; NAVARRETE, A. A. Methane oxidation in Amazonian floodplains is stimulated by ammonia-oxidizing communities during floods. Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 13, p. 913453, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.913453
MANDRO, J. A.; NAKAMURA, F. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; TSAI, S. M.; VENTURINI, A. M. Metagenome-assembled genomes from Amazonian soil microbial consortia. Microbiology Resource Announcements, n. e00804-22, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00804-22
2021
YOSHIURA, C. A.; VENTURINI, A. M.; BRAGA, L. P. P.; FRANÇA, A. G.; LYRA, M. C. C. P.; TSAI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M. Responses of low-cost input combinations on the microbial structure of the maize rhizosphere for greenhouse gas mitigation and plant biomass production. Frontiers in Plant Science, v. 12, p. 683658, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.683658
DE CHAVES, M. G.; VENTURINI, A. M.; MERLOTI, L. F.; BARROS, D. J.; ROSSETTO, R.; KURAMAE, E. E.; TSAI, S. M.; NAVARRETE, A. A. Combined use of vinasse and nitrogen as fertilizers affects nitrification, ammonification, and denitrification by prokaryotes. Frontiers in Soil Science, v. 1, p. 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoil.2021.746745
GONTIJO, J. B.; PAULA, F. S.; VENTURINI, A. M.; YOSHIURA, C. A.; BORGES, C. D.; MOURA, J. M. S.; BOHANNAN, B. J.; NUSSLEIN, K.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; TSAI, S. M. Not just a methane source: Amazonian floodplain sediments harbour a high diversity of methanotrophs with different metabolic capabilities. Molecular Ecology, v. 30, p. mec.15912, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15912
2020
VENTURINI, A. M.; NAKAMURA, F. M.; GONTIJO, J. B.; FRANCA, A. G.; YOSHIURA, C. A.; MANDRO, J. A.; TSAI, S. M. Robust DNA protocols for tropical soils. Heliyon, v. 6, p. e03830, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03830
LEMOS, L. N.; MANOHARAN, L.; MENDES, L. W.; VENTURINI, A. M.; PYLRO, V. S.; TSAI, S. M. Metagenome assembled‐genomes reveal similar functional profiles of CPR/Patescibacteria phyla in soils. Environmental Microbiology Reports, v. 12, n. 6., p. 651-655, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12880
MEYER, K. M.; MORRIS, A. H.; WEBSTER, K.; KLEIN, A. M.; KROEGER, M. E.; MEREDITH, L. K.; BRÆNDHOLT, A.; NAKAMURA, F.; VENTURINI, A.; SOUZA, L. F.; SHEK, K. L.; DANIELSON, R.; VAN HAREN, J.; CAMARGO, P. B.; TSAI, S. M.; DINI-ANDREOTE, F.; DE MAURO, J. M. S.; BARLOW, J.; BERENGUER, E.; NÜSSLEIN, K.; SALESKA, S.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M. Belowground changes to community structure alter methane-cycling dynamics in Amazonia. Environment International, v. 145, p. 106131, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106131
2018
VENTURINI, A. M.; SOUZA, L. F.; DIAS, N. M. S.; MONTEIRO-VITORELLO, C. B.; QUECINE, M. C. Laboratory practical classes as a teaching method in molecular genetics. Revista de Graduação USP, v. 3, n. 2, p. 81-85, 2018. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-376X.v3i2p81-85 *Published in Portuguese.
2015
NAVARRETE, A. A.; VENTURINI, A. M.; MEYER, K. M.; KLEIN, A. M.; TIEDJE, J. M.; BOHANNAN, B. J. M.; NUSSLEIN, K.; TSAI, S. M.; RODRIGUES, J. L. M. Differential response of Acidobacteria subgroups to forest-to-pasture conversion and their biogeographic patterns in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Frontiers in Microbiology, v. 6, p. 1443, 2015. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01443
Book chapters
CANNAVAN, F. S.; VENTURINI, A. M.; NAKAMURA, F. M.; YOSHIURA, C. A.; FRANÇA, A. G.; TSAI, S. M. Métodos de detecção de organismos geneticamente modificados. In: BINSFELD, P. C. (Org.). Fundamentos técnicos e sistema nacional de Biossegurança em Biotecnologia. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Interciência, 2015, p. 307-355. ISBN: 9788571933606. *Chapter (about GMO detection) published in Portuguese.
Thesis & dissertation
VENTURINI, A. M. Forest-to-pasture conversion in the Eastern Amazon: impacts on the soil methane microbial communities. Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture of the University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, 2019. https://doi.org/10.11606/T.64.2019.tde-14072021-150101
VENTURINI, A. M. Efeito do uso do solo e da rizosfera de cana-de-açúcar na estrutura e abundância de comunidades de Bacteria e do filo Verrucomicrobia. Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture of the University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, 2014. https://doi.org/10.11606/D.64.2018.tde-07082018-102457 *Published in Portuguese.
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