Papers
2025
Chakraborty, T.; Mekkawy, H. K.; Cloete, K. J.; Mahla, R. S.; Peng, D.; Perez, A.; Rouabah, N.; Gomes, J. F.; Drallou, F.; Abdalrahman, T.; Santos, J.; Tiwari, V.; Lin, T.-J.; He, S.; Kadlec, J.; Dincaslan, F. B.; Suchikova, Y.; Lu, Z.; Shi, J.; Gupta, A.; Venturini, A. M.; Abousidara, H.; Mostafa, A.; Uzonyi, A.; Saber, A.; Ge, Y.; Ribeiro, H. L. Supporting scientists who study and work abroad. Science, v. 389, n. 6755, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea0626
Dutra, D. A.; Erikson, A.; Genes, L.; Dirzo, R.; Venturini, A. M. Elevating local perspectives: An imperative for equity in Ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, v. 40, n. 5, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.03.006
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, v. 13, n. 4, 2025. 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.