Papers
2025
Venturini AM, Gontijo JB, Berrios L, Rodrigues JLM, Peay KG, Tsai SM. A catalog of metagenome-assembled genomes from Amazonian forest and pasture soils. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 0:e00642-25, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00642-25
Van Nuland ME, Averill C, Stewart JD, Prylutskyi O, Corrales A, van Galen LG, Manley BF, Qin C, Lauber T, Mikryukov V, Dulia O, Furci G, Marín C, Sheldrake M, Weedon J, Peay KG, Cornwallis CK, Větrovský T, Kohout P, Baldrian P, Tedersoo L, West SA, Crowther TW, Kiers ET, SPUN Mapping Consortium, van den Hoogen J. Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected. Nature, 645, p. 414–422, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09277-4.
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Chakraborty T, Mekkawy HK, Cloete KJ, Mahla RS, Peng D, Perez A, Rouabah N, Gomes JF, Drallou F, Abdalrahman T, Santos J, Tiwari V, Lin T-J, He S, Kadlec J, Dincaslan FB, Suchikova Y, Lu Z, Shi J, Gupta A, Venturini AM, Abousidara H, Mostafa A, Uzonyi A, Saber A, Ge Y, Ribeiro HL. Supporting scientists who study and work abroad. Science, v. 389, n. 6755, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea0626
Dutra DA, Erikson A, Genes L, Dirzo R, Venturini AM. 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 AM, Gontijo JB, Berrios L, Rodrigues JLM, Peay KG, Tsai SM. 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 KD, Fine P, Mesones I, Alvarez-Manjarrez J, Venturini AM, Peay KG, 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 AM, Ansell BT, Tok E, Johnson W, Willing CE, Peay KG. 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 JB, Paula FS, Bieluczyk W, Da França AG, Navroski D, Mandro JA, Venturini AM, Asselta FO, Mendes LM, Moura JMS, Moreira MZ, Nüsslein KR, Bohannan BJM, Bodelier PLE, Rodrigues JLM, Tsai SM. 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
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Albino RC, Brimble MA, 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 AM, Virguez E, Obasa AE. Preventing bad behavior in academia. Science, v. 385, p. 22-24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr0734
Berrios L, Dlott GA, Bogar LM, Venturini AM, Willing CE, Del Rio A, Ansell BT, Zemaitis K, Velickovic M, Velickovic D, Pellitier PT, Yeam J, Hutchinson C, Bloodsworth K, Lipton MS, Peay KG. Ectomycorrhizal fungi alter soil food webs and the functional potential of bacterial communities. mSystems, 9:e00369-24, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00369-24
2023
Venturini AM, Gontijo JB, Mandro JA, Berenguer E, Peay KG, Tsai SM, Bohannan BJM. 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 FO, Navroski D, Gontijo JB, Venturini AM, Mendes LW, Simon CP, De Camargo PB, Tadini AM, Martin Neto L, Bendassolli JA, Rodrigues RR, Van Der Putten WH, Tsai SM. 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 DO, Souza LF, Mendes LW, Moraes MT, Tosi M, Venturini AM, Meyer KM, Camargo PB, Bohannan BJM, Rodrigues JLM, Dunfield KE, Tsai SM. 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 AM, Dias NMS, Gontijo JB, Yoshiura CA, Paula FS, Meyer KM, Nakamura FM, Da França AG, Borges CD, Barlow J, Berenguer E, Nüsslein KR, Rodrigues JLM, Bohannan BJM, Tsai SM. 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 AM, Gontijo JB, Mandro JA, Paula FS, Yoshiura CA, Da França AG, Tsai SM. 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 AM, Gontijo JB, Da França AG, Moura JMS, Nusslein K, Bohannan BJ, Rodrigues JLM, Tsai SM. 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 JB, Paula FS, Venturini AM, Mandro JA, Bodelier PLE, Tsai SM. 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 GGTN, Barros DB, Gabriel GVM, Venturini AM, Veloso TGR, Vazquez GH, Oliveira LC, Neu V, Bodelier PLE, Tsai SM, Navarrete AA. 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 JA, Nakamura FM, Gontijo JB, Tsai SM, Venturini AM. 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 CA, Venturini AM, Braga LPP, França AG, Lyra MCCP, Tsai SM, Rodrigues JLM. 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 MG, Venturini AM, Merloti LF, Barros DJ, Rossetto R, Kuramae EE, Tsai SM, Navarrete AA. 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 JB, Paula FS, Venturini AM, Yoshiura CA, Borges CD, Moura JMS, Bohannan BJ, Nusslein K, Rodrigues JLM, Tsai SM. 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 AM, Nakamura FM, Gontijo JB, Franca AG, Yoshiura CA, Mandro JA, Tsai SM. Robust DNA protocols for tropical soils. Heliyon, v. 6, p. e03830, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03830
Lemos LN, Manoharan L, Mendes LW, Venturini AM, Pylro VS, Tsai SM. 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 KM, Morris AH, Webster K, Klein AM, Kroeger ME, Meredith LK, Brændholt A, Nakamura F, Venturini AM, Souza LF, Shek KL, Danielson R, Van Haren J, Camargo PB, Tsai SM, Dini-Andreote F, De Mauro JMS, Barlow J, Berenguer E, Nüsslein K, Saleska S, Rodrigues JLM, Bohannan BJM. 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 AM, Souza LF, Dias NMS, Monteiro-Vitorello CB, Quecine MC. 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 AA, Venturini AM, Meyer KM, Klein AM, Tiedje JM, Bohannan BJM, Nusslein, K, Tsai SM, Rodrigues JLM. 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 FS, Venturini AM, Nakamura FM, Yoshiura CA, França AG, Tsai SM. Métodos de detecção de organismos geneticamente modificados. In: Binsfeld PC (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 AM. 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, 2019. https://doi.org/10.11606/T.64.2019.tde-14072021-150101
Venturini AM. 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, 2014. https://doi.org/10.11606/D.64.2018.tde-07082018-102457 *Published in Portuguese.