Ida Romano

Born on 26th  September 1960 in Napoli  (Italy)
1983-2019  permanent position as technician at the Biomolecular Chemistry Institute of the National Research Council
Graduated in Biological Science, University Federico II of Napoli

Isolation and characterization of new species extremophilic microorganisms; production of biomolecules and biotechnological applications; bio-cleaning of the cultural heritage ; antibacterial activity.

Extremophilic bacteria


Anaerobic thermophiles


Enzymes


Biocleaning cultural heritage


Antibacterial activity

• Ida Romano, Giuseppe Granata, Annarita Poli, Ilaria Finore, Edoardo Napoli, Corrada Geraci. Inhibition of bacterial growth on marble stone of 18th century by treatmentof nanoencapsulated essential oils. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. Volume 148, March 2020, 104909
• Ida Romano, Annalisa De Angelis, Annarita Poli, Pietro Ragni, Laura Lilla, Gianluigi Zito, Barbara Nicolaus, Anna Chiara De Luca, Paola Di Donato Resistance and Raman spectroscopy analysis of Parageobacillus thermantarcticus spores after γ‑ray exposureExtremophiles (2018) 22:931–941 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-018-1049-0

• Ida Romano, Mario Abbate, Annarita Poli & Loredana D’OrazioBio-cleaning of nitrate salt efflorescence on stone samples using extremophilic bacteriaScientific Reports | (2019) 9:1668 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38187-x

• Romano I, Dipasquale L, Orlando P, Lama L, d’Ippolito G, Pascual J, Gambacorta AThermoanaerobacterium thermostercoris sp. nov., a new anaerobic thermophilic hydrogen-production bacterium from buffalo-dung Extremophiles. 2010 Mar;14(2):233-40.

• Romano I, Orlando P, Gambacorta A, Nicolaus B, Dipasquale L, Pascual J, Giordano A, Lama L. Salinivibrio sharmensis sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphilic bacterium from a saline lake in Ras Mohammed Park (Egypt). Extremophiles 2011 Mar;15(2):213-20.

   MAIN RESEARCH SITE, POZZUOLI (NA)

   ida.romano@cnr.it

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ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7203-9869