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Low-temperature venting and microbial iron deposit formation in the first observed active hydrothermal vent fields in the Red Sea rift
Scientific paper Year: 2023
Authors: Froukje M. van der Zwan, Nico Augustin, Sven Petersen, Sharifah M Altalhi, Júnia Schultz, Raquel S Peixoto, Jörg Follmann, Arthur Anker, Francesca Benzoni, Evelyn Raquel Garcia Paredes, Murtadha Y Al Malallah, Lera Shepard, Mustapha Ouhssain, Beatrice S Jägerup, Burton H Jones, Alexandre S Rosado
Goldschmidt 2023 Conference
A thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic bacterial consortium suggests a mutual relationship between bacteria in extreme oligotrophic environments
Scientific paper Year: 2023 DOI:10.1038/s42003-023-04617-4
Authors: Yuri Pinheiro, Fabio Faria da Mota, Raquel S. Peixoto, Jan Dirk van Elsas, Ulysses Lins, Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Communications Biology
Revolutionizing biofuel generation: Unleashing the power of CRISPR-Cas mediated gene editing of extremophiles
Scientific paper Year: 2023 DOI:10.1016/j.micres.2023.127443
Authors: Diksha Garg, Mahesh Kumar Samota, Nicholas Kontis, Niketan Patel, Saroj Bala, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Microbiological Research
  • Biofuels
  • CRISPR-Cas
  • Genetic regulation
  • Off-target effect
  • Fermentation
Shedding light on the composition of extreme microbial dark matter: alternative approaches for culturing extremophiles
Scientific paper Year: 2023 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1167718
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Flúvio Modolon, Raquel Silva Peixoto, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Frontiers in microbiology
  • Extremophiles
  • extreme environments
  • microbial cultivation
  • applied microbiology
  • culturomics
Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology
Scientific paper Year: 2023 ISSN:0970-4140
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Alef dos Santos, Niketan Patel, Alexandre Soares Rosado

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

  • Extremophilic microorganisms
  • Analog environments
  • Astrobiological model
  • Space simulation chamber
  • Space exploration
Molecular characterization of Paenibacillus antarcticus IPAC21, a bioemulsifier producer isolated from Antarctic soil
Scientific paper Year: 2023
Authors: Ericka Arregue de Lemos, Luciano Procópio, Fabio Faria da Mota, Diogo Jurelevicius, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Lucy Seldin
Frontiers in microbiology
  • Paenibacillus antarcticus
  • genome
  • bioemulsifier
  • levan
  • Antarctica
Mycobiome structure does not affect field litter decomposition in Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations
Scientific paper Year: 2023 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1106422
Authors: Caio T. C. C. Rachid, Fabiano C. Balieiro, Raquel S. Peixoto, Eduardo S. Fonseca, Hugo E. Jesus, Etelvino H. Novotny, Guilherme M. Chaer, Felipe M. Santos, James M. Tiedje, Alexandre S. Rosado
Frontiers in microbiology
  • mycobiome
  • mixed plantation
  • litter decomposing fungi
  • litter decomposition
  • Eucalyplus
  • Acacia mangium
Andean soil-derived lignocellulolytic bacterial consortium as a source of novel taxa and putative plastic-active enzymes
Scientific paper Year: 2023 DOI:org/10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126485
Authors: Laura Díaz-García, Maria Chuvochina, Golo Feuerriegel, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Wolfgang R. Streit, Luis M. Rodriguez-R, Jörg Overmann, Diego Javier Jiménez
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Andean soil
  • Caenibius
  • enrichment cultures
  • SeqCode
  • plastic-active enzymes
  • polyethylene terephthalate
Bacteriocin producing Streptococcus agalactiae strains isolated from bovine mastitis in Brazil
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.3390/microorganisms10030588
Authors: Joao Ricardo Vidal Amaral, Rommel Thiago Ramos, Fabricio Almeida Araujo, Rodrigo Bentes Kato, Flavia Figueira Aburjaile, Siomar de Castro Soares, Aristoteles Goes-Neto, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Bertram Brenig, Selma Soares de Oliveira, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Microorganisms 10(3), 588;
  • antimicrobial peptides
  • antimicrobial resistance
Unraveling the Genomic Potential of the Thermophilic Bacterium Anoxybacillus flavithermus from an Antarctic Geothermal Environment
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.3390/microorganisms10081673
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Mariana Teixeira Dornelles Parise, Doglas Parise, Laenne G. Medeiros, Thiago J. Sousa, Rodrigo B. Kato, Ana Paula Trovatti Uetanabaro, Fabrício Araújo, Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos, Siomar de Castro Soares, Bertram Brenig, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto
Microorganisms
  • Anoxybacillus
  • comparative genomics
  • phylogeny
  • potential metabolic functions
  • Antarctica
  • Polar volcano
Structure and functional capacity of a benzene-mineralizing, nitrate-reducing microbial community
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.1111/jam.15443
Authors: Samuel C. Eziuzor, Felipe B. Corrêa, Shuchan Peng, Júnia Schultz, Sabine Kleinsteuber, Ulisses N. da Rocha, Lorenz Adrian, Carsten Vogt
J Appl Microbiol.
  • anaerobic benzene degradation
  • anammox bacteria
  • dissimilatory nitrate reduction
  • Peptococcaceae
  • putative anaerobic benzene carboxylase
Natural carbon fixation and advances in synthetic engineering for redesigning and creating new fixation pathways
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.1016/j.jare.2022.07.011
Authors: Sulamita Santos Correa, Júnia Schultz, Kyle J. Lauersen, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Journal of Advanced Research
  • Carbon fixation
  • Autotrophic
  • Thermophiles
  • Omics
  • Biochemistry
  • Synthetic pathway
Mycobacterial diversity in soil samples from King George Island, Antarctica
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:org/10.1016/j.polar.2022.100890
Authors: Caroline Reis de Barros, Ludmila Fiorenzano Baethgen, Gabriela Mastrobuono, Raquel Silva Peixoto, Karla Rodrigues Miranda, Ana Carolina da Silva Carvalho, Rubens Clayton da Silva Dias, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Rafael Silva Duarte
Polar Science
  • Mycobacteria
  • Soil samples
  • Antarctica
  • Mycobacterial diversity
Archaea from the gut microbiota of humans: Could be linked to chronic diseases?
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2022.102629
Authors: Denise Mafra, Marcia Ribeiro, Larissa Fonseca, Bruna Regis, Ludmila F.M.F. Cardozo, Henrique Fragoso dos Santos, Hugo Emiliano de Jesus, Júnia Schultz, Paul G. Shiels, Peter Stenvinkel, Alexandre Rosado
Anaerobe
  • Archaea
  • Gut microbiota
  • Methane
  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Cardiovascular disease
Polyphasic Analysis Reveals Potential Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation and Biosurfactant Production by Rare Biosphere Thermophilic Bacteria From Deception Island, an Active Antarctic Volcano
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2022.885557
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Isabella Campelo Vilardi Argentino, René Kallies, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Frontiers in microbiology
  • Extremophiles
  • Thermophiles
  • Polar volcano
  • Antarctica
  • Biosurfactants
  • Oil degradation
  • Bacterial isolation
Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities across a transect from low to highly hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in King George Island, Maritime Antarctica
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.1111/gbi.12472
Authors: Jurelevicius, D, Raphael da Silva Pereira, Fabio Faria da Mota, Juliano C. Cury, Ivan Cardoso de Oliveira, Alexandre S. Rosado, Olivia U. Mason, Janet K. Jansson, Lucy Seldin
Geobiology
  • Antarctic microbiome,
  • Bioremediation
  • Hydrocarbon degradation
  • Metagenomic analysis
Methods and Strategies to Uncover Coral-Associated Microbial Dark Matter
Scientific paper Year: 2022 DOI:10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00367-22
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Flúvio Modolon, Alexandre S. Rosado, Christian R. Voolstra, Michael Sweet, Raquel S. Peixoto
mSystems
  • Coral microbiome
  • coral metaorganism
  • culturomics
  • culture-dependent techniques
  • microbial dark matter
  • coral-associated microbes
  • coral probiotics
  • culturing
Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abg3088
Authors: Erika Santoro, Ricardo Borges, Josh Espinoza, Marcelo Freire, Camila Messias, Helena Villela, Leandro Pereira, Caren L.S. Vilela, Joao G. Rosado, Pedro Cardoso, Phillipe M. Rosado, Juliana Assis, Gustavo Duarte, Gabriela Perna, Alexandre S. Rosado, Andrew Macrae, Christopher Dupont, Karen E. Nelson, Michael Sweet, Christian Voolstra, Raquel Peixoto
Science Advances, Vol 7, Issue 33
  • Coral microbiome
  • BMCs
  • Coral reefs
Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain LAP_36, A Rhizosphere Bacterium Isolated from King George Island, Antarctica
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1128/MRA.00731.21
Authors: Silveira SMD, Silva SD, Macrae A, Ramos RTJ, Araújo FA, Schultz J, Góes-Neto A, Costa MMD, Soares SC, Azevedo VAC, Aburjaile FF, Brenig B, Rosado AS, Oliveira SS
Microbiol Resour Announc
Challenges and perspectives for the Brazilian semi-arid coast under global environmental changes
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1016/j.pecon.2021.06.001
Authors: M.O. Soares, C.C. Campos, P.B.M. Carneiro, H.S. Barroso, R.V. Marins, C.E.P. Teixeira, M.O.B. Menezes, L.S. Pinheiro, M.B. Viana, C.V. Feitosa, J.I. Sánchez-Botero, L.E.A. Bezerra, C.A. Rocha-Barreira, H. Matthews-Cascon, F.O. Matos, A. Gorayeb, M.S. Cavalcante, M.F. Moro, S. Rossi, G. Belmonte, V.M.M. Melo, A.S. Rosado, G. Ramires, T.C.L. Tavares, T.M. Garcia
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Climate change
  • Sea-level rise
  • Droughts
  • Hypersalinity
  • Erosion
  • Mangroves
  • Estuaries
Proposal of Carbonactinosporaceae fam. nov. within the class Actinomycetia. Reclassification of Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus as Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica gen. nov., comb. nov
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126223
Authors: Volpiano, C. G., Sant'Anna, F. H., da Mota, F. F., Sangal, V., Sutcliffe, I., Munusamy, M., Saravanan, V. S., See-Too, W. S., Passaglia, L., Rosado, A. S.
Systematic and applied microbiology
  • Actinobacteria
  • Chemoautotrophic bacteria
  • Genomics metrics
  • Phylogenetic systematics
Brazilian Semi-Arid Mangroves-Associated Microbiome as Pools of Richness and Complexity in a Changing World
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.715991
Authors: Walderly Melgaço Bezerra, Leonardo Ribeiro Oliveira Normando, Tallita Cruz Lopes Tavares, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Vânia Maria Maciel Melo
Frontiers in microbiology
  • soil microbial community
  • Rhizophora mangle
  • red mangrove
  • blue carbon
  • amplicon sequence variants
  • network co-occurrence analysis
Microbial Succession under Freeze–Thaw Events and Its Potential for Hydrocarbon Degradation in Nutrient-Amended Antarctic Soil
Scientific paper Year: 2021 DOI:10.3390/microorganisms9030609
Authors: Hugo Emiliano de Jesus, Renato S. Carreira, Simone S.M. Paiva, Carlos Massone, Alex Enrich-Prast, Raquel S. Peixoto, Jorge L.Mazza Rodrigues, Charles K. Lee, Craig Cary, Alexandre S. Rosado
Microorganisms
  • Antarctica
  • Hydrocarbon degradation
  • Bioremediation
  • freeze-thaw
  • soil
Extreme environments: a source of biosurfactants for biotechnological applications
Scientific paper Year: 2020 DOI:10.1007/s00792-019-01151-2
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Extremophiles
  • Extremophiles
  • Extreme biomolecule
  • Biosurfactants
  • Industrial applications
Enhanced UV-B Photoprotection Activity of Carotenoids from the Novel Arthrobacter sp. Strain LAPM80 Isolated from King George Island, Antarctica.
Research paper Year: 2025 DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41400
Authors: Beatriz Vivian Paredes Contreras, Alane Beatriz Vermelho, Livia Casanova, Claudia de Alencar Santos Lage, Caren Leite Spindola Vilela, Veronica da Silva Cardoso, Luis William Pacheco Arge, Janine Simas Cardoso-Rurr, Sulamita Santos Correa, Felipe Raposo Passos De Mansoldo, Maria Cristina Pinheiro Pereira Reis-Mansur, Eikon Alves da Silva, Júnia Schultz, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Heliyon
  • Carotenoids
  • Antarctica
  • Ultraviolet radiation
  • Actinomycetota
Chapter 3.3 - Disentangling the Autotrophic Thermophiles: Concepts, Diversity, and Emerging Trends
Book Chapter Year: 2024 DOI:10.1016/B978-0-443-13320-6.00027-5
Authors: Júnia Schultz, Sulamita Santos Correa, Alef dos Santos, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era
  • Autotrophs diversity
  • Carbon fixation
  • extreme environments
  • Omics
  • Synthetic biology
Investigating Polyextremophilic Bacteria in Al Wahbah Crater, Saudi Arabia: A Terrestrial Model for Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Scientific paper Year: 2024 ISSN:1531-1074 DOI:10.1089/ast.2024.0017
Authors: Alef dos Santos, Junia Schultz, Marilia Almeida Trapp, Fluvio Modolon, Andrii Romanenko, Arun Kumar Jaiswal, Lucas Gomes, Edson Rodrigues-Filho, Alexandre Soares Rosado
 Astrobiology
  • Polyextremophilic
  • Al Wahbah Crater
  • Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
  • Halalkalibacterium
SeqCode in the golden age of prokaryotic systematics
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae109
Authors: Diego Javier Jiménez, Alexandre Soares Rosado
  • Candidatus names
  • Metagenomics
  • Not-yet-cultivated prokaryotes
  • Prokaryotic nomenclature
  • Prokaryotic taxonomy
Engineering the mangrove soil microbiome for selection of polyethylene terephthalate-transforming bacterial consortia
Scientific paper Year: 2024 ISSN:0167-7799 DOI:10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.08.013
Authors: Diego Javier Jiménez, Dayanne Chaparro, Felipe Sierra, Gordon F Custer, Golo Feuerriegel, Maria Chuvochina, Laura Diaz-Garcia, Lucas William Mendes, Yina Paola Ortega Santiago, Carolina Rubiano-Labrador, Felipe Salcedo Galan, Wolfgang R Streit, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Alejandro Reyes, Alexandre Soares Rosado
Trends in Biotechnology
  • artificial selection
  • community coalescenceastic-active enzymes
  • metagenomics
  • microplastics
  • soil plastisphere
  • plastic-active enzymes
Genomic and phenotypic insight into antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas fluorescens from King George Island, Antarctica.
Research paper Year: 2025 DOI:doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1535420
Authors: Myllena Pereira Silverio, Júnia Schultz, Mariana T. D. Parise, Doglas Parise, Marcus Vinicius Canário Viana, Wylerson Nogueira, Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos, Aristoteles Góes-Neto, Vasco Ariston De Carvalho Azevedo, Bertram Brenig, Raquel Regina Bonelli, Alexandre Soares Rosado
  • Resistomes
  • Psychrotolerant bacteria
  • Proteobacteria
  • Antibiotics
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Acquired resistance
  • Intrinsic resistance
  • Efflux pumps
Rhinocladiella similis: A Model Eukaryotic Organism for Astrobiological Studies on Microbial Interactions with Martian Soil Analog
Research paper Year: 2024 DOI:doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00869
Authors: Alef dos Santos, Junia Schultz, Isabella Dal’Rio, Fluvio Molodon, Marilia Almeida Trapp, Bernardo Guerra Tenório, Jason E. Stajich, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Eduardo Jorge Pilau, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Edson Rodrigues-Filho
JACS Au
  • Space exploration
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Black yeast
  • Biosignatures
  • Omics
  • Extremophiles
Carboxysomes: The next frontier in biotechnology and sustainable solutions,Biotechnology Advances
Research review paper Year: 2025 ISSN:0734-9750 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108511
Authors: Sulamita Santos Correa, Júnia Schultz, Brandon Zahodnik-Huntington, Andreas Naschberger, Alexandre Soares Rosado
  • Bacterial microcompartments
  • Carbon fixation
  • CO2-concentrating mechanisms
  • Bioengineering
  • Bio-based solutions
  • Biotechnological applications

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