Milton Simões da Costa

Categoria profissional: Professor Catedrático

Morada institucional: Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade de Coimbra
Calçada Martim de Freitas
3000-456 Coimbra
Portugal

Gabinete: 3º Piso do Edifício do Patronato

Telefone:  +351 239 240 795

Extensão interna: 262 295

Fax: +351 239 240 701

Email: milton@ci.uc.pt

Áreas de interesse: Microbiologia, Imunologia

Publicações mais relevantes/recentes:

Siddaramappa, S., J. F. Challacombe, S. F. Delano, L. D. Green, H. Daligault, D. Bruce, C. Detter, R. Tapia, S. Han, L. Goodwin, J. Han, T. Woyke, S. Pitluck, L. Pennacchio, M. Nolan, M. Land, Y.-J. Chang, N. C Kyrpides, G. Ovchinnikova, L. Hauser, A. Lapidus, J. Yan, M. S. da Costa, F. A. Rainey & W. M. Moe (2012) Complete genome sequence of Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens type strain (BL-DC-9T) and comparison to “Dehalococcoides” strains. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 6:251-264.

Albuquerque, L., F.A. Rainey, M.F. Nobre & M.S. da Costa (2013) Oceanicella artignis gen. nov., sp. nov., A Halophilic Slightly Thermophilic Member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 35:385-389.

Albuquerque, L., I. Tiago, M. F. Nobre, A. Veríssimo & M S. da Costa (2013) Cecembia calidifontis sp. nov., a novel bacterium from a hot spring runoff in the Azores and emended description of the genus Cecembia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63:1431-1436.

Bowman, K. S., M. F. Nobre, M.S. da Costa, F.A. Rainey & W. M. Moe (2013) Dehalogenimonas alkenigignens sp. nov., a chlorinated alkane dehalogenating bacterium isolated from groundwater. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63:1492-1498.

Alarico, S., N. Empadinhas & M. S. da Costa (2013) A new bacterial hydrolase specific for the compatible solutes a-d-mannopyranosyl-(1→2)- d-glycerate and a-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-d-glycerate. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 52(2):77-83.

Nobre, A., N. Empadinhas, M. F. Nobre, E. C. Lourenço, C. D. Maycock, M. R. Ventura, A. Mingote & M. S. da Costa (2013) The plant Selaginella moellendorffii possesses enzymes for the synthesis and hydrolysis of the compatible solutes mannosylglycerate and glucosylglycerate. Planta, 237:891-901.

Leandro, T., L. França, M. F. Nobre, F. A. Rainey & M. S. da Costa (2013) Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63 (published ahead of print).

d’Avó, A. F., S, Cunha, A. Mingote, P. Lamosa, M. S. da Costa & J. Costa (2013) A unique pool of compatible solutes on Rhodopirellula baltica, member of the deep branching phylum Planctomycetes. PlosOne: 27: e68289.

Cunha, S., A. F. d’Avó, A. Mingote, P. Lamosa, M. S. da Costa & J. Costa (2013) Mannosylglucosylglycerate biosynthesis in the deep-branching phylum Planctomycetes: characterization of the uncommon enzymes from Rhodopirellula baltica. Scientific Reports,

Werner, J., M. Ferrer, G. Michel, A. J. Mann, S. Huang, S. Juarez, S. Ciordia, J. P. Albar, M. Alcaide, V. La Cono, M. Yakimov6, A. Antunes, M. Taborda, M. S. da Costa, T. Hai, F. Glöckner, O. Golyshina, P. Golyshin, H. Teeling: The MAMBA consortium. (2014) Halorhabdus tiamatea: Proteogenomics and glycosidase activity measurements identify the first cultivated euryarchaeon from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake as polysaccharide degrader. Environmental Microbiology (Submitted)

Capítulos em livros:

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Gaiellaceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Rubrobacteraceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Families Conexibacteraceae, Patulibacteraceae and Solirubrobacteraceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Idiomarinaceae.The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Thermoleophilaceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Thermaceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.

Albuquerque, L., Rosselló-Mora, R. & M. S. da Costa (2013) The Family Rhodobiaceae. The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition (Eds. Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Fabiano Thompson, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt). Springer Science. Singapore.