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Milton S. da Costa

Milton S. da Costa

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Microbiology

D-Index
58
Citations
12931
World Ranking
3407
National Ranking
11

Overview

Milton S. da Costa was affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science.

Within these broader fields, their work concentrated on subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pharmacology, Biomaterials, and Immunology. The main topics covered in their research comprised:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization

Milton S. da Costa contributed to several scientific publications, with notable papers including:

  • "Alienimonas chondri sp. nov., a novel planctomycete isolated from the biofilm of the red alga Chondrus crispus" (2020) published in Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • "Bremerella alba sp. nov., a novel planctomycete isolated from the surface of the macroalga Fucus spiralis" (2021) published in Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • "Corrigendum to "Alienimonas chondri sp. nov., a novel planctomycete isolated from the biofilm of the red alga Chondrus crispus" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 43 (2020) 126083]" (2021) published in Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • "Comparative genome sequence analysis of several species in the genus Tepidimonas and the description of a novel species Tepidimonas charontis sp. nov." (2020) published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Corrigendum: Comparative genome sequence analysis of several species in the genus Tepidimonas and the description of a novel species Tepidimonas charontis sp. nov" (2020) published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

The most frequent publication venues for Milton S. da Costa included:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Their research collaborations involved several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Luciana Albuquerque
  • Conceição Egas
  • Sandra Wiegand
  • Nicolai Kallscheuer
  • Alexandre Lobo-da-Cunha

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

    Jongsik Chun;Aharon Oren;Antonio Ventosa;Henrik Christensen

  • Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

    Fred A. Rainey;Keren Ray;Margarida Ferreira;Bridget Z. Gatz

  • Compatible solutes of organisms that live in hot saline environments

    Helena Santos;Milton S. Da Costa

  • Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., Two Extremely Radiation-Resistant and Slightly Thermophilic Species from Hot Springs

    Ana Cristina Ferreira;M. Fernanda Nobre;Fred A. Rainey;Manuel T. Silva

  • Osmoadaptation mechanisms in prokaryotes: distribution of compatible solutes

    Nuno Empadinhas;Milton S da Costa

  • Gaiella occulta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of a deep branching phylogenetic lineage within the class Actinobacteria and proposal of Gaiellaceae fam. nov. and Gaiellales ord. nov.

    Luciana Albuquerque;Luís França;Fred A. Rainey;Peter Schumann

  • Truepera radiovictrix gen. nov., sp. nov., a new radiation resistant species and the proposal of Trueperaceae fam. nov.

    Luciana Albuquerque;Catarina Simões;M. Fernanda Nobre;Nicole M. Pino

  • Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens gen. nov., sp. nov., a reductively dehalogenating bacterium isolated from chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater

    William M. Moe;Jun Yan;M. Fernanda Nobre;Milton S. da Costa

  • Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a New Thermophilic Species Isolated from a Thermally Polluted Effluent

    Laura Carreto;Edward Moore;M. Fernanda Nobre;Robin Wait

  • Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea, hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea, and emended description of the genus Halorhabdus.

    André Antunes;Marco Taborda;Robert Huber;Christine Moissl

  • Effects of Temperature, Salinity, and Medium Composition on Compatible Solute Accumulation by Thermococcus spp.

    Pedro Lamosa;Lígia O. Martins;Milton S. Da Costa;Helena Santos

  • Compatible Solutes in the Thermophilic Bacteria Rhodothermus marinus and "Thermus thermophilus"

    O C Nunes;C M Manaia;M S Da Costa;H Santos

  • The Identification of Polar Lipids in Prokaryotes

    Milton S. da Costa;Luciana Albuquerque;M. Fernanda Nobre;Robin Wait

  • Description of four novel psychrophilic, ionizing radiation-sensitive Deinococcus species from alpine environments.

    Ryan P. Callegan;M. Fernanda Nobre;Patrick M. McTernan;John R. Battista

  • The Extraction and Identification of Respiratory Lipoquinones of Prokaryotes and Their Use in Taxonomy

    Milton S. da Costa;Luciana Albuquerque;M. Fernanda Nobre;Robin Wait

  • Combined effect of the growth temperature and salinity of the medium on the accumulation of compatible solutes by Rhodothermus marinus and Rhodothermus obamensis.

    Z Silva;N Borges;L O Martins;R Wait

  • Transfer of Thermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984), Thermus silvanus (Tenreiro et al. 1995), and Thermus chliarophilus (Tenreiro et al. 1995) to Meiothermus gen. nov. as Meiothermus ruber comb. nov., Meiothermus silvanus comb. nov., and Meiothermus chliarophilus comb. nov., Respectively, and Emendation of the Genus Thermus

    M. Fernanda Nobre;Hans G. Trüper;Milton S. da Costa

  • [26] Organic solutes from thermophiles and hyperthermophiles

    Helena Santos;Milton S da Costa

  • Effect of Growth Temperature on the Lipid Composition of two Strains of Thermus sp.

    Adelina Prado;Milton S. Da Costa;Vitor M. C. Madeira

  • Proposal of the suffix –ota to denote phyla. Addendum to ‘Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes’

    William B. Whitman;Aharon Oren;Maria Chuvochina;Milton S. da Costa

  • Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample. [Erratum: 2005 Nov., v. 71, no. 11, p. 7630.]

    Fred A. Rainey;Keren Ray;Margarida Ferreira;Bridget Z. Gatz

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred A. Rainey
Fred A. Rainey University of Florida
Robin Wait
Robin Wait Imperial College London
Ramon Rosselló-Móra
Ramon Rosselló-Móra Spanish National Research Council
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Rosa Margesin
Rosa Margesin University of Innsbruck
Robert Huber
Robert Huber University of Duisburg-Essen
Jongsik Chun
Jongsik Chun Seoul National University
Aharon Oren
Aharon Oren Hebrew University of Jerusalem
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia

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