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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
76
Citations
27380
World Ranking
1390
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Vasco Azevedo is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work includes significant publications in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Endocrinology, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers a variety of main topics, including:

  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Vasco Azevedo has published multiple scientific papers, with notable recent papers being:

  • "Long-COVID and Post-COVID Health Complications: An Up-to-Date Review on Clinical Conditions and Their Possible Molecular Mechanisms," 2021, Viruses
  • "Immunoinformatics Design of Multi-Epitope Peptide-Based Vaccine Against Schistosoma mansoni Using Transmembrane Proteins as a Target," 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Possible Benefits of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii for Obesity-Associated Gut Disorders," 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • "Applications of Silver Nanoparticles in Dentistry: Advances and Technological Innovation," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Multi-omics-based identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection biology and candidate drugs against COVID-19," 2020, Computers in Biology and Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Vasco Azevedo's research include:

  • Debmalya Barh
  • Aristóteles Goés-Neto
  • Siomar de Castro Soares
  • Flávia Figueira Aburjaile
  • Bertram Brenig

Their research has been published in several recurrent venues, which include:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PeerJ

Vasco Azevedo has also contributed to book publications through Elsevier BV, with titles including:

  • "Lactic Acid Bacteria in Food Biotechnology," 2022
  • "Lactic Acid Bacteria as Cell Factories," 2023

Best Publications

  • The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis

    F. Kunst;N. Ogasawara;I. Moszer;A. M. Albertini

  • Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis: microbiology, biochemical properties, pathogenesis and molecular studies of virulence

    Fernanda Alves Dorella;Luis Gustavo Carvalho Pacheco;Sergio Costa Oliveira;Anderson Miyoshi

  • Functional Characterization of Novel Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Strains Isolated from Healthy Volunteers: A Step Forward in the Use of F. prausnitzii as a Next-Generation Probiotic.

    Rebeca Martín;Sylvie Miquel;Sylvie Miquel;Leandro Benevides;Leandro Benevides;Chantal Bridonneau

  • Long-COVID and Post-COVID Health Complications: An Up-to-Date Review on Clinical Conditions and Their Possible Molecular Mechanisms.

    Bruno Silva Andrade;Sérgio Siqueira;Wagner Rodrigues de Assis Soares;Fernanda de Souza Rangel;Fernanda de Souza Rangel

  • Swine and Poultry Pathogens: the Complete Genome Sequences of Two Strains of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a Strain of Mycoplasma synoviae

    Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos;Henrique B. Ferreira;Cristiano V. Bizarro;Sandro L. Bonatto

  • The complete genome sequence of Chromobacterium violaceum reveals remarkable and exploitable bacterial adaptability

    Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos;Darcy F. De Almeida;Mariangela Hungria;Claudia Teixeira Guimarães

  • Genomic and epidemiological monitoring of yellow fever virus transmission potential

    N. R. Faria;M. U. G. Kraemer;M. U. G. Kraemer;M. U. G. Kraemer;S. C. Hill;J. Goes de Jesus

  • Brucella spp noncanonical LPS: structure, biosynthesis, and interaction with host immune system.

    Patrícia Gomes Cardoso;Gilson Costa Macedo;Vasco Azevedo;Sergio Costa Oliveira

  • Protein secretion in Lactococcus lactis : an efficient way to increase the overall heterologous protein production.

    Yves Le Loir;Vasco Azevedo;Sergio C. Oliveira;Daniela A. Freitas;Daniela A. Freitas

  • Microbial Anti-Inflammatory Molecule (MAM) from Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Shows a Protective Effect on DNBS and DSS-Induced Colitis Model in Mice through Inhibition of NF-κB Pathway.

    Natalia Martins Breyner;Christophe Michon;Cassiana S. de Sousa;Cassiana S. de Sousa;Priscilla Carolinne Bagano Vilas Boas;Priscilla Carolinne Bagano Vilas Boas

  • Production and Targeting of the Brucella abortus Antigen L7/L12 in Lactococcus lactis: a First Step towards Food-Grade Live Vaccines against Brucellosis

    Luciana A. Ribeiro;Luciana A. Ribeiro;Vasco Azevedo;Yves Le Loir;Sergio C. Oliveira

  • Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems of Pathogenic Bacteria As Targets for Antimicrobial Therapy: An Overview.

    Sandeep Tiwari;Syed B. Jamal;Syed S. Hassan;Syed S. Hassan;Paulo V. S. D. Carvalho

  • Virus-host coevolution: common patterns of nucleotide motif usage in Flaviviridae and their hosts.

    Francisco P. Lobo;Bruno E. F. Mota;Sérgio D. J. Pena;Vasco Azevedo

  • Use of superoxide dismutase and catalase producing lactic acid bacteria in TNBS induced Crohn's disease in mice.

    Jean Guy LeBlanc;Silvina del Carmen;Anderson Miyoshi;Vasco Azevedo

  • Multiplex PCR assay for identification of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis from pure cultures and for rapid detection of this pathogen in clinical samples

    Luis G. C. Pacheco;Roberta R. Pena;Thiago L. P. Castro;Fernanda A. Dorella

  • In silico subtractive genomics for target identification in human bacterial pathogens

    Debmalya Barh;Sandeep Tiwari;Neha Jain;Amjad Ali

  • Up-To-Date Insight on Industrial Enzymes Applications and Global Market

    Boutros Sarrouh;Tulio Marcos Santos;Anderson Miyoshi;Rodrigo Dias

  • Lactococcus lactis as a live vector: heterologous protein production and DNA delivery systems.

    Daniela Santos Pontes;Marcela Santiago Pacheco de Azevedo;Jean-Marc Chatel;Philippe Langella

  • Brazilian Microbiome Project: Revealing the Unexplored Microbial Diversity—Challenges and Prospects

    Victor Satler Pylro;Victor Satler Pylro;Luiz Fernando Wurdig Roesch;José Miguel Ortega;Alexandre Morais do Amaral

  • Pangenomic study of Corynebacterium diphtheriae that provides insights into the genomic diversity of pathogenic isolates from cases of classical diphtheria, endocarditis, and pneumonia

    Eva Trost;Jochen Blom;Siomar de Castro Soares;Siomar de Castro Soares;I-Hsiu Huang

  • Heterologous expression of Brucella abortus GroEL heat-shock protein in Lactococcus lactis

    Anderson Miyoshi;Luis G Bermúdez-Humarán;Luciana A Ribeiro;Yves Le Loir

Frequent Co-Authors

Anderson Miyoshi
Anderson Miyoshi Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Yves Le Loir
Yves Le Loir INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Philippe Langella
Philippe Langella University of Paris-Saclay
Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán
Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán University of Paris-Saclay
Jan Baumbach
Jan Baumbach Universität Hamburg
Andreas Tauch
Andreas Tauch Bielefeld University
Jean Guy LeBlanc
Jean Guy LeBlanc National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Sergio C. Oliveira
Sergio C. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Gwénaël Jan
Gwénaël Jan Institut Agro Rennes-Angers

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