Personal identification

Full name

Cátia Isabel Assis Fidalgo

Citation names

• Fidalgo, Cátia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

4811-F6BF-037C

Websites

• http://www.cesam.ua.pt/cifidalgo (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
• Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Bioinformatics
• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

	Degree	Classification
2013/03/01 - 2017/09/28 Concluded	PhD in Biology, Specialization in Microbiology (Doutoramento) Major in Microbiology, Molecular Biology Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal "Endophytic bacterial communities of Halimione portulacoides" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Aprovado
2012/02/09 Concluded	Applied Microbiology (Mestrado) Major in Microbiology, Molecular Biology Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Heavy metal resistance in extremophilic yeasts: a molecular and physiological approach" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2009/07/14 Concluded	Biology (Molecular biology and Genetics) (Licenciatura) Major in Molecular Biology Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16

Science

2020/07/01 - Current	Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06/07 - 2020/06/30	Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2019/05/31	Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2013/03/01 - 2017/09/28	Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2012/08/01 - 2013/01/31	Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2010/09/07 - 2012/02/09	Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009/10/02 - 2010/08/02	Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008/09/22 - 2009/05/29	Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017 - 2019/05/31	Symbiolite – A novel microbial-algal calcification process driven by coral symbiotic algae: Structure, function, ecological role and evolutionary significance PTDC/MAR-EST/3726/2014 Research Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2013 - 2017/02/28	PhytoMarsh - The phytosphere of salt-marsh plants: an underexplored microbial hot-spot 118873 Provided by PTCRIS: 118873 PhD Student Fellow Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020 - Current	The microbiome of fire-affected vegetated and non-vegetated soil and its role in soil recovery CEECIND/01373/2018 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019 - Current	EvoSym - Sea slug genome evolution and adaptation to establish photosynthetic symbiosis POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028751 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Publications

Book chapter	Dias, T; Stürmer, SL; Chaves, Sandra; Fidalgo, Cátia; Tenreiro, Rogério; Correia, P; Carvalho, L; et al. "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores, an indicator of increased N availability in Mediterranean-type ecosystems". 2011. Published
Conference abstract	Fidalgo, Cátia; Tenreiro, Ana; Tenreiro, Rogério; Malhó, Rui; Chaves, Sandra. "Unveiling Cadmium Resistance Mechanisms in an Extremophilic Yeast". Paper presented in Microbiotec11, Braga, 2011.
Conference poster	Rola, Marcellina; Frankenbach, Silja; Stratmann-Lettner, Sabine; Greve, Carola; Fidalgo, Cátia; Pedro, Ana; Serôdio, João; Preisfeld, Angelika; Christa, Gregor. "Elysia viridis as a promising system to understand kleptoplastid longevity in Sacoglossa". Paper presented in 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Systematics, 2020. Vicente, Tania; Gonçalves, Micael; Fidalgo, Cátia; Brandão, Cláudio; Alves, Artur. "Diversity of fungi associated with macroalgae from Ria de Aveiro". Paper presented in Microbiotec'19, 2019. Fidalgo, Cátia; Alves, Marta; Henriques, Isabel; Alves, Artur. "The endophytic microbiome of Halimione portulacoides". Paper presented in Microbiotec17, 2017. Fidalgo, Cátia; Tacão, Marta; Rocha, Jaqueline; Henriques, Isabel; Alves, Artur. "Culturable endophytic bacteria from salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides, functional characterization, phylogenetic diversity and influence of metal contamination". Paper presented in BAGECO13, 2015. Fidalgo, Cátia; Henriques, Isabel; Alves, Artur. "Culturable endophytic bacteria from Halimione portulacoides, diversity and influence of Hg contamination". Paper presented in Microbiotec13, 2013. Fidalgo, Cátia; Araújo, Susana; Henriques, Isabel; Correia, António; Alves, Artur. "Endophytic bacterial diversity in the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides". Paper presented in FEMS Microbiology Congress 2013, 2013. Fidalgo, Cátia; Tenreiro, Ana; Tenreiro, Rogério; Malhó, Rui; Chaves, Sandra. "Arsenic Resistance in an Extremophilic Yeast, a Cytological and Molecular Approach". Paper presented in IV International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology, 2011.
Journal article	Tânia F. L. Vicente; Micael F. M. Gonçalves; Cláudio Brandão; Cátia Fidalgo; Artur Alves. "Diversity of fungi associated with macroalgae from an estuarine environment and description of Cladosporium rubrum sp. nov. and Hypoxylon aveirense sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004630. 10.1099/ijsem.0.004630 Melo Clavijo, Jenny; Frankenbach, Silja; Fidalgo, Cátia; Serôdio, João; Donath, Alexander; Preisfeld, Angelika; Christa, Gregor. "Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin-type-1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa". Ecology and Evolution (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6865. Open access • Published • 10.1002/ece3.6865 Nitschke, Matthew; Craveiro, Sandra C; Brandão, Cláudio; Fidalgo, Cátia; Serôdio, João; Calado, António J; Frommlet, Jorg C. "Description of Freudenthalidium gen. nov. and Halluxium gen. nov. to formally recognize clades Fr3 and H as genera in the family Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae)". Journal of Phycology (2020): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jpy.12999. Submitted Nitschke, Matthew R.; Fidalgo, Cátia; Simões, Joa~o; Alves, Artur; Sero^dio, Joa~o; Frommlet, Jo¨rg C.. "Symbiolite formation: a powerful in vitro model to untangle the role of bacterial communities in the photosynthesis-induced formation of microbialites". The ISME Journal (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0629-z. 10.1038/s41396-020-0629-z Fidalgo, Cátia. "Identification of scavenger receptors and thrombospondin type 1 repeat proteins potentially relevant for plastid recognition in Sacoglossa". Ecology and Evolution (2020): http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6865. In press Fidalgo, Cátia; Proença, Diogo Neves; Morais, Paula V.; Henriques, Isabel; Alves, Artur. "The endosphere of the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides is a diversity hotspot for the genus Salinicola: description of five novel species Salinicola halimionae sp. nov., Salinicola aestuarinus sp. nov., Salinicola endophyticus sp. nov., Salinicola halophyticus sp. nov. and Salinicola lusitanus sp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69 1 (2019): 46-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003061. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.003061 Cardoso, Paulo; Alves, Artur; Silveira, Paulo; Sá, Carina; Fidalgo, Cátia; Freitas, Rosa; Figueira, Etelvina. "Bacteria from nodules of wild legume species: Phylogenetic diversity, plant growth promotion abilities and osmotolerance". Science of The Total Environment 645 (2018): 1094-1102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.399. Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.399 Fidalgo, Cátia; Martins, Ricardo; Proença, Diogo Neves; Morais, Paula V.; Alves, Artur; Henriques, Isabel. "Zunongwangia endophytica sp. nov., an endophyte isolated from the salt marsh plant, Halimione portulacoides, and emended description of the genus Zunongwangia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 8 (2017): 3004-3009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002069. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.002069 Fidalgo, Cátia; Rocha, Jaqueline; Martins, Ricardo; Proença, Diogo Neves; Morais, Paula V.; Henriques, Isabel; Alves, Artur. "Altererythrobacter halimionae sp. nov. and Altererythrobacter endophyticus sp. nov., two endophytes from the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 8 (2017): 3057-3062. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.002079. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.002079 Fidalgo, Cátia; Rocha, Jaqueline; Proença, Diogo Neves; Morais, Paula Vasconcelos; Alves, Artur; Henriques, Isabel. "Saccharospirillum correiae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the halophyte Halimione portulacoides". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 67 6 (2017): 2026-2030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001914. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.001914 Fidalgo, Cátia; Riesco, Raúl; Henriques, Isabel; Trujillo, Martha E.; Alves, Artur. "Microbacterium diaminobutyricum sp. nov., isolated from Halimione portulacoides, which contains diaminobutyric acid in its cell wall, and emended description of the genus Microbacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 66 11 (2016): 4492-4500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001379. Published • 10.1099/ijsem.0.001379 Henriques, Isabel; Tacão, Marta; Leite, Laura; Fidalgo, Cátia; Araújo, Susana; Oliveira, Cláudia; Alves, Artur. "Co-selection of antibiotic and metal(loid) resistance in gram-negative epiphytic bacteria from contaminated salt marshes". Marine Pollution Bulletin 109 1 (2016): 427-434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.031. Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.031 Rocha, Jaqueline; Tacão, Marta; Fidalgo, Cátia; Alves, Artur; Henriques, Isabel. "Diversity of endophytic Pseudomonas in Halimione portulacoides from metal(loid)-polluted salt marshes". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 13 (2016): 13255-13267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6483-x. Published • 10.1007/s11356-016-6483-x Fidalgo, Cátia; Henriques, Isabel; Rocha, Jaqueline; Tacão, Marta; Alves, Artur. "Culturable endophytic bacteria from the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides: phylogenetic diversity, functional characterization, and influence of metal(loid) contamination". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 10 (2016): 10200-10214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6208-1. Published • 10.1007/s11356-016-6208-1
Thesis / Dissertation	Fidalgo, Cátia Isabel Assis. "Endophytic bacterial communities of Halimione portulacoides". PhD, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/22661. Fidalgo, Cátia Isabel Assis, 1986-. "Heavy metal resistance in extremophilic yeasts: a molecular and physiological approach". Master, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/6583.