Personal identification

Full name

Cátia Isabel Assis Fidalgo

Citation names

• Fidalgo, Cátia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

4811-F6BF-037C

Websites

• https://www.cesam-la.pt/cifidalgo (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/07/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/06/07 - 2020/06/30	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	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
2008/09 - 2012/02/09	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2017/06/01 - 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 Ongoing
2013/03/01 - 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. Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2020/07/01 - 2026/06/30	The role of the microbiome in fire-affected soil recovery CEECIND/01373/2018/CP1559/CT0010 10.54499/CEECIND/01373/2018/CP1559/CT0010 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies LA/P/0094/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0094/2020 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/06/07 - 2020/06/30	EvoSym - Sea slug genome evolution and adaptation to establish photosynthetic symbiosis POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028751 PTDC/BIA-EVL/28751/2017 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar UID/AMB/50017/2019 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Institute for Biomedicine - Aveiro UID/BIM/04501/2019 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Instituto de Biomedicina, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/03/01 - 2024/02/29	FATE - Study of adaptive evolution events associated with the rise of pathogenic potential in Aspergillii colonising polluted soils PTDC/CTA-AMB/6587/2020 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal	Ongoing

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	Torcato, Cristina; Sara Alves; Santos, Liliana; Fidalgo, Cátia; Alves, Artur. "Uncovering the culturable endophytic fungi from Halimione portulacoides". Paper presented in Congress of Microbiology and Biotrchnology 2023, 2023. 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, T.F.L; Gonçalves, M. F. M.; Fidalgo, Cátia; Brandão, Cláudio; Alves, A.. Corresponding author: Gonçalves, M. F. M.. "Diversity of fungi associated with macroalgae from Ria de Aveiro". Paper presented in Microbiotec ' 19 Congress (University of Coimbra, Portugal), 2019. Vicente, Tânia F. L.; Gonçalves, Micael; Fidalgo, Cátia; Brandão, Cláudio; Alves, A.. "Diversity of endophytic fungi associated with macroalgae from Ria de Aveiro, Portugal". Paper presented in Microbiotec´19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019, 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	Tavares, Rafael D.S.; Fidalgo, Cátia; Rodrigues, Elsa T.; Tacão, Marta; Henriques, Isabel. "Integron-associated genes are reliable indicators of antibiotic resistance in wastewater despite treatment- and seasonality-driven fluctuations". Water Research (2024): 121784. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121784. 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121784 Ricardo Rocha; Tiago Lopes; Cátia Fidalgo; Artur Alves; Paulo Cardoso; Etelvina Figueira. "Bacteria Associated with the Roots of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) at Different Development Stages: Diversity and Plant Growth Promotion". Microorganisms (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010057. 10.3390/microorganisms11010057 Forough Nazar Pour; Bruna Pedrosa; Micaela Oliveira; Cátia Fidalgo; Bart Devreese; Gonzalez Van Driessche; Carina Félix; et al. "Unveiling the Secretome of the Fungal Plant Pathogen Neofusicoccum parvum Induced by In Vitro Host Mimicry". Journal of Fungi (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8090971. 10.3390/jof8090971 Sandra Hilário; Micael F. M. Gonçalves; Cátia Fidalgo; Marta Tacão; Artur Alves. "Genome Analyses of Two Blueberry Pathogens: Diaportheamygdali CAA958 and Diaporthe eres CBS 160.32". Journal of Fungi (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8080804. 10.3390/jof8080804 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; 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
Preprint	Ruben M Costa; Cátia Fidalgo; Anny Cárdenas; Jörg C. Frommlet; Christian R. Voolstra. "Protocol for the generation of axenic/bacteria-depleted Symbiodiniaceae cultures v1". 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.87khzkw. 10.17504/protocols.io.87khzkw
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.