Amaro Emiliano Trindade Silva

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Amaro E. Trindade Silva graduated in Microbiology and Immunology (2000) and obtained his Master (2002) and PhD (2009) degrees in Genetics, at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Dr. Amaro has research interest in symbiotic systems (bacteria & animal symbiosis) and has been working particularly with marine invertebrates associated microbiomes. Amaro’s research is focused on prospection and characterization of bacteria metabolic potential, specifically the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) for biotechnologically relevant classes of bioactive natural products.

Biodiversity Biotechnology Genomics Marine Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 1

June 17, 2014

Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable heterotrophic bacteria associated with the endemic marine sponge Arenosclera brasiliensis

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Cintia P.J. Rua, Amaro E. Trindade-Silva, Luciana R. Appolinario, Tainá M. Venas, Gizele D. Garcia, Lucas S. Carvalho, Alinne Lima, Ricardo Kruger, Renato C. Pereira, Roberto G.S. Berlinck, Rogério A.B. Valle, Cristiane C. Thompson, Fabiano Thompson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.419 PubMed 25024903