Molecular biology

Biology & Ecology

Description

Molecular and microbial biology of marine organisms: gene expression, microbiomes and host-microbe interactions, with emphasis on deep-sea and hydrothermal vent species.

Members 3

Clara Loureiro Junior researcher

Raul Bettencourt Associate professor

Teresa Cerqueira Assistant researcher

Publications · By the members of this line 57

Coral Reefs

Paper DOI

The ghost of glaberrima: descriptions of two new Leiopathes species

Horowitz, J Opresko, DM Morrissey, D Polit, V

Cerqueira, T

Carreiro-Silva, M and 4 others

Jun 2026

Abstract book, Microbiotech 25, 108

Conference proceedings

KEGG resolved microbiome contrasts in invasive brown algal holobionts reveal

Bettencourt, R Moreira, J

2025

Aquatic Botany · 195

Paper DOI

DNA barcoding and phylogenetic relationships of ecologically and commercially important seaweed species from the Azores (NE Atlantic)

Cerqueira, T Oliveira, AML Lemos, MFL

Cited 3 Nov 2024

Continental Shelf Research · 267

Paper DOI

Preliminary deep-sea data analysis collected at Gloria seamount, Azores-Biscay Rise

Tojeira, I Pinto-Ribeiro, L Rafael, T Albuquerque, M

Bettencourt, R and 9 others

Cited 4 Sep 2023

Frontiers in Marine Science · 10

Editorial DOI

Editorial: Deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems: Living in extreme environments

Chen, H Li, CL Qiu, JW

Bettencourt, R and 4 others

Open access Feb 2023

Projects 6

MicroSent

2025 – 2028 · FEDER

ROKAMURAE

2023 – · GRA

CORHOLOA

2022 – 2023 · FCT

Infrastructure

Laboratories

Genetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory

Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory

Financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito dos projetos UID/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/05634/2025), UID/PRR/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR/05634/2025) e UID/PRR2/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR2/05634/2025).

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