Simoes de Araujo, Jean Luiz - Visiting Scientists

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Simoes de Araujo, Jean Luiz

203 Life Science Center

1201 Rollins Road

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65211

Email: jstkz@missouri.edu

jean.araujo@embrapa.br

Phone: (573) 239 6045

 

Education:

1989-1994 – Agronomy

Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

1995-1997 – M.SC – Soil Microbiology

Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

January 1998 March 2002 – Ph.D  – Genetic and Molecular Biology

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Thesis topic: Plant response to heat stress and Isolation of Heat Shock Proteins from cowpea.

 

Current research focus: Molecular Aspects of Plant Microbe Interaction: Biological Nitrogen Fixation and Plant Growth Promotion.

Research line: Associations between Plant Growth Promotion Bacteria (PGPRs) and grass.

 

Professional Experience:

March 2002 – August 2012 Postdoctoral Research, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Research topic: Sequencing and annotation of Plant Growth Promotion Bacteria Genomes.

 

August 2012 –

Researcher in the National Agrobiology Research Center from Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) https://www.embrapa.br/en/agrobiologia

Address to access complete CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4344808401973010

 

CNPq Research Productivity Scholarship – Level 2

Advisor professor in the Plant Biotechnology Post Graduate Course, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

 

Publications:

 

  1. DA SILVA, H.A.P.; CAETANO, V.S.; VILLARINHO-PESSOA, D.D.; PACHECO, R.S.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L. Molecular and biochemical changes of aging-induced nodules senescence in common bean. Symbiosis, 2019 (In press).

 

  1. ZILLI, J.E.; ALVES, B.J.R. ROUWS, L.F.M.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. The importance of denitrification performed by nitrogen-fixing bacteria used as inoculants in South America. Plant and Soil, 2019, Special Issue S78 – Microorganisms in Agriculture (In press)

 

  1. DA SILVA, P.R.A.; VIDAL, M.S.; SOARES, C.P.; POLESE, V.; TADRA-SFEIR, M.; SOUZA, E. M.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; BALDANI, J.I. Sugarcane apoplast fluid modulates the global transcriptional profile of the diazotrophic bacteria Paraburkholderia tropica strain Ppe8. PLoS One, v. 13, p. e0207863-19, 2018.

 

  1. MICHEL, DANIELE C.; PASSOS, SAMUEL R.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, JEAN L.; et al. Bradyrhizobium centrolobii and Bradyrhizobium macuxiense sp. nov. isolated from Centrolobium paraense grown in soil of Amazonia, Brazil. Archives of Microbiology, p- 01, 2017.

 

  1. DE MATOS, FEITOSA, G.; ZILLI, J.E.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L. et al., Bradyrhizobium sacchari sp. nov., a legume nodulating bacterium isolated from sugarcane roots. Archives of Microbiology, v.1, p.1 – 8, 2017.

 

  1. DA SILVA, P.R.A.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Draft genome sequence of Paraburkholderia tropica Ppe8 strain, a sugarcane endophytic diazotrophic bacterium. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v.322, p.1 – 2, 2017.

 

  1. LEITE, J.; PASSOS, S. R.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Genomic identification and characterization of the elite strains Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense BR 3267 and Bradyrhizobium pachyrhizi BR 3262 recommended for cowpea inoculation in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, p.1 – 2017.

 

  1. OSEI, O.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; PCR assay for direct specific detection of Bradyrhizobium elite strain BR 3262 in root nodule extracts of soil-grown cowpea. Plant and Soil, v.2017, p.1 – 14, 2017.

 

  1. POLESE, V.; SOARES, C.; DA SILVA, P.R.A.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Selection and validation of reference genes for RT-qPCR indicates that juice of sugarcane varieties modulate the expression of C metabolism genes in the endophytic diazotrophic Herbaspirillum rubrisubalbicans strain HCC103. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, v.1, p.1 – 14, 2017.

 

  1. MELO, I.S.; PARMA, M.M.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Bradyrhizobium stylosanthis sp. nov., comprising nitrogen-fixing symbionts isolated from nodules of the tropical forage legume Stylosanthes spp.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (Print). 2016.

 

  1. SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Draft genome sequence of Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense strain BR 3267, an elite strain recommended for cowpea inoculation in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. v.27, p.02 – 03, 2016.

 

  1. RODRIGUES, E.P.; SOARES, C.P.; GALVÃO, P.G.; IMADA, E.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; Identification of Genes Involved in Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 Strain Using Transposon Mutagenesis. Frontiers in Microbiology (Online). v.7, p.1572 – 2016.

 

  1. ZILLI, J.E; MALUK, M.; REIS, V.M.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; et al. Rhizobium altiplani sp. nov. isolated from effective nodules on Mimosa pudica growing in untypically alkaline soil in Central Brazil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (Print). v.2016, p.2016 – 2016.

 

  1. DA SILVA, P.R.A.; Vidal, M.S.; DE PAULA S.C.; POLESE, V.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L.; BALDANI, José Ivo. Selection and evaluation of reference genes for RT-qPCR expression studies on Burkholderia tropica strain Ppe8, a sugarcane-associated diazotrophic bacterium grown with different carbon sources or sugarcane juice. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Gedrukt). v.1, p.1 – 10, 2016.

 

  1. PESSOA, D.D.V.; Vidal, M.S.; BALDANI, J.I.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L. Validation of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Journal of Microbiological Methods. v.127, p.193 – 196, 2016.

 

  1. SILVA, H.A.P.; NARDELI S.M.; ALVES-FERREIRA, M.; SIMOES-ARAUJO, J.L. Evaluation of Reference Genes for RT-qPCR Normalization in Cowpea under Drought Stress during Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Crop Science. v.0, p.1 – 13, 2015.