Main publications
L.M.Moreira, N.F.Almeida, N.Potnis, L.A.Digiampietri, S.S.Adi, J.C.Bortolossi, A.C.da Silva, A.M.da Silva, F.E.de Moraes, J.C.de Oliveira, R.F.de Souza, A.P.Fancincani, A.L.Ferraz, M.I.Ferro, L.R.Furlan, D.F.Gimenez, J.B.Jones, E.W.Kitajima, M.L.Laia, R.P.Leite Jr, M.Y.Nishiyama, J.Rodrigues Neto, L.A.Nociti, D.J.Norman, E.H.Ostroski, H.A.Pereira Jr, B.J.Staskawicz, R.I.Tezza, J.A.Ferro, B.A.Vinatzer and J.C.Setubal
Novel insights into the genomic basis of citrus canker based on the genome sequences of two strains of Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. aurantifolii
BMC Genomics. April 2010, Volume 11, Number 238
N.F.Almeida, S.Yan, R.Cai, C.R.Clarke, C.E.Morris, N.W.Schaad, E.L.Schuenzel, G.H.Lacy, X.Sun, J.B.Jones, J.A.Castillo, C.T.Bull, S.Leman, D.S.Guttman, J.C.Setubal, B.A.Vinatzer
PAMDB, A Multilocus Sequence Typing and Analysis Database and Website for Plant-Associated Microbes
Phytopathology. March 2010, Volume 100, Number 3, 208-215
J.C.Setubal, P.dos Santos, B.S.Goldman, H.Ertesvag, G.Espin, L.M.Rubio, S.Valla, N.F.Almeida, D.Balasubramanian, L.Cromes, L.Curatti, Z.Du, E.Godsy, B.Goodner, K.Hellner-Burris, J.A.Hernandez, K.Houmiel, J.Imperial, C.Kennedy, T.J.Larson, P.Latreille, L.Ligon, J.Lu, M.Mark, N.Miller, S.Norton, I.P.OCarroll, I.Paulsen, E.C.Raulfs, R.Roemer, J.Rosser, D.Segura, S.Slater, S.Stricklin, D.Studholme, J.Sun, C.J.Viana, E.Wallin, B.Wang, C.Wheeler
The genome sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii, an obligate aerobe specialized to support diverse anaerobic metabolic processes
Journal of Bacteriology. July 2009, Volume 191, Number 14, 4534-4545
A.R.Wattam, K.Williams, E.Snyder, N.F.Almeida, M.Shukla, A.Dickerman, O.Crasta, R.Kenyon, J.Lu, J.Shallom, H.Yoo, T.Ficht, R.Tsolis, C.Munk, R.Tapia, C.Han, J.Detter, D.Bruce, T.Brettin, B.Sobral, S.Boyle, J.C.Setubal
Analysis of ten Brucella genomes reveals evidence for horizontal gene transfer despite a preferred intracellular lifestyle
Journal of Bacteriology. June 2009, Volume 191, Number 11, 3569-3579
S.Slater, B.Goldman, B.Goodner, J.C.Setubal, S.Farrand, E.Nester, T.Burr, L.Banta, A.Dickerman, I.Paulsen, L.Otten, G.Suen, R.Welch, N.F.Almeida, F.Arnold, O.Burton, Z.Du, A.Ewing, E.Godsy, S.Heisel, K.Houmiel, J.Jhaveri, J.Lu, N.Miller, S.Norton, Q.Chen, W.Phoolcharoen, V.Ohlin, D.Ondrusek, N.Pride, S.Stricklin, J.Sun, C.Wheeler, L.Wilson, H.Zhu, D.Wood
Genome Sequences of Three Agrobacterium Biovars Help Elucidate the Evolution of Multichromosome Genomes in Bacteria
Journal of Bacteriology. April 2009, Volume 191, Number 8, 2501-2511
N.F.Almeida, S.Yan, M.Lindeberg, D.J.Studholme, D.J.Schneider, B.Condon, H.Liu, C.J.Viana, A.Warren, C.Evans, E.Kemen, D.MacLean, A.Angot, G.B.Martin, J.D.Jones, A.Collmer, J.C. Setubal and B.A.Vinatzer
A Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato T1 Reveals a Type III Effector Repertoire Significantly Divergent from that of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Jan 2009, Volume 22, Number 1: 52-62.
D.Anjos, G.Zerlotini, G.Pinto, M.E.M.Walter, M.M.Brigido, G.P.Telles, C.J.M.Viana and N.F.Almeida
A method for inferring biological functions using homologous genes among three genomes
BSB'07, LNBI 4643, pp. 70-81, 2007, M.-F.Sagot and M.E.M.T.Walter (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
N.F.Almeida., A.C.Lima, S.S.Adi, C.J.M.Viana, M.Y.Nakazaki, A.A.Tamura, L.Y.Hiratsuka and L.P.Brazil
Mapping Contigs onto Reference Genomes
BSB'07, LNBI 4643, pp. 153-157, 2007, M.-F.Sagot and M.E.M.T.Walter (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
R.V.Andrade, S.P.da Silva, F.A.G.Torres, M.J.Pocas-Fonseca, I.Silva-Pereira, A.Q.Maranhao, E.G.Campos, L.M.P.Moraes, R.S.A.Jesuino, M.Pereira, C.M.A.Soares, M.E.M.T.Walter, M.J.A.Carvalho, N.F.Almeida, M.M.BrÃgido and M.S.S.Felipe
Overview and perspectives on the trasncriptome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Rev Iberoam Micol 2005; 22: 203-212.
G.P.Telles, M.M.Brigido, N.F.Almeida, C.J.M.Viana, D.A.S.Anjos and M.E.M.T.Walter
A method for comparing three genomes
BSB'05, LNBI 3594, pp. 160-169, 2005, J.C.Setubal and S.Verjovski-Almeida (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.
M.M.Brigido, M.M.T.Walter, A.G.Oliveira, M.K.Inoue, D.S.Anjos, E.F.O.Sandes, J.J.Gondim, M.J.A.Carvalho, N.F.Almeida and M.S.S.Felipe
Bioinformatics of the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis EST Project
Genet. Mol. Res. 4 (2): 203-215 (2005).
M.S.S.Felipe, R.V.Andrade, F.B.M.Arraes, A.M.Nicola, A.Q.Maranhao, F.A.G.Torres, I.Silva-Pereira, M.J.Pocas-Fonseca, E.G.Campos, L.M.P.Moraes, P.A.Andrade, A.H.F.P.Tavares, S.S.Silva, C.M.Kyaw, D.P.Souza, M.Pereira, R.S.A.Jesuino, E.V.Andrade, J.A.Parente, G.S.Oliveira, M.S.Barbosa, N.F.Martins, A.L.Fachin, R.S.Cardoso, G.A.S.Passos, N.F.Almeida, M.E.M.T.Walter, C.M.A.Soares, M.J.A.Carvalho and M.M.Brigido
Transcriptional Profiles of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in Mycelium and Yeast Cells
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, No. 26, Issue of July 1, pp. 24706-24714, 2005.
L.M.Moreira, R.F.de Souza, N.F.Almeida, J.C.Setubal, J.C.F.Oliveira, L.R.Furlan, J.A.Ferro and A.C.R da Silva
Comparative genomics analyses of citrus-associated bacteria
Annu. Rev. Phytopathology, 163-184, Vol. 42, 2004.
C.B.Monteiro-Vitorello, L.E.A.Camargo, M.A.V.Sluys, J.P.Kitajima, D.Truffi, A.M.do Amaral, R.Harakava, J.C.F.de Oliveira, D.Wood, M.C.de Oliveira, C.Miyaki, M.A.Takita, A.C.R.da Silva, L.R.Furlan, D.M.Carraro, G.Camarotte, N.F.Almeida, H.Carrer, L.L.Coutinho, H.A.El-Dorry, M.I.T.Ferro, P.R.Gagliardi, E.Giglioti, M.H.S.Goldman, G.H.Goldman, E.T.Kimura, E.S.Ferro, E.E.Kuramae, E.G.M.Lemos, M.V.F.Lemos, S.M.Z.Mauro, M.A.Machado, C.L.Marino, C.F.Menck, L.R.Nunes, R.C.Oliveira, G.G.Pereira, W.Siqueira, A.A.de Souza, S.M.Tsai, A.S.Zanca, A.J.G.Simpson, S.M.Brumbley and J.C.Setubal
The genome sequence of the gram-positivesugarcane pathogen Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli
Molelular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 827-836, Vol. 17, No. 8, 2004.
N.F.Almeida, C.E.R.Alves, E.N.Csceres and S.W.Song,
Comparison of Genomes using High-Performance Parallel Computing
Proceedings of 15th Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing
SBAC-PAD 2003- Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, November 10-12, 2003 IEEE Computer Society, pp. 142-148, 2003.
M.S.S.Felipe, R.V.Andrade, S.S.Petrofeza, A.Q.Maranhao, F.A.G.Torres, P.Albuquerque, F.B.M.Arraes, M.Arruda, M. O.Azevedo, A.J.Baptista, L.A.M.Bataus, C.L.Borges, E.G.Campos, M R.Cruz, B.S.Daher, A.Dantas, M.A.S.V.Ferreira, G.V.Ghil, R.S.A.Jesuino, C.M.Kyaw, L.Leitao, C.R.Martins, L.M.P.Moraes, E.O.Neves, A.M.Nicola, E.S.Alves, J.A.Parente, M.Pereira, M.J.Poças-Fonseca, R.Resende, B.M.Ribeiro, R.R.Saldanha, S.C.Santos, I.Silva-Pereira, M.A.S.Silva, E.Silveira, I.C.Simoes, R.B.A.Soares, D.P.Souza, M.T.De-Souza, E.V.Andrade, M.A.S.Xavier, H.P.Veiga, E.J.Venancio, M.J.A.Carvalho, A.G.Oliveira, M.K.Inoue, N.F.Almeida, M.E.M.T.Walter, C.M.A. Soares and M.M.Brigido
Transcriptome characterization of the dimorphic and pathogenic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by EST analysis
Yeast, Vol. 20, No. 3, 263-271, 2003.
M. A.Van Sluys, M.C.de Oliveira, C.B.Monteiro-Vitorello, C.Y.Miyaki, L.R.Furlan, L.E.A.Camargo, A.C.R. da Silva, D. H.Moon, M.A.Takita, E.G.M.Lemos, M.A.Machado, M.I.T. Ferro, F.R.da Silva, M.H.S.Goldman, G.H.Goldman, M.V.F.Lemos, H. El-Dorry, S.M.Tsai, H.Carrer, D.M.Carraro, R.C.de Oliveira, L.R.Nunes, W.J.Siqueira, L.L.Coutinho, E.T.Kimura, E.S.Ferro, R.Harakava, E.E.Kuramae, C.L.Marino, E.Giglioti, I.L.Abreu, L.M.C.Alves, A.M. do Amaral, G.S.Baia, S.R.Blanco, M.S.Brito, F.S.Cannavan, A.V.Celestino, A.F. da Cunha, R.C.Fenille, J.A.Ferro, E.F.Formighieri, L.T.Kishi, S.G.Leoni, A.R.Oliveira, V.E.Rosa Jr., F.T.Sassaki, J.A.D.Sena, A.A. de Souza,D.Truffi, F.Tsukumo, G.M.Yanai, L.G.Zaros, E.L.Civerolo, A.J.G.Simpson, N.F.Almeida., J.C.Setubal and J.P.Kitajima
Comparative analyses of the complete genome sequences of Pierce's Disease and Citrus Variegated Chlorosis strains of Xylella fastidiosa
J. Bacteriology, Vol. 185, No. 3, 1018-1026, 2003.
A.C.R. da Silva, J.A.Ferro, F.C.Reinach, C.S.Farah, L.R.Furlan, R.B.Quaggio, C.B. Monteiro-Vitorello, M.A.Van Sluys, N.F.Almeida, L.M.C.Alves, A.M. do Amaral, M.C.Bertolini, L.E.A.Camargo, G.Camarotte, F.Cannavan, J.Cardozo, F.Chambergo, L.P.Ciapina, R.M.B.Cicarelli, L.L.Coutinho, J.R.Cursino-Santos, H.El-Dorry, J.B.Faria, A. J. S.Ferreira, R.C.C.Ferreira, M.I.T.Ferro, E.F.Formighieri, M.C.Franco, C.C.Greggio, A.Gruber, A.M.Katsuyama, L.T.Kishi, R.P.Leite, E.G.M.Lemos, M.V.F.Lemos, E.C.Locali, M.A.Machado, A.M.B.N.Madeira, N.M.Martinez-Rossi, E.C.Martins, J.Meidanis, C. F. M. Menck, C.Y.Miyaki, D.H.Moon, L.M.Moreira, M.T.M.Novo, V.K.Okura, M.C. Oliveira, V.R.Oliveira, H.A.Pereira, A.Rossi, J.A.D.Sena, C.Silva, R.F.de Souza, L.A.F.Spinola, M.A.Takita, R.E.Tamura, E.C.Teixeira, R.I.D.Tezza, M.Trindade dos Santos, D.Truffi, S.M.Tsai, F.F.White, J.C.Setubal, J.P.Kitajima
Comparison of the genomes of two Xanthomonas pathogens with differing host specifities
Nature, 417 (6887):459-463, May 23 2002.
D.W.Wood, J.C.Setubal, R.Kaul, D.E.Monks, J.P.Kitajima, V.K.Okura, Y.Zhou, L.Chen, G.E.Wood, N.F.Almeida., L.Woo, Y.Chen, I.T.Paulsen, J.A.Eisen,P.D.Karp, D.Bovee Sr.,P.Chapman, J.Clendenning, G.Deatherage, W.Gillet, C.Grant, T.Kutyavin, R.Levy, Meng-Jin Li, E.McClelland, A.Palmieri, C.Raymond, G.Rouse, C.Saenphimmachak, Z.Wu, P.Romero, D.Gordon, S.Zhang, H.Yoo, Y.Tao, P.Biddle, M.Jung, W.Krespan, M.Perry, B.Gordon-Kamm, L.Liao, S.Kim, C.Hendrick, Z.Zhao, M.Dolan, F.Chumley, S.V.Tingey, J.Tomb, M.P.Gordon, M.V.Olson, E.W.Nester
The Genome of the Natural Genetic Engineer Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58
Science, 294 (5550):2317-2323, Dec 14 2001.
J. C. Setubal & N. F. Almeida Jr.
Detection of related genes in procaryotes using syntenic regions
DIMACS Workshop on Whole Genome Comparison
DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, March, 2001.
N. F. Almeida Jr & V. C. Barbosa
A String-Matching Algorithm for the CREW PRAM,
Information Processing Letters, 47(5), October 1993, pp 257-259.
Other publications
C.Clarke, D.J.Studholme, N.F.Almeida, J.D.Jones, J.C.Setubal, D.S.Guttman, B.A.Vinatzer
Characterization of a subgroup of Pseudomonas syringae strains that lack a typical type three secretion system and effector gene orthologues
XIV International Congress on Plant-Microbe Interactions, July 19-23 2009, Quebec City, Canada (abstract).
S.Yan, N.F.Almeida, M.Lindeberg, H.Liu, A.Warren, D.J.Schneider, M.Moore, A.Collmer, J.C.Setubal, B.A.Vinatzer
Using a plant-bacterial pathogen interaction model to study host range and virulence evolution of infectious bacteria
Deans' Forum on Infectious Diseases, September 28-29 2008, Blacksburg, VA (abstract).
S.Yan, N.F.Almeida, M.Lindeberg, H.Liu, A.Warren, D.J.Schneider, M.Moore, A.Collmer, J.C.Setubal, B.A.Vinatzer
Dissecting Arabidopsis host and nonhost interactions with Pseudomonas syringae, taking advantage of comparative evolutionary genomics
19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, July 23-27 2008, Montreal, Canada.
S.Yan, N.F.Almeida, M.Lindeberg, D.J.Schneider, H.Liu, A. Collmer, J.C.Setubal, B.A.Vinatzer
A ComparativeGenomics Investigation into Host Specificity in the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas Syringae
American Society of Microbiology 108th General Meeting. 1-5 June 2008, Boston, MA, USA (poster).
R.D.Tezza, M.L.Laia, A.P.Facincani, N.F.Almeida, J.A.Ferro, M.I.T.Ferro
Predição computacional de promotores em Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri
III Encontro Nacional de Pós-Graduação em Microbiologia. 23-24 setembro 2008, FCAV, Jaboticabal, SP. (poster).
N.F.Almeida Jr., A.C.Lima, S.S.Adi, C.J.M.Viana, M.Y.Nakazaki, A.A.Tamura, L.Y.Hiratsuka and L.P.Brazil, EGGview: Visualization of EGG Comparative Data Using GBrowse
BSB2007 Poster Proceedings (ISBN: 978-85-7669-123-5), Second Brazilian Symposium on Bioinformatics, BSB 2007, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, August 29-31, 2007.
G.P.Telles, N.F.Almeida Jr., F.H.V.Martinez
Algoritmos e heurísticas para comparações exata e aproximada de sequêencias
XXIV Jornadas de Atualizacao em Informatica. A.Loureiro; M.Barcelos. (Org.), 2005, p. 1545-1587.
F.R.Araújo, V.S.P.Melo, C.A.N.Ramos, C.R.Madruga, C.O.Soares, R.H.Kessler, N.F.Almeida Jr., G.S.Araujo, L.C.Alves, R.A.A.Torres Jr., S.P.Fragoso,P.R.C.Arauco,G.Bacanelli, M.B.Oliveira and L.R.Santos
Development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays based on recombinant MSP1a and MSP2 of Anaplasma marginale
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Vol. 100(7) 765-769 (2005).
P.P.Pires, N.F. Almeida Jr, E.J.Hanashiro, W.M.Dias, P.F.I.Goiozo
Interface de hardware e software para conexão de balança, identificador eletrônico e teclado do peão com PC Anais do ZOOTE-2005, Campo Grande MS, Brasil, Maio de 2005 (poster)
N.F. Almeida Jr, J.C. Setubal, M.H. Carvalho, C.J.M. Viana
A method to determine homologous protein families based on graph cliques and profiles
Anais do 3rd Brazilian Workshop on Bioinformatics, BrasÃlia DF, Brasil, Outubro de 2004 (poster)
N.F. Almeida Jr & L. Montera
Determinação de regióes ortólogas múltiplas
Anais do 2nd Brazilian Workshop on Bioinformatics, Macaé, RJ, Brasil, Dezembro de 2003 (poster)
C.R.Madruga, F.R.Araujo, N.F. Almeida Jr. et al.
Análise de 18S rRNA em isolados brasileiros de Trypanosoma vivax
Anais do XI Congresso latinoamericano de Buiatria
Salvador, BA, Setembro de 2003 (poster)
C.R.Madruga, F.R.Araujo, N.F.Almeida et al.
Diagnóstico de infecções por isolados brasileiros de Trypanosoma vivax e Trypanosoma evansi por PCR-RFLP
Anais do XI Congresso latinoamericano de Buiatria, Salvador, BA, Setembro de 2003 (poster)
N.F. Almeida e J.C. Setubal
Ferramentas para comparação genômica
Anais do XXIII Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, Campinas, SP, Agosto de 2003, pp 13-20.
Trabalho premiado (terceiro lugar) no XVI Concurso de Teses e Dissertações, CTD'2003.
G.S. Araújo and N.F. Almeida
Phylogeny from whole genome comparison
Proc. of the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Bioinformatics, pp 9-15, Gramado RS, Brazil, October 18, 2002.
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N.F. Almeida Jr , Tools for genome comparison, Doctoral Thesis (in Portuguese)
PostScript (gz)(~340K) | PDF(~780K), IC-UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, May, 2002.
D.Wood, J.C. Setubal, N. F. Almeida et al.
Sequencing and analysis of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens genome
10th Int'l congress on Molecular plant-microbe interactions
Madison, WI, 2001 (poster)
N.F. Almeida, J.C. Setubal and M.Tompa
On the Use of Don't Care Regions for Protein Sequence Alignment
IC Technical Reports 99-07. March, 1999.
PostScript
N.F. Almeida and J.C. Setubal
Um Modelo Oculto de Markov para encontrar promotores em sequências de DNA
IC Technical Reports 98-37. Outubro, 1998.
PostScript
N.F. Almeida and V.C. Barbosa
Um algoritmo de String-Matching para o modelo CREW-PRAM
Anais da XIX Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática, Buenos Aires, 1993. 22 JAIO
PANEL'93, pp 437-446.
N.F. Almeida
Parallel Algorithms for String-matching
Master Thesis (in Portuguese)
COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, September, 1992.