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Carlos José Correia de Azevedo

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Carlos Azevedo
Born
Carlos José Correia de Azevedo
NationalityPortuguese
Scientific career
FieldsParasitology, Protistology

Carlos José Correia de Azevedo is a Portuguese biologist specialising in microparasites of aquatic organisms, particularly Apicomplexa, Haplosporidia, Microsporidia, and Myxozoa.[1][2]

Career

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Carlos Azevedo is a retired Full Professor of the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Portugal, where he taught Cell Biology until his retirement in 2004.[1] After an initial focus on Spermatology (1972-1987), his research has focused on microparasites of aquatic organisms since 1985.[1] He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR/UP) of the University of Porto, as well as an Honorary member of Brazilian Society of Anatomy.[1] Since 2009, Carlos Azevedo has been a Visiting Professor of the College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[1]

Taxa described

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Carlos Azevedo has described over 70 new taxa of microparasites,[1] including:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "ORCiD - C. Azevedo (0000-0003-0424-1488)". Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "Carlos José Correia de Azevedo". Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ Azevedo, Carlos (1987). "Fine structure of the microsporidan Abelspora portucalensis gen.n., sp.n. (Microsporida) parasite of the hepatopancreas of Carcinus maenas (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 49 (1): 83–92. doi:10.1016/0022-2011(87)90129-7.
  4. ^ Rocha S.; Casal G.; Rangel L.; Castro R.; Severino R.; Azevedo C.; Santos M.J. (2015). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Ceratomyxa auratae n. sp. (Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae), a parasite infecting the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata (Teleostei: Sparidae)". Parasitology International. 64 (5): 305–313. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2015.04.002. PMID 25892564.
  5. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Videira, M.; Casal, Graça; Matos, P.; Oliveira, E.; Al-Quraishy, S.; Matos, E. (2013). "Fine Structure of the Plasmodia and Myxospore of Ellipsomyxa gobioides n. sp. (Myxozoa) Found in the Gallbladder of Gobioides broussonnetii (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Lower Amazon River". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 60 (5): 490–496. doi:10.1111/jeu.12056. PMID 23869881. S2CID 39973290.
  6. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Abdel-Baki, Abdel-Azeem S.; Rocha, Sónia; Al-Quraishy, Saleh; Casal, Graça (2016). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Glugea arabica n. sp. (Microsporidia), infecting the marine fish Epinephelus polyphekadion from the Red Sea". European Journal of Protistology. 52: 11–21. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.09.003. PMID 26555734.
  7. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Conchas, R.F.; Montes, J. (2003). "Description of Haplosporidium edule n. sp. (Phylum Haplosporidia), a parasite of Cerastoderma edule (Mollusca, Bivalvia) with complex spore ornamentation". European Journal of Protistology. 39 (2): 161–167. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00905.
  8. ^ Azevedo, Carlos (1984). "Ultrastructure of the Spore of Haplosporidium lusitanicum sp. n. (Haplosporida, Haplosporidiidae), Parasite of a Marine Mollusc". The Journal of Parasitology. 70 (3): 358–371. doi:10.2307/3281564. JSTOR 3281564.
  9. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Balseiro, P.; Casal, G.; Gestal, C.; Aranguren, R.; Stokes, N.A.; Carnegie, R.B.; Novoa, B.; Burreson, E.M.; Figueras, A. (2006). "Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of Haplosporidium montforti n. sp., parasite of the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 92 (1): 23–32. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2006.02.002. PMID 16563428.
  10. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Matos, E. (2002). "Fine structure of a new species, Loma myrophis (Phylum Microsporidia), parasite of the Amazonian fish Myrophis platyrhynchus (Teleostei, Ophichthidae)". European Journal of Protistology. 37 (4): 445–452. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00843.
  11. ^ Azevedo, Carlos; Padovan, I. (2004). "Nematopsis gigas n. sp. (Apicomplexa), a parasite of Nerita ascencionis (Gastropoda, Neritidae) from Brazil". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51 (2): 214–219. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00548.x. PMID 15134258. S2CID 33066438.
  12. ^ Azevedo, Carlos (2001). "Ultrastructural Aspects of a New Species, Vavraia mediterranica (Microsporidia, Pleistophoridae), Parasite of the French Mediterranean Shrimp, Crangon crangon (Crustacea, Decapoda)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 78 (4): 194–200. doi:10.1006/jipa.2001.5072. PMID 12009799.