126270
RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012
FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Portugal
5876-PPCDTI
338,852.00 €
2013-01-01
2015-12-31
Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017; Background Salmonella Enteritidis and Escherichia coli are both important foodborne pathogens, commonly related to outbreaks1. Their ability to form biofilms contributes to their virulence and enables their survival on different food contact surfaces2. In mixed biofilms, interspecies interactions can occur, resulting in positive, negative or neut...
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.08.009.; Staphylococcus epidermidis has long been known as a major bacterial coloniser of the human skin, yet it is also a prominent nosocomial pathogen. Its remarkable ability to assemble structured biofilms has been its major known pathogenic feature to date. Notwithstanding important ...
Tese de Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica; A nível mundial, a bacteriose vaginal (BV) é a infeção vaginal mais comum em mulheres em idade reprodutiva, associando-se a complicações na gravidez. Esta infeção carateriza-se pela diminuição da população microbiana vaginal normal (predominantemente lactobacilar) e a simultânea proliferação de bacterias anaeróbias. Devido à sua natureza polimicrobiana, a ...
GLUPOR 12 - 12nd International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Chemistry Group; The consumers interest in healthy and high nutritional food has significantly increased in the recent years. This trend towards the adoption of healthier lifestyles has been the main driver for the great demand of functional ingredients, such as the prebiotics fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS). Industrially, FOS are produced from...
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, inthe online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2017.05.015.; Hydroxycinnamic acids and curcumin are compounds with great therapeutic potential, including anticancer properties. In this study, p-coumaric acid, caffeic acid and curcumin were produced in Escherichia coli. Their production was induced by heat using the dnaK and ibpA heat shock ...
Medicinal plants and their botanical formulations have gained a pivotal attention among scientific researchers mainly due to its action as health promoters. Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) constitutes a great example, with an increasingly evidenced antimicrobial potential. Opportunistic yeast infections constitute an alarming public health problem, highly exacerbated by the inefficacy of antifungal drugs and t...
Aim: To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of carvacrol against stationary-phase planktonic and biofilm cells of coagulase-negative staphylococci and comparison to traditional antistaphylococcal antibiotics. MATERIALS & METHODS: The antimicrobial effect of carvacrol and antibiotics against planktonic and biofilm cells were assessed through quantification of the number of culturable and/or viable cells. Confoca...
Interfacial deposition of biopolymer layers on oil droplets may be a suitable strategy for increasing the emulsion stability and protection of functional ingredients. Resveratrol is a naturally occurring phenolic compound with numerous health-promoting properties, but its usage is still restricted due to its poor water solubility and high chemical instability. The aim of this study was to formulate single-layer...
Objectives: Candida glabrata is becoming one of the most prevalent pathogenic yeasts in cases of oral diseases. Mucositis is an recurrent oral infection in immunocompromised patients, and the actual guidelines recommend the use of fluconazole (Flu) for many cases. However, the azole resistance by C. glabrata is renowned, causing a reduced therapeutic response, especially when it occurs in biofilms. In this stud...
Cosmetic products play an essential role in everyones life. People everyday use a large variety of cosmetic products such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, skin care, perfume, make-up, among others. The cosmetic industry encompasses several environmental, social and economic impacts that are being addressed through the search for more efficient manufacturing techniques, the reduction of waste and emissio...
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