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Optimal nitrate supplementation in Phaeodactylum tricornutum culture medium inc...
Afonso, Clélia; Bragança, Ana Rita; Rebelo, Bárbara A.; Serra, Tânia S.; Abranches, RitaPhaeodactylum tricornutum is a model diatom with numerous potential applications in the industry, including the production of high-value carotenoid pigments such as fucoxanthin. This compound is a potent antioxidant currently extracted mainly from brown macroalgae. Fucoxanthin exhibits several biological properties with well-known beneficial effects in the treatment and prevention of lifestyle-related diseases....
O cardo e a indústria de queijo: ferramentas biotecnológicas para a produção de...
Folgado, André; Abranches, RitaEm Portugal, como noutros países da bacia mediterrânica, a planta de cardo (Cynara cardunculus L.) tem sido utilizada desde tempos antigos para diversas aplicações nas áreas alimentar e da saúde. Em particular, no caso da produção artesanal de queijo de cabra e ovelha, a flor do cardo tem sido usada, muitas vezes de uma forma empírica, no processo de coagulação do leite. Esta utilização deve-se ao facto da flor...
Genome size analyses of Pucciniales reveal the largest fungal genomes
Tavares, Sílvia; Ramos, Ana Paula; Pires, Ana Sofia; Azinheira, Helena G; Caldeirinha, Patrícia; Link, Tobias; Abranches, Rita; Silva, Maria do CéuRust fungi (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales) are biotrophic plant pathogens which exhibit diverse complexities in their life cycles and host ranges. The completion of genome sequencing of a few rust fungi has revealed the occurrence of large genomes. Sequencing efforts for other rust fungi have been hampered by uncertainty concerning their genome sizes. Flow cytometry was recently applied to estimate the genome size...