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Exploring macrophytes’ microbial populations dynamics to enhance bioremediation...
Ijoma, Grace N.; Lopes, Teresa; Mannie, Thulani; Mhlongo, Thandazile N.Toxic contaminants from intense industrial operations are entering wetlands, harming human health and biodiversity. Macrophytes serve as principal producers in aquatic environments including natural wetlands, providing shelter, food, and, most crucially, intricate relationships with the surrounding microbial assemblage for support and microorganisms attachment. Wetlands have been nature's kidneys, for filtering...
Communicating with the critically ill patient: contributions from nursing
Lopes, Teresa; Gama, Fernando;
Potential of the endophyte Penicillium commune in the control of olive anthracn...
Silva, Sofia; Costa, Helgeneusa Neto da; Lopes, Teresa; Ramos, Vitor; Rodrigues, Nuno; Pereira, J.A.; Lino-Neto, Teresa; Baptista, PaulaOlive anthracnose, caused by several Colletotrichum species, is the most economically harmful fruit disease of the olive crop. This work aimed to evaluate the ability of the endophyte Penicillium commune CIMO 14FM009 to protect the olive tree against Colletotrichum nymphaeae via induction of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Accordingly, olive tree branches were inoculated with the endophyte and one mont...
Potential of the endophyte Penicillium commune in the control of olive anthracn...
Silva, Sofia; Costa, Helgeneusa da; Lopes, Teresa; Ramos, Vitor; Rodrigues, Nuno; Pereira, José Alberto; Lino-Neto, T.; Baptista, PaulaOlive anthracnose, caused by several Colletotrichum species, is the most economically harmful fruit disease of the olive crop. This work aimed to evaluate the ability of the endophyte Penicillium commune CIMO 14FM009 to protect the olive tree against Colletotrichum nymphaeae via induction of plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Accordingly, olive tree branches were inoculated with the endophyte and one mont...
Content Validity and Reliability of the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test and the K...
Furtado, Kátia; Lopes, Teresa; Afonso, Anabela; Infante, Paulo; Voorham, Jaco; Lopes, Manuel(1) Background: Improvement in pressure ulcer care depends both on the dissemination of knowledge and its implementation. This study aims to translate the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test into Portuguese from Portugal and evaluate the internal consistency of the questionnaire. The second aim is to assess nurses’ pressure ulcer knowledge level. (2) Methods: The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test was translated into Port...
Caracterização genotípica e fenotípica de estirpes de Escherichia coli patogéni...
Batista, Rita; Saraiva, Margarida; Lopes, Teresa; Silveira, Leonor; Coelho, Anabela; Furtado, Rosália; Castro, Rita; Correia, Cristina BeloAs aves são potenciais portadoras de microrganismos patogénicos que afetam os seres humanos, e podem ser disseminadoras de perigos no ambiente de produção primária de géneros alimentícios de origem vege- tal e animal. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a ocorrência, em fezes de aves em liberdade, em Portugal, de três bactérias zoonóticas causadoras de infeções no Homem. Para tal, foi avaliada a presença d...
Escherichia coli patogénica, Salmonella spp. e Campylobacter spp. em dois Centr...
Pista, Ângela; Silveira, Leonor; Ribeiro, Sofia; Fontes, Mariana; Castro, Rita; Coelho, Anabela; Furtado, Rosália; Lopes, Teresa; Maia, CarlaA coexistência entre humanos e animais selvagens pode aumentar o risco de transmissão direta de agentes patogénicos zoonóticos emergentes ou reemergentes para humanos. Este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a ocorrência de três importantes agentes patogénicos de origem alimentar em animais selvagens de dois centros de conservação da vida selvagem, em Portugal. Para tal, foram testadas 132 amostras fecais para...
Avaliação da qualidade dos exames de Biologia e Geologia do ensino secundário p...
Lopes, Teresa; Precioso, JoséOs resultados dos alunos portugueses no exame de Biologia e Geologia têm revelado uma situação grave de insucesso ao longo dos anos, com classificações médias muito baixas e taxas de reprovação excessivamente elevadas. Na opinião dos professores, as principais causas de insucesso relacionam-se com o elevado grau de complexidade do exame. Assim, é importante analisar a validade e a qualidade técnica desses exame...
Biocontrol ability and production of volatile organic compounds as a potential ...
Sdiri, Yosra; Lopes, Teresa; Rodrigues, Nuno; Silva, Kevin; Rodrigues, Isabel; Pereira, J.A.; Baptista, PaulaOlive anthracnose, mainly caused by Colletotrichum acutatum, is considered a key biotic constraint of the olive crop worldwide. This work aimed to evaluate the ability of the endophytes Aureobasidium pullulans and Sarocladium summerbellii isolated from olive trees to reduce C. acutatum growth and anthracnose symptoms, and to assess A. pullulans-mediated changes in olive fruit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) a...
Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization of Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmo...
Batista, Rita; Saraiva, Margarida; Lopes, Teresa; Silveira, Leonor; Coelho, Anabela; Furtado, Rosália; Castro, Rita; Correia, Cristina BeloBirds are potential carriers of pathogens affecting humans and agriculture. Aiming to evaluate the occurrence of the top three most important foodborne pathogens in free-living birds in Portugal, we investigated 108 individual fecal samples from free-living birds and one pooled sample of gull feces (n = 50) for the presence of Escherichia coli (pathogenic and non-pathogenic), Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter s...