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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...
Phylogenetic analysis and genetic diversity of the xylariaceous ascomycete Bisc...
Costa, Daniela; Ramos, Vitor; Tavares, Rui Manuel; Baptista, Paula; Lino-Neto, TeresaCork oak is a tree species with ecological importance that contributes to economic and social development in the Mediterranean region. Cork oak decline is a major concern for forest sustainability and has negative impacts on cork oak growth and production. This event has been increasingly reported in the last decades and seems to be related with climate changes. Biscogniauxia mediterranea is an endophytic fungu...
A novel molecular diagnostic method for the gut content analysis of Philaenus DNA
Rodrigues, Isabel; Ramos, Vitor; Benhadi-Marín, Jacinto; Moreno, Aránzazu; Fereres, Alberto; Pereira, J.A.; Baptista, PaulaPhilaenus spumarius is a vector of Xylella fastidiosa, one of the most dangerous plants pathogenic bacteria worldwide. There is currently no control measure against this pathogen. Thus, the development of vector control strategies, like generalist predators, such as spiders, could be essential to limit the spread of this vector-borne pathogen. In this study, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach was ...
A new cyanobacterial species with a protective effect on lettuce grown under sa...
Brito, Ângela; Rocha, Mariana; Kaštovský, Jan; Vieira, Jorge; Vieira, Cristina P.; Ramos, Vitor; Correia, Manuel; Santos, Marina; Mota, RitaIn this work, a new terrestrial cyanobacterial species, Oculatella lusitanica LEGE 161147, was isolated and characterized using a polyphasic approach. Morphologically, O. lusitanica shares characteristics with different Oculatella species (mainly with O. crustae-formantes), lacking distinctive features. However, the phylogeny based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence and the 16S-23S ITS secondary structures support t...
Phylogenetic analysis and genetic diversity of the xylariaceous ascomycete Bisc...
Costa, Daniela; Ramos, Vitor; Tavares, R. M.; Baptista, Paula; Lino-Neto, T.Cork oak is a tree species with ecological importance that contributes to economic and social development in the Mediterranean region. Cork oak decline is a major concern for forest sustainability and has negative impacts on cork oak growth and production. This event has been increasingly reported in the last decades and seems to be related with climate changes. Biscogniauxia mediterranea is an endophytic fungu...
The Extremophile Endolithella mcmurdoensis gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, ...
Martins, Teresa P.; Ramos, Vitor; Hentschke, Guilherme S.; Castelo-Branco, Raquel; Rego, Adriana; Monteiro, Maria; Brito, Ângela; Tamagnini, PaulaThe McMurdo Dry Valleys constitute the largest ice-free region of Antarctica and one of the most extreme deserts on Earth. Despite the low temperatures, dry and poor soils and katabatic winds, some microbes are able to take advantage of endolithic microenvironments, inhabiting the pore spaces of soil and constituting photosynthesis-based communities. We isolated a green microalga, Endolithella mcmurdoensis gen....
Parakomarekiella sesnandensis gen. et sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) isol...
Soares, Fabiana; Ramos, Vitor; Trovão, João; Cardoso, Susana M.; Tiago, Igor; Portugal, AntónioIn a study that aimed to fingerprint the phototrophic community of the biodeteriorated walls of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra (UNESCO World Heritage Site), an unknown Nostoc/Komarekiella-like cyanobacterium was isolated. We employed a polyphasic approach based on morphological, ecological and phylogenetic analyses of the partial 16S and the whole 16S-23S ITS rRNA regions to characterize this organism. Our strain...
Haverá máscara para o sofrimento mental?
Santos, José Carlos Pereira dos; silva, josé aranda da; Ramos, VitorA crise de saúde pública que todos vivenciamos, com as dimensões já conhecidas mas, sobretudo, pela imprevisibilidade das suas reais consequências, alerta-nos para a nossa vulnerabilidade individual e coletiva. Esta vulnerabilidade desperta medo em todos nós. Medo esse que é normal, desde que não seja desproporcionado e, por isso, nos torne disfuncionais. O medo de sermos infetados e infetarmos outros, entre os...
Actinobacteria and cyanobacteria diversity in terrestrial Antarctic microenviro...
Rego, Adriana; Raio, Francisco; Martins, Teresa P.; Ribeiro, Hugo; Sousa, António G.G.; Séneca, Joana; Baptista, Mafalda S.; Lee, Charles K.Bacterial diversity from McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica, the coldest desert on earth, has become more easily assessed with the development of High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) techniques. However, some of the diversity remains inaccessible by the power of sequencing. In this study, we combine cultivation and HTS techniques to survey actinobacteria and cyanobacteria diversity along different soil and endolithi...