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Ionic liquids toward enhanced carotenoid extraction from bacterial biomass
Silva, Tiago; Alves, Luís; Salgado, Francisco; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Lukasik, Rafal M.; Paixão, Susana M.ABSTRACT: Carotenoids are high added-value products primarily known for their intense coloration and high antioxidant activity. They can be extracted from a variety of natural sources, such as plants, animals, microalgae, yeasts, and bacteria. Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B is a bacterium recognized as a hyper-pigment producer. However, due to its adaptations to its natural habitat, hydrocarbon-contaminated so...
Characterization of Tableware from Fábrica de Loiça de Sacavém : Linking Analyt...
Coutinho, ML; Veiga, JP; Ruivo, Andreia; Silva, Teresa; Bottura Scardina, Silvia; Lima, M.M.R.A.; Pereira, Carlos; Dias, Ana Carvalho; Dias, LuisABSTRACT: Fabrica de Loica de Sacavem (ca. 1858-1994) was among the first to produce white earthenware in Portugal, becoming one of the country's leading ceramic manufacturers during the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Research on white earthenware has accompanied the growing interest in post-industrial archaeology but is still poorly explored compared to more ancient ceramic productions. This study focused ...
Streamlining the biodesulfurization process: development of an integrated conti...
Silva, Tiago; Paixão, Susana M.; Tavares, João; Paradela, Filipe; Crujeira, Teresa; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Alves, LuísABSTRACT: Biodesulfurization is a biotechnological process that uses microorganisms as biocatalysts to actively remove sulfur from fuels. It has the potential to be cleaner and more efficient than the current industrial process, however several bottlenecks have prevented its implementation. Additionally, most works propose models based on direct cultivation on fuel, or batch production of biocatalysts followed ...
Ionic liquids toward enhanced carotenoid extraction from bacterial biomass
Silva, Tiago; Alves, Luís; Salgado, Francisco; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Lukasik, Rafal M.; Paixão, Susana M.ABSTRACT: Carotenoids are high added-value products primarily known for their intense coloration and high antioxidant activity. They can be extracted from a variety of natural sources, such as plants, animals, microalgae, yeasts, and bacteria. Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B is a bacterium recognized as a hyper-pigment producer. However, due to its adaptations to its natural habitat, hydrocarbon-contaminated so...
A Corrosão em Imagens
Simões, Alda; Sushkova, Alesia; Alves, Alexandra; Franco, Alexandra; Sá, Ana Isabel; Mata, Ana Leonor; Pereira, Ana Marisa; Vieira, Ana SoaresPREFÁCIO: No vasto panorama da ciência dos materiais, Portugal, abriga uma comunidade multidisciplinar dedicada ao estudo da corrosão e da proteção de materiais. Neste contexto, as Jornadas de Corrosão e Proteção de Materiais nascem como um evento crucial, marcado pela sua natureza técnico-científica. Estas jornadas são um fórum de divulgação e de discussão dos resultados da investigação científica e do desenvo...
Optimization of a biphasic biodesulfurization system
Silva, Tiago; Paixão, Susana M.; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Alves, LuísABSTRACT: Many of the new generation fuels, although more sustainable, share some of the problems inherent to fossil fuels. Depending on the biomass/material that originated them, they can present different contaminants that can lead to environmental problems. Sulfur is one of the most common and problematic contaminants in fuels. It is released into the atmosphere in the form of SOx, leading to the formation o...
Application of ionic liquids for bacterial carotenoid extraction
Salgado, Francisco; Silva, Tiago; Alves, Luís; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Lukasik, Rafal M.; Paixão, Susana M.ABSTRACT: One of the ways to make microbial bioprocesses more economically viable is to enhance valorization of high added value products resulting from the biomass, like carotenoids, which have a high market value. To recover these pigments from microbial biomass a good extraction method is required. Solvent extraction is one of the methods commonly used to extract carotenoids, however, solvent extractions are...
Isolation and identification of Magnusiomyces capitatus as a lipase-producing y...
Salgado, Vera; Fonseca, César; Silva, Teresa Lopes da; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Eusebio, AnaABSTRACT: Olive mill wastewaters (OMW) are effluents originated from olive oil extraction. As an oil-rich residue, OMW is a potential source of lipase-producing microorganisms and a complex medium potentially suitable for lipase production. The aim of the present study was to isolate yeasts with the ability to produce extracellular lipases from OMW. Thirty-two yeast isolates were obtained and screening for este...
Surface response methodology towards optimal carotenoids production by Gordonia...
Paixão, Susana M.; Silva, Tiago; Fernandes, A. S.; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Alves, LuísABSTRACT: The process of obtaining carotenoids, mainly towards sectors that may influence the human health, such as pharmaceutical and cosmetic, is strictly regulated because of the potential toxicity of the synthetically derived pigments. Thus, microbial pigments are in increasing demand since they are a promising natural and safe alternative source for various industrial applications. Gordonia alkanivorans st...
Isolation and identification of Magnusiomyces capitatus as a lipase-producing y...
Salgado, Vera; Fonseca, César; Silva, Teresa Lopes da; Roseiro, J. Carlos; Eusebio, AnaABSTRACT: Olive mill wastewaters (OMW) are effluents originated from olive oil extraction. As an oil-rich residue, OMW is a potential source of lipase-producing microorganisms and a complex medium potentially suitable for lipase production. The aim of the present study was to isolate yeasts with the ability to produce extracellular lipases from OMW. Thirty-two yeast isolates were obtained and screening for este...