Publications

2013

Books (Chapters)

Couto, MNPFS, Basto, MCP, Vasconcelos, MTSD. 2013. Biological remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil: suitability of different technologies applied in mesocosm and microcosm trials. Fungi as Bioremediators. In: Ebrahim, MG, Younes, RD, Varma, A (Eds.); Springer-Verlag; vol. 32; ISBN 978-3-642-33810-6

International Peer Reviewed Journals

Almeida, MR, Reis, I, Couto, MN, Bordalo, AA, Mucha, AP. 2013. Potential of the microbial community present in an un-impacted beach sediment to remediate petroleum hydrocarbons. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-012-1240-2

Brust, A, Sunagar, K, Undheim, EAB, Vetter, I, Yang, D, Casewell, NR, Ruder, T, Jackson, TNW, Koludarov, I, Alewood, PF, Hodgson, WC, Lewis, RJ, King, GF, Antunes, A, Hendrikx, I, Fry, BG. 2013. Differential evolution of domains: Comparative evolution of Psammophis and Echis Snake Venom Metalloproteases (SVMP). Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 12: 651-663.. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M112.023135

Carvalho, PN, Araújo, JL, Mucha, AP, Basto, MC, Almeida, CMR. 2013. Potential of constructed wetlands microcosms for the removal of veterinary pharmaceuticals from livestock wastewater. Bioresource Technology . (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.02.027

Guzmán-Guillén, R, Prieto, AI, Vasconcelos, VM, Carmeán, AM. 2013. Cyanobacterium producing cylindrospermopsin cause oxidative stress at environmentally relevant concentrations in sub-chronically exposed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Chemosphere. 90(3): 1184-1194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.027

Moreira, C, Azevedo, J, Antunes, A, Vasconcelos, V. 2013. Cylindrospermopsin: occurence, methods of detection and toxicology. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 114(3): 605-620. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jam.12048

Moreira, C, Vasconcelos, V, Antunes, A. 2013. Phylogeny of microcystins: Evidence of a biogeographical trend?. Current Microbiolology . 66(3): 214-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-012-0258-5

Pereira, SR, Vasconcelos, VM, Antunes, A. 2013. Computational study of the covalent bonding of microcystins to cysteine residues – a reaction involved in the inhibition of the PPP family of protein phosphatases. FEBS Journal . 280(2): 674-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08454.x

Pinheiro, C, Azevedo, J, Campos, A, Loureiro, S, Vasconcelos, V. 2013. Absence of negative allelopathic effects of cylindrospermopsin and microcystin-LR on selected marine and freshwater phytoplankton species. Hydrobiologia . 705: 27-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1372-x

Ribeiro, H, Almeida, CMR, Mucha, AP, Bordalo, AA. 2013. Influence of different salt marsh plants on hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms abundance throughout a phenological cycle. International Journal of Phytoremediation . 15(8): 715-728. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2012.735285

Ribeiro, H, Almeida, CMR, Mucha, AP, Teixeira, C, Bordalo, AA. 2013. Influence of natural rhizosediments characteristics on hydrocarbons degradation potential of microorganisms associated to Juncus maritimus root. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.05.039

2012

Books (Chapters)

Oliveira, M, Lage, OM, Araujo, R. 2012. Airborne fungi and bacteria in public indoor environments. Advances in Environmental Research. In: Dabiels, JA (Ed); Nova Sciences Publishers Inc.; Vol 23; pp. 53-84; ISBN 978-1-62100-837-8

International Peer Reviewed Journals

Alex, A, Vasconcelos, V, Tamagnini, P, Santos, A, Antunes, A. . 2012. Unusual symbiotic cyanobacteria association in the genetically diverse intertidal marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis (Demospongiae, Halichondrida). PLoS ONE . 7(12): e51834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051834

Almeida, R, Mucha, AP, Teixeira, C, Bordalo, AA, Almeida, CMR. 2012. Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in estuarine sediments: metal influence. Biodegradation. (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10532-012-9562-9

Altosaar, I, Oehmen, A, Almeida, CMR, De Pascale, S, Domínguez de María, P, Orzaez, D, Zervos, A, Xu, C. 2012. Funding decisions: Romania needs overseas reviewers. Nature – Correspondence, Nature. 492: 186. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/492186c

Antunes, JT, Leão, PN, Vasconcelos, VM. 2012. Influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the allelopathic activity of the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strain LEGE 99043. Microbial Ecology. 64: 584-592. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-012-0061-7

Brito, A, Ramos, V, Seabra, R, Santos, A, Santos, CL, Lopo, M, Ferreira, S, Martins, A, Mota, R, Frazão, B, Martins, R, Vasconcelos, V, Tamagnini, P. 2012. Culture-dependent characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the intertidal zones of the Portuguese coast: a polyphasic study. Systematic and Applied Microbiology . 35(2); 110-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2011.07.003

Britz, R, Ali, A, Philip, S. . 2012. Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae). Zootaxa. 3348: 63-68

Campos, A, Puerto, M, Prieto, A, Cameán, A, Almeida, AM, Coelho, AV, Vasconcelos, V. . 2012. Protein extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: an important tool for protein expression studies, food quality and safety assessment. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture. (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.5977

Campos, A, Tedesco, S, Vasconcelos, V, Cristobal, S. 2012. Proteomic research in bivalves: Towards the identification of molecular markers of aquatic pollution. Journal of Proteomics . 75; 4346-435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2012.04.027