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  1. An efficient formulation based on cationic porphyrins to photoinactivate Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, July 2018, Future Science

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  2. Photodynamic inactivation of Listeria innocua biofilms with food-grade photosensitizers: a curcumin-rich extract of Curcuma longa vs commercial curcumin

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, May 2018, Wiley

    Dr Diana Cláudia Gouveia Pinto, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  3. Recent Advances and Challenges for Beer Volatile Characterization Based on Gas Chromatographic Techniques

    Article • September 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Cátia Martins

  4. Metabolomics strategy for the mapping of volatile exometabolome from Saccharomyces spp.

    Article • Journal of Separation Science, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Cátia Martins

  5. Antimicrobial activity of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole released from environmentally friendly nanostructured layered double hydroxides

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  6. An effective and potentially safe blood disinfection protocol using tetrapyrrolic photosensitizers

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, March 2017, Future Science

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  7. Overall biochemical changes in bacteria photosensitized with cationic porphyrins monitored by infrared spectroscopy

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, April 2016, Future Science

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  8. Potential applications of porphyrins in photodynamic inactivation beyond the medical scope

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  9. Protein profiles of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus warneri are altered by photosensitization with cationic porphyrins

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  10. SDS-PAGE and IR spectroscopy to evaluate modifications in the viral protein profile induced by a cationic porphyrinic photosensitizer

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  11. Pyrrolidine-fused chlorin photosensitizer immobilized on solid supports for the photoinactivation of Gram negative bacteria

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Mario Manuel Quialheiro Simoes, Professor Adelaide Almeida, Dr Ana Luisa Silva

  12. A new insight on nanomagnet–porphyrin hybrids for photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  13. Halophyte plant colonization as a driver of the composition of bacterial communities in salt marshes chronically exposed to oil hydrocarbons

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Dr Mario Manuel Quialheiro Simoes

  14. Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacterial and Yeast Biofilms With a Cationic Porphyrin

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, September 2014, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  15. Photochemical and microbial alterations of DOM spectroscopic properties in the estuarine system Ria de Aveiro

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  16. Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbons in Estuarine Environments

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  17. Inactivation of microbial biofilms by visible light with a porphyrinic photosensitizer

    Article • New Biotechnology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  18. A microcosm approach to evaluate the degradation of tributyltin (TBT) by Aeromonas molluscorum Av27 in estuarine sediments

    Article • Environmental Research, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  19. Influence of environmental variables in the efficiency of phage therapy in aquaculture

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, May 2014, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  20. Photodynamic inactivation of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospital wastewaters: influence of residual antibiotics

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  21. Hepatitis A Immunity in the District of Aveiro (Portugal): An Eleven-Year Surveillance Study (2002–2012)

    Article • Viruses, March 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  22. An insight on bacterial cellular targets of photodynamic inactivation

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, February 2014, Future Science

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  23. Impact of freshwater inflow on bacterial abundance and activity in the estuarine system Ria de Aveiro

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  24. Photodynamic inactivation of bioluminescent Escherichia coli by neutral and cationic pyrrolidine-fused chlorins and isobacteriochlorins

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  25. Assessing variation in bacterial composition between the rhizospheres of two mangrove tree species

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, February 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  26. Effect of different culture conditions on the structural diversity of prokaryote communities in the sediment of earth ponds stocked with gilthead seabreamSparus aurata(Linnaeus, 1758)

    Article • Aquaculture Research, December 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  27. Contribution of chemical water properties to the differential responses of bacterioneuston and bacterioplankton to ultraviolet-B radiation

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  28. Photosensitized oxidation of phosphatidylethanolamines monitored by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Mass Spectrometry, December 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  29. Erratum to: Proportion of prokaryotes enumerated as viruses by epifluorescence microscopy

    Article • Annals of Microbiology, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  30. Hydrocarbon contamination and plant species determine the phylogenetic and functional diversity of endophytic degrading bacteria

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Dr Mario Manuel Quialheiro Simoes

  31. Photodynamic oxidation of Escherichia coli membrane phospholipids: new insights based on lipidomics

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, October 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  32. Corrigendum to “Nucleic acid changes during photodynamic inactivation of bacteria by cationic porphyrins” [Bioorg. Med. Chem. 21 (2013) 4311–4318]

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  33. Proportion of prokaryotes enumerated as viruses by epifluorescence microscopy

    Article • Annals of Microbiology, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  34. Reducing Salmonella Horizontal Transmission During Egg Incubation by Phage Therapy

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, August 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  35. Nucleic acid changes during photodynamic inactivation of bacteria by cationic porphyrins

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  36. Photodynamic oxidation of Staphylococcus warneri membrane phospholipids: new insights based on lipidomics

    Article • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  37. Effects of UV Radiation on the Lipids and Proteins of Bacteria Studied by Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  38. Growth conditions influence UVB sensitivity and oxidative damage in an estuarine bacterial isolate

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  39. Development and validation of an experimental life support system for assessing the effects of global climate change and environmental contamination on estuarine and coastal marine benthic communities

    Article • Global Change Biology, May 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  40. Interactive effects of global climate change and pollution on marine microbes: the way ahead

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2013, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  41. Can Volatile Organic Metabolites Be Used to Simultaneously Assess Microbial and Mite Contamination Level in Cereal Grains and Coffee Beans?

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  42. Role of Transition Metals in UV‐B‐Induced Damage to Bacteria

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, March 2013, Wiley

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  43. Antifungal activity of transparent nanocomposite thin films of pullulan and silver against Aspergillus niger

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  44. Involvement of type I and type II mechanisms on the photoinactivation of non-enveloped DNA and RNA bacteriophages

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  45. The cytology and DNA detection by the PapilloCheck® test in the diagnosis of human papillomavirus infection

    Article • European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology, March 2013, Akademiai Kiado

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  46. Cationic galactoporphyrin photosensitisers against UV-B resistant bacteria: oxidation of lipids and proteins by 1O2

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  47. SELECTIVE CULTURES FOR THE ISOLATION OF BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCING BACTERIA: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL INOCULA AND HYDROPHOBIC CARBON SOURCES

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  48. Frequency and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria implicated in community urinary tract infections: a ten-year surveillance study (2000–2009)

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  49. Contribution of reactive oxygen species to UV-B-induced damage in bacteria

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  50. Comparative photodynamic inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria by first and second generation cationic photosensitizers

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Dora Cristina Silva Costa

  51. Wavelength dependence of biological damage induced by UV radiation on bacteria

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  52. Susceptibility of non-enveloped DNA- and RNA-type viruses to photodynamic inactivation

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  53. Corrigendum to “Impact of organic and inorganic nanomaterials in the soil microbial community structure” [Sci Total Environ 424 (2012) 344–350]

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  54. Photo‐inactivation of Bacillus endospores: inter‐specific variability of inactivation efficiency

    Article • Microbiology and Immunology, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  55. Prokaryotes in salt marsh sediments of Ria de Aveiro: Effects of halophyte vegetation on abundance and diversity

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  56. Photodynamic Inactivation of Mammalian Viruses and Bacteriophages

    Article • Viruses, June 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  57. Comparison of Methodologies for the Extraction of Bacterial DNA from Mussels—Relevance for Food Safety

    Article • Food Analytical Methods, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  58. Impact of organic and inorganic nanomaterials in the soil microbial community structure

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  59. Phthalocyanine Thio‐Pyridinium Derivatives as Antibacterial Photosensitizers†

    Article • Photochemistry and Photobiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  60. The UV responses of bacterioneuston and bacterioplankton isolates depend on the physiological condition and involve a metabolic shift

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  61. Ultracentrifugation as a direct method to concentrate viruses in environmental waters: virus-like particle enumeration as a new approach to determine the efficiency of recovery

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  62. Effect of tributyltin (TBT) in the metabolic activity of TBT‐resistant and sensitive estuarine bacteria

    Article • Environmental Toxicology, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  63. Bacteriophages with Potential for Inactivation of Fish Pathogenic Bacteria: Survival, Host Specificity and Effect on Bacterial Community Structure

    Article • Marine Drugs, November 2011, MDPI AG

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  64. Photodynamic inactivation of Penicillium chrysogenum conidia by cationic porphyrins

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  65. Bioluminescence and its application in the monitoring of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  66. Applicability of photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy as an alternative to inactivate fish pathogenic bacteria in aquaculture systems

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  67. Mechanisms of photodynamic inactivation of a Gram-negative recombinant bioluminescent bacterium by cationic porphyrins

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  68. Evaluation of resistance development and viability recovery by a non-enveloped virus after repeated cycles of aPDT

    Article • Antiviral Research, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  69. Relation between bacterial activity in the surface microlayer and estuarine hydrodynamics

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  70. Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in Aquaculture: Photoinactivation Studies of Vibrio fischeri

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  71. Evaluating seasonal dynamics of bacterial communities in marine fish aquaculture: a preliminary study before applying phage therapy

    Article • Journal of Environmental Monitoring, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  72. Involvement of oxidative stress in UV-induced impairment of bacterial activity and culturability

    Article • December 2010, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  73. Taking Root: Enduring Effect of Rhizosphere Bacterial Colonization in Mangroves

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2010, PLOS

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  74. Functional Cationic Nanomagnet−Porphyrin Hybrids for the Photoinactivation of Microorganisms

    Article • ACS Nano, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    zhi lin, Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  75. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the abundance, diversity and activity of bacterioneuston and bacterioplankton: insights from microcosm studies

    Article • Aquatic Sciences, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  76. Sewage bacteriophage inactivation by cationic porphyrins: influence of light parameters

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  77. Effects of Monospecific Banks of Salt Marsh Vegetation on Sediment Bacterial Communities

    Article • Microbial Ecology, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  78. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Study of Bacterial Recovery Viability and Potential Development of Resistance after Treatment

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2010, MDPI AG

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  79. Anti-fungal activity of SiO2/Ag2S nanocomposites against Aspergillus niger

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Dr Sara Fateixa

  80. Phage Therapy and Photodynamic Therapy: Low Environmental Impact Approaches to Inactivate Microorganisms in Fish Farming Plants

    Article • Marine Drugs, June 2009, MDPI AG

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  81. Charge effect on the photoinactivation of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by cationic meso-substituted porphyrins

    Article • BMC Microbiology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  82. Antimicrobial photodynamic activity of porphyrin derivatives: potential application on medical and water disinfection

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, April 2009, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  83. Photodynamic inactivation of recombinant bioluminescent Escherichia coli by cationic porphyrins under artificial and solar irradiation

    Article • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, August 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  84. Sewage bacteriophage photoinactivation by cationic porphyrins: a study of charge effect

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida, Eliana Alves

  85. Copper effects on bacterial activity of estuarine silty sediments

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, July 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  86. Influence of salt marsh on bacterial activity in two estuaries with different hydrodynamic characteristics (Ria de Aveiro and Tagus Estuary)

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, June 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  87. Seasonal and spatial variability of free-living bacterial community composition along an estuarine gradient (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, June 2006, Elsevier

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  88. Perylene Toxicity in the Estuarine Environment of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

    Article • Ecotoxicology, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  89. Molecular sequence analysis of prokaryotic diversity in the middle and outer sections of the Portuguese estuary Ria de Aveiro

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Antonio Correia, Professor Adelaide Almeida

  90. Compartments of oxygen consumption in a tidal mesotrophic estuary (Ria de Aveiro, Portugal)

    Article • Acta Oecologica, July 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  91. Virological quality of the Ria de Aveiro: Validity of potential microbial indicators

    Article • December 1995

    Professor Adelaide Almeida

  92. Perylene Toxicity in the Estuarine Environment of Ria de Aveiro (Portugal)

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Adelaide Almeida