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  1. Spent yeast reuse as inoculum: a strategy to boost cellulosic ethanol productivity

    Article • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  2. Fed-batch SSF with pre-saccharification as a strategy to reduce enzyme dosage in cellulosic ethanol production

    Article • Fuel, February 2024, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  3. Obtaining Value from Wine Wastes: Paving the Way for Sustainable Development

    Article • Fermentation, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  4. Improving simultaneous saccharification and fermentation by pre-saccharification and high solids operation for bioethanol production from Eucalyptus globulus bark

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  5. Enzymatic Hydrolysis Strategies for Cellulosic Sugars Production to Obtain Bioethanol from Eucalyptus globulus Bark

    Article • Fermentation, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  6. Valorization of brewer’s spent grain by furfural recovery/removal from subcritical water hydrolysates by pervaporation

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  7. Subcritical Water as Pretreatment Technique for Bioethanol Production from Brewer’s Spent Grain within a Biorefinery Concept

    Article • Polymers, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  8. Enzymatic Potential of Filamentous Fungi as a Biological Pretreatment for Acidogenic Fermentation of Coffee Waste

    Article • Biomolecules, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  9. Getting Value from Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes: On the Way to Sustainability and Circular Economy

    Article • Energies, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  10. Cardoon Hydrolysate Detoxification by Activated Carbon or Membranes System for Bioethanol Production

    Article • Energies, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  11. Bioethanol from Wastes for Mobility: Europe on the Road to Sustainability

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  12. Cellulosic Bioethanol from Industrial Eucalyptus globulus Bark Residues Using Kraft Pulping as a Pretreatment

    Article • Energies, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  13. Ethanol Production from Hydrolyzed Kraft Pulp by Mono- and Co-Cultures of Yeasts: The Challenge of C6 and C5 Sugars Consumption

    Article • Energies, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  14. Second Generation Bioethanol Production: On the Use of Pulp and Paper Industry Wastes as Feedstock

    Article • Fermentation, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  15. Two-Stage Aeration Fermentation Strategy to Improve Bioethanol Production by Scheffersomyces stipitis

    Article • Fermentation, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  16. Comparative study on hydrolysis and bioethanol production from cardoon and rockrose pretreated by dilute acid hydrolysis

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  17. Storage of Hydrophobic Polymers in Bacteria

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  18. Optimization of enzyme immobilization on functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for laccase biocatalytic reactions

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, July 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier, Dr Ana Paula M Tavares

  19. Biotechnological applications of T versicolor and their enzymes

    Article • Current Biotechnology, April 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier, Dr Ana Paula M Tavares

  20. EDTA-Cu (II) chelating magnetic nanoparticles as a support for laccase immobilization

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, February 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier, Dr Ana Paula M Tavares

  21. Optimisation of laccase immobilization on modified magnetic nanoparticles for biocatalytic reactions

    Article • New Biotechnology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier, Dr Ana Paula M Tavares

  22. Xylose fermentation by Scheffersomyces stipites for 2nd generation bioethanol: Optimization of bioprocess aeration strategy

    Article • New Biotechnology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  23. Bioethanol production from steam explosion pretreated and alkali extracted Cistus ladanifer (rockrose)

    Article • Biochemical Engineering Journal, December 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  24. Enzymatic saccharification and bioethanol production from Cynara cardunculus pretreated by steam explosion

    Article • Bioresource Technology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  25. Adaptation of Scheffersomyces stipitis to hardwood spent sulfite liquor by evolutionary engineering

    Article • Biotechnology for Biofuels, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  26. Effect of cell immobilization and pH on Scheffersomyces stipitis growth and fermentation capacity in rich and inhibitory media

    Article • Bioresources and Bioprocessing, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  27. Bacterial cellulose as carrier for immobilization of laccase: Optimization and characterization

    Article • Engineering in Life Sciences, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  28. Bioethanol Production: Adaptation of Scheffersomyces stipitis to Hardwood Spent Sulfite Liquor

    Article • New Biotechnology, July 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  29. Image Analysis Technique as a Tool to Identify Morphological Changes in Trametes versicolor Pellets According to Exopolysaccharide or Laccase Production

    Article • Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Eugénio Campos Ferreira, Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  30. Integrated utilization of grape skins from white grape pomaces

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, August 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  31. Advances in ethanol production from hardwood spent sulphite liquors

    Article • Process Biochemistry, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  32. Fractionation of sulphite spent liquor for biochemical processing using ion exchange resins

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  33. Effect of ionic liquids activation on laccase fromTrametes versicolor: Enzymatic stability and activity

    Article • Engineering in Life Sciences, July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  34. Effect of the Inducers Veratryl Alcohol, Xylidine, and Ligninosulphonates on Activity and Thermal Stability and Inactivation Kinetics of Laccase from Trametes versicolor

    Article • Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  35. Second Generation Bioethanol from Lignocellulosics: Processing of Hardwood Sulphite Spent Liquor

    Article • February 2012, IntechOpen

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  36. Biological treatment of eucalypt spent sulphite liquors: A way to boost the production of second generation bioethanol

    Article • Bioresource Technology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  37. Immobilised yeast grape must deacidification in a recycle fixed bed reactor

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, January 2011, Wiley

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  38. Second-generation bioethanol from eucalypt sulphite spent liquor

    Article • Bioresource Technology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  39. Sequential batch reactor for eucalypt kraft pulp effluent treatment withTrametes versicolor

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, December 2008, Wiley

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  40. Trametes versicolor growth and laccase induction with by-products of pulp and paper industry

    Article • Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, July 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  41. New polyoxometalate–laccase integrated system for kraft pulp delignification

    Article • Biochemical Engineering Journal, February 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  42. Optimization and Modeling of Laccase Production by Trametes versicolor in a Bioreactor Using Statistical Experimental Design

    Article • Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  43. Selection and Optimization of Culture Medium for Exopolysaccharide Production by Coriolus (Trametes) Versicolor

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  44. Oxygen bleaching of kraft pulp with polyoxometalates and laccase applying a novel multi-stage process

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  45. Dynamic and Equilibrium Adsorption Experiments

    Article • Journal of Chemical Education, June 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  46. Laccase improvement in submerged cultivation: induced production and kinetic modelling

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  47. A novel approach for the oxidative catalysis employing polyoxometalate–laccase system: application to the oxygen bleaching of kraft pulp

    Article • Catalysis Communications, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  48. Degradation of biphenyl lignin model compounds by laccase of Trametes versicolor in the presence of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole and heteropolyanion [SiW11VO40]5−

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic, April 2003, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  49. A model for micro/ultrafiltration cell deactivation in cell-recycle reactors

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, January 2000, Wiley

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  50. Elucidation of the mechanism of lactic acid growth inhibition and production in batch cultures of Lactobacillus rhamnosus

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  51. Effect of Cell Purge on the Stability of Microfiltration Cell Recycle Fermentation Systems

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, June 1997, Wiley

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  52. Operational patterns affecting lactic acid production in ultrafiltration cell recycle bioreactor

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, February 1995, Wiley

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  53. Inert supports for lactic acid fermentation ?a technological assessment

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  54. Tangential flow filtration for continuous cell recycle culture of acidogenic bacteria

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 1992, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  55. Concomitant substrate and product inhibition kinetics in lactic acid production

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, April 1991, Elsevier

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier

  56. A kinetic method for calculating the viability of lactic starter cultures

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, February 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Ana M R B Xavier