A5038277983- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
- Marine and fisheries research
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
2020-2024
University of Lisbon
2019
Aarhus University
2019
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2018
Nitric oxide (NO) is a highly reactive and climate-active molecule key intermediate in the microbial nitrogen cycle. Despite its role evolution of denitrification aerobic respiration, high redox potential capacity to sustain growth, our understanding NO-reducing microorganisms remains limited due absence cultures obtained directly from environment using NO as substrate. Here, continuous bioreactor constant supply sole electron acceptor, we enriched characterized community dominated by two...
In polyextremophiles, i.e., microorganisms growing preferentially under multiple extremes, synergistic effects may allow growth when application of the same extremes alone would not. High hydrostatic pressure (HP) is rarely considered in studies and its role potentially enhancing tolerance to other remains unclear. Here, we investigated HP-temperature response Clostridium paradoxum, a haloalkaliphilic moderately thermophilic endospore-forming bacterium, range 50 70°C 0.1 30 MPa. At ambient...
Phytoplankton are the main primary producers in marine ecosystems, supporting important food webs. They recognized as indicators of environmental changes oceans and coastal waters. Ocean colour remote sensing has been extensively used to study phytoplankton throughout world, yet there is still much understand terms what influences variability at regional scales. The aim this was investigate drivers Western Iberian Coast (WIC), for period 1998-2016. Satellite chlorophyll a (CHL) data acquired...
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) aims at evaluating the ecological status of European coastal water bodies (CWBs). This is a rather complex task and first requires use long-term databases to assess effect anthropogenic pressure on biological communities. An in situ dataset was assembled using concomitant biological, i.e., chlorophyll (Chl a) environmental data, covering years from 1995 2014, enable comprehensive assessment eutrophication Western Iberia Coast (WIC). Given temporal gaps...
Event Abstract Back to Environmental drivers of phytoplankton biomass variability along a complex upwelling-influenced region (Western Iberian Coast) Ana C. Brito1, 2, Paloma Garrido-Amador3 and Afonso M. Ferreira1* 1 Centro de Ciências do Mar e Ambiente (MARE), Portugal 2 Departamento Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade Ciências, Universidade Lisboa, 3 Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (MPG), Germany Phytoplankton is widely recognized as an essential bioindicator environmental changes in...