A5036071171- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Soybean genetics and cultivation
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
University of Évora
2015-2024
National Polytechnic School
2022
University of the Philippines Los Baños
2022
Ajayi Crowther University
2021
Regional Maritime University
2021
Universitas Gadjah Mada
2021
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2002-2009
Consumers are looking for safer and more natural food options that produced through methods without using synthetic preservatives. They also desire extended shelf life their products. Several medicinal aromatic plants species combine food, spice, aromatic, recognized attributes. The essential oils from these contain a unique mixture of compounds specific to each plant, showing notable antioxidant antimicrobial properties. Essential used widely as they environmentally friendly, non-toxic,...
Starter cultures could play an essential role in the manufacture of traditional cured meat products. In order to achieve objectives related products’ quality and safety improvement, selection particular strains constituting a starter culture should be carried out context its application, since functionality will depend on type sausage process conditions. Also, strain comply with requirements warrant safety. The aim current review is update knowledge use products, focus dry-fermented this...
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is considered to be a fast and reliable non-destructive technique for fruit analysis. Considering that consumers are looking strawberries with good sweetness, texture, appearance, producers need effectively measure the ripeness stage of guarantee their final quality. Therefore, use this can contribute decreasing high level waste delivering ripe consumers. The present study aimed evaluate predictive capacity NIRS technology, as possible alternative...
Journal Article Strains of Mesorhizobium amorphae and tianshanense, carrying symbiotic genes common chickpea endosymbiotic species, constitute a novel biovar (ciceri) capable nodulating Cicer arietinum Get access R. Rivas, Rivas Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad Salamanca, Spain Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar M. Laranjo, Laranjo Biologia‐Instituto Ciências Agrárias Mediterrânicas, Universidade Évora, Portugal P.F. Mateos, Mateos...
Chickpea has been considered as a restrictive host for nodulation by rhizobia. However, recent studies have reported that several Mesorhizobium species may effectively nodulate chickpea. With the purpose of investigating evolutionary relationships between these different with ability nodulating same host, we analysed 21 Portuguese chickpea rhizobial isolates. Symbiosis genes nifH and nodC were sequenced used phylogenetic studies. Symbiotic effectiveness was determined to evaluate its...
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem for the control of infections and infectious diseases. Propolis substance produced by honeybees with antimicrobial antibiofilm properties. To consider propolis as an alternative to use antimicrobials infection control, we assessed its activities. assess topical medical use, toxicological studies were also performed. A Portuguese 70% ethanolic extract was chemically evaluated studied activity on staphylococcal field isolates (n = 137) action 45)....
Uterine health is paramount to fertility in broodmares and for the success of a breeding project, Lusitano breed no exception. This study aimed characterize mare uterine microbiota using practical clinical evaluation methods. Mares were examined by transrectal palpation ultrasonography, followed collection samples one three different techniques: lavage, biopsy, or swab. The results cytology, histology, microbiology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing recorded, statistical analyses...
Chickpea rhizobia isolated from Portuguese soils were assigned to the genus Mesorhizobium by 16S-rDNA sequencing. High species diversity was found within populations of an agricultural region in south Portugal. Besides expected ciceri and M. mediterraneum, some isolates close loti or tianshanense formed a clade that may represent new species. A PCR-based approach, named direct amplified polymorphic DNA (DAPD) analysis, supported 16S-based phylogeny. This suggests this method could be used as...
Traditional smoked fermented sausages are highly appreciated in Portugal and mostly manufactured according to traditional procedures. The aim of the present work was evaluate effect autochthonous starter cultures on safety quality a sausage, Painho da Beira Baixa (PBB), preserving its sensory quality. Physicochemical parameters, namely pH water activity (aW), microbiological biogenic amines, colour, texture profile attributes were assessed. Different starters selected based our previous...
The manufacturing of dry-cured meat products usually includes a smoking step. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are potentially carcinogenic chemical compounds that may result from smoking. aim the present study was to optimize regime traditional in order minimize presence PAHs. Dry-cured sausages were submitted different regimes: (A) no smoking; (B) 20 h effective (C) 60 (D) until reaching 38%-40% weight losses. Three independent batches produced per regime, and three samples batch...
Small ruminant mastitis is a serious problem, mainly caused by Staphylococcus spp. Different virulence factors affect pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate genes for biofilm production and antimicrobial resistance β-lactams tetracyclines in 137 staphylococcal isolates from goats (86) sheep (51). presence coa, nuc, bap, icaA, icaD, blaZ, mecA, mecC, tetK, tetM investigated. nuc gene detected all S. aureus some coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). None the carried bap gene,...