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- Phytoremediation as a biotechnological tool for environmental restorationPublication . Marques, Ana P. G. C.; Rangel, António O. S. S.; Calheiros, Cristina S. C.; Oliveira, Rui S.; Franco, Albina R.; Vosatka, Miroslav; Dodd, John C.
- Indução de resistência ao nemátode da madeira do pinheiro em plântulas de Pinus spp. através da inoculação com uma estirpe não virulentaPublication . Franco, Albina R.; Rodrigues, Rui; Rodrigues, Ana C.; Vasconcelos, Marta W.
- Isolation and characterization of polymeric galloyl-ester- degrading bacteria from a tannery discharge placePublication . Franco, A. R.; Calheiros, C. S. C.; Pacheco, C. C.; Marco, P. De; Manaia, C. M.The culturable bacteria colonizing the rhizosphere of plants growing in the area of discharge of a tannery effluent were characterized. Relative proportions of aerobic, denitrifying, and sulfate-reducing bacteria were determined in the rhizosphere of Typha latifolia, Canna indica, and Phragmites australis. Aerobic bacteria were observed to be the most abundant group in the rhizosphere, and plant type did not seem to influence the abundance of the bacterial types analyzed. To isolate bacteria able to degrade polyphenols used in the tannery industry, enrichments were conducted under different conditions. Bacterial cultures were enriched with individual polyphenols (tannins Tara, Quebracho, or Mimosa) or with an undefined mixture of tannins present in the tannery effluent as carbon source. Cultures enriched with the effluent or Tara tannin were able to degrade tannic acid. Six bacterial isolates purified from these mixed cultures were able to use tannic acid as a sole carbon source in axenic culture. On the basis of 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis, these isolates were closely related to organisms belonging to the taxa Serratia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Klebsiella oxytoca, Herbaspirillum chlorophenolicum, and Pseudomonas putida.
- Biotechnological strategies for resistance induction to the pine wilt nematodePublication . Rodrigues, Rui; Reis, Andreia; Franco, Albina; Santos, Carla; Markowski, Maciej; Vasconcelos, Marta W.
- Evaluation of constructed wetlands in series for wastewater treatment in the tannery industryPublication . Franco, Albina R. C.; Rangel, António O. S. S.; Castro, Paula M. L.
- Establishment and field growth performance of Quercus rubra seedlings inoculated with selected ectomycorrhizal fungiPublication . Franco, A.R.; Sousa, N.R.; Oliveira, R.S.; Castro, Paula M. L.
- Resistance induction to pine wilt disease in four month old seedlings of Pinus spp. by inoculation with an avirulent nematode strain: case studyPublication . Franco, Albina R.; Rodrigues, Rui; Vasconcelos, Marta W.
- Tree vaccination for pine wilt disease: resistance induction in Pinus spp. by inoculation with an avirulent nematode strainPublication . Franco, Albina R.; Roriz, Mariana; Santos, Carla; Reis, Andreia; Rodrigues, Ana C.; Vasconcelos, Marta W.
- Culturable microbial communities in a wastewater treatment plant from a tannery industryPublication . Franco, Albina R. C.; Calheiros, Cristina S C; Pacheco, Catarina; De Marco, Paolo; Manaia, Célia M.; Castro, Paula M. L.
- Ectomycorrhizal fungi as an alternative to the use of chemical fertilisers in nursery production of Pinus pinasterPublication . Sousa, N.; Franco, A.; Oliveira, R.; Castro, P.