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  1. Biofiltration of Emerging Contaminants as a Sustainable Pest Management Strategy and Its Impact on Corbicula fluminea

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, May 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  2. Water quality controls on toxic DBPs: A global multivariate assessment of THMs, HAAs, and HANs

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, May 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  3. Electrical impedance spectroscopy based strategy for detecting and differentiating microplastics in water

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, December 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  4. Integrated processing platform for the production, recovery and separation of bio-produced tellurium particles

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  5. The impact on the bacterial community of Corbicula fluminea after microcontaminants biofiltration

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, October 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  6. A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

    Article • Scientific Data, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Emma J Sayer

  7. Towards Point-of-Care Infection Diagnosis Tool: A Multi-Spectral Fluorescence Approach for Bacterial Differentiation

    Article • September 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor António Miguel Morgado, Professor Paula V Morais

  8. Potential Protective Role of Amphibian Skin Bacteria Against Water Mold Saprolegnia spp.

    Article • Journal of Fungi, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  9. Plant growth-promoting bacteria as biological control agents for sustainable agriculture: targeting root-knot nematodes

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Paula V Morais

  10. Metabolic response of tellurite resistant Bacillus altitudinis strain 3W19 highlights the potential as a model organism for bioremediation

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  11. Phylogenomics as baseline for taxonomy description: Amphibiibacter pelophylacis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon of the family Sphaerotilaceae, class Betaproteobacteria, isolated from the skin microbiota of Pelophylax perezi from different populations

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2025, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  12. Evaluation of the interface of metallic-coated biodegradable polymeric stents with prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

    Article • Bioactive Materials, April 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  13. Donnan dialytic transport and biological removal of yttrium from multi-element solutions

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, February 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  14. Flavobacterium magnesitis sp. nov. and Flavobacterium zubiriense sp. nov., two novel Flavobacterium species isolated from alkaline magnesite residues

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2025, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  15. Changes in the Antibacterial Performance of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites Induced by Additive Manufacturing Processing

    Article • Polymers, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  16. The effect of biopolymer stabilisation on biostimulated or bioaugmented mine residue for potential technosol production

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Antonio A.S. Correia, Professor Paula V Morais

  17. Iron homeostasis as a cell detoxification mechanism in Mesorhizobium qingshengii J19 under yttrium exposure

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Paula V Morais

  18. Nocardiopsis codii sp. nov., and Rhodococcus chondri sp. nov., two novel actinomycetal species isolated from macroalgae collected in the northern Portuguese coast

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, September 2024, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  19. The influence of low nitrogen doping on bacterial adhesion of sputtered a-C:H coatings

    Article • Diamond and Related Materials, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  20. Yttrium immobilization through biomineralization with phosphate by the resistant strain Mesorhizobium qingshengii J19

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paula V Morais

  21. Kinetics of inactivation of bacteria responsible for infections in hospitals using UV-LED

    Article • Heliyon, May 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  22. Sterilized Polyhexanide-Releasing Chitosan Membranes with Potential for Use in Antimicrobial Wound Dressings

    Article • Membranes, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  23. Bioactive surfaces with well-defined amphiphilic copolymers containing a natural terpene-based monomer

    Article • Progress in Organic Coatings, October 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  24. Enhancing the Strength of Mine Residue Soil by Bioremediation Combined with Biopolymers

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2023, MDPI AG

    PhD Antonio A.S. Correia, Professor Paula V Morais

  25. Habitat distribution of the genus Belliella in continental waters and the description of Belliella alkalica sp. nov., Belliella calami sp. nov. and Belliella filtrata sp. nov.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, June 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  26. Global links between soil microbes and biogeochemical functions

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Professor Paula V Morais

  27. An Opinion on the Removal of Disinfection Byproducts from Drinking Water

    Article • Water, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  28. The Role of Bacterial Polyhydroalkanoate (PHA) in a Sustainable Future: A Review on the Biological Diversity

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  29. Rainfall Impact on Microbial Diversity of Subtropical Soils: Comparison between No-Tillage and Crop-Livestock Integration Systems

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  30. Faunimonas pinastri gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae, class Alphaproteobacteria

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, December 2022, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  31. Post-measurement compressed calibration for ICP-MS-based metal quantification in mine residues bioleaching

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  32. Genome mining to unravel potential metabolic pathways linked to gallium bioleaching ability of bacterial mine isolates

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Paula V Morais

  33. Application of an Ultrasonic Nebulizer Closet in the Disinfection of Textiles and Footwear

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  34. ROS-degradable PEG-based wound dressing films with drug release and antibacterial properties

    Article • European Polymer Journal, August 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  35. Potential of tellurite resistance in heterotrophic bacteria from mining environments

    Article • iScience, July 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  36. Effects of a bionematicide 1,4-naphthoquinone solution on soil microbial community assessed by PLFA: Tracing toxicity indicators

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  37. In Vitro Bacterial Adhesion on 316L Medical Grade Stainless Steel with Two Surface Finishes

    Article • May 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  38. Evaluation of the Microbiological Effectiveness of Three Accessible Mask Decontamination Methods and Their Impact on Filtration, Air Permeability and Physicochemical Properties

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  39. Highly Porous Composite Scaffolds Endowed with Antibacterial Activity for Multifunctional Grafts in Bone Repair

    Article • Polymers, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  40. Reducing Soil Permeability Using Bacteria-Produced Biopolymer

    Article • Applied Sciences, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  41. Relevance of FeoAB system in Rhodanobacter sp. B2A1Ga4 resistance to heavy metals, aluminium, gallium, and indium

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  42. Characterization of the Skin Cultivable Microbiota Composition of the Frog Pelophylax perezi Inhabiting Different Environments

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  43. Temporal oral microbiome changes with brushing in children with cleft lip and palate

    Article • Heliyon, March 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  44. Light-Activated Antimicrobial Surfaces Using Industrial Varnish Formulations to Mitigate the Incidence of Nosocomial Infections

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, February 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Paula V Morais

  45. A Review on the Importance of Microbial Biopolymers Such as Xanthan Gum to Improve Soil Properties

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  46. Genome Sequences of Serratia Strains Revealed Common Genes in Both Serratomolides Gene Clusters

    Article • Biology, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  47. Mutant Strains of Escherichia coli and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Obtained by Laboratory Selection To Survive on Metallic Copper Surfaces

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2020, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  48. Farewell Milton

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais

  49. Unsaturated carbon linear chains created during bacteria incubation with amorphous carbon thin films produced by a clean technology

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  50. Response to vanadate exposure in Ochrobactrum tritici strains

    Article • PLOS One, February 2020, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  51. Arsenic accumulation by a rhizosphere bacterial strain Ochrobactrum tritici reduces rice plant arsenic levels

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  52. Tailings microbial community profile and prediction of its functionality in basins of tungsten mine

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Cristina Vila, Professor Paula V Morais

  53. Bacterial Metabolites Produced Under Iron Limitation Kill Pinewood Nematode and Attract Caenorhabditis elegans

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Dirk Tischler

  54. Ensino de Microbiologia, no 3º ciclo do Ensino Básico, através do desenvolvimento de um projeto de investigação em biorremediação

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2019, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Professor Paula V Morais

  55. Efficient bioaccumulation of tungsten by Escherichia coli cells expressing the Sulfitobacter dubius TupBCA system

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, July 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  56. The nematicide Serratia plymuthica M24T3 colonizes Arabidopsis thaliana, stimulates plant growth, and presents plant beneficial potential

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  57. Increasing the Antimicrobial Activity of Amphiphilic Cationic Copolymers by the Facile Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Stars by Supplemental Activator and Reducing Agent Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

    Article • Biomacromolecules, February 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Paula V Morais

  58. The endosphere of the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides is a diversity hotspot for the genus Salinicola: description of five novel species Salinicola halimionae sp. nov., Salinicola aestuarinus sp. nov., Salinicola endophyticus sp. nov., Salinic...

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  59. Thin Films for Medical and Environmental Applications

    Article • November 2018, IntechOpen

    Professor Paula V Morais

  60. Microbial diversity associated to the intestinal tract of soil invertebrates

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  61. Arboriscoccus pini gen. nov., sp. nov., an endophyte from a pine tree of the class Alphaproteobacteria , emended description of Geminicoccus roseus , and proposal of Geminicoccaceae fam. nov.

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  62. Bacterial communities in soil become sensitive to drought under intensive grazing

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  63. Impact of plant-associated bacteria biosensors on plant growth in the presence of hexavalent chromium

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  64. Draft genome sequence of the cellulolytic endophyte Chitinophaga costaii A37T2T

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Nikos C Kyrpides

  65. Altererythrobacter halimionae sp. nov. and Altererythrobacter endophyticus sp. nov., two endophytes from the salt marsh plant Halimione portulacoides

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, August 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  66. Zunongwangia endophytica sp. nov., an endophyte isolated from the salt marsh plant, Halimione portulacoides, and emended description of the genus Zunongwangia

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, August 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  67. Toxicity of the bionematicide 1,4-naphthoquinone on non-target soil organisms

    Article • Chemosphere, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  68. Tungsten accumulation by highly tolerant marine hydrothermal Sulfitobacter dubius strains carrying a tupBCA cluster

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  69. The Microbiome of Endophytic, Wood Colonizing Bacteria from Pine Trees as Affected by Pine Wilt Disease

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  70. Saccharospirillum correiae sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from the halophyte Halimione portulacoides

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, June 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  71. Hospital microbial surface colonization revealed during monitoring of Klebsiella spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and non-tuberculous mycobacteria

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  72. Understanding pine wilt disease: roles of the pine endophytic bacteria and of the bacteria carried by the disease-causing pinewood nematode

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais

  73. Selecting cost effective and policy-relevant biological indicators for European monitoring of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function

    Article • Ecological Indicators, October 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Christian Mulder, Professor Olaf Schmidt, Professor Paula V Morais

  74. Diversity of cutaneous microbiome of Pelophylax perezi populations inhabiting different environments

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  75. Recent Developments in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Review

    Article • Materials, July 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Paula V Morais

  76. Two superoxide dismutases from TnOtchr are involved in detoxification of reactive oxygen species induced by chromate

    Article • BMC Microbiology, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  77. Immobilization of Ochrobactrum tritici As5 on PTFE thin films for arsenite biofiltration

    Article • Chemosphere, March 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  78. European scale analysis of phospholipid fatty acid composition of soils to establish operating ranges

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  79. Hyper Accumulation of Arsenic in Mutants of Ochrobactrum tritici Silenced for Arsenite Efflux Pumps

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  80. Evaluation of bacterial biosensors to determine chromate bioavailability and to assess ecotoxicity of soils

    Article • Chemosphere, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  81. Natural Hot Spots for Gain of Multiple Resistances: Arsenic and Antibiotic Resistances in Heterotrophic, Aerobic Bacteria from Marine Hydrothermal Vent Fields

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  82. Does altered rainfall regime change pesticide effects in soil? A terrestrial model ecosystem study from Mediterranean Portugal on the effects of pyrimethanil to soil microbial communities under extremes in rainfall

    Article • Applied Soil Ecology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  83. Diversity of Bacteria Carried by Pinewood Nematode in USA and Phylogenetic Comparison with Isolates from Other Countries

    Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  84. Mucilaginibacter pineti sp. nov., isolated from Pinus pinaster wood from a mixed grove of pines trees

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  85. Virulence factors and infection ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from a hydropathic facility and respiratory infections

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Leonilde M Moreira

  86. Chitinophaga costaii sp. nov., an endophyte of Pinus pinaster, and emended description of Chitinophaga niabensis

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2014, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  87. Persistence of microbial communities including Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hospital environment: a potential health hazard

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  88. Microorganisms – Tools for Bioremediation of Uranium Contaminated Environments

    Article • Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  89. Nematicidal Bacteria Associated to Pinewood Nematode Produce Extracellular Proteases

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  90. Identification and Characterization of the Transcriptional Regulator ChrB in the Chromate Resistance Determinant of Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1

    Article • PLOS One, November 2013, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  91. Highly Sensitive, Highly Specific Whole-Cell Bioreporters for the Detection of Chromate in Environmental Samples

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  92. Aerobic uranium immobilization by Rhodanobacter A2-61 through formation of intracellular uranium–phosphate complexes

    Article • Metallomics, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paula V Morais

  93. Glaciimonas singularis sp. nov., isolated from a uranium mine wastewater treatment plant

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, November 2012, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  94. Emerging resistant microbiota from an acidic soil exposed to toxicity of Cr, Cd and Pb is mainly influenced by the bioavailability of these metals

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  95. Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain M47T1, Carried by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Isolated from Pinus pinaster

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  96. Draft Genome Sequence of Serratia sp. Strain M24T3, Isolated from Pinewood Disease Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  97. Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms

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

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr. Jaime Ramos

  98. Influence of earthworm activity on microbial communities related with the degradation of persistent pollutants

    Article • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, February 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Dr C.A.M. van Gestel, Professor Paula V Morais

  99. Metal-induced phosphate extracellular nanoparticulate formation in Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  100. Plumes of discolored water of volcanic origin and possible implications for algal communities. The case of the Home Reef eruption of 2006 (Tonga, Southwest Pacific Ocean)

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, June 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  101. Chromium resistance strategies and toxicity: what makes Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1 a strain highly resistant

    Article • BioMetals, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  102. Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and Other Nematodes Isolated from Pinus pinaster Trees with Pine Wilt Disease

    Article • PLOS One, December 2010, PLOS

    Professor Paula V Morais

  103. Hymenobacter perfusus sp. nov., Hymenobacter flocculans sp. nov. and Hymenobacter metalli sp. nov. three new species isolated from an uranium mine waste water treatment system

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  104. Roseomonas pecuniae sp. nov., isolated from the surface of a copper-alloy coin

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2010, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  105. Different physiological responses to chromate and dichromate in the chromium resistant and reducing strain Ochrobactrum tritici 5bvl1

    Article • BioMetals, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  106. Isolation and Characterization of Bacteria Resistant to Metallic Copper Surfaces

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  107. The use of Collembola avoidance tests to characterize sewage sludges as soil amendments

    Article • Chemosphere, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais, Prof. Dr C.A.M. van Gestel

  108. Identification of an aox System That Requires Cytochrome c in the Highly Arsenic-Resistant Bacterium Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  109. The use of sewage sludge as soil amendment. The need for an ecotoxicological evaluation

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  110. Nosocomiicoccus ampullae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the surface of bottles of saline solution used in wound cleansing

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, December 2008, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  111. Alternaria infectoria brain abscess in a child with chronic granulomatous disease

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  112. The Chromate-Inducible chrBACF Operon from the Transposable Element TnOtChr Confers Resistance to Chromium(VI) and Superoxide

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor Paula V Morais

  113. Sequencing and expression of two arsenic resistance operons with different functions in the highly arsenic-resistant strain Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24T

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Paula V Morais

  114. Bacillus foraminis sp. nov., isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, November 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  115. Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, October 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  116. Leucobacter luti sp. nov., and Leucobacter alluvii sp. nov., two new species of the genus Leucobacter isolated under chromium stress

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  117. Chimaereicella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  118. Impact of chromium-contaminated wastewaters on the microbial community of a river

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Paula V Morais

  119. Microcella putealis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, August 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  120. Phenylobacterium falsum sp. nov., an Alphaproteobacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  121. Leucobacter chromiireducens sp. nov, and Leucobacter aridicollis sp. nov., Two New Species Isolated From a Chromium Contaminated Environment

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, December 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Paula V Morais

  122. Ochrobactrum triticistrain 5bvl1 — characterization of a Cr(VI)-resistant and Cr(VI)-reducing strain

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, September 2004, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Paula V Morais

  123. Diversity of chromium-resistant and -reducing bacteria in a chromium-contaminated activated sludge

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, May 2002, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais

  124. Computer-aided comparison of protein electrophoretic patterns for grouping and identification of heterotrophic bacteria from mineral water

    Article • Journal of Applied Bacteriology, May 1996, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais

  125. Characterization of Legionella Species by Numerical Analysis of Whole-Cell Protein Electrophoresis

    Article • International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, January 1996, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Paula V Morais

  126. Survival of allochthonous bacteria in still mineral water bottled in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and glass

    Article • Journal of Applied Bacteriology, September 1994, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais, Dr Leonilde M Moreira

  127. Heterotrophic plate counts and the isolation of bacteria from mineral waters on selective and enrichment media

    Article • Journal of Applied Bacteriology, December 1990, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais

  128. Alterations in the major heterotrophic bacterial populations isolated from a still bottled mineral water

    Article • Journal of Applied Bacteriology, November 1990, Wiley

    Professor Paula V Morais