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List of works by Nuno Cerca

Alterations in the Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm transcriptome following interaction with whole human blood

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

An Updated Conceptual Model on the Pathogenesis of Bacterial Vaginosis

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

An immunoproteomic approach for characterization of dormancy within Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation ability among coagulase-negative staphylococci in healthy individuals from Portugal

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Assessing and reducing sources of gene expression variability in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms.

scientific article published in December 2014

Assessment of Sep1virus interaction with stationary cultures by transcriptional and flow cytometry studies

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

BV and non-BV associated Gardnerella vaginalis establish similar synergistic interactions with other BV-associated microorganisms in dual-species biofilms

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Bacterial Vaginosis Biofilms: Challenges to Current Therapies and Emerging Solutions

scientific article

Bacterial biofilms in the vagina

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Bacteriocin Production by Escherichia coli during Biofilm Development

scientific article published in 2022

Carvacrol is highly disruptive against coagulase-negative staphylococci in in vitro biofilms.

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis phage vB_SepS_SEP9 - a unique member of the Siphoviridae family

scientific article

Characterization of an in vitro fed-batch model to obtain cells released from S. epidermidis biofilms

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Comparative analysis between biofilm formation and gene expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Comparative antibody-mediated phagocytosis of Staphylococcus epidermidis cells grown in a biofilm or in the planktonic state

scientific article published on August 2006

Comparative assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in biofilm versus planktonic culture as assessed by bacterial enumeration or rapid XTT colorimetry

scientific article

Comparative evaluation of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) adherence to acrylic by a static method and a parallel-plate flow dynamic method

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Comparative genomics of Lactobacillus crispatus suggests novel mechanisms for the competitive exclusion of Gardnerella vaginalis.

scientific article

Comparative proteomic and transcriptomic profile of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms grown in glucose-enriched medium

scientific article

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Gardnerella vaginalis biofilms vs. planktonic cultures using RNA-seq

scientific article

Comparison of RNA extraction methods from biofilm samples of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

scientific article

Compositional Analysis of Biofilms Formed by Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Food Sources

scientific article

Controlled RNA contamination and degradation and its impact on qPCR gene expression in S. epidermidis biofilms.

scientific article

Critical review on biofilm methods.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Development of a Phage Cocktail to Control Proteus mirabilis Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections.

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis by a new multiplex peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization method.

scientific article

Doctor's perception on bacterial vaginosis in Portugal: prevalence, diagnostic methods and choice of treatment.

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Effect of growth conditions on poly-N-acetylglucosamine expression and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

scientific article

Effects of growth in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of dicloxacillin on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus biofilms

scientific article published in December 2005

Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis are able to incorporate and enhance a pre-formed Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm.

scientific article published on 17 January 2016

Evaluation of different culture media to support in vitro growth and biofilm formation of bacterial vaginosis-associated anaerobes

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Evidence for inter- and intraspecies biofilm formation variability among a small group of coagulase-negative staphylococci.

scientific article published on 23 September 2015

Farnesol as Antibiotics Adjuvant in Staphylococcus epidermidis Control In Vitro

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Farnesol induces cell detachment from established S. epidermidis biofilms

scientific article published on 03 April 2013

Fluorescence in situ Hybridization method using Peptide Nucleic Acid probes for rapid detection of Lactobacillus and Gardnerella spp.

scientific article

Fluorescence in situ hybridization method using a peptide nucleic acid probe for identification of Lactobacillus spp. in milk samples.

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

Gardnerella and vaginal health: the truth is out there

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Gardnerella vaginalis outcompetes 29 other bacterial species isolated from patients with bacterial vaginosis, using in an in vitro biofilm formation model

scientific article published on 4 March 2014

Immunoreactive pattern ofStaphylococcus epidermidisbiofilm against human whole saliva

scientific article published on 05 May 2015

In silico vs in vitro analysis of primer specificity for the detection of Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae and Lactobacillus spp.

scientific article

Influence of Biofilm Formation by Gardnerella vaginalis and Other Anaerobes on Bacterial Vaginosis.

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Influence of anaerobic conditions on vaginal microbiota recovery from bacterial vaginosis patients.

scientific article published in June 2013

Influence of batch or fed-batch growth on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation.

scientific article published on January 2004

Innate immune components affect growth and virulence traits of bacterial-vaginosis-associated and non-bacterial-vaginosis-associated Gardnerella vaginalis strains similarly

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Interactions between Lactobacillus crispatus and bacterial vaginosis (BV)-associated bacterial species in initial attachment and biofilm formation

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Isolation and characterization of a new Staphylococcus epidermidis broad-spectrum bacteriophage

scientific article published on 4 November 2013

Lactobacillus crispatus represses vaginolysin expression by BV associated Gardnerella vaginalis and reduces cell cytotoxicity

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica enteritidis biofilms susceptibility to different disinfectants and stress-response and virulence gene expression of surviving cells

scientific article published on 9 March 2011

Molecular aspects and comparative genomics of bacteriophage endolysins.

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Molecular basis for preferential protective efficacy of antibodies directed to the poorly acetylated form of staphylococcal poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine

scientific article published on 30 April 2007

Monoclonal antibody raised against PNAG has variable effects on static S. epidermidis biofilm accumulation in vitro

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Multiplex Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (PNA-FISH) for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis.

scientific article

Optimization of an automatic counting system for the quantification of Staphylococcus epidermidis cells in biofilms

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Optimization of culture conditions for Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm formation

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Optimizing a qPCR gene expression quantification assay for S. epidermidis biofilms: a comparison between commercial kits and a customized protocol

scientific article

Plasma is the main regulator of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms virulence genes transcription in human blood.

scientific article published on 27 December 2015

Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Production by Staphylococcus epidermidis Cells Increases Their In Vivo Proinflammatory Effect

scientific article published on August 2016

Polymicrobial infections and biofilms in women's health: Gahro Expert Group Meeting Report

scientific article published on 14 July 2017

Portugal: Postdoc rights need not hurt productivity

scientific article

Prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae in Portuguese women and association with risk factors for bacterial vaginosis.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis in Portuguese pregnant women and vaginal colonization by Gardnerella vaginalis

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Protection against Escherichia coli infection by antibody to the Staphylococcus aureus poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide

scholarly article

Proteome signatures--how are they obtained and what do they teach us?

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Proteomic profile of dormancy within Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms using iTRAQ and label-free strategies

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Quantitative analysis of adhesion and biofilm formation on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

scientific article published on 19 February 2005

Quantitative analysis of initial adhesion of bacterial vaginosis-associated anaerobes to ME-180 cells

scientific article

RNA-based qPCR as a tool to quantify and to characterize dual-species biofilms

scientific article published on 20 September 2019

Rapid detection of urinary tract infections caused by Proteus spp. using PNA-FISH.

scientific article published on 4 January 2013

Reciprocal interference between Lactobacillus spp. and Gardnerella vaginalis on initial adherence to epithelial cells

scientific article published on 20 July 2013

Regulation of the intercellular adhesin locus regulator (icaR) by SarA, sigmaB, and IcaR in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

SYBR green as a fluorescent probe to evaluate the biofilm physiological state of Staphylococcus epidermidis, using flow cytometry

scientific article published on 27 September 2011

Sequence determinants for DNA packaging specificity in the S. aureus pathogenicity island SaPI1.

scientific article published on 21 December 2013

Staphylococcus aureus immunodominant surface antigen B is a cell-surface associated nucleic acid binding protein

scientific article

Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm-Released Cells Induce a Prompt and More Marked In vivo Inflammatory-Type Response than Planktonic or Biofilm Cells

scientific article published on 27 September 2016

Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms with higher proportions of dormant bacteria induce a lower activation of murine macrophages

scientific article published on 28 July 2011

Staphylococcus epidermidis is largely dependent on iron availability to form biofilms.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Strong enhancement of second harmonic generation in 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline nanofibers

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Susceptibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic cells and biofilms to the lytic action of staphylococcus bacteriophage K.

scientific article

Tetracycline and rifampicin induced a viable but nonculturable state in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

The relationship between inhibition of bacterial adhesion to a solid surface by sub-MICs of antibiotics and subsequent development of a biofilm

scientific article published on 17 March 2005

Thymbra capitata essential oil as potential therapeutic agent against Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm-related infections.

scientific article

Transcriptomic Analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm-Released Cells upon Interaction with Human Blood Circulating Immune Cells and Soluble Factors.

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

Unveiling the role of Gardnerella vaginalis in polymicrobial Bacterial Vaginosis biofilms: the impact of other vaginal pathogens living as neighbors.

scientific article published on 22 January 2019

Using an in-vitro biofilm model to assess the virulence potential of bacterial vaginosis or non-bacterial vaginosis Gardnerella vaginalis isolates

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Variability of RNA quality extracted from biofilms of foodborne pathogens using different kits impacts mRNA quantification by qPCR.

scientific article published on 24 April 2012

Virulence gene expression by Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm cells exposed to antibiotics

scientific article

Young scientists: Research problems in Portugal run deep

scientific article published in March 2014

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