List of works - Madalena Alves

1,3-Propanediol production from glycerol by a newly isolated Trichococcus strain.

scientific article published on 24 November 2011

A methodology for a quantitative interpretation of DGGE with the help of mathematical modelling: application in biohydrogen production

scientific article

Activated sludge process monitoring through in situ near-infrared spectral analysis.

scientific article published in January 2008

Activity and viability of methanogens in anaerobic digestion of unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids

scientific article published on 03 May 2013

Anaerobic biodegradability of Category 2 animal by-products: methane potential and inoculum source.

scientific article published on 17 August 2012

Anaerobic biodegradation of oleic and palmitic acids: evidence of mass transfer limitations caused by long chain fatty acid accumulation onto the anaerobic sludge.

scientific article published in October 2005

Anaerobic granular sludge as a biocatalyst for 1,3-propanediol production from glycerol in continuous bioreactors.

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

Bioaugmentation of sewage sludge with Trametes versicolor in solid-phase biopiles produces degradation of pharmaceuticals and affects microbial communities

scientific article published on 16 October 2012

Biochemical methane potential of raw and pre-treated meat-processing wastes.

scientific article published on 2 December 2012

Biohydrogen production from arabinose and glucose using extreme thermophilic anaerobic mixed cultures.

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Biohythane production from marine macroalgae Sargassum sp. coupling dark fermentation and anaerobic digestion.

scientific article

Biological decolorization of xanthene dyes by anaerobic granular biomass.

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Biomethanation potential of macroalgae Ulva spp. and Gracilaria spp. and in co-digestion with waste activated sludge.

scientific article

Boosting dark fermentation with co-cultures of extreme thermophiles for biohythane production from garden waste.

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Carbon nanotubes accelerate methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic coculture

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Ciprofloxacin, diclofenac, ibuprofen and 17α-ethinylestradiol differentially affect the activity of acetogens and methanogens in anaerobic communities

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and intermittent input of fat.

scientific article published on 28 November 2008

Comparative Analysis of Carbon Monoxide Tolerance among Thermoanaerobacter Species

scientific article published on 29 August 2016

Continuous fungal treatment of non-sterile veterinary hospital effluent: pharmaceuticals removal and microbial community assessment

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Conversion of Cn-Unsaturated into Cn-2-Saturated LCFA Can Occur Uncoupled from Methanogenesis in Anaerobic Bioreactors

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

Defining the biomethane potential (BMP) of solid organic wastes and energy crops: a proposed protocol for batch assays.

scientific article published in January 2009

Design of experiments to assess pre-treatment and co-digestion strategies that optimize biogas production from macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla

scientific article published on 8 April 2014

Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: I. Application to a granulation process.

scientific article published in July 2004

Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: II. Application to a granule deterioration process triggered by contact with oleic acid.

scientific article published in July 2004

Effect of different carbon materials as electron shuttles in the anaerobic biotransformation of nitroanilines

scientific article

Effect of electrochemical treatment of oleic acid on anaerobic digestion.

scientific article

Effect of sulfate on methanogenic communities that degrade unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids (LCFA).

scientific article

Electrooxidation as the anaerobic pre-treatment of fats: oleate conversion using RuO2 and IrO2 based anodes.

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Endurance of methanogenic archaea in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleate-based wastewater

scientific article

Engineered heat treated methanogenic granules: a promising biotechnological approach for extreme thermophilic biohydrogen production.

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Enhancement of methane production from long chain fatty acid based effluents.

scientific article published on 19 November 2007

Enrichment of anaerobic syngas-converting bacteria from thermophilic bioreactor sludge

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Enrichment of syngas-converting communities from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor

scientific article

Etiology of urinary tract infections and antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary pathogens

scientific article published in November 2007

Evaluation of the biomethane potential of solid fish waste ⬇️

scientific article published on April 18, 2012

Fate of LCFA in the co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and discontinuous addition of oil.

scientific article published on 15 August 2009

Fate of aniline and sulfanilic acid in UASB bioreactors under denitrifying conditions ⬇️

scientific article published on August 25, 2010

Influence of adsorption and anaerobic granular sludge characteristics on long chain fatty acids inhibition process.

scientific article published on 16 July 2012

Influence of nutritional and operational parameters on the production of butanol or 1,3-propanediol from glycerol by a mutant Clostridium pasteurianum

scientific article published on 7 May 2016

Kinetic and stoichiometric characterization of a fixed biofilm reactor by pulse respirometry ⬇️

scientific article published on 09 November 2011

Kinetic and stoichiometric parameters estimation in a nitrifying bubble column through "in-situ" pulse respirometry.

scientific article published in May 2008

Knowledge-based fuzzy system for diagnosis and control of an integrated biological wastewater treatment process.

scientific article

Metallic nanoparticles: microbial synthesis and unique properties for biotechnological applications, bioavailability and biotransformation.

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Methane production from oleate: assessing the bioaugmentation potential of Syntrophomonas zehnderi.

scientific article published on 21 July 2010

Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated or saturated long-chain fatty acids

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Mineralization of LCFA associated with anaerobic sludge: Kinetics, enhancement of methanogenic activity, and effect of VFA.

scientific article published in November 2004

Modelling inhibitory effects of long chain fatty acids in the anaerobic digestion process.

scientific article published on 19 December 2012

Molecular assessment of complex microbial communities degrading long chain fatty acids in methanogenic bioreactors.

scientific article published on 20 March 2007

Molecular monitoring of microbial diversity in expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors treating oleic acid

scientific article published in August 2002

Morphology and physiology of anaerobic granular sludge exposed to an organic solvent

scientific article published on 09 January 2009

Optimization of biogas production from Sargassum sp. using a design of experiments to assess the co-digestion with glycerol and waste frying oil.

scientific article

Perspectives on carbon materials as powerful catalysts in continuous anaerobic bioreactors.

scientific article published on 4 June 2016

Posttreatment of olive mill wastewater by immobilized TiO2 photocatalysis

scientific article published on 07 January 2013

Principal component analysis and quantitative image analysis to predict effects of toxics in anaerobic granular sludge.

scientific article published on 19 October 2008

Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for monitoring structural changes of anaerobic granular sludge during detergent shock loads.

scientific article

Quantitative image analysis for the characterization of microbial aggregates in biological wastewater treatment: a review.

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Quantitative monitoring of an activated sludge reactor using on-line UV-visible and near-infrared spectroscopy

scientific article published on 24 August 2009

Rhodococcus opacus B4: a promising bacterium for production of biofuels and biobased chemicals.

scientific article

Strategies for lipids and phenolics degradation in the anaerobic treatment of olive mill wastewater.

scientific article

Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum.

scientific article

Thermal modification of activated carbon surface chemistry improves its capacity as redox mediator for azo dye reduction.

scientific article published on 7 August 2010

Thermochemical pre- and biological co-treatments to improve hydrolysis and methane production from poultry litter

scientific article published on 17 February 2012

Thermophilic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid wastes with FOG wastes from a sewage treatment plant: reactor performance and microbial community monitoring.

scientific article published on 25 January 2011

Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests.

scientific article published on December 2016

Toxicity of long chain fatty acids towards acetate conversion by Methanosaeta concilii and Methanosarcina mazei.

scientific article published on 8 June 2016

UV/TiO2Photocatalytic Degradation of Xanthene Dyes

scientific article published on 05 September 2012

UV/Tio2 photocatalytic reactor for real textile wastewaters treatment

scientific article

Valorization of lubricant-based wastewater for bacterial neutral lipids production: Growth-linked biosynthesis.

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Virtual laboratories in (bio)chemical engineering education

Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA)

scientific article published on 16 April 2009

List of works by Madalena Alves

1,3-Propanediol production from glycerol by a newly isolated Trichococcus strain.

A methodology for a quantitative interpretation of DGGE with the help of mathematical modelling: application in biohydrogen production

Activated sludge process monitoring through in situ near-infrared spectral analysis.

Activity and viability of methanogens in anaerobic digestion of unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids

Anaerobic biodegradability of Category 2 animal by-products: methane potential and inoculum source.

Anaerobic biodegradation of oleic and palmitic acids: evidence of mass transfer limitations caused by long chain fatty acid accumulation onto the anaerobic sludge.

Anaerobic granular sludge as a biocatalyst for 1,3-propanediol production from glycerol in continuous bioreactors.

Bioaugmentation of sewage sludge with Trametes versicolor in solid-phase biopiles produces degradation of pharmaceuticals and affects microbial communities

Biochemical methane potential of raw and pre-treated meat-processing wastes.

Biohydrogen production from arabinose and glucose using extreme thermophilic anaerobic mixed cultures.

Biohythane production from marine macroalgae Sargassum sp. coupling dark fermentation and anaerobic digestion.

Biological decolorization of xanthene dyes by anaerobic granular biomass.

Biomethanation potential of macroalgae Ulva spp. and Gracilaria spp. and in co-digestion with waste activated sludge.

Boosting dark fermentation with co-cultures of extreme thermophiles for biohythane production from garden waste.

Carbon nanotubes accelerate methane production in pure cultures of methanogens and in a syntrophic coculture

Ciprofloxacin, diclofenac, ibuprofen and 17α-ethinylestradiol differentially affect the activity of acetogens and methanogens in anaerobic communities

Co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and intermittent input of fat.

Comparative Analysis of Carbon Monoxide Tolerance among Thermoanaerobacter Species

Continuous fungal treatment of non-sterile veterinary hospital effluent: pharmaceuticals removal and microbial community assessment

Conversion of Cn-Unsaturated into Cn-2-Saturated LCFA Can Occur Uncoupled from Methanogenesis in Anaerobic Bioreactors

Defining the biomethane potential (BMP) of solid organic wastes and energy crops: a proposed protocol for batch assays.

Design of experiments to assess pre-treatment and co-digestion strategies that optimize biogas production from macroalgae Gracilaria vermiculophylla

Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: I. Application to a granulation process.

Development of image analysis techniques as a tool to detect and quantify morphological changes in anaerobic sludge: II. Application to a granule deterioration process triggered by contact with oleic acid.

Effect of different carbon materials as electron shuttles in the anaerobic biotransformation of nitroanilines

Effect of electrochemical treatment of oleic acid on anaerobic digestion.

Effect of sulfate on methanogenic communities that degrade unsaturated and saturated long-chain fatty acids (LCFA).

Electrooxidation as the anaerobic pre-treatment of fats: oleate conversion using RuO2 and IrO2 based anodes.

Endurance of methanogenic archaea in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleate-based wastewater

Engineered heat treated methanogenic granules: a promising biotechnological approach for extreme thermophilic biohydrogen production.

Enhancement of methane production from long chain fatty acid based effluents.

Enrichment of anaerobic syngas-converting bacteria from thermophilic bioreactor sludge

Enrichment of syngas-converting communities from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor

Etiology of urinary tract infections and antimicrobial susceptibility of urinary pathogens

Evaluation of the biomethane potential of solid fish waste ⬇️

Fate of LCFA in the co-digestion of cow manure, food waste and discontinuous addition of oil.

Fate of aniline and sulfanilic acid in UASB bioreactors under denitrifying conditions ⬇️

Influence of adsorption and anaerobic granular sludge characteristics on long chain fatty acids inhibition process.

Influence of nutritional and operational parameters on the production of butanol or 1,3-propanediol from glycerol by a mutant Clostridium pasteurianum

Kinetic and stoichiometric characterization of a fixed biofilm reactor by pulse respirometry ⬇️

Kinetic and stoichiometric parameters estimation in a nitrifying bubble column through "in-situ" pulse respirometry.

Knowledge-based fuzzy system for diagnosis and control of an integrated biological wastewater treatment process.

Metallic nanoparticles: microbial synthesis and unique properties for biotechnological applications, bioavailability and biotransformation.

Methane production from oleate: assessing the bioaugmentation potential of Syntrophomonas zehnderi.

Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated or saturated long-chain fatty acids

Mineralization of LCFA associated with anaerobic sludge: Kinetics, enhancement of methanogenic activity, and effect of VFA.

Modelling inhibitory effects of long chain fatty acids in the anaerobic digestion process.

Molecular assessment of complex microbial communities degrading long chain fatty acids in methanogenic bioreactors.

Molecular monitoring of microbial diversity in expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors treating oleic acid

Morphology and physiology of anaerobic granular sludge exposed to an organic solvent

Optimization of biogas production from Sargassum sp. using a design of experiments to assess the co-digestion with glycerol and waste frying oil.

Perspectives on carbon materials as powerful catalysts in continuous anaerobic bioreactors.

Posttreatment of olive mill wastewater by immobilized TiO2 photocatalysis

Principal component analysis and quantitative image analysis to predict effects of toxics in anaerobic granular sludge.

Quantitative image analysis as a diagnostic tool for monitoring structural changes of anaerobic granular sludge during detergent shock loads.

Quantitative image analysis for the characterization of microbial aggregates in biological wastewater treatment: a review.

Quantitative monitoring of an activated sludge reactor using on-line UV-visible and near-infrared spectroscopy

Rhodococcus opacus B4: a promising bacterium for production of biofuels and biobased chemicals.

Strategies for lipids and phenolics degradation in the anaerobic treatment of olive mill wastewater.

Syntrophomonas zehnderi sp. nov., an anaerobe that degrades long-chain fatty acids in co-culture with Methanobacterium formicicum.

Thermal modification of activated carbon surface chemistry improves its capacity as redox mediator for azo dye reduction.

Thermochemical pre- and biological co-treatments to improve hydrolysis and methane production from poultry litter

Thermophilic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid wastes with FOG wastes from a sewage treatment plant: reactor performance and microbial community monitoring.

Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests.

Toxicity of long chain fatty acids towards acetate conversion by Methanosaeta concilii and Methanosarcina mazei.

UV/TiO2Photocatalytic Degradation of Xanthene Dyes

UV/Tio2 photocatalytic reactor for real textile wastewaters treatment

Valorization of lubricant-based wastewater for bacterial neutral lipids production: Growth-linked biosynthesis.

Virtual laboratories in (bio)chemical engineering education

Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA)