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List of works by Gilda Carvalho

Advances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal: from micro to macro scale

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Analysis of 65 pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 5 wastewater treatment plants in Portugal using a simplified analytical methodology.

scientific article published in January 2010

Application of dissolved oxygen (DO) level control for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation with concurrent nitrification in surplus municipal activated sludge

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Assessing the abundance and activity of denitrifying polyphosphate accumulating organisms through molecular and chemical techniques

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Assessing the diurnal variability of pharmaceutical and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant

scientific article published on July 23, 2011

Assessing the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant.

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Assessment of the presence and dynamics of fungi in drinking water sources using cultural and molecular methods

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

Bioaugmentation of membrane bioreactor with Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1 for enhanced sulfamethoxazole removal in wastewater

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Colonization and beneficial effects on annual ryegrass by mixed inoculation with plant growth promoting bacteria

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Denitrification activity of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) in full-scale wastewater treatment plants

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Denitrifying capabilities of Tetrasphaera and their contribution towards nitrous oxide production in enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes

scientific article published on 07 March 2018

Denitrifying phosphorus removal: linking the process performance with the microbial community structure

scientific article published on 31 July 2007

Development of a hybrid model strategy for monitoring membrane bioreactors.

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Differential distribution of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidising bacteria in flocs and granules from a nitrifying/denitrifying sequencing batch reactor

Dynamic change of pH in acidogenic fermentation of cheese whey towards polyhydroxyalkanoates production: Impact on performance and microbial population

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Ecotoxicity of ketoprofen, diclofenac, atenolol and their photolysis byproducts in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

scientific article published on 15 October 2014

Effect of an azo dye on the performance of an aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor treating a simulated textile wastewater.

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Fast method for the determination of short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (scl-PHAs) in bacterial samples by In Vial-Thermolysis (IVT)

scientific article published on 04 June 2017

Functional redundancy ensures performance robustness in 3-stage PHA-producing mixed cultures under variable feed operation.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

Impact of biogenic substrates on sulfamethoxazole biodegradation kinetics by Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1.

scientific article published on 11 March 2017

Impact of sludge retention time on MBR fouling: role of extracellular polymeric substances determined through membrane autopsy.

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Impact of sludge retention time on the fine composition of the microbial community and extracellular polymeric substances in a membrane bioreactor

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Incorporating microbial ecology into the metabolic modelling of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms.

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Kinetics of nitrate and perchlorate removal and biofilm stratification in an ion exchange membrane bioreactor.

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Link between microbial composition and carbon substrate-uptake preferences in a PHA-storing community.

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Metabolic modeling of the substrate competition among multiple VFAs for PHA production by mixed microbial cultures

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Metabolic modelling of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludge

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Metabolic shift of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms with different levels of polyphosphate storage

scientific article published on 15 January 2012

Metabolic versatility in full-scale wastewater treatment plants performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal.

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Metabolism and ecological niche of Tetrasphaera and Ca. Accumulibacter in enhanced biological phosphorus removal

scientific article published on 29 April 2017

Metabolite identification of ibuprofen biodegradation by Patulibacter medicamentivorans under aerobic conditions

scientific article published on 27 July 2018

Microbial characterization of mercury-reducing mixed cultures enriched with different carbon sources.

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Microbial population analysis of nutrient removal-related organisms in membrane bioreactors.

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Model development and application for surfactant biodegradation in an acclimatising activated sludge system.

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Modelling the biodegradation kinetics of the herbicide propanil and its metabolite 3,4-dichloroaniline.

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Modelling the biodegradation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by activated sludge and a pure culture.

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Nitrous oxide emissions from a full-scale biological aerated filter (BAF) subject to seawater infiltration

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Oerskovia paurometabola can efficiently decolorize azo dye Acid Red 14 and remove its recalcitrant metabolite

scientific article published on 30 November 2019

Optimisation of glycogen quantification in mixed microbial cultures

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

Oryzisolibacter propanilivorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a propanil-degrading bacterium.

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Patulibacter medicamentivorans sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater treatment plant.

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Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by a mixed photosynthetic consortium of bacteria and algae.

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Propionate addition enhances the biodegradation of the xenobiotic herbicide propanil and its metabolite.

scientific article published on 8 October 2012

Quantitative proteomic analysis of ibuprofen-degrading Patulibacter sp. strain I11

scientific article published on 02 December 2012

Robustness of sludge enriched with short SBR cycles for biological nutrient removal

scientific article published on 03 December 2008

Segregated flux balance analysis constrained by population structure/function data: the case of PHA production by mixed microbial cultures.

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Step-by-step strategy for protein enrichment and proteome characterisation of extracellular polymeric substances in wastewater treatment systems

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Strategies for efficiently selecting PHA producing mixed microbial cultures using complex feedstocks: Feast and famine regime and uncoupled carbon and nitrogen availabilities

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Survival strategies of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms under conditions of low organic loading.

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

The effect of substrate competition on the metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs).

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

The impact of aeration on the competition between polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms.

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

The link between nitrous oxide emissions, microbial community profile and function from three full-scale WWTPs

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

The link between the microbial ecology, gene expression, and biokinetics of denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating systems under different electron acceptor combinations

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The link of feast-phase dissolved oxygen (DO) with substrate competition and microbial selection in PHA production

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The relationship between mixed microbial culture composition and PHA production performance from fermented molasses

scientific article published on 08 September 2013