DEB   IBB   EEUM   UMinho    Contacts | Webmail | Virtual visit | Intranet | Intranet UM | SIEEUM
IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering - University of Minho		 Universidade do Minho - Escola de Engenharia
 

 

CEB is part of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering

 
Maria Alcina Alpoim de Sousa Pereira
Preferred Name:
Alcina Pereira
E-Mail Address:
alcina@deb.uminho.pt @deb.uminho.pt
Activity:
Investigador Auxiliar
Project / Theme:
Molecular Ecology
Start Date: 5/1/2008
End Date: 4/30/2013
Faculty Supervisor: Alcina Pereira
Telephone: Office:604423
Laboratory: 601963
Laboratory: Laboratório de Biotecnologia Ambiental
Office: Gabinete de Investigadores CIENCIA
Birthday: January 1st
Website:
Access after working hours: Yes
Nationality: Portugal
Last Update: 9/14/2010

Selected Publications

1. Salvador, A.F.; Pereira, M.A.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.; Sousa, D.Z.
  Microbial diversity and methanogen survival in anaerobic communities degrading long-chain fatty acids.
  1st International Conference on Biogas Microbiology (), -, 2011.
 
2. Salvador, A.F.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Sousa, D.Z.
  Assessment of methanogen survival in anaerobic enrichment cultures degrading long-chain fatty acids.
  FEMS 4th Congress of European Microbiologists (), -, 2011.
 
3. Matos, M.; Pereira, M.A.; Nicolau, A.; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R.
  Biofilm reactor technology as an alternative to control fungal filamentous bulking caused by Galactomyces geotrichum.
  3rd International Congress SmallWat11 on Wastewater Treatment in Small Communities (), 28-28, 2011.
 
4. Abreu, A.A.; Alves, J.I.; Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.
  Strategies to suppress hydrogen-consuming microorganisms affect macro and micro scale structure and microbiology of granular sludge.
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering 108(8), 1766-1775, 2011.
 
5. Martín-González, Lucia; Castro, A.R.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Font, X.; Vicent, T.
  Thermophilic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid wastes with FOG wastes from a sewage treatment plant: reactor performance and microbial community monitoring.
  Bioresource Technology 102(7), 4734-4741, 2011.
 
6. Matos, M.; Pereira, M.A.; Nicolau, A.; Rodrigues, A.L.; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R.
  Troubleshooting of filamentous bulking using biofilm reactors.
  WEF/IWA Biofilm Reactor Technology Conference 2010 (), 162-175, 2010.
 
7. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Altimbas, M.; Smidt, H.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Molecular monitoring of bacterial and archaeal domains during the anaerobic mineralization of biomass-associated LCFA.
  10th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion - AD10 (), -, 2004.
 
8. Abreu, A.A.; Alves, J.I.; Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Directing mixed cultures for optimized hydrogen dark fermentation.
  Water Research Conference (), -, 2010.
 
9. Abreu, A.A.; Alves, J.I.; Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Alves, M.M.
  Strategies for selecting hydrogen-producing microorganisms affect micro- and macrostructure of granular sludge.
  13th International Symposium in Microbial Ecology (), -, 2010.
 
10. Magalhães, K.T.; Pereira, M.A.; Nicolau, A.; Dragone, G.M.; Domingues, L.; Teixeira, J.A.; de Almeida Silva, J.B.; Schwan, R.F.
  Production of fermented cheese whey-based beverage using kefir grains as starter culture: Evaluation of morphological and microbial variations.
  Bioresource Technology 101(22), 8843-8850, 2010.
 
11. Abreu, A.A.; Alves, J.I.; Pereira, M.A.; Karakashev, D.; Alves, M.M.; Angelidaki, I.
  Engineered heat treated methanogenic granules: a promising biotechnological approach for extreme thermophilic biohydrogen production.
  Bioresource Technology 101(24), 9577-9586, 2010.
 
12. Rodrigues, A.L.; Pereira, M.A.; Janknecht, P.; Brito, A.G.; Nogueira, R.
  Biofilms formed on humic substances: Response to flow conditions and carbon concentrations.
  Bioresource Technology 101(18), 6888-6894, 2010.
 
13. Martín-González, Lucia; Castro, A.R.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Font, Xavier; Vicent, Teresa
  Thermophilic co-digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid wastes with FOG wastes from a sewage treatment plant: reactor performance and microbial community monitoring.
  Book of Abstracts of MicroBiotec09 (), 181-, 2009.
 
14. Sousa, D.Z.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, J.I.; Smidt, Hauke; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic LCFA degradation: the role of syntrophic and non-syntrophic bacteria.
  Book of Abstracts of MicroBiotec09 (), 120-, 2009.
 
15. Abreu, A.A.; Alves, J.I.; Pereira, M.A.; Karakashev, D.; Angelidaki, I.; Alves, M.M.
  Bacterial community structure of biohydrogen production process in extreme thermophilic conditions (70ºC).
  Book of Abstracts of MicroBiotec09 (), 168-, 2009.
 
16. Salvador, A.F.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Molecular profiling of microbial communities in anaerobic bioreactors treating oleic acid rich wastewater.
  Book of Abstracts of MicroBiotec09 (), 164-, 2009.
 
17. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Picavet, M.A.; Smidt, H.; Stams, A.J.M.
  Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA).
  Microbial Biotechnology 2(5), 538-550, 2009.
 
18. Salvador, A.F.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Molecular profiling of microbial communities developed in high-rate anaerobic treatment of oleic acid rich wastewater.
  FEMS 2009 - 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists (Microbes and man: interdependence and future challenges) (), -, 2009.
 
19. Alves, J.I.; Abreu, A.A.; Pereira, M.A.; Karakashev, D.; Angelidaki, I.; Alves, M.M.
  Microbial community structure of biohydrogen production process in extreme thermophilic conditions.
  FEMS 2009 - 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists (Microbes and man: interdependence and future challenges) (), -, 2009.
 
20. Neves, L.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Detection and quantification of long chain fatty acids in liquid and solid samples and its relevance to understand anaerobic digestion of lipids.
  Bioresource Technology 100(1), 91-98, 2009.
 
21. Salvador, A.F.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic microbial community dynamics during discontinuous treatment of a synthetic dairy wastewater.
  Book of Abstracts of the 12nd International Symposium on Microbial Ecology - ISME12 (Microbial Diversity: Sustaining the Blue Planet) (), -, 2008.
 
22. Cavaleiro, A.J.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Enhancement of methane production from long chain fatty acid based effluents.
  Bioresource Technology 99(10), 4086-4095, 2008.
 
23. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, J.I.; Smidt, H.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic microbial LCFA degradation in bioreactors.
  Water Science and Technology 37(3), 439-444, 2008.
 
24. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.
  Digestão anaeróbia de gorduras: problemas e soluções.
  Valorização de Resíduos 7(), 15-18, 2005.
 
25. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Smidt, H; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Molecular assessment of complex microbial communities degrading long chain fatty acids in methanogenic bioreactors.
  FEMS Micriobiology Ecology 60(2), 252-265, 2007.
 
26. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, J.I.; Smidt, Hauke; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic microbial LCFA degradation in bioreactors.
  Proceedings of the 11th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (), -, 2007.
 
27. Salvador, A.F.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of oleate by a highly loaded biomass before and after degrading the associated substrate.
  Proceedings of the 11th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (), -, 2007.
 
28. Neves, L.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  A method to detect and quantify long chain fatty acids in liquid and solid samples and its relevance to understand anaerobic digestion of lipids.
  Proceedings of the 11th IWA World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (), -, 2007.
 
29. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.; Smidt, H.
  Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated or saturated long-chain fatty acids.
  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(4), 1054-1064, 2007.
 
30. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Smidt, Hauke; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Microbial consortia involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated and saturated-LCFA show a different composition.
  International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME11): book of abstracts 2006(), -, 2006.
 
31. Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, M.A.; Smidt, Hauke; Stams, A.J.M.; Alves, M.M.
  Microbial communities involved in anaerobic degradation of unsaturated-and saturated-LCFA in methanogenic bioreactors.
  Book of abstracts of the International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology (), 37-, 2006.
 
32. Pereira, M.A.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of long chain fatty acids: biomethanisation of biomass-associated LCFA as a challenge for the anaerobic treatment of effluents with high lipid/LCFA content.
  Doutoramento em Engenharia Química e Biológica (), -, 2003.
 
33. Azabou, Samia; Mechichi, Tahar; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Sayadi, Sami
  A comparative study of the biodegradability of oleic acid by sludge from a reactor fed with olive mill wastewater and sludge from a reactor fed with oleic acid.
  Proceedings of the 5th Tunisia-Japan Symposium on Culture, Science and Technology (), 142-144, 2004.
 
34. Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  The important role of mass transfer limitations caused by long chain fatty acids accumulation onto the anaerobic sludge.
  Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 1(), 300-305, 2004.
 
35. Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Advantages of using sequential loading/degradation steps for the anaerobic mineralization of long chain fatty acids.
  Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion 4(), 1907-1911, 2004.
 
36. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Novais, J. M.; Colleran, Emer
  Comparison of two configurations of upflow anaerobic filters: specific methanogenic activity profiles.
  Comunicaciones del III Congresso Ibérico de Biotecnologia - BIOTEC’96 (Fernández-Polanco, F., Benito, G.G., Encina, P.A.G., Miranda, M.M.P., Eds.) (), 153-156, 1996.
 
37. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Novais, J. M.; Colleran, Emer
  Staged and non staged anaerobic filters: microbial selection, hydrodynamic aspects and performance.
  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Anaerobic Digestion: oral presentations 2.(), 56-64, 1997.
 
38. Pires, O.C.; Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Mota, M.
  Extraction and analysis of long chain fatty acids adsorbed onto active and inactivated anaerobic sludge.
  9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion: proceedings 2,(), 469-471, 2001.
 
39. Pereira, M.A.; Pires, O.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Sequencing adsorption and degradation cycles towards the methanization of long chain fatty acids: comparison between granular and suspended sludge.
  9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion: proceedings 1(), 605-610, 2001.
 
40. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Sousa, D.Z.; Mota, M.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of long chain fatty acids.
  Micro’05-Biotec’05: Livro de Actas do Congresso MICROBIOTEC’2005 (), 55-, 2005.
 
41. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Pereira, R. M. Álvares; Vieira, J. A. Mota; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  Influence of lipid acclimatization on the support matrix colonisation in anaerobic filters treating oleic acid.
  BIOTEC'98 - Book of Abstracts (IV Iberian Congress on Biotechnology, I Ibero-American Meeting on Biotechnology) M. Mota and E.C. Ferreira (Eds.) (), 360-, 1998.
 
42. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Bellouti, M.; Pereira, R. M. Álvares; Vieira, J. A. Mota; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  A new method to study interactions between biomass and packing material in anaerobic filters.
  BIOTEC'98 - Book of Abstracts (IV Iberian Congress on Biotechnology, I Ibero-American Meeting on Biotechnology) M. Mota and E.C. Ferreira (Eds.) (), 359-, 1998.
 
43. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  A new device to select microcarriers for biomass immobilization: application to an anaerobic consortium.
  BIOTEC'98 - Book of Abstracts (IV Iberian Congress on Biotechnology, I Ibero-American Meeting on Biotechnology) M. Mota and E.C. Ferreira (Eds.) (), 357-357, 1998.
 
44. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Pereira, R. M. Álvares; Vieira, J. A. Mota; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  Influence of lipid acclimatization on the oleic acid toxicity towards methanogenic acetoclastic bacteria.
  BIOTEC'98 - Book of Abstracts (IV Iberian Congress on Biotechnology, I Ibero-American Meeting on Biotechnology) M. Mota and E.C. Ferreira (Eds.) (), 347-, 1998.
 
45. Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Azeredo, J.; Oliveira, R.; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  Physico-chemical properties of porous microcarriers in relation with the adhesion of an anaerobic consortium.
  BIOTEC'98 - Book of Abstracts (IV Iberian Congress on Biotechnology, I Ibero-American Meeting on Biotechnology) M. Mota and E.C. Ferreira (Eds.) (), 337-, 1998.
 
46. Pereira, M.A.; Pires, O.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of oleic and palmitic acids: evidence of mass transfer limitations caused by long chain fatty acid accumulation onto the anaerobic sludge.
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering 92(1), 15-23, 2005.
 
47. Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Efeito da aclimatização do inóculo e da recirculação da biomassa na degradação de ácido oléico em filtro anaeróbio.
  Actas da 6.ª Conferência Nacional sobre a Qualidade do Ambiente 3,(), 153-162, 1999.
 
48. Pereira, M.A.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Adsorption of LFCA on anaerobic sludge under steady state and shock loading conditions: effect on acetogenic and methanogenic activity.
  Proceedings of the VII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion: posters 2002(), 55-58, 2002.
 
49. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Novais, J. M.
  Aspectos hidrodinâmicos e microbiológicos de duas configurações de filtros anaeróbios.
  V Conferência Nacional Sobre a Qualidade do Ambiente 2(), 1747-1756, 1996.
 
50. Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic biodegradation of long chain fatty acids: a review.
  Anais do XV Simpósio Nacional de Bioprocessos - SINAFERM 2005 2005(), -, 2005.
 
51. Amaral, A.L.; Pereira, M.A.; Neves, L.; Motta, M.; Pons, M.N.; Vivier, H.; Mota, M.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  Characterisation by image analysis of anaerobic sludge from two EGSB reactors treating oleic acid: automatic detection of granules disintegration.
  Anaerobic Digestion IX: Selected Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion Part I(), 89-94, 2001.
 
52. Pereira, M.A.; Roest, K.; Stams, A.J.M.; Akkermans, A. D. L.; Amaral, A.L.; Pons, M. N.; Ferreira, E.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Image analysis, methanogenic activity and molecular biological techniques to monitor granular sludge from an EGSB reactor fed with oleic acid.
  Biofilm Monitoring: Selected Proceedings of the IWA International Specialised Conference on Biofilm Monitoring (), 343-346, 2002.
 
53. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Amaral, A.L.; Pons, M.N.; Mota, M.; Ferreira, E.C.
  Image analysis as a tool to predict washout in sludge bed reactors through the quantification of microbial filamentous structures.
  Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion I(), 420-425, 2004.
 
54. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Novais, J. M.; Polanco, F. Fdz; Mota, M.
  A new device to select microcarriers for biomass immobilization: application to an anaerobic consortium.
  Water Environment Research 71(2), 209-217, 1999.
 
55. Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Degradation of oleic acid in anaerobic filters: the effect of inoculum acclimatization and biomass recirculation.
  Water Environment Research 73(5), 612-621, 2001.
 
56. Pereira, M.A.; Alves, M.M.; Azeredo, J.; Mota, M.; Oliveira, R.
  Influence of physico-chemical properties of porous microcarriers on the adhesion of an anaerobic consortium.
  Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 24(3), 181-186, 2000.
 
57. Alves, M.M.; Vieira, J.A.M.; Pereira, R.M.A.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.
  Effects of lipids and oleic acid on biomass development in anaerobic fixed-bed reactors. Part II: oleic acid toxicity and biodegradability.
  Water Research 35(1), 264-270, 2001.
 
58. Alves, M.M.; Vieira, J.A.M.; Pereira, R.M.A.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.
  Effect of lipids and oleic acid on biomass development in anaerobic fixed-bed reactors. Part I: biofilm growth and activity.
  Water Research 35(1), 255-263, 2001.
 
59. Pereira, M.A.; Roest, K.; Stams, A.J.M.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.; Akkermans, A.D.L.
  Molecular monitoring of microbial diversity in expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors treating oleic acid.
  FEMS Micriobiology Ecology 41(2), 95-103, 2002.
 
60. Pereira, M.A.; Pires, O.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Anaerobic degradation of oleic acid by suspended and granular sludge: identification of palmitic acid as a key intermediate.
  Water Science and Technology 45(10), 139-144, 2002.
 
61. Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Operation of an anaerobic filter and an EGSB reactor for the treatment of an oleic acid-based effluent: influence of inoculum quality.
  Process Biochemistry 37(9), 1025-1031, 2002.
 
62. Pereira, M.A.; Cavaleiro, A.J.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Accumulation of long chain fatty acids onto anaerobic sludge under steady state and shock loading conditions: effect on acetogenic and methanogenic activity.
  Water Science and Technology 48(6), 33-40, 2003.
 
63. Pereira, M.A.; Sousa, D.Z.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Mineralization of LCFA associated with anaerobic sludge: kinetics, enhancement of methanogenic activity, and effect of VFA.
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering 88(4), 502-511, 2004.
 
64. Amaral, A.L.; Pereira, M.A.; Motta, M.; Pons, M.N.; Mota, M.; Ferreira, E.C.; Alves, M.M.
  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.
  Biotechnology and Bioengineering 87(2), 194-199, 2004.
 
65. Alves, M.M.; Pereira, M.A.; Mota, M.; Novais, J.M.; Colleran, E.
  Staged and non-staged anaerobic filters: microbial activity segregation, hydrodynamic behaviour and performance.
  Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 73(2), 99-108, 1998.
 
66. Alves, M.M.; Bellouti, M.; Pereira, M.A.; Pereira, R.M.A.; Vieira, J.A.M.; Novais, J. M.; Mota, M.
  A new method to study interactions between biomass and packing material in anaerobic filters.
  Biotechnology Techniques 12(4), 277-283, 1998.
 
67. Alves, M.M.; Ferreira, E.C.; Amaral, A.L.; Pereira, M.A.; Novais, J.M.; Mota, M.
  Staged and non-staged anaerobic filters: performance in relation to physical and biological characteristics of microbial aggregates.
  Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 75(7), 601-609, 2000.
 
68. Pereira, M.A.; Roest, K.; Stams, A.J.M.; Akkermans, A.D.L.; Amaral, A.L.; Pons, M.N.; Ferreira, E.C.; Mota, M.; Alves, M.M.
  Image analysis, methanogenic activity measurements, and molecular biological techniques to monitor granular sludge from an EGSB reactor fed with oleic acid.
  Water Science and Technology 47(5), 181-188, 2003.
 
69. Pereira, M.A.
  Degradação de ácido oleico em filtro anaeróbio: efeito da adaptação do inóculo e da recirculação da biomassa.
  Mestrado em Engenharia Biológica (), -, 1999.