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Diana Sousa

Assistant Professor


Career

  • Since  2013: Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
  • 2007 - 2013: Invited Assistant Professor, Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

  • 2007: PhD in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho

Courses

  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )
  • ( Master Program in Bioengineering )
  • ( Integrated Master in Biological Engineering )

Recent Publications

1
Enrichment of syngas-converting communities from a multi-orifice baffled bioreactor
  • Microbial Biotechnology, 11(4), 639-646, 2018
2
High rate biomethanation of carbon monoxide rich gases via a thermophilic synthetic co-culture
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(2), 2169-2176, 2018
3
  • Sousa, Diana Z.; Visser, Michael; van Gelder, Antonie H.; Boeren, Sjef; Pieterse, Mervin M.; Pinkse, Martijn W.H.; Verhaert, Peter D.E.M.; Vogt, Carsten; Franke, Steffi; Kümmel,Steffen; Stams, Alfons J.M.
The deep-subsurface sulfate reducer Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii employs two methanol-degrading pathways
  • Nature Communications, 9(239), 2018
4
Novel energy conservation strategies and behavior of Pelotomaculum schinkii driving syntrophic propionate catabolism
  • Environmental Microbiology, (In Press), 2018
5
Effect of nickel and cobalt on methanogenic enrichment cultures and role of biogenic sulfide in metal toxicity attenuation
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, 8(1341), 2017
6
  • Badalato, Nelly; Guillot, Alain; Sabarly, Victor; Dubois, Marc; Pourette, Nina; Pontoire, Bruno; Robert, Paul; Bridier, Arnaud; Monnet, Véronique; Sousa, Diana Z.; Durand, Sylvie; Mazéas, Laurent; Buléon, Alain; Bouchez, Théodore; Mortha, Gérard; Bize, Ariane
Whole proteome analyses on Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum show a modulation of the cellulolysis machinery in response to cellulosic materials with subtle differences in chemical and structural properties
  • PLoS One, 12(1), 1-22, 2017
7
Comparative analysis of carbon monoxide tolerance among Thermoanaerobacter species
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(1330), 1-9, 2016
8
Toxicity of long chain fatty acids towards acetate conversion by Methanosaeta concilii and Methanosarcina mazei
  • Microbial Biotechnology, 9(4), 514-518, 2016
9
Lachnotalea glycerini gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobe isolated from a nanofiltration unit treating anoxic groundwater
  • International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66(2), 774-779, 2016
10
Production of medium-chain fatty acids and higher alcohols by a synthetic co-culture grown on carbon monoxide or syngas
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels, 9(82), 1-11, 2016
11
  • Diender, Martijn; Pereira, Ricardo A.G.; Wessels, Hans J.C.T.; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Sousa, Diana Z
Proteomic analysis of the hydrogen and carbon monoxide metabolism of Methanothermobacter marburgensis
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(1049), 1-10, 2016
12
Conversion of Cn-Unsaturated into Cn-2-Saturated LCFA Can Occur Uncoupled from Methanogenesis in Anaerobic Bioreactors
  • Environmental Science and Technology, 50(6), 3082-3090, 2016
13
  • Strepis, Nikolaos; Sánchez-Andrea, Irene; van Gelder, Antonie H.; van Kruistum, Henri; Shapiro, Nicole; Kyrpides, Nikos; Göker, Markus; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Schaap, Peter; Stams, Alfons J.M.; Sousa, Diana Z.
Description of Trichococcus ilyis sp. nov. by combined physiological and in silico genome hybridization analyses
  • International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66(10), 3957-3963, 2016
14
Methanogens, sulphate and heavy metals: a complex system
  • Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 14(4), 537-553, 2015
15
Pathways and bioenergetics of anaerobic carbon monoxide fermentation
  • Frontiers in Microbiology, 6(1275), 2015
16
Meta-omics approaches to understand and improve wastewater treatment systems
  • Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 14(3), 385-406, 2015
17
CO2 dissolution and design aspects of a multiorifice oscillatory baffled column
  • Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 53(44), 17303-17316, 2014
18
  • Visser, M.; Parshina, S.N.; Alves, J.I.; Sousa, D.Z.; Pereira, I.A.; Muyzer, G.; Kuever, J.; Lebedinsky, A.V.; Koehorst, J.J.; Worm, P.; Plugge, C.M.; Schaap, P.J.; Goodwin, L.A.; Lapidus, A.; Kyrpides, N.C.; Detter, J.C.; Woyke, T.; Chain, P.; Davenport, K.W.; Spring, S.; Rohde, M.; Kleuk, H.P.; Stams, A.J.M.
Genome analyses of the carboxydotrophic sulfate-reducers Desulfotomaculum nigrificans and Desulfotomaculum carboxydivorans and reclassification of Desulfotomaculum caboxydivorans as a later synonym of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans
  • Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9(3), 655-675, 2014
19
  • Kuever, J.; Visser, M.; Loeffler, C.; Boll, M.; Worm, P.; Sousa, D.Z.; Plugge, C.; Schaap, P.; Muyzer, G.; Pereira, I.; Pashina, S.; Goodwin, L.; Kyrpides, N.; Detter, J.; Woyke, T.; Chain, P.; Davenport, K.; Rohde, M.; Spring, S.; Klenk, H.-P.; Stams, A.J.M.
Genome analysis of Desulfotomaculum gibsoniae strain GrollT a highly versatile Gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacterium
  • Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9(3), 2014
20
Long-term acclimation of anaerobic sludges for high-rate methanogenesis from LCFA
  • Biomass and Bioenergy, 67(31), 297-303, 2014
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