Centre for the Research and Technology of
Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences
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Department of
Biology and Environment, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Apartado 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Principal publications
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Dias A.A., Matos A.J.S., Fraga I., Sampaio A. and Bezerra R. M. F. "An Easy Method for Screening and Detection of Laccase Activity", The Open Biotechnology Journal , 11, 89-93, 2017. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F.; Pinto P.A.; Fraga, I. and Dias,
A. Albino. “Enzyme inhibition studies by integrated Michaelis–Menten equation
considering simultaneous presence of two inhibitors when one of them is a
reaction product” Computer Methods and
Programs in Biomedicine 125, 2-7, 2016. Abstract (doi:10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.12.013)
Dias A. A., Pinto P. A., Fraga I., and Bezerra R. M. F. “Diagnosis of Enzyme Inhibition Using Excel Solver: A Combined Dry and Wet Laboratory Exercise”, J. Chem. Educ., 91, 1017−1021, 2014. Abstract
Santos C.; M. S. Lucas; A. A. Dias; Rui M.F. Bezerra; José A. Peres; Ana Sampaio “Winery wastewater treatment by combination of Cryptococcus laurentii and Fenton’s reagent” Chemosphere, 117, 53–58, 2014. Abstract
Fraga, I.; Coutinho, J.; Bezerra, R.M.; Dias, A.A.; Marques, G.; Nunes, F.M “Influence of culture medium growth variables on Ganoderma lucidum exopolysaccharides structural features” Carbohydrate Polymers, 111 (13), 936-946, 2014. Abstract
Silva, A.M.; A. Miranda; E. Fernandes; S. Santos; I. Fraga; D. L. Santos; A.A. Dias; R.M. Bezerra “Endopolysaccharides from Ganoderma resinaceum, Phlebia rufa, and Trametes versicolor affect differently the proliferation rate of HepG2 Cells” Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology,169 (6), 1919-1926, 2013 Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F.; Fraga, I. and Dias, A. Albino. “Utilization of integrated Michaelis-Menten equations for enzyme inhibition diagnosis and determination of kinetic constants using Solver supplement of Microsoft Office Excel” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 109, pp. 26-31, 2013 Abstract
Ribeiro L., V. Pinheiro, D. Outor-Monteiro, J. Mourão, R.M.F. Bezerra, A.A. Dias, R.N. Bennett, G. Marques, M.A.M. Rodrigues “Effects of the
dietary incorporation of untreated and white-rot fungi (Ganoderma resinaceum Boud)
pretreated olive leaves on growing rabbits” Animal Feed
Science and Technology, 173(3-4):244–251, 2012. Abstract
Pinto P.A., A.A. Dias, I. Fraga, G. Marques, M.A.M. Rodrigues, J. Colaço, A. Sampaio, R.M.F. Bezerra “Influence
of ligninolytic enzymes on straw saccharification
during fungal pretreatment” Bioresource Technology
111:261–267, 2012. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F.; A. Sampaio and
A.A. Dias, “Trivial
nomenclature of gluco-hexose in portuguese
language and other latin based languages”. Scientific Research and Essays 7(3):
270-271, 2012. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F.; Dias, A.A., Fraga, I., and Pereira,
A.N. “Cellulose hydrolysis by cellobiohydrolase
Cel7A shows mixed hyperbolic product inhibition”. Applied Biochemistry
and Biotechnology 165(1): 178-189, 2011. Abstract
De Barros, C.R.M., L.M. M. Ferreira, F.M. Nunes, R.M.F. Bezerra, A.A. Dias, C. V. Guedes, J.W. Cone, G.S. M. Marques and Miguel A. M. Rodrigues. The potential of white-rot fungi to degrade phorbol esters of Jatropha curcas L. seed cake. Eng. Life Sci. 11: 107-110, 2011. Abstract
Rodrigues, M.A.M., R.M.F. Bezerra, J.A.G.A. Dias, C.V.M. Guedes, L.M.M: Ferreira, F. Nunes. Could basidiomycetes fungi be an alternative for the treatment of fibrous feedstuffs? Application of enzymatic complexes and future prospects. R. Bras. Zootec., 39, suppl., 519-527, 2010. Abstract
Dias, A.A., M.S. Lucas, A. Sampaio, J.A. Peres, R.M.F. Bezerra, “Decolorization of azo dyes by yeasts”, In Biodegradation of Azo Dyes (H. Atacag Erkurt, ed.): Hdb Env Chem 9: 183–193. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelber. 2010. Abstract
Dias, A. A., G. S. Freitas., G. S.M. Marques, A. Sampaio, I. S. Fraga, M. A.M.
Rodrigues, D. V. Evtuguin, R.
M.F. Bezerra,
Enzymatic saccharification of biologically
pre-treated wheat straw with white-rot fungi. Bioresource Technology, 101, 6045–6050, 2010. Abstract
Dinis, M.J., R.M.F. Bezerra, F. Nunes, A.A. Dias, C.V. Guedes, L.M.M. Ferreira, J.W. Cone, G.S.M. Marques, A.R.N.
Barros, M.A.M. Rodrigues, Modification of wheat straw lignin by
solid state fermentation with white-rot fungi. Bioresource Technology 100(20): 4829–4835, 2009. Abstract
Lucas, M.S.; Dias, A.A.;
Bezerra, R.M.; and Peres, J.A. Gallic acid photochemical oxidation as a model compound of winery
wastewaters. Journal of Environmental
Science and Health, Part A, 43: 1288-1295, 2008. Abstract
Rodrigues,
M.A.M., Pinto, P., Bezerra, R.M.F., Dias, A.A., Guedes, C.V.M., cardoso, V.M.G., Cone, J.W., Ferreira, L.M.M., Colaço, J. and Sequeira C.A. “Effect of enzyme extracts isolated
from white-rot fungi on chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of
wheat straw”, Animal Feed Science and
Technology, 141(3-4): 326–338, 2008. Abstract
Matos, A.J.F.S., Bezerra,
R.M.F. and Dias, A.A., “Screening of fungal isolates and properties of Ganoderma applanatum
intended for olive mill wastewater decolorization and
dephenolization”, Letters
in Applied Microbiology, 45(3): 270-275, 2007. Abstract
Bezerra,
R.M.F. and
Dias, A.A. “Utilization of integrated Michaelis-Menten equation to determine kinetic constants”. Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Education, 35(2):145-150, 2007. Abstract
Dias, A.A., Sampaio, A. and Bezerra,
R.M., “Environmental applications of fungal and
plant systems: decolourisation of textile wastewater
and related dyestuffs”, In Environmental
Bioremediation Technologies (S.N. Singh & R.D. Tripathi,
Eds): pp 445 – 463. Springer-Verlag,
Heidelber. 518 p, 2007. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F., Dias, A. A. , Fraga, I., and Pereira, A. N. “Simultaneous ethanol and cellobiose inhibition of cellulose hydrolysis studied with
integrated equations assuming constant or variable substrate concentration”. Applied
Biochemistry and Biotechnology 134(1):
27-38, 2006. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F. and A.A.
Dias "Enzymatic kinetic of cellulose
hydrolysis, inhibition by ethanol and cellobiose." Applied
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 126(1): 49-59, 2005. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M.F. and Dias, A.A.
"Discrimination among eight modified Michaelis-Menten
kinetics models of cellulose hydrolysis with a large range of substrate/enzyme
ratios: inhibition by cellobiose" Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology,
112(3):173-184, 2004. Abstract
Dias,
A.A., Bezerra, R.M., and Pereira N.A. “Activity and elution profile of laccase during biological
decolorization and dephenolization
of olive mill wastewater” Bioresource Technology,
92(1): 7-13, 2004. Abstract
Dias, A.A., Bezerra, R.M., Lemos, P.M., Pereira,
N.A. “In vivo and laccase-catalysed decolourization of xenobiotic azo dyes by a basidiomycetous fungus: characterization of its ligninolytic system” World
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 19(9): 969-975, 2003. Abstract
Bezerra, R.M., “Ração alimentar, aspectos
bioquímicos” pp. 43-
Bezerra, R.M.F., “Kinetics of cellulose hydrolysis” in Genetics, Biochemistry and Ecology of Cellulose Degradation (K. Ohmiya, H. Hayashi, K. Sakka, Y. Kobayashi, S. Karita, and T. Kimura eds), Uni Publishers Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan., pp. 86 – 93, Uni Publishers Co., Ltd, pp. 1-818, 1999.
Bezerra, R.M.F., “A simple process to identify the type of kinetics and estimate the kinetic parameters in the presence of two different inhibitors” Journal of Medicine and Biochemistry, 3(1). 9-16, 1999.
Bezerra R.M.F.,
“Enzymatic kinetic of cellulose hydrolysis. Confrontation between kinetic
constants obtained with CBH I and crude enzyme from Trichoderma reesei” Roumanian Biotechnological Letters, 4(4):335-345, 1999.
Bezerra, R.M., A.A. Dias, A.N. Pereira, "Saccharification of cellulose in ultrafiltration reactors", in Biomass for Energy, Industry and Environment, ed. G. Grassi and G. Gosse, vol. pp. 501-505, Elsevier Applied Science, London, New York, 1992.
Bezerra, R.M., A.N. Pereira,
"Linear representation of the integrated form of enzyme kinetic equations
when the product is a competitive inhibitor", Ciência Biológica, Molecular and Cellular Biology 14(3/4):
71-79, 1989.
Bezerra, R.M., Dias. J.A., Pereira, A.N., "Product inhibition: a key factor on the hydrolysis of biomass by cellulases of Trichoderma reesei", in Biomass for Energy and Industry, ed. G. Grassi, G. Goose and G. dos Santos, vol.2 pp. 275-281, Elsevier Applied Science, London and New York, 1989.
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