Dieta natural de Brycon sp. n. “Cristalino” – matrinxã no Parque Estadual Cristalino, região norte de Mato Grosso

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Estudo in situ de culturas autóctones de Lactobacillus helveticus autolíticus sobre a dinâmica bioquímica e sensorial do queijo Paramesão

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Produção de biomassa foliar, óleo essencial e 4-Nerolidilcatecol de Pothomorphe umbellata(L.) Miq

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Isolamento e caracterização de bactérias autóctones de nódulos de Arachis hypogaea L

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Geoprocessamento aplicado à dengue.descrição espaço-temporal das epidemias ocorridas no município de cruzeiro/sp nos anos de 2006 e 2011

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Biologia e ciclo de vida de Astyanax cf. scabripinnis paranae Eigenmann, 1914 (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae), no Ribeirão Grande, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, núcleo Santa Virginia, SP

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Aedes aegypti on Madeira Island (Portugal): genetic variation of a recently introduced dengue vector

The increasing population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on Madeira Island (Portugal) resulted in the first autochthonous dengue outbreak, which occurred in October 2012. Our study establishes the first genetic evaluation based on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genes [cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 (ND4)] and knockdown resistance ( kdr ) mutations exploring the colonisation history and the genetic diversity of this insular vector population. We included mosquito populations from Brazil and Venezuela in the analysis as putative geographic sources. The Ae. aegyptipopulation from Madeira showed extremely low mtDNA genetic variability, with a single haplotype for COI and ND4. We also detected the presence of two important kdr mutations and the quasi-fixation of one of these mutations (F1534C). These results are consistent with a unique recent founder event that occurred on the island of Ae. aegyptimosquitoes that carry kdr mutations associated with insecticide resistance. Finally, we also report the presence of the F1534C kdr mutation in the Brazil and Venezuela populations. To our knowledge, this is the first time this mutation has been found in South American Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. Given the present risk of Ae. aegypti re-invading continental Europe from Madeira and the recent dengue outbreaks on the island, this information is important to plan surveillance and control measures.

Spatial distribution of dengue incidence and socio-environmental conditions in Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, 2007

This study aimed to analyze the spatial distribution of dengue risk and its association with socio-environmental conditions. This was an ecological study of the counts of autochthonous dengue cases in the municipality of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, in the year 2007, aggregated according to 47 coverage areas of municipal health centers. Spatial models for mapping diseases were constructed with Bayesian hierarchical models, based on Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA). The analyses were stratified according to two age groups, 0 to 14 years and above 14 years. The results indicate that the spatial distribution of dengue risk is not associated with socio-environmental conditions in the 0 to 14 year age group. In the age group older than 14 years, the relative risk of dengue increases significantly as the level of socio-environmental deprivation increases. Mapping of socio-environmental deprivation and dengue cases proved to be a useful tool for data analysis in dengue surveillance systems.

Biodegradation and Phytotoxicity of Biodiesel, Diesel, and Petroleum in Soil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Temporal, spatial and spatiotemporal analysis of the occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis in humans in the City of Birigui, State of São Paulo, from 1999 to 2012

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Ocorrência de infecção por Leishmania sp. em cães no município de Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Invertase from a Candida stellata strain isolated from grape: production and physico-chemical characterization

Invertases are enzymes which hydrolyze the sucrose and are widely employed in food and pharmaceutical industries. In this work, the screening of autochthonous grape yeasts from Brazil was carried out in order to investigate their invertase production potential. Yeasts belonging to Saccharomyces, Hanseniaspora, Sporidiobolus, Issatchenkia, Candida, Cryptococcus and Pichia genera were analyzed by submerged fermentation (SbmF) using sucrose as substrate. Among them, Candida stellata strain (N5 strain) was selected as the best producer (10.6 U/ml after 48 hours of SbmF). This invertase showed optimal activity at pH 3.0 and 55°C, demonstrating appropriate characters for application in several industrial processes, which includes high temperatures and acid pHs. In addition, this invertase extract presented tolerance to low concentrations of ethanol, suggesting that it could also be suitable for application at the beginning of alcoholic fermentation. These data provide promising prospects of the use of this new invertase in food and ethanol industry.

Identificação de regiões com variação no número de cópias de segmentos de DNA em bovinos de raças autóctones espanholas

Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento Animal - FCAV

Plantas utilizadas no tratamento de malária e males associados por comunidades tradicionais de Xapuri, AC e Pauini, AM

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Horticultura) - FCA

Diversidade e evolução da microbiota lática autóctone em queijo Muçarela de búfala e aplicação tecnológica dos isolados

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