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Diana Z. Sousa
Researcher at Wageningen University and Research Centre
Publications - 125
Citations - 3847
Diana Z. Sousa is an academic researcher from Wageningen University and Research Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fermentation & Methanogenesis. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 112 publications receiving 2832 citations. Previous affiliations of Diana Z. Sousa include University of Minho.
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Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long‐chain fatty acids (LCFA)
M. Madalena Alves,M. Alcina Pereira,Diana Z. Sousa,Ana Júlia Cavaleiro,Merijn Amilcare Picavet,Hauke Smidt,Alfons J. M. Stams +6 more
TL;DR: The classical problems of lipids methanization in anaerobic processes are discussed and new concepts to enhance lipids degradation are presented and Reactors operation, feeding strategies and prospects of technological developments for wastewater treatment are discussed.
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Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority.
TL;DR: Common barriers that can hamper the isolation and culturing of novel microorganisms are discussed and emerging, innovative methods for targeted or high-throughput cultivation are reviewed.
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Mineralization of LCFA Associated With Anaerobic Sludge: Kinetics, Enhancement of Methanogenic Activity, and Effect of VFA
TL;DR: It was concluded that LCFA do not exert a bactericidal neither a permanent toxic effect toward the anaerobic consortia, and the relative roles of a reversible inhibitory effect and a transport limitation effect imposed by the LCFA surrounding the cells are addressed.
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Ecophysiology of syntrophic communities that degrade saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids
TL;DR: Quantification of archaea by real-time PCR analysis suggests that potential LCFA inhibitory effect towards methanogens might be reversible, and the conversion of adsorbed LCFA in batch assays was shown to result in a significant increase of archaeal cell numbers in anaerobic sludge samples.
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Production of medium-chain fatty acids and higher alcohols by a synthetic co-culture grown on carbon monoxide or syngas
TL;DR: This co-culture poses an alternative way to produce medium-chain fatty acids and higher alcohols from carbon monoxide or syngas and the process can be regarded as an integration of Syngas fermentation and chain elongation in one growth vessel.