M. Leonor Faleiro

TL;DR: The strains of Listeria monocytogenes tested were relatively resistant to the action of essential oils of either Origanum or Thymus species, and all essential oils possessed antioxidant activity, but this was dependent on the specific chemical composition and the method employed to determine such activity.

TL;DR: The results show that the presence of usually lethal concentrations of Fe, Zn and Cu is not toxic for the sulphate-reducing bacteria present in this sample, and a very good efficiency in terms of sulphate reduction and metals removal was obtained.

TL;DR: The essential oils of Thymus caespititius, T. zygis and T. sylvestris collected in different regions of Portugal, including the Azores islands, were evaluated for preventing lipid peroxidation and scavenging free radicals, and hydroxyl and superoxide anions as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a putative cell wall-anchored protein (Lmo0435 [BapL]), which had similarity to proteins involved in biofilm formation by staphylococci, was constructed in L. monocytogenes to determine the influence of this protein on attachment to abiotic surfaces.

TL;DR: The results suggest that strains having high initial attachment strength are more likely to persist on surfaces exposed to flow than strains having low initial attachments strength.