Journal of Microbiology Research

Journal of Microbiology Research aims to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of major importance to techniques of microbiology and applied research. It publishes high quality research and review papers on novel aspects of microbiology, including environmental, food, agricultural, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, soil, water and biodeterioration.


Manuel Simões

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Microbiology Research

Assistant Professor, University of Porto, Portugal

Research Areas

Antimicrobials-mode of action and resistance, Biofilms, Bioreactors, Emergent antimicrobials

Education

2005-2008Post-doc Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Universityof Minho, Portugal)
2001-2005PhDChemical and Biological Engineering (University of Minho, Portugal)
1996-2001GraduationBiological Engineering (University of Minho, Portugal)

Experience

2008-PresentAssistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering (University of Porto, Portugal) and Researcher at the Laboratory for Process, Environmental and Energy Engineering (LEPAE)
2008Assistant investigator at the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal)

Publications: Journals

[1]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2003) Monitoring the effects of biocide treatment of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms formed under different flow regimes. Water Science and Technology 47, 217-223.
[2]  Simões M, Carvalho H, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2003) Surveillance of the behaviour of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms after ortho-phthalaldehyde disinfection. Biofouling 19, 151-157.
[3]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2003) Effect of different concentrations of ortho-phthalaldehyde on biofilms formed by Pseudomonas fluorescens under different flow conditions. Biofouling 19, 287-295.
[4]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2005) Action of a cationic surfactant on the activity and removal of bacterial biofilms formed under different flow regimes. Water Research 39, 478-486.
[5]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2005) Validation of respirometry as short-term method to assess the toxic effect of a biocide. Biofouling 21, 9-17.
[6]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2005) Effect of mechanical stress on biofilms challenged by different chemicals. Water Research 39, 5142-5152.
[7]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Machado I, Simões L C, Vieira M J (2006) Comparative antibacterial potential of selected aldehyde-based biocides and surfactants against planktonic Pseudomonas fluorescens. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33, 741-749.
[8]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Machado I, Simões L C, Vieira M J (2006) Control of flow-generated biofilms using surfactants-evidence of resistance and recovery. Food and Bioproducts Processing 84, 338-345.
[9]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2007) The role of hydrodynamic stress on the phenotypic characteristics of single and binary biofilms of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Water Science and Technology 8-9, 437-445.
[10]  Simões M, Simões L C, Cleto S, Machado I, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2007) Antimicrobial mechanisms of ortho-phthalaldehyde action. Journal of Basic Microbiology 47, 230-242.
[11]  Simões M, Cleto S, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2007) Influence of biofilm composition on the resistance to detachment. Water Science and Technology 8-9, 473-480.
[12]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2007) The effect of hydrodynamic conditions on the phenotype of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms. Biofouling 24, 249-258.
[13]  Simões L C, Simões M, Oliveira R, Vieira M J (2007) Potential of the adhesion of bacteria isolated from drinking water to materials. Journal of Basic Microbiology 47, 174-183.
[14]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J (2007) Biofilm interactions between distinct bacterial genera isolated from drinking water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, 6192-6200.
[15]  Simões M, Simões L C, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2008) Sodium dodecyl sulfate allows the persistence and recovery of biofilms formed under different hydrodynamic conditions. Biofouling 24, 35-44.
[16]  Simões M, Simões L C, Cleto S, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2008) The effects of a biocide and a surfactant on the detachment of Pseudomonas fluorescens from glass surfaces. International Journal of Food Microbiology 121, 335-341.
[17]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J (2008) Intergeneric coaggregation between drinking water bacteria: evidence for the role of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as a bridging bacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 1259-1263.
[18]  Simões M, Simões L C, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2008) Antagonism between Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas fluorescens in planktonic systems and biofilm. Biofouling 24, 339-349.
[19]  Simões M, Rocha S, Coimbra M A, Vieira M J (2008) Enhancement of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic susceptibility using sesquiterpenoids. Medicinal Chemistry 4, 616-623.
[20]  Simões M, Simões L C, Vieira M J (2008) Physiology and behaviour of Pseudomonas fluorescens single and dual strain biofilms under diverse hydrodynamics stresses. International Journal of Food Microbiology 128, 309-316.
[21]  Simões M, Simões L C, Vieira M J (2009) Species association increases biofilm resistance to chemical and mechanical treatments. Water Research 43, 229-237.
[22]  Aires A, Mota V R, Saavedra M J, Monteiro A A, Simões M, Rosa E A S, Bennett R N (2009) Initial in vitro evaluations of the antibacterial activities of glucosinolates and their respective enzymatic hydrolysis products against plant pathogenic bacteria. Journal of Applied Microbiology 106, 2096-2105.
[23]  Simões M, Bennett, R N, Rosa, E A S (2009) Understanding antimicrobial activities of phytochemicals against multidrug resistant bacteria and biofilms. Natural Product Reports 26, 746-757.
[24]  Ferreira C, Rosmaninho R, Simões M, Pereira M C, Bastos M M S M, Nunes O C, Coelho, M, Melo L F (2010). Control of biofouling of industrial surfaces using microparticles carrying a biocide. Biofouling 26, 205-212.
[25]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J (2010) Adhesion and biofilm formation on polystyrene by drinking water bacteria. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek-International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 98, 317-329.
[26]  Simões M, Simões L C, Vieira M J (2010) A review of current and emergent biofilm control strategies. LWT-Food Science and Technology 43, 573-583.
[27]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J (2010) The influence of the diversity of bacterial isolates from drinking water on resistance of biofilms to disinfection. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76, 6673-6679.
[28]  Saavedra M J, Borges A, Dias C, Aires A, Bennett R N, Rosa E A, Simoes M (2010) Antimicrobial activity of phenolics and glucosinolate hydrolysis products and their synergy with streptomycin against pathogenic bacteria. Medicinal Chemistry 6, 174-183.
[29]  Teodósio J, Simões M, Melo L F, Mergulhão F (2011) Flow cell hydrodynamics and its effects on E. coli biofilm formation under different nutrient conditions and turbulent flow. Biofouling 27, 1-11.
[30]  Ferreira C, Pereira A M, Pereira M C, Melo L F, Simões M. (2011) Physiological changes induced by the quaternary ammonium compound benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride on Pseudomonas fluorescens. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 66, 1036-1043.
[31]  Pires J C, Alvim-Ferraz M C M, Gomes F G, Simões M. (2011) Recent developments on carbon capture and storage: an overview. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 89, 1446-1460. FI-1.223.
[32]  Simões L C, Lemos M, Araújo P, Pereira A M, Simões M. (2011) The effects of glutaraldehyde on the control of single and dual biofilms of Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas fluorescens. Biofouling 27, 337-346.
[33]  Simões M (2011). Antimicrobial strategies effective against infectious bacterial biofilms. Current Medicinal Chemistry 18, 2129-2145.
[34]  Simões L C, Lemos M, Pereira A M, Saavedra M J, Simões M. (2011) Persister cells in a biofilm treated with a biocide. Biofouling 27, 403-411.
[35]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J. (2011) The effects of metabolite molecules produced by drinking water-isolated bacteria on their single and multispecies biofilms. Biofouling 27, 685-699.
[36]  Aires A, Mota V R, Carvalho R, Saavedra M J, Oliveira M H, Monteiro A A, Simões M, Rosa E A S, Bennett R N (2011) Correlations between disease severity, glucosinolate profiles and total phenolics and Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris inoculation of different Brassicaceae. Scientia Horticulturae 129, 503-510.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Simões M (2009) Use of biocides and surfactants to control biofilms-role of the hydrodynamic conditions. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. ISBN: 978-3-639-16745-0.
[2]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2003) How the hydrodynamic conditions under which the biofilm are formed affect the effectiveness of aldehyde-base biocides. In: Biofilm communities: Order from Chaos. McBain A, Allison D, Brading M, Rickard A, Verran J, Walker J (eds.), Bioline, Cardiff, Wales. pp. 191-203.
[3]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2005) Control of biofilms using surfactants-persistence and regrowth. In: Biofilms: Persistence and Ubiquity. McBain A, Allison D, Pratten J, Spratt D, Upton M, Verran J (eds.), The Biofilm Club, Cardiff, Wales. pp 369-381.
[4]  Simões M, Pereira M O, Vieira M J (2007) Microbial interaction in biofilms-the role of siderophores and iron-dependent mechanisms as biocontrol strategies. In: Biofilms: Coming of Age. Gilbert P, Allison D, Brading M, Pratten J, Spratt D, Upton M (eds.), The Biofilm Club, Manchester, UK. pp. 157-165.
[5]  Simões L C, Simões M, Vieira M J (2007) The role of microbial interactions in drinking water biofilms. In: Biofilms: Coming of Age. Gilbert P, Allison D, Brading M, Pratten J, Spratt D, Upton M (eds.), The Biofilm Club, Manchester, UK. pp. 43-52.
[6]  Pereira M O, Machado I, Simões M, Vieira M J (2007) Preventing biofilm formation using surfactants. In: Biofilms: Coming of Age. Gilbert P, Allison D, Brading M, Pratten J, Spratt D, Upton M (eds.), The Biofilm Club, Manchester, UK. pp. 167-174.
[7]  Simões M, Simões L C (2010) Green anti-biofouling strategies. In: Biofouling: types, impact & anti-fouling. Chan J, Wong S (eds.), Nova Science Publishers. pp. 155-174.
[8]  Teodósio J, Simões M, Melo L, Mergulhão F. (2010) The influence of a recombinant plasmid on the formation of Escherichia coli biofilms. In: Biofilms: formation, development and properties. Bailey W C (ed), Nova Science Publishers. Chapter 23.
[9]  Teodósio J, Simões M, Melo L, Mergulhão F. (2010) The influence of the nutrient load on the formation of Escherichia coli biofilms. In: Advances in Medicine and Biology Research. Berhardt L V (ed.), Nova Science Publishers. pp. 153-168.
[10]  Ferreira C, Pereira A M, Melo L F, Simões M (2010) Advances in industrial biofilm control with micro-nanotechnology. In: Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology. Méndez-Vilas A (ed.), Formatex, Badajoz, Spain, pp. 845-854.