Identifying phage Lysins through genomic analysis of prophages from Acinetobacter baumannii

Authors: Maria Leonor Raposo, Ana Carolina Pimentel, Vera Manageiro, Aida Duarte, Manuela Caniça, Filipa F. Vale

Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 16 (2025)

Subject Terms: Acinetobacter baumannii, antibiotic resistance, prophages, lysins, phylogeny, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1532950/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X

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Mutational Analysis of Colistin-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates: From Genomic Background to Antibiotic Resistance

Authors: Telma De Sousa, Hsin-Yao Wang, Ting-Wei Lin, Manuela Caniça, Miguel J. N. Ramos, Daniela Santos, Catarina Silva, Sónia Saraiva, Racha Beyrouthy, Richard Bonnet, Michel Hébraud, Gilberto Igrejas, Patrícia Poeta

Source: Pathogens, Vol 14, Iss 4, p 387 (2025)

Subject Terms: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, colistin resistance, WGS, mutations, antibiotic resistance, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/4/387; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Bats as Hosts of Antimicrobial-Resistant Mammaliicoccus lentus and Staphylococcus epidermidis with Zoonotic Relevance

Authors: Vanessa Silva, Manuela Caniça, Rani de la Rivière, Paulo Barros, João Alexandre Cabral, Patrícia Poeta, Gilberto Igrejas

Source: Veterinary Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 4, p 322 (2025)

Subject Terms: bats, Mammaliicoccus lentus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic potential, one health, Veterinary medicine, SF600-1100

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/12/4/322; https://doaj.org/toc/2306-7381

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Caught in the ESKAPE: Wildlife as Key Players in the Ecology of Resistant Pathogens in a One Health Context

Authors: Vanessa Silva, Sara Araújo, Manuela Caniça, José Eduardo Pereira, Gilberto Igrejas, Patrícia Poeta

Source: Diversity, Vol 17, Iss 4, p 220 (2025)

Subject Terms: ESKAPE pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, wildlife, One Health, bacterial transmission, environmental reservoirs, Biology (General), QH301-705.5

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/4/220; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818

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Genomic and epidemiological insight of an outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in a Portuguese hospital with the emergence of the new KPC-124

Authors: Vera Manageiro, Manuela Cano, Cristina Furtado, Carmen Iglesias, Lígia Reis, Patrícia Vieira, Aida Teixeira, Cláudia Martins, Isabel Veloso, Jorge Machado, José Artur Paiva, Manuela Caniça

Source: Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 386-395 (2024)

Subject Terms: Outbreak, CPE, Ceftazidime-avibactam resistance, Portugal, Infection prevention and control, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034123004562; https://doaj.org/toc/1876-0341

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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Human Bloodstream Infections

Authors: Carolina Sabença, Rani Rivière, Eliana Costa, Sara Sousa, Manuela Caniça, Vanessa Silva, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta

Source: Pathogens, Vol 14, Iss 3, p 205 (2025)

Subject Terms: extended-spectrum ?-lactamases, Klebsiella pneumoniae, bloodstream infections, whole-genome sequencing, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/3/205; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance Among Isolates of Klebsiella spp. and Raoultella spp. in Wildlife and Their Environment from Portugal: A Positive Epidemiologic Outcome

Authors: Carolina Sabença, Rani de la Rivière, Paulo Barros, João Alexandre Cabral, Roberto Sargo, Luís Sousa, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Filipe Silva, Filipa Lopes, Ana Carolina Abrantes, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Manuela Caniça, Gilberto Igrejas, Carmen Torres, Patrícia Poeta

Source: Pathogens, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 99 (2025)

Subject Terms: wildlife, environment, Klebsiella spp., Raoultella spp., Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/14/1/99; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Alkyl deoxyglycoside-polymyxin combinations against critical priority carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria

Authors: Ana M. de Matos, Patrícia Calado, Mónica Miranda, Rita Almeida, Amélia P. Rauter, M. Conceição Oliveira, Vera Manageiro, Manuela Caniça

Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2024)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322

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Genetic Complexity of CC5 Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Associated with Sternal Bursitis in Chickens: Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence, Plasmids, and Biofilm Formation

Authors: Vanessa Silva, Jessica Ribeiro, Pedro Teixeira, Pedro Pinto, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Patrícia Poeta, Manuela Caniça, Gilberto Igrejas

Source: Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 6, p 519 (2024)

Subject Terms: Staphylococcus aureus, poultry, sternal bursitis, breast blisters, antimicrobial resistance, genetic lineages, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/6/519; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Unveiling Antibiotic Resistance, Clonal Diversity, and Biofilm Formation in E. coli Isolated from Healthy Swine in Portugal

Authors: Adriana Silva, Vanessa Silva, Maria de Lurdes Enes Dapkevicius, Mónica Azevedo, Rui Cordeiro, José Eduardo Pereira, Patrícia Valentão, Virgílio Falco, Gilberto Igrejas, Manuela Caniça, Patrícia Poeta

Source: Pathogens, Vol 13, Iss 4, p 305 (2024)

Subject Terms: Escherichia coli, antimicrobial resistance, food safety, swine farms, multi-resistance, animal production, Medicine

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/4/305; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-0817

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Users’ perception of the OH-EpiCap evaluation tool based on its application to nine national antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems

Authors: Pedro Moura, Lucie Collineau, Marianne Sandberg, Laura Tomassone, Daniele De Meneghi, Madelaine Norström, Houda Bennani, Barbara Häsler, Mélanie Colomb-Cotinat, Clémence Bourély, Maria-Eleni Filippitzi, Sarah Mediouni, Elena Boriani, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Manuela Caniça, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Lis Alban

Source: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 11 (2023)

Subject Terms: One Health, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial consumption monitoring, system evaluation, surveillance system, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1138645/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565

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First comparative genomic characterization of the MSSA ST398 lineage detected in aquaculture and other reservoirs

Authors: Vanessa Salgueiro, Vera Manageiro, Narcisa M. Bandarra, Eugénia Ferreira, Lurdes Clemente, Manuela Caniça

Source: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 14 (2023)

Subject Terms: Staphylococcus aureus, ST398, WGS, animals, humans, resistome, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1035547/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-302X

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Vitex Genus as a Source of Antimicrobial Agents

Authors: Zohorul Islam, Gonçalo I. Caldeira, Manuela Caniça, Nurul Islam, Olga Silva

Source: Plants, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 401 (2024)

Subject Terms: antimicrobial drug, herbal medicine, medicinal plant, traditional medicine, Vitex, Botany, QK1-989

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/3/401; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747

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Portable Differential Detection of CTX-M ESBL Gene Variants, blaCTX-M-1 and blaCTX-M-15, from Escherichia coli Isolates and Animal Fecal Samples Using Loop-Primer Endonuclease Cleavage Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

Authors: Owen Higgins, Alexandra Chueiri, Louise O'Connor, Sinéad Lahiff, Liam Burke, Dearbhaile Morris, Nicola Maria Pfeifer, Belén González Santamarina, Christian Berens, Christian Menge, Manuela Caniça, Vera Manageiro, Veljo Kisand, Marwa M. Hassan, Brian Gardner, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Roberto M. La Ragione, Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn, Terry J. Smith

Source: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2023)

Subject Terms: AMR, CTX-M, ESBL, Enterobacteriaceae, LAMP, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497

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Mapping the evidence of the effects of environmental factors on the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the non-built environment: Protocol for a systematic evidence map

Authors: Brian Gardner, Martha Betson, Adriana Cabal Rosel, Manuela Caniça, Mark A. Chambers, Francesca M. Contadini, Laura C. Gonzalez Villeta, Marwa M. Hassan, Roberto M. La Ragione, Alexandre de Menezes, Davide Messina, Gordon Nichols, Daniel V. Olivença, Revati Phalkey, Joaquin M. Prada, Werner Ruppitsch, Lorenzo A. Santorelli, Nick Selemetas, Mukunthan Tharmakulasingam, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Markus Woegerbauer, Iñaki Deza-Cruz, Giovanni Lo Iacono

Source: Environment International, Vol 171, Iss , Pp 107707- (2023)

Subject Terms: Antibiotic resistant bacteria, Antibiotic resistance gene, Environment, One Health, Systematic evidence mapping, ARB, Environmental sciences, GE1-350

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Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412022006341; https://doaj.org/toc/0160-4120

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Investigation of 29 Antimicrobial Compounds in Soil Using Newly Developed UHPLC-MS/MS Method

Authors: Małgorzata Gbylik-Sikorska, Anna Gajda, Monica Felipe-Sotelo, Manuela Caniça, Adriana Cabal-Rosel, Tanel Tenson, Marta Kořínková, Krõõt Arbo, Veljo Kisand, Gerhard Rab, Martin Brandtner

Source: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 18, p 6496 (2023)

Subject Terms: antimicrobial agents, UHPLC-MS/MS, soil, environment, Organic chemistry, QD241-441

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/18/6496; https://doaj.org/toc/1420-3049

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Bioguided Identification of Active Antimicrobial Compounds from Asphodelus bento-rainhae and Asphodelus macrocarpus Root Tubers

Authors: Maryam Malmir, Katelene Lima, Sérgio Póvoas Camões, Vera Manageiro, Maria Paula Duarte, Joana Paiva Miranda, Rita Serrano, Isabel Moreira da Silva, Beatriz Silva Lima, Manuela Caniça, Olga Silva

Source: Pharmaceuticals, Vol 16, Iss 6, p 830 (2023)

Subject Terms: antimicrobial activity, anthracene derivatives, Asphodelus bento-rainhae, Asphodelus macrocarpus, root tubers, toxicity, Medicine, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/6/830; https://doaj.org/toc/1424-8247

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Identification of Marker Compounds and In Vitro Toxicity Evaluation of Two Portuguese Asphodelus Leaf Extracts

Authors: Maryam Malmir, Katelene Lima, Sérgio Póvoas Camões, Vera Manageiro, Maria Paula Duarte, Joana Paiva Miranda, Rita Serrano, Isabel Moreira da Silva, Beatriz Silva Lima, Manuela Caniça, Olga Silva

Source: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 5, p 2372 (2023)

Subject Terms: Aloe-emodin, antimicrobial, antioxidant, Asphodelus, chemical profile, herbal medicines, Organic chemistry, QD241-441

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/5/2372; https://doaj.org/toc/1420-3049

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Monographic Quality Parameters and Genotoxicity Assessment of Asphodelus bento-rainhae and Asphodelus macrocarpus Root Tubers as Herbal Medicines

Authors: Maryam Malmir, Rita Serrano, Katelene Lima, Maria Paula Duarte, Isabel Moreira da Silva, Beatriz Silva Lima, Manuela Caniça, Olga Silva

Source: Plants, Vol 11, Iss 22, p 3173 (2022)

Subject Terms: Asphodelus bento-rainhae, Asphodelus macrocarpus, herbal medicines, quality control, root tubers, Botany, QK1-989

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3173; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747

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Genomic Analysis of a mcr-9.1-Harbouring IncHI2-ST1 Plasmid from Enterobacter ludwigii Isolated in Fish Farming

Authors: Vera Manageiro, Vanessa Salgueiro, Tânia Rosado, Narcisa M. Bandarra, Eugénia Ferreira, Terry Smith, Elsa Dias, Manuela Caniça

Source: Antibiotics, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 1232 (2022)

Subject Terms: aquaculture, mcr-9 gene, seabream, One Health, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950

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Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/9/1232; https://doaj.org/toc/2079-6382

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