Camille Granada

• PhD
• Univates

Tomato is an important economic crop due to its consumption and production worldwide. However, like other crops, it is susceptible to pathogens, being necessary agrochemicals to prevent diseases and improve the production of fruits. Among the sustainable alternatives to crop production, microbial inoculants are used as biofungicide and biostimulant...

Researchers have associated the therapeutic potential of probiotics with its ability to modulate gut microbiota, which is considered an "invisible organ" of the human body. The present study investigates the effects of probiotic supplementation on the gut microbiota composition of adults. The authors conducted a systematic review of the literature...

Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is one of the most cultivated fruit plants in the world. Vineyard growers apply copper-based products in these crops to prevent fungal diseases, generating worries about Cu contamination in soils and food. In this context, this study identifies prokaryotic communities associated with grapevine plants grown under different lev...

Knowledge on biodiversity is fundamental for conservation strategies. The Brazilian Pampa region, located in subtropical southern Brazil, is neglected in terms of conservation, and knowledge of its biodiversity is fragmented. We aim to answer the question: how many, and which, species occur in the Brazilian Pampa? In a collaborative effort, we buil...

The aim of this study was to use bibliometric techniques to provide a longitudinal view of the evolution over more than 50 years of the literature on esophageal cancer without focusing on a specific area. The Web of Science Core Collection database was searched for published articles on esophageal neoplasm. Different aspects of the articles were an...

Citrus trees are vulnerable to several pre- and post-harvest diseases caused by microbial pathogens. Concerns regarding food safety and human health increase the demand for the development of new environment-friendly technologies for food production and storage. In this context, research on biocontrol techniques have been presenting promising resul...

In the present study, hydrogels were developed from carboxymethylcellulose, with the addition of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) obtained from yerba mate stick residues and garlic oil. CNFs were obtained via physical (steam explosion), chemical (bleaching), and mechanical (ultrafine friction milling) processes. Garlic oil was encapsulated into sodium a...

Cellulose is the most abundant fibrous component in plant biomass. This polymer component presents a high biotechnological potential mainly for biogas and ethanol production. However, the difficulty to deconstruct cellulose fibers is the main barrier to the use of cellulolytic materials in biotechnological approaches. The production and secretion o...

The nature of the soil is shaped by the presence of roots and the soil microbiota. Bacteria, archaea and fungi profoundly alter plant growth and, in turn, depend on root exudation of carbon-rich and energy-yielding compounds. The microbial communities act as facilitators of plant processes by secreting plant growth regulators, solubilizing minerals...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of the genus Lactobacillus spp. can produce a wide range of antimicrobial compounds with a high biotechnological potential arising from their beneficial effects on human and animal health. This study aims to map the worldwide scientific literature on “antimicrobial substances produced by Lactobacillus spp.” through a bibl...

Rice is the basic food for over half the global population. Paddy cultivation is limited by environmental stressors, which tend to worsen with climate change. In addition, an increase in food demand is expected soon. Therefore, innovative agricultural technologies capable of increasing food production without increasing agricultural frontiers are n...

Inoculation of symbiotic N 2 -fixing rhizobacteria (rhizobia) in legumes is an alternative to reduce synthetic N fertiliser input to crops. Even though common bean benefits from the biological N 2 fixation carried out by native rhizobia isolates, the low efficiency of this process highlights the importance of screening new strains for plant inocula...

Hulls are considered residues from rice production, and due to its low commercial value, there is little interest in developing biotechnological approaches for its reuse. However, the biological pre-treatment can be a safe and environmentally friendly alternative for developing new uses for this waste material. Therefore, this work aimed to select...

In this work, we investigated Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from soils collected from the rhizosphere of native and exotic legumes species inhabiting two ecoclimatic zones – a subtropical-lowland pasture (Pampa Biome) and a volcanic plateau covered by Araucaria Moist Forests (Atlantic Forest Biome). The rhizobial strains were isolated from the no...

Agriculture and agribusiness generate waste rich in organic matter that can be degraded by biological processes and used as biomass for bioenergy. Inoculants to improve methane production in anaerobic reactors were developed using the anaerobic co-digestion of livestock manure (cattle, swine, and poultry) as biomass. These inoculants were prepared...

Rock powders are low-cost potential sources of most of the nutrients required by higher plants for growth and development. However, slow dissolution rates of minerals represent an obstacle to the widespread use of rock powders in agriculture. Rhizosphere processes and biological weathering may further enhance mineral dissolution since the interacti...

Casestudy: Clear cell sarcoma (CCS), also known as malignant melanoma of soft parts, is a primary soft tissue neoplasm exhibiting evidence of melanocytic differentiation. It is an uncommon aggressive tumor that arises in tendons and aponeuroses of the distal extremities. Here, we report the first case of primary CCS of the breast. The patient was a...

Whey is one of the most important byproducts of dairy industries. The potential of lactic acid bacteria from cheese whey as starter cultures is unexplored. Thus, this study aims to isolate cheese whey lactic-acid bacteria (LAB) from cow, goat, and buffalo milk, and characterize their potential of providing different tastes and flavors for fermented...

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a process resulting from the anaerobic metabolism of specific microorganisms that produce an eco-friendly type of energy and a stabilized soil fertilizer. We described the microbial communities and their changes in three depths of BioKöhler® biodigester, fed with cattle manure for 18 days, under anaerobic incubation at t...

Two fermenters were operated by semi-continuous mode with suspended biomass and glycerol at concentrations of 10 and 50 g/L to evaluate the semi-continuous operational conditions to hydrogen and volatile fatty acids production. A high hydrogen production in the semi-continuous reactors at the experiment was observed, with a drop during the test, ma...

The anaerobic digestion of industrial wastes produces a biogas that is an alternative to the use of fossil fuels for energy production. At the end of this process, the stabilized biomass presents high levels of nutrients, which can be used both as biofertilizers in agriculture and for the biodegradation of contaminants in the soil through improveme...

The genus Lactobacillus has been widely used in food industry as starter or adjunct culture due to its probiotic features. Its biotechnological features improve the spectrum of uses of lactobacilli, which can affect its applicability directly. In this sense, this literature review gathers information and discusses the biotechnological potential of...

Rhizobia are a diverse group of nodule-forming bacteria known for inhabiting the soil and establishing functional symbiotic associations with legume plants. Rhizobial inoculants are widely employed in agricultural practices to reduce nitrogen fertilizer inputs on legume crops due to rhizobial ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. Here we argue that...

One of the most common agricultural wastes generated in rice producing countries, rice hull (RH) is considered an environmental problem due to increased rice production and RH accumulation, especially because natural degradation in the environment is very difficult and time‐consuming. Currently, RH is mostly used as bed for broiler chickens or burn...

Waiting lines, also called queues, are a universal issue in operations management as they can be observed both in manufacturing and service settings. Waiting in line is common phenomena in daily life, for example, banks have customers in line to get service of teller, cars queue up for re-filling, workers line up to access machine to complete their...

Arenization occurs in regions that present sandy soils with normal rainfall levels. Predatory use of environmental sources, the dissolution of arenitic rocks and reworking of non-consolidated surface sands intensify this degradation scenario. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate the impact of the arenization process in the Brazilian Pampa Biome and ho...

Azo dyes are a class of synthetic dyes with a wide variety of colors and shades with a vast application in industry. Due to their chemical structure, such dyes exert mutagenic and carcinogenic effects on living organisms. Problems caused by environmental contamination with azo dyes highlight the importance of developing new treatment methods. Thus,...

In this study, we isolated Lactobacillus spp. from bovine raw milk and artisanal cheese from southern Brazil, and evaluated their technological and probiotic potential to select new isolates for producing healthy fermented dairy foods with differentiated tastes and flavours. We obtained 48 new lactobacilli isolates, which were isolated from raw mil...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plants are one of the most important legumes for human consumption due to its nutritional value and the fact it is rich in protein, iron, carbohydrates, and bioactive compounds. Diseases in common bean plants caused by soil-borne pathogens cause important economic losses in the world. Rhizobia is a well-known bacter...

Lupinus albescens is a resistant cover plant that establishes symbiotic relationships with bacteria belonging to the Bradyrhizobium genus. This symbiosis helps the development of these plants in adverse environmental conditions, such as the ones found in arenized areas of Southern Brazil. This work studied three Bradyrhizobium sp. (AS23, NAS80 and...

The legume tribe Genisteae comprises 618, predominantly temperate species, showing an amphi-Atlantic distribution that was caused by several long-distance dispersal events. Seven out of the 16 authenticated rhizobial genera can nodulate particular Genisteae species. Bradyrhizobium predominates among rhizobia nodulating Genisteae legumes. Bradyrhizo...

Currently, global demand for energy has grown and the search for new ecological energy sources is one of the mostly significant issues we face. The digestion of alternative sources of carbon in anoxic environment produces gas of high calorific value, which is a promising source of alternative energy. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate the biogas pro...

The contamination of soil with heavy metals is a serious agricultural issue. The presence of foods contaminated with heavy metals in the human diet can cause health damages. Metal phytoextraction processes remove soil contaminants through plant absorption; however, plants display different responses to the metal contamination of the soil. Thus, the...

RESUMO A contaminação de hortaliças por micro-organismos patogênicos está diretamente relacionada com a qualidade das águas de irrigação utilizadas na agricultura e com o solo onde se encontram. Com o objetivo de se verificar as condições empregadas na produção de alface (Lactuca sativa L.) em três pequenas propriedades do interior do Rio Grande do...

The Taquari Valley has several food industries and tanneries which release their effluents into the Taquari River, as well as a cemetery in a Permanent Preservation Area in Muçum town. This study performed physicochemical and microbiological analyses of water from before and after three Taquari River sites considered potentially polluting and compa...

Hundreds of different micro organisms are attached to the surface of roots. Therefore, it is not surprising that plants have the ability to distinguish threatening intruders from beneficial microbiota (Toth and Stacey, 2015). Pathogens can be discriminated by plant cells through a myriad of plasma membrane and intracellular receptors that recognize...

Background: In the current agricultural model, the massive use of chemical fertilizer causes environmental and economic losses. Inoculation of plant growth promoting nitrogen fixing bacteria is an alternative to the use of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium fertilizers. In this study, rhizobia strains isolated from common bean (Phaseolus vulgari...

A ocorrência de associações entre bactérias e raízes de plantas pode ser benéfica, neutra ou prejudicial. Bactérias promotoras de crescimento vegetal (BPCV) formam um grupo heterogêneo de micro-organismos benéficos que pode ser encontrado na rizosfera, superfícies de raízes ou em associação com plantas hospedeiras. O objetivo deste estudo foi isola...

Lupinus albescens is a leguminous plant that belongs to "New World" lupine species, which is native to southern Brazil. This Brazilian region is characterized by poor degraded soils with low organic matter and is designated as an arenized area. The symbiosis between Lupinus plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria belonging to the Bradyrhizobium genus m...

Plant growth-promoting bacteria can greatly assist sustainable farming by improving plant health and biomass while reducing fertilizer use. The plant-microorganism-environment interaction is an open and complex system, and despite the active research in the area, patterns in root ecology are elusive. Here, we simultaneously analyzed the plant growt...

This work aimed to evaluate the symbiotic compatibility and nodulation efficiency of rhizobia isolated from Desmodium incanum, Lotus corniculatus, L. subbiflorus, L. uliginosus and L. glaber plants by cross-inoculation. Twelve reference strains and 21 native isolates of rhizobia were genetically analyzed by the BOX-PCR technique, which showed a hig...

In this study, rhizobia strains isolated from white clover (Trifolium repens) root nodules were evaluated in an effort to identify an efficient nitrogen-fixing rhizobia strain that can also improve the growth of rice plants (Oryza sativa). White clover plants were collected from seven sites in south Brazil, and 78 native rhizobia isolates were obta...

Aims The aims of this work were to characterize the soil bacterial communities in an arenized area in southern Brazil subjected to different management regimes through cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent methods and to evaluate the potential of selected plant growth-promoting (PGP) bacteria to improve the growth of native Lupinus albe...

Paenibacillus riograndensis SBR5T, a nitrogen-fixing Gram-positive rhizobacterium isolated from a wheat field in the south of Brazil, has a great potential for agricultural applications due to its plant growth promotion effects. Here we present the draft genome sequence of P. riograndensis SBR5T. Its 7.37-Mb genome encodes determinants of the diazo...

In the last decades, the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria has become an alternative to improve crop production. Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii is one of the most promising rhizobacteria and is even used with non-legume plants. This study investigated in vitro the occurrence of plant growth-promoting characteristics in several in...

Rhizobia are known by their ability to fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes, but they are also capable of promote the growth of non-legume, mainly due to indoleacetic acid production (IAA). In this research, it was aimed to select rhizobia producers of IAA and evaluate the effect of different levels of this hormone over the germination and initia...

Os rizóbios, conhecidos por sua capacidade de fixar N2 em associação com leguminosas, também se mostram capazes de promover o crescimento de não-leguminosas, especialmente pela produção de ácido indol-acético (AIA). Neste trabalho, objetivou-se selecionar rizóbios produtores de AIA e avaliar o efeito de diferentes concentrações deste fitormônio sob...

A acácia-negra é a terceira espécie florestal mais cultivada no Brasil. Além de sua importância econômica, é utilizada na recuperação de áreas degradadas, nas quais o solo geralmente apresenta pH baixo e altos teores de Al. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a diversidade genética de rizóbios naturais de solos do Rio Grande do Sul e selecionar i...