The fermented product industries have been demanding alternatives for increasing yields and reducing fermentation costs. Nowadays, the technique known as adaptive evolution becomes an excellent tool to develop different ...

Prospecting for cellulose-producing fungi is one of the possible strategies for obtaining the necessary enzymes to hydrolyze the lignocellulosic material and to contribute to the viability of cellulosic ethanol production. ...

The bacterium Streptococcus mutans is one of the main initiators species of biofilm and is related to the etiology of caries. Currently there have been many studies investigating ways to reduce bacterial adhesion and biofilm ...

The Brazilian tropical savannah occupies a large area in Brazil and includes a high variety of plant species. This diversity is an important source of endophytic microorganisms consisting mainly of bacteria and fungi that ...

The biological contamination causes a great depth of concern in the polymers industry, whose materials are used for food packaging. Most of the bacteria are associated to a biofilm; complex microbial ecosystem, well ...

The use of antimicrobials in packages, in particular metal oxides, can be effective in inhibiting or retarding the growth of microorganisms, thus enabling a longer expiration date of foods. The main objective of this work ...