Ana Rita Varela

University of Évora — Portugal

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts(11), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria(9), Nematode management and characterization studies(6), Health, Medicine and Society(5), Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity(5)

Publications29 total

A comprehensive study on Cenopalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) species in Portugal: morphological, molecular, and annotated review
Systematic and Applied Acarology·2025
Detection of <i>Aphelenchoides besseyi</i> in major rice-growing regions of Portugal: Tracing a possible introduction pathway through seed trade
Plant Disease·2025
Additional Records of <i>Potensaphelenchus stammeri</i> (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) in Association With <i>Spondylis buprestoides</i> (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Across Europe
Forest Pathology·2025
Mycobiome of Pinus pinaster trees naturally infected by the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Scientific Reports·2025Open Access
Establishment of salivary tissue-organoid biorepository: characterizing salivary gland stem/progenitor cells and novel differentiation marker PSMA/FOLH1
npj Regenerative Medicine·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Mycobiome of <i>Pinus pinaster</i> trees naturally infected by the pinewood nematode <i>Bursaphelenchus xylophilus</i>
2025
Real-time PCR assay for the early detection and relative quantification of the Rubus idaeus pathogen Aculeastrum americanum
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology·2025· 2 cited
Assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of <i>Corema album</i> accessions from the Atlantic coastal dunes of Portugal
Journal of Berry Research·2024
The Mayo Clinic Salivary Tissue-Organoid Biobanking: A Resource for Salivary Regeneration Research
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Two new alien Eutetranychus mites (Prostigmata, Tetranychidae) for Madeira Island, Portugal
Acarologia·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Genetic variation in the conjugative plasmidome of a hospital effluent multidrug resistant Escherichia coli strain
Chemosphere·2018· 9 cited
Tracking antibiotic resistance from hospital effluents to the surrouding environment
Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)·2016Open Access
Quinolone resistant Aeromonas spp. as carriers and potential tracers of acquired antibiotic resistance in hospital and municipal wastewater
The Science of The Total Environment·2015· 124 cited
Multidrug Resistance in Quinolone-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Hospital Effluent and the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant
Microbial Drug Resistance·2015· 59 cited
Molecular evidence of the close relatedness of clinical, gull and wastewater isolates of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance·2015· 39 cited
Genetic characterization of fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli from urban streams and municipal and hospital effluents
FEMS Microbiology Ecology·2015· 43 citedOpen Access
blaTEM and vanA as indicator genes of antibiotic resistance contamination in a hospital–urban wastewater treatment plant system
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance·2014· 123 citedOpen Access
Insights into the relationship between antimicrobial residues and bacterial populations in a hospital-urban wastewater treatment plant system
Water Research·2014· 138 cited
Quinolone‐resistant <scp> <i>E</i> </scp> <i>scherichia coli</i> isolated from birds of prey in <scp>P</scp> ortugal are genetically distinct from those isolated from water environments and gulls in <scp>P</scp> ortugal, <scp>S</scp> pain and <scp>S</scp> weden
Environmental Microbiology·2013· 39 cited
Human health implications of clinically relevant bacteria in wastewater habitats
Environmental Science and Pollution Research·2013· 117 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Célia M. Manaia(15), Olga C. Nunes(7), Filomena Nóbrega(5), María José Silva(4), Maria L. Inácio(4), Jana Vredenburg(3), Sandra André(2), Carlos Narciso‐da‐Rocha(2), Giovanna Ferro(2), Melike Yanık(2), Luigi Rizzo(2), Paulo Martins da Costa(2), Syed Mohammed Musheer Aalam(2), Aalim Khaderi(2), Ronsard J Mondesir(2), Dong‐Gi Mun(2), Isabelle M.A. Lombaert(2), Robert P. Coppes(2), Chitra Priya Emperumal(2), Akhilesh Pandey(2)