People
Bruno C. Marreiros
senior researcher
Research Group
Position
Assistant Researcher (Associate Laboratory contract) (since 2025)
CV
Personal Website
Email
b.marreiros@fct.unl.pt
Phone number
+351212948385 (ext: 10931)
ORCID
Ciência Vitae
Recent publications
- Barros, KS; Marreiros, BC; Martí-Calatayud, MC; Crespo, JG; Perez-Herranz, V; Velizarov, S. 2025. Effect of pH on the selective electrodialytic recovery of acidogenic-derived volatile fatty acids. SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 364, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132550
- Giovanella, A; Carvalheira, M; Grana, M; Reis, MAM; Marreiros, BC. 2025. Impact of saline osmotic stress on halotolerant polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-accumulating mixed microbial cultures: Boosting PHA production by osmotic downshock. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.116521
- Barros, KS; Marreiros, BC; Carvalheira, M; Reis, MAM; Crespo, JG; Pérez-Herranz, V; Velizarov, S. 2025. Evaluation of fouling phenomena and cation-exchange membrane cleaning in Donnan dialysis for separation of ammonium from fermented solutions rich in volatile fatty acids. SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 356, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129834
- Matteo Grana; Marreiros, BC; Carvalheira, Monica; Elena Ficara; Maria Reis; Corresponding author: Marreiros, BC. 2024. Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production from Cheese Whey under Near-Seawater Salinity Conditions.. New Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2024.09.005
- Marreiros, BC; Carvalheira, M; Henriques, C; Pequito, D; Nguyen, Y; Solstad, RG; Eksteen, JJ; Reis, MAM. 2023. Pilot-scale valorisation of salmon peptone into polyhydroxyalkanoates by mixed microbial cultures under conditions of high ammonia concentration. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2023.110100
- Kayo Santana Barros; Mónica Carvalheira; Bruno Costa Marreiros; Maria Ascensão MReis; João Goulão Crespo; Valentín Pérez-Herranz; Svetlozar Velizarov. 2023. Donnan Dialysis for Recovering Ammonium from Fermentation Solutions Rich in Volatile Fatty Acids. MEMBRANES, DOI: 10.3390/membranes13030347
- Carvalho, JM; Marreiros, BC; Reis, MAM. 2022. Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production by Mixed Microbial Culture under High Salinity. Sustainability, 14, DOI: 10.3390/su14031346
- Silva, JB; Pereira, JR; Marreiros, BC; Reis, MAM; Freitas, F. 2021. Microbial production of medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates. PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY, 102, DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2021.01.020
- Marreiros, BC; Sena, FV; Sousa, FM; Batista, AP; Pereira, MM. 2016. Type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase family: phylogenetic distribution, structural diversity and evolutionary divergences. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 18(12), DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13352
- Marreiros, BC; Calisto, F; Castro, PJ; Duarte, AM; Sena, FV; Silva, AF; Sousa, FM; Teixeira, M; Refojo, PN; Pereira, MM. 2016. Exploring membrane respiratory chains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS, 1857, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.03.028
- Marreiros, BC; Batista, AP; Duarte, AMS; Pereira, MM. 2013. A missing link between complex i and group 4 membrane-bound [NiFe] hydrogenases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS, 1827(2), DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.09.012
Main research interests
- Valorisation of industrial by-products and wastes
- Production of microbial biopolymers (e.g. PHA)
- Bioprocess development, control and optimization
- Microbial Diversity
- Protein function and structure (e.g. PHA synthase, NDH-I, NDH-II)
- Bioinformatics
- Bioenergetics