University of Minho
Portugal
Lúcia Sousa
Work
Publications
Investigating Bacterial Vaginosis Pathogenesis Using Peptide Nucleic Acid-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization With a Focus on the Roles of Gardnerella Species, Prevotella bivia, and Fannyhessea vaginae
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
journal-article
Investigating Bacterial Vaginosis Pathogenesis Using Peptide Nucleic Acid-Fluorescence in situ Hybridization with a Focus on the Roles of Gardnerella species, Prevotella bivia, and Fannyhessea vaginae
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
journal-article
Unveiling microbial interactions between Gardnerella vaginalis, Fannyhessea vaginae, and Prevotella bivia during bacterial vaginosis
Universidade do Minho
dissertation-thesis
Adaptation of key bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria to a medium simulating genital tract secretions: a transcriptomic analysis
Frontiers in Genetics
journal-article
Key bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria influence each other's growth in biofilms in rich media and media simulating vaginal tract secretions
Biofilm
journal-article
Explorando os mistérios da vaginose bacteriana: como as espécies microbianas se adaptam à convivência ecológica em ambientes vaginais simulados
Microbiologia 2024
conference-abstract
Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals the Adaptation of Key Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria to a Medium Simulating Vaginal Secretions
V Chemical and Biological Engineering Doctoral Symposium
conference-poster
Gardnerella vaginalis, Fannyhessea vaginae, and Prevotella bivia Strongly Influence Each Other's Transcriptome in Triple-Species Biofilms
Microbial Ecology
journal-article
Longitudinal Analysis of Select Bacterial Species Composition among Women with Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Illuminated through PNA-FISH
IDSOG Annual Meeting
conference-poster
Longitudinal Analysis of Bacterial Species Composition among Women with Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Illuminated through Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence in situ Hybridization
AFMR Southeastern Regional Meeting
conference-poster
The Role of Prevotella Species in Female Genital Tract Infections
Pathogens
journal-article
The Role of Prevotella Species in Female Genital Tract Infections
Pathogens
journal-article
The Role of Prevotella species in Female Genital Tract Infections
Pathogens
journal-article
Microbial interactions among Gardnerella, Prevotella and Fannyhessea prior to incident bacterial vaginosis: protocol for a prospective, observational study
BMJ Open
journal-article
Bacterial vaginosis: association between antimicrobial tolerance and in vitro biofilm formation model
Microbiotec23 - Congress of microbiology and biotechnology
conference-poster
RNA-sequencing analysis reveals key changes in G. vaginalis transcriptome after antimicrobial challenge in polymicrobial biofilms
Microbiotec23 - Congress of microbiology and biotechnology
conference-poster
Characterization of Biofilm Growth of Key Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacteria on a Medium Simulating Vaginal Secretions
5TH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL BIOFILM COURSE AND SYMPOSIUM
conference-abstract
RNA-sequencing highlights major adaptations of key bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria when grown in polymicrobial biofilms
FEMS2023
conference-poster
Fighting polymicrobial biofilms in bacterial vaginosis
Microbial Biotechnology
journal-article
Fighting polymicrobial biofilms in bacterial vaginosis
Microbial Biotechnology
journal-article
Development of a Prevotella bivia PNA probe and a multiplex approach to detect three relevant species in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilms
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
journal-article
Development of a Prevotella bivia PNA probe and a multiplex approach to detect three relevant species in bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilms
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
journal-article
Vaginal Sheets with Thymbra capitata Essential Oil for the Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis: Design, Characterization and In Vitro Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety
Gels
journal-article
Accurate Absolute Quantification of Bacterial Populations in Mixed Cultures by qPCR
Methods in Molecular Biology
book-chapter
Triple-species bacterial vaginosis-associated biofilm growing in a medium simulating genital tract secretions
ASM: Conference on Biofilms
conference-poster
Assessing recovery rates of distinct exogenous controls for gDNA extraction efficiency using phenol-chloroform or silica-column based extractions
Journal of Microbiological Methods
journal-article
Caracterização do crescimento de um biofilme de espécies associadas à vaginose bacteriana em meio simulando secreções vaginais
Microbiologia 2022
conference-abstract
The use of a novel PNA-FISH multiplex protocol for bacterial vaginosis diagnosis
Biofilms and Microbiomes: Global Impact on Public and Ecosystem Health
conference-poster
A new PNA-FISH multiplex approach is capable of detecting bacterial vaginosis-associated species on vaginal samples
EuroBiofilms 2022
conference-poster
In vitro interactions within a biofilm containing three species found in bacterial vaginosis (BV) support the higher antimicrobial tolerance associated with BV recurrence
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
journal-article
Six Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Species Can Form an In Vitro and Ex Vivo Polymicrobial Biofilm That Is Susceptible to Thymbra capitata Essential Oil
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
journal-article
Exploiting the Anti-Biofilm Effect of the Engineered Phage Endolysin PM-477 to Disrupt In Vitro Single- and Dual-Species Biofilms of Vaginal Pathogens Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis
Antibiotics
journal-article
Exploiting the Anti-Biofilm Effect of the Engineered Phage Endolysin PM-477 to Disrupt In Vitro Single- and Dual-Species Biofilms of Vaginal Pathogens Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis
Antibiotics
journal-article
Synergistic effects of carvacrol, a-terpinene, ¿-terpinene, ¿-cymene and linalool against Gardnerella species
Scientific Reports
journal-article
Crystal Violet Staining Alone Is Not Adequate to Assess Synergism or Antagonism in Multi-Species Biofilms of Bacteria Associated With Bacterial Vaginosis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
journal-article
Bacterial Vaginosis multi-species biofilms: can standard quantification methods accurately quantify in vitro biofilms?
Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021
conference-poster
Characterization of single- and multi-species Bacterial Vaginosis (BV)-associated biofilms in an ex vivo 3D human vaginal epithelium model
Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021
conference-poster
In vitro interactions during bacterial vaginosis development demonstrate that multi-species biofilms have enhanced antimicrobial tolerance
Microbiotec 21 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021
conference-poster
A New PNA-FISH Probe Targeting Fannyhessea vaginae
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
journal-article
A New PNA-FISH Probe Targeting Fannyhessea vaginae
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
journal-article
The utilization of essential oils to treat biofilm-associated vaginal infections
Microbial biofilms: properties and applications in the environment, agriculture and medicine
book-chapter
Checkerboard assay method highlights synergistic effects between Carvacrol, a- Terpinene, ¿-Terpinene, ¿-Cymene and Linalool
MicroBiotec 19 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2019
conference-poster
Gardnerella and vaginal health: the truth is out there
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
journal-article
Gardnerella and vaginal health: the truth is out there
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
journal-article
Gardnerella and vaginal health: The truth is out there
FEMS Microbiology Reviews
journal-article
Antimicrobial Activity of Thymbra Capitata and its Major Components Against Gardnerella spp.
3rd Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISIDOG) Congress, Porto, Portugal
conference-poster
Determination of the antimicrobial activity and synergistic effects of the main compounds from Thymbra capitata essential oil against Gardnerella spp.
Universidade do Minho
dissertation-thesis