Paula M. L. Castro

Research interests

Publications

• Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) improve the growth and nutrient use efficiency in maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions

  Heliyon · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05106

• Synergistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting bacteria benefit maize growth under increasing soil salinity

  Journal of Environmental Management · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109982

• Biodegradation of Diclofenac by the bacterial strain Labrys portucalensis F11

  Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.01.040

• Enrichment of bacterial strains for the biodegradation of diclofenac and carbamazepine from activated sludge

  International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.02.008

• Oxygen vacancies, the optical band gap (Eg) and photocatalysis of hydroxyapatite: Comparing modelling with measured data

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.05.014

• Constructed wetland with a polyculture of ornamental plants for wastewater treatment at a rural tourism facility

  Ecological Engineering · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.03.001

• Phosphate-solubilizing rhizobacteria enhance Zea mays growth in agricultural P-deficient soils

  Ecological Engineering · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.060

• Degradation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics and identification of metabolites/transformation products by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

  Journal of Chromatography A · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2014.01.069

• Performance of aerobic granular sludge in a sequencing batch bioreactor exposed to ofloxacin, norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin

  Water Research · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.043

• Extraction of high added value biological compounds from sardine, sardine-type fish and mackerel canning residues — A review

  Materials Science and Engineering C · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2013.04.003

• Biodegradation of ofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin as single and mixed substrates by Labrys portucalensis F11

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5333-8

• Inoculating Helianthus annuus (sunflower) grown in zinc and cadmium contaminated soils with plant growth promoting bacteria – Effects on phytoremediation strategies

  Chemosphere · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.055

• Extraction and characterisation of apatite- and tricalcium phosphate-based materials from cod fish bones

  Materials Science and Engineering C · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2012.08.014

• Use of constructed wetland systems with Arundo and Sarcocornia for polishing high salinity tannery wastewater

  Journal of Environmental Management · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.10.003

• Metal uptake by microalgae: Underlying mechanisms and practical applications

  Biotechnology Progress · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.1504

• Assessment of the plant growth promotion abilities of six bacterial isolates using Zea mays as indicator plant

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.04.014

• Valorisation of natural extracts from marine source focused on marine by-products: A review

  Food Research International · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2010.07.034

• Changes in the bacterial community structure in two-stage constructed wetlands with different plants for industrial wastewater treatment

  Bioresource Technology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.033

• Evaluation Of Phenolic Profiles And Antioxidant Activities Of Turkish Medicinal Plants: Tiliaargentea, Crataegi Folium Leaves And Polygonum Bistorta Roots

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1075065

• Treatment of industrial wastewater with two-stage constructed wetlands planted with Typha latifolia and Phragmites australis

  Bioresource Technology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.017

• Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils: Phytoremediation as a Potentially Promising Clean-Up Technology

  Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1080/10643380701798272

• Constructed wetland systems vegetated with different plants applied to the treatment of tannery wastewater

  Water Research · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.012

• Phytoremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons, anilines and phenols

  Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02987315

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