A practical approach on boar sperm cryodamage. Morphofunctional and immunocytochemical study of cryopreserved boar sperm intended for use in artificial insemination 

    Casas Roqueta, Isabel (Date of defense: 2010-07-08)

    L'ús d'esperma criopreservada en la inseminació artificial (IA) d'espècies d'interès productiu permet un major control sanitari i la creació de bancs de germoplasma d'alt valor genètic, entre d'altres avantatges. En el ...

    Aislamiento, identificación y conservación de cultivos de bacterias lácticas antagonistas de microbiota contaminante de sangre de matadero 

    Zamora Rodríguez, Lucero M. (Date of defense: 2003-11-20)

    La sangre obtenida en el matadero es un producto altamente contaminado que requiere un procesamiento inmediato si se pretende utilizarla como insumo alimentario en la fabricación de productos destinados al consumo humano. ...

    Les altes pressions i la bioconservació com a estratègies de control de Listeria monocytogenes en productes carnis llestos per al consum. Assajos d’inoculació i modelització matemàtica 

    Hereu Soms, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)

    The present doctoral dissertation deals with the study of the effect of food preservation technologies, such as high pressure (HP) treatments and biopreservation with nisin, on the behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes during ...

    Anàlisi microscòpica de l'esperma ejaculada i de la maduració epididimària dels espermatozoides de Sus domesticus 

    Briz González, Maria Dolors (Date of defense: 1994-05-17)

    El present treball analitza la morfologia espermàtica de l'ejaculat de Sus domesticus, la histologia del conducte epididimari i la qualitat de l'esperma epididimari. El material d'estudi prové de mascles reproductors porcins ...

    Antimicrobial activity in Bacillus spp. from plant environments against plant pathogens. Relationship with cyclic lipopeptide genes and products 

    Mora Pons, Isabel (Date of defense: 2013-12-12)

    Bacillus subtilis and related species have strong interest in agriculture because several strains are biocontrol agents of plant diseases, which have been recognized as biosafe. In this work, a selective enrichment procedure ...

    At the edge of aquatic systems: intermittent streambed microbial communities’ responses to hydrological alterations 

    Gionchetta, Giulia (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)

    Hydrological drought is a process of natural desiccation mainly due to large shortage of rainfall events. Reduced precipitations and prolonged droughts are spreading worldwide and threaten the integrity of aquatic ...

    Caracterització de Lactobacils d'origen intestinal i avaluació in vivo del seu poder probiòtic en pollastres 

    Pascual Camps, Mònica (Date of defense: 2003-05-23)

    Una soca de Lactobacillus salivarius resistent a la rifampicina, CTC2197, es va assajar com a probiòtic en pollastres, estudiant la seva capacitat de prevenir la colonització de Salmonella enteritidis C-114 en pollastres. ...

    Design and synthesis of short antimicrobial peptides for plant protection. Study of their mode of action 

    Ferre Malagon, Rafael (Date of defense: 2010-07-23)

    Aquesta tesi doctoral està basada en el desenvolupament de nous agents antimicrobians derivats del pèptid híbrid cecropina A-melitina WKLFKKILKVL-NH2 (Pep3) que siguin sostenibles i útils per al control de malalties de ...

    Development of new, non-invasive tools based on faecal bacterial signatures for the early detection of colorectal cancer 

    Malagón Rodríguez, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)

    This thesis aims to develop a new non-invasive tool based on faecal bacterial markers for the early detection of colorectal cancer, which is capable of detecting precancerous lesions before the onset of clinical signs. ...

    Diversity, dynamics and activity of Epsilonproteobacteria in a stratified karstic lake. Implications in carbon and sulfur cycles 

    Noguerola Solà, Imma (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)

    This doctoral thesis studies the abundance, diversity, seasonal dynamics and activity of Epsilonproteobacteria in a meromictic basin of Lake Banyoles during three year cycles. We applied a complementary array of molecular ...

    Ecophysiology and philogeny of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in healthy and diseased gut. Application in Inflamatory Bowel Disease diagnostics 

    López Siles, Mireia (Date of defense: 2016-01-25)

    In this PhD thesis Faecalibacterium prausnitzii populations of patients with gut disease and healthy individuals have been characterized. First, isolates from healthy volunteers have been phenotypically characterised, ...

    Efectes del fotoperíode sobre la qualitat espermàtica de mascles porcins Sus domesticus 

    Sancho Badell, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2002-12-18)

    En el presente estudio se analizan los efectos de los fotoperiodos ambientales de otoño e invierno y los fotoperiodos experimentales de 24, 12 y 0 horas de luz artificial sobre la calidad del semen de machos reproductores ...

    Elimination of micropollutants in conventional and novel nitrogen removal processes. A comparative assessment of diverse microbial communities capabilities 

    Kassotaki, Elissavet (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)

    Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) can pose a significant risk to the environment and human health, undermining prosperity. Current wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) cannot ...

    Estudi dels carotenoides en espècies marrons de bacteris verds del sofre: diversitat, eco-fisiologia i regulació 

    Mallorquí Fernández, Noemí (Date of defense: 2003-12-11)

    El present treball es centra en l'estudi a diferents nivells dels carotenoides de les espècies marrons de Bacteris Verds del Sofre (GSB, de l'anglès Green Sulfur Bacteria). L'objectiu global ha estat el d'esbrinar quina ...

    Estudio de la red trófica microbiana en lagunas someras: autotrofia versus heterotrofia 

    Àvila Izquierdo, Núria (Date of defense: 2017-05-26)

    Autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms are two essential functional units in the microbial food web of aquatic ecosystems. They play a key role in nutrient cycling and carbon flow and influence the structure, composition ...

    Factors affecting the distribution, abundance and diversity of uncultured archaeal groups in freshwater sediments 

    Compte Port, Sergi (Date of defense: 2018-07-03)

    Archaea are abundant in extreme environments but they are also a prevalent component of microbial communities in soils, marine or freshwater plankton and sediments. Many studies highlighted the prominent role of marine ...

    Food safety evaluation and management approaches in dry-cured meat products 

    Austrich i Comas, Anna (Date of defense: 2024-04-03)

    This doctoral thesis focuses on the study of the behavior of foodborne pathogens during the production process and/or storage of dry-cured meat products, including chicken-based fermented sausages and pork dry-cured ham. ...

    From inocula to biological reactors: molecular characterization of N-cycle bacterial assemblages in a PANAMMOX process 

    Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)

    Nowadays, the combination of the autotrophic nitrification together with heterotrophic denitrification is the most common process for N-removal in the WWTPs. However, when the C:N ratio is low, this two-step process does ...

    Heterogeneïtat pigmentària en bacteris fotosintètics verds: fisiologia i significació ecològica 

    Borrego i Moré, Carles (Date of defense: 1996-11-15)

    Green bacteria possess one of the most complexes antenna systems within the group of the photosynthetic microorganisms. One reason for this complexity is the high diversity of pigments antenna, the bacteriochlorophylls ...

    Impact of chlorophenols and heavy metals on soil microbiota: their effects on activity and community composition, and resistant strains with potential for bioremediation 

    Cáliz Gelador, Joan (Date of defense: 2011-12-13)

    Pollution by toxic compounds is one of the most relevant environmental damages to ecosystems produced by human activity and, therefore, it must be considered in environmental protection and restoration of contaminated ...