Paula Zaghetto de Almeida

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

Bachelor's in Biologial Sciences from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (2011), master's in Comparative Biology from Universidade de São Paulo (2015), and PhD in Biochemistry (2019) by Universidade de São Paulo (FMRP-USP) acting mainly on the following subjects: enzymes, filamentous fungi, amylase, xylanase, cellulases, heterologous expression. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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Because of its territorial extension and various biomes Brazil holds among 15 to 20% of the worldwide biodiversity. This biodiversity is getting lost fast. It is estimated that only 10 % of the Brazilian species are known. Among this amount, the fungi are also known as good enzyme producers, such as amylases, that generate a great biotechnological interest. Starch is the main carbohydrate…
Diversity of amylolytic potential in filamentous fungi: purification and characterization of a glucoamylase from Aspergillus brasiliensis, BP.MS
Isolation of mesophilic, thermophilic or facultative microorganisms from sugar cane bagasse for xylooligosaccharides production, BP.IC

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