Clara Cecília Santana Sousa

Researcher

Generic Bio

Clara Sousa is Graduated and Master in Chemistry (Faculty of Sciences of Porto University-FCUP) and in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Faculty of Pharmacy of Porto University of Porto) and Ph.D. in Chemistry from FCUP in 2008. She is Auxiliar Researcher at UCP-ESB and is the co-author of more than 50 papers and book chapters and one book edited. Her main research interests include the application of spectroscopic techniques (vibrational- infrared and Raman and mass- MALDI-TOF MS and UHPLC-QTOF MS) coupled to chemometrics for samples characterization (food, drugs, microorganisms, …)
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Anthocyanins, Carotenoids and Chlorophylls in Edible Plant Leaves Unveiled by Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2022. Foods
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Combined use of phosphonium-erythrosin B-based nanoGUMBOS, UV–Vis spectroscopy, and chemometrics for discrimination and quantification of proteins

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Azevedo, A.M.O.). 2022. Dyes and Pigments
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Cyanobacteria as Candidates to Support Mars Colonization: Growth and Biofertilization Potential Using Mars Regolith as a Resource

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Macário, I.P.E.). 2022. Frontiers in Microbiology
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Near-infrared spectroscopy applied to the detection of multiple adulterants in roasted and ground arabica coffee

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Couto, C.C.). 2022. Foods
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Protein discrimination using erythrosin B-based GUMBOS in combination with UV–Vis spectroscopy and chemometrics

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Azevedo, A.M.O.). 2022. Talanta
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A review on the biological activity of camellia species

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Teixeira, A.M.). 2021. Molecules
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A Front Line on Klebsiella pneumoniae Capsular Polysaccharide Knowledge: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy as an Accurate and Fast Typing Tool

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A review on the application of vibrational spectroscopy to the chemistry of nuts

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Teixeira, A.M.). 2019. Food Chemistry
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Antioxidant Activity of Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) Cultivar Leaves: Differences Across the Vegetative Stage and the Application of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

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Antioxidant capacity of Camellia japonica cultivars assessed by near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Páscoa, R.N.M.J.). 2019. Planta
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Differentiation of taxonomically closely related species of the genus Acinetobacter using Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Teixeira, A.M.). 2019. Molecules
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Discrimination of Camellia japonica cultivars and chemometric models: An interlaboratory study

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2019. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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Escherichia coli and Salmonella Enteritidis dual-species biofilms: interspecies interactions and antibiofilm efficacy of phages

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa 2019. Scientific Reports
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An Overview of the Evolution of Infrared Spectroscopy Applied to Bacterial Typing

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Quintelas, C.). 2018. Biotechnology Journal
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Citrus species and hybrids depicted by near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Páscoa, R.N.M.J.). 2018. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
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Discrimination of non-typhoid Salmonella serogroups and serotypes by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: A comprehensive analysis

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Campos, J.). 2018. International Journal of Food Microbiology
Book Chapter

Hyperspectral Analysis for Plant Characterization and Discrimination

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Lopes, J.A.). 2018. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
Book Chapter

Introduction and New Trends

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2018. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
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Preface

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2018. Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry
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Elucidating constraints for differentiation of major human Klebsiella pneumoniae clones using MALDI-TOF MS

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Rodrigues, C.). 2017. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Experimental and Computational Thermochemical Study of Maleic Anhydride and Vinylene Carbonate

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2017. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
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Exploiting intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy to discriminate between Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex species

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Silva, A.S.). 2017. RSC Advances
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Rapid detection of high-risk Enterococcus faecium clones by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Freitas, A.R.). 2017. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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Discrimination of clinically relevant: Candida species by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy with attenuated total reflectance (FTIR-ATR)

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Silva, S.). 2016. RSC Advances
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Exploring non-hospital-related settings in Angola reveals new Acinetobacter reservoirs for bla<inf>OXA-23</inf>and bla<inf>OXA-58</inf>

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Silva, L.). 2016. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
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Characterization of a new genetic environment associated with ges-6 carbapenemase from a pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate belonging to the high-risk clone st235

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Botelho, J.). 2015. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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Extending the reservoir of bla <inf>IMP-5</inf>: The emerging pathogen Acinetobacter bereziniae

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Grosso, F.). 2015. Future Microbiology
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Near-infrared spectroscopy for the detection and quantification of bacterial contaminations in pharmaceutical products

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Quintelas, C.). 2015. International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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Unsuitability of MALDI-TOF MS to discriminate Acinetobacter baumannii clones under routine experimental conditions

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2015. Frontiers in Microbiology
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Bacillus invictae sp. nov., isolated from a health product.

Manuela Pintado & Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Branquinho R). 2014. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
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Correction: Differentiation of Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus safensis using MALDI-TOF-MS

Manuela Pintado & Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Branquinho, R.). 2014. PLoS ONE
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Development of a FTIR-ATR based model for typing clinically relevant Acinetobacter baumannii clones belonging to ST98, ST103, ST208 and ST218

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2014. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology
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Differentiation of Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus safensis Using MALDI-TOF-MS

Manuela Pintado & Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Raquel Branquinho). 2014. PLoS ONE
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Discrimination of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex species by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2014. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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Energetics and stability of azulene: From experimental thermochemistry to high-level quantum chemical calculations

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2014. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Identification of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clones using infrared spectroscopy

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2014. Journal of Biophotonics
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MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a tool for the discrimination of high-risk Escherichia coli clones from phylogenetic groups B2 (ST131) and D (ST69, ST405, ST393)

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Novais, Â.). 2014. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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MALDI-TOF MS and chemometric based identification of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex species

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2014. International Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Reprint of: Energetics of 2- and 3-coumaranone isomers: A combined calorimetric and computational study

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2014. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Diverse high-risk B2 and D Escherichia coli clones depicted by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.). 2013. Scientific Reports
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Energetics of 2- and 3-coumaranone isomers: A combined calorimetric and computational study Dedicated to the late Professor Manuel Ribeiro de Silva.

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2013. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Experimental and computational thermochemistry of 6,7-dihydro-4(5H)- benzofuranone

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2013. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
Book Chapter

Infrared spectroscopy detection coupled to chemometrics to characterize foodborne pathogens at a subspecies level

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.). 2013. Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Food Science and Technology
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Serotype discrimination of encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae strains by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Vaz, M.). 2013. Journal of Microbiological Methods
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Calorimetric and computational study of 7-hydroxycoumarin

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2011. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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When theory and experiment hold hands: The thermochemistry of γ-pyrone derivatives

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2011. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Energetics of the isomers: 3- and 4-hydroxycoumarin

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2010. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Experimental and computational study of the energetics of methoxycoumarins

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Morais, V.M.F.). 2010. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM
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Thermochemistry of chromone- and coumarin-3-carboxylic acid

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2010. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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Energetics of coumarin and chromone

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2009. Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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Energetics of flavone and flavanone

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Sousa, C.C.S.). 2009. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Energetics of hydroxytetralones: A calorimetric and computational thermochemical study

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2009. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data
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Experimental and computational thermochemistry of the isomers: Chromanone, 3-isochromanone, and dihydrocoumarin

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2009. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Thermochemical study of some methoxytetralones

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2009. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Experimental and computational thermochemistry of 1,4-benzodioxan and its 2-R derivatives

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2008. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Experimental and computational thermochemistry of 1,4-benzodioxan and its 6-R derivatives

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2008. Journal of Physical Chemistry A
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Experimental and theoretical thermochemistry of β-tetralone

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2008. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics
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Energetics of naphthalene derivatives, IV<sup>+</sup> : A calorimetric and calculational thermochemical study of the isomeric naphthalenemethanols

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2007. Molecular Physics
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Experimental and computational thermochemistry of 1,3-benzodioxole derivatives

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2007. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data
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Thermodynamic study of sesamol, piperonyl alcohol, piperonylic acid and homopiperonylic acid: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation

Clara Cecília Santana Sousa (with Matos, M.A.R.). 2004. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry