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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rita Correia Barata

Citation names

  • Barata, Ana Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A811-9E92-4951
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1899-8641
Scopus Author Id
57916003400
Education
Degree Classification
2022 - 2026
Ongoing
 Ciências Químicas e Biológicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2019 - 2021
Concluded
 Segurança Alimentar (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia Alimentar
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"Occurrence and identification of Campylobacter species in dairy farms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015 - 2019
Concluded
 Ciências Bioanalíticas (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - 2023 Contracted Researcher (Research) INIAP, Portugal
INIAP, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Research Trainee (Research) INIAP, Portugal
INIAP, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/01 - 2026/12 PhD Fellow (2023.04257.BDANA) “Dairy cattle and swine farms as reservoirs of Campylobacter: epidemiology, genetic diversity, molecular characterization, and improvements in detection methodologies”
2023.04257.BDANA
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022/11/02 - 2023/10/31 VALICET - Valorise foods and Improve Competitiveness through Emerging Technologies applied to food by-products within the circular economy framework
PRIMA/0001/2020
Research Fellow
INIAP, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/10/01 - 2024/12/31 NAMSal - Mímicos de ácidos nucleicos como uma nova ferramenta para o combate de salmonelose na indústria pecuária
2022.07654.PTDC
Research Fellow
INIAP, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Beatriz; Barata, Ana Rita; M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Challenges in Detecting VBNC Listeria monocytogenes: Gaps in Current Methods and Implications for Food Safety". Paper presented in Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos Food Safety: Science in Action, 2025.
  2. Soares, Thiago; Barata, Ana Rita; M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Antimicrobial Potential of Green Olive Pomace Extracts Against Foodborne Pathogens". Paper presented in Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos Food Safety: Science in Action, 2025.
  3. Barata, Rita; Ferreira, Beatriz; Soares, Inês; Oliveira, Patrícia; Guedes, Hugo; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Cold Survival: Does Strain Origin Affect the Growth of Listeria monocytogenes in Milk at Storage Temperatures?". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025.
  4. Barata, Rita; Ferreira, Beatriz; Oliveira, Patrícia; Guedes, Hugo; M. José Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Impact of Refrigeration on the Viability of Campylobacter spp. in Water". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025.
  5. Ferreira, Beatriz; Barata, Ana; M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Listeria monocytogenes: Dead or Just Pretending? Unveiling the VBNC State". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2025.
  6. Barata, Rita; M. José Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Padrões Globais de Resistência: Campylobacter spp. em Humanos e Animais ao Longo da Última Década". Paper presented in ZOOTEC'24: XXIV Congresso Nacional de Zootecnia, 2024.
  7. Barata, Rita; Ferreira, Beatriz; Oliveira, Patrícia; Guedes, Hugo; M. José Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Garantia da segurança alimentar na casa do consumidor: avaliação da higiene em frigoríficos domésticos". Paper presented in 2º Simpósio INIAV para a Segurança Alimentar, 2024.
  8. Barata, Rita; M. José Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Campylobacter em Portugal: Análise Uma Só Saúde dos reservatórios Animais e Ambientais para o Bem-Estar Global". Paper presented in Ciência 2024, 2024.
  9. Barata, Ana; Nunes, Bárbara; Nogueira, Teresa; M. J. Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Pathogenicity and virulence of Listeria monocyotogenes isolates from dairy farms". Paper presented in Microbiotec, 2023.
  10. Lemos, Matheus; Ferreira, Ana; Barata, Ana; M. J. Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of plant origin by-products extracts on bacteria and yeasts". Paper presented in Microbiotec, 2023.
  11. Barata, Ana; Ferreira, Catarina; Guedes, Hugo; Saavedra, Maria José ; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Grow of persistent and sporadic strains of Listeria monocytogenes in cow's milk". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2023.
  12. Lemos, Matheus; Ferreira, Ana; Barata, Ana; Soares, Inês; M. J. Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of pomegranate byproduct extract against bacteria". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2023.
  13. Ferreira, Ana; Lemos, Matheus; Barata, Ana; M. J. Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Survival of Listeria monocytogenes adhered to inox surface to starving and drying". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2023.
  14. Barata, Ana; Guedes, Hugo; Costa, João; Saavedra, Maria José ; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Sequence-type and antibiotic resistance genes of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from dairy farms". Paper presented in Under One Health Concept, 2022.
  15. Nunes, Bárbara; Barata, Ana; Oliveira, Ricardo; Guedes, Hugo; Almeida, Carina; Silva, Gabriela; M. J. Saavedra; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Fecal carriage of Listeria monocytogenes in dairy cows". Paper presented in Under One Health Concept, 2022.
  16. Barata, Ana; Nunes, Bárbara; Oliveira, Ricardo; Guedes, Hugo; Almeida, Carina; Saavedra, Maria José ; Silva, Gabriela; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Raw milk as a source of food zoonotic pathogens". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2021.
  17. Dimitros, Ioannis; Barata, Ana; Khwaldia, Khaoula; Sendón, Raquel ; Pataro, Gianpiero; Sanches Silva, Ana; Almeida, Gonçalo. Corresponding author: Almeida, Gonçalo. "Antimicrobial properties of extracts obtained from plums, cherries and dates by-products". Paper presented in Dare2Change, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Dércia Santos; Ana Rita Pinto; Rita Barata; Conceição Fernandes; Hugo Guedes; Gonçalo Almeida; Edna Cabecinha; et al. "Emergence, Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria and Phylogenetic Relationships in Coastal Ecosystems—Gastropod Phorcus lineatus as a Bioindicator". Microbiology Research (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres16060133.
    10.3390/microbiolres16060133
  2. Barata, Rita; Saavedra, Maria José; Almeida, Gonçalo. "A Decade of Antimicrobial Resistance in Human and Animal Campylobacter spp. Isolates". Antibiotics 13 9 (2024): 904. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13090904.
    10.3390/antibiotics13090904
  3. Nunes, Bárbara; Barata, Ana Rita; Oliveira, Ricardo; Guedes, Hugo; Almeida, Carina; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Nogueira, Teresa; Saavedra, Maria José; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Occurrence and diversity of Listeria monocytogenes in Portuguese dairy farms". The Microbe 3 (2024): 100063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microb.2024.100063.
    10.1016/j.microb.2024.100063
  4. Pais, Sandra; Costa, Mariana; Barata, Ana; Rodrigues, Lígia; Afonso, Isabel M.; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Evaluation of Antimicrobial Resistance of Different Phylogroups of Escherichia coli Isolates from Feces of Breeding and Laying Hens". Antibiotics 12 1 (2022): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12010020.
    Published • 10.3390/antibiotics12010020
  5. Barata, Ana Rita; Nunes, Bárbara; Oliveira, Ricardo; Guedes, Hugo; Almeida, Carina; Saavedra, Maria José; da Silva, Gabriela Jorge; Almeida, Gonçalo. "Occurrence and seasonality of Campylobacter spp. in Portuguese dairy farms". International Journal of Food Microbiology 383 (2022): 109961. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109961.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109961
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Occurrence and identification of Campylobacter species in dairy farms". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Farmácia, 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/06/07 Challenges In Detecting VBNC Listeria Monocytogenes: Gaps In Current Methods And Implications For Food Safety Dia Mundial da Segurança dos Alimentos Food Safety: Science in Action
AL4AnimalS (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/05/07 The Invisibility of VBNC Pathogens in Standard Food Safety Protocols IJUP
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/12 Hygiene Practices and Microbial Risks: Tracking Campylobacter spp. in Domestic Environments III Seminar PhD in Chemical & Biological Sciences
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2024/05/27 Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter: Insights from European data II Seminar | PhD in Chemical and Biological Sciences
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2023/12/11 Campylobacter spp. in Northern Portugal: Insights into zoonotic risks and food safety concerns I Seminar | PhD in Chemical and Biological Sciences
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2023/04/01 Campylobacter and milk VI CECA Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)
2023/03/03 Estudo epidemiológico e avaliação do risco associado a Campylobacter spp. em bovinos e suínos EliteSci
UTAD (Vila Real, Portugal)
Distinctions

Award

2025 Melhor Abstract para Apresentação Oral
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2025 Melhor Comunicação em Painel
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2021 Menção honrosa