Personal identification

Full name

Rita Maioto Santos

Citation names

• Maioto, Rita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID

6B13-707F-4291

ORCID iD

0000-0002-5934-7581

Email addresses

• ritasantos@utad.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

• Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)

	Degree	Classification
2024/09 - 2028 Ongoing	Ciências Químicas e Biológicas (Doutoramento) Major in Ciências Biológicas Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal "Microbiota on wineries’ surfaces: characterization and control" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022 Concluded	Biologia Clínica Laboratorial (Mestrado) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal "Propriedades antifúngicas de extratos de actinobactérias marinhas." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020 Concluded	Bioengenharia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/02/14 - 2022/08/14	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal
	Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31	B2.4: ANSWER - SustAiNable Safe WinERies: Identification and mapping of microorganisms and their susceptibility to UVC radiation - new approach to develop robots for winery disinfection B2.4:ANSWER Research Fellow Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/02/14 - 2022/08/14	ATLANTIDA - Platform for the monitoring of the North Atlantic Ocean and tools for the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources Projeto Atlantida - NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000040 Scientific Initiation Fellow Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal	Concluded

Publications

Conference abstract	Alfarela, Cláudia; Maioto, Rita; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, Inês; Sampaio, Ana. "Extratos de Streptomyces sp. isolados de ambientes marinhos com atividade contra Candida albicans". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Microbiologia em Língua Portuguesa, 2022. Published Santos, Rita; Carvalho, Inês; Girão, Mariana; Sampaio, Ana. "Antifungal properties of crude extracts from deep-sea- and macroalgae-associated Actinobacteria". Paper presented in MicroBiotec – Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021, Lisboa, 2021. Published
Conference paper	Rita Maioto; Inês Ribeiro; Mariana Girão; Maria F. Carvalho; Ana Sampaio. "Evaluation of Antifungal Activities of Actinobacterial Extracts Isolated from Deep-Sea Laminaria ochroleuca against Pathogenic Fungi". 2022. 10.3390/eca2022-12716
Conference poster	Maioto, Rita; Aires, Cristina; Inês, António; Rodrigues, Paula; Sampaio, Ana. "Wineries Surface Yeasts: Enzymatic Activities and Tolerance to Sodium Chloride, Glucose, Ethanol, Sulfite and Copper". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS 2024), 2024. Maioto, Rita; Aires, Cristina; Inês, António; Rodrigues, P.; Sampaio, Ana. "Efficacy of UV-C and disinfectants in eliminating yeasts from winery surfaces and environments". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS 2024), 2024. Gomes, Ana; Maioto, Rita; Rodrigues, Paula; Gomes-Laranjo, J.; Sampaio, Ana. "In vitro control of Gnomoniopsis Smithogilvyi: evaluation of commercial chemical and biological agents". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS 2024), 2024. Aires, Cristina; Maioto, Rita; António, Inês; Conceição Egas; Sampaio, Ana. "Quantification and biochemical characterization of culturable microbial communities in wineries surfaces". Paper presented in 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS 2024), 2024. Maioto, Rita; Ribeiro, Inês; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, Maria de Fátima; Sampaio, Ana. "Evaluation of antifungal activities of Actinobacterial extracts isolated from deep sea and Laminaria ochroleuca against pathogenic fungi". Paper presented in 2nd International Electronic Conference on Antibiotics Drugs for Superbugs : Antibiotic Discovery , Modes of Action and Mechanisms of Resistance (ECA), 2022. Alfarela, Cláudia; Maioto, Rita; Ribeiro, Inês; Girão, Mariana; Carvalho, Maria de Fátima; Sampaio, Ana. "Antimicrobial activity of marine Actinobacteria extracts against Candida, Cryptococcus and Aspergillus species". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas de Bioquímica. 24-25 May 2022. UTAD, Vila real, Portugal, 2022. Maioto, Rita; Girão, Mariana; Ribeiro, Inês; Carvalho, Maria de Fátima; Sampaio, Ana. "Atividade contra fungos patogénicos de extratos de Actinobactérias marinhas isoladas de águas profundas e de Laminaria ochroleuca". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas de Bioquímica. 24-25 May 2022. UTAD, Vila real, Portugal, 2022.
Journal article	Aires, Cristina; Maioto, Rita; Inês, António; Dias, Albino Alves; Rodrigues, Paula; Egas, Conceição; Sampaio, Ana. "Microbiome and Microbiota Within Wineries: A Review". Microorganisms 13 3 (2025): 538. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13030538. Published • 10.3390/microorganisms13030538

Intellectual property

Provisional application for patent

2024. "Marine Streptomyces as natural antifungal agents to combat the chestnut brown rot fungus Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi". Protected 2023. "Marine Streptomyces as natural antifungal agents to combat the chestnut brown Rot fungus Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi". Protected