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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nórton Komora da Silva

Citation names

  • Komora, Norton

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D114-BCFA-5EEB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1118-3629

Email addresses

  • nortonsnk@hotmail.com (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Fermentation
  • Engineering and Technology - Industrial Biotechnology - Bioprocessing Technologies
  • Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Food and Beverages
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Biotechnology - Bioremediation
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/03 - 2025/03
Ongoing
 Ciência de Alimentos (Mestrado)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
"From pasture to plate: assessing chemical and microbiological safety in diverse beef farming systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/01
Concluded
 Microbiologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Microbiologia Alimentar
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
"Multi Hurdle approach to listeria monocytogenes inactivation in milk: the combined effect of high pressure processing., pediocin PA- 1 and bacteriophage P100" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017 - 2017
Concluded
 Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Diploma de especialização)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2015/03
Concluded
 Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos (Licenciatura)
Major in Microbiologia Alimentar
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
"Occurrence and enumeration of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in bivalve mollusks produced in the coastal region of Santa Catarina" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 Essential Molecular Biology - practical course (Diploma de especialização)
Major in Biologia Molecular
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011/07
Concluded
 Panificação e Confeitaria (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia de Santa Catarina - Campus Florianópolis, Brazil
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - Current Science and Technology Management Casa Mendes Gonçalves, Portugal
2020/10 - 2023/12 Researcher (Research) Primor Charcutaria Prima S.A., Portugal
2017/03 - 2019/11 Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal
2014/03 - 2015/01 Research Trainee (Research) LabCAL/ Food Analysis Laboratory, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/07 - 2012/07 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Brazil
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/10 - 2023/07 cLabel+ - Innovative natural, nutritious and consumer-oriented clean label foods
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046080
Researcher
Concluded
2017/01 - 2019/10 ModelMeat-Modelo de Otimização de Ambiente e Qualidade do Produto para Serviços de Apoio à Competitividade dos Agentes da Fileira da Produção Animal Extensiva
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017630
Research Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Terraprima, Portugal
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2010 - 2012 Processamento e caracterização de superfícies funcionalizadas com nanopartículas antimicrobianas para tratamento de água
CNPq 074/2010
Research Fellow
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Brazil
 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pedro Coelho; Norton Komora; Adriana Xavier; Filipe Centeno; A. Raymundo. "New Formulas in Mayonnaise Production - A New Rheological Perspective for Systems with Yeast Protein Extract (YPE)". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-67217-0_40
  2. Ana Catarina Costa; Joana Braga; Sara Simões; Maria Ramos; Norton Komora; Diogo Castelo-Branco; C. Prista; A. Raymundo. "Particle Size and Viscosity Characterization of Fermented Barbecue Waste Stream". 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-67217-0_3
  3. Cláudia Maciel; Rui Meneses; Renan Danielski; Sérgio Sousa; Norton Komora; Paula Teixeira. "Tangerine (Citrus reticulata)". 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-37534-7_6
Conference abstract
  1. Carvalho, Teresa Bento de; Komora, Norton; Barbosa, Joana Bastos; Teixeira, Paula. "Development of alternative "clean label" proposal to the use of preservatives and other additives in meat products". 2023.
  2. Carvalho, Teresa Bento de; Barbosa, Joana; Komora, Norton; Teixeira, Paula. "Novel clean label formulations of hams: a study of their microbiological safety and impact on the human gut microbiome". 2023.
  3. Komora, Norton. "Clean label meat products: Natural nitrate sources & nitrate-reducing starter cultures". Paper presented in Dare2Change, Porto, 2021.
  4. Komora, Norton. "Nitrite in meat products: alternatives from natural sources". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2021, Lisboa, 2021.
  5. Maciel, Cláudia; Campos, Ana; Komora, Norton; Pinto, Carlos A.; Brandão, Teresa R. S.; Saraiva, Jorge A.; Teixeira, Paula. "High-pressure processing and lytic bacteriophage cocktail phageguard S as a synergistic hurdle system towards salmonella inactivation in egg white". 2021.
  6. Jesus, Diva; Voss, Hans-Peter; Monteiro, Maria João; Ramos, Paulo; Alcalá, Luís; Gama, Ivo; Teixeira, Ricardo F. M.; et al. "Nutritional and sensory characterization of semi-intensively and intensively grown beef". 2019.
  7. Jesus, Diva; Alcalá, Luís; Domingos, Tiago; Gama, Ivo; Komora, Norton; Monteiro, Maria João; Teixeira, Ricardo F. M.; Teixeira, Paula; Pintado, Manuela. "Comparison between semi-intensively and intensively grown beef". 2018.
  8. Komora, Norton; Maciel, Cláudia; Ferreira, Vânia; Saraiva, Jorge; Castro, Sónia Marília; Teixeira, Paula. "Non-thermal synergistic approach to Listeria monocytogenes inactivation in milk: the combined effect of high pressure and bacteriophage P100". 2017.
  9. Maciel, Cláudia; Komora, Norton; Ferreira, Vânia; Saraiva, Jorge; Castro, Sónia Marília; Teixeira, Paula. "High hydrostatic pressure and pediocin PA-1 as a synergistic system to listeria monocytogenes inactivation in fermented meat sausage". 2017.
Journal article
  1. Teresa Bento de Carvalho; Mónica Oliveira; Ana Maria Gomes; Maria João Monteiro; Manuela Pintado; Norton Komora; Tiago Durães; et al. "Clean labelling sodium nitrite at pilot scale: In-situ reduction of nitrate from plant sources and its effects on the overall quality and safety of restructured cooked ham". Meat Science (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109572.
    10.1016/j.meatsci.2024.109572
  2. Carmo Serrano; Margarida Sapata; Diogo Castelo-Branco; Ana Tasso; António Marques; Cláudia Viegas; Diogo Figueira; Norton Komora. "The influence of salt reduction with encapsulated oleoresins on the quality of mayonnaise, mustard, and ketchup". Frontiers in Nutrition (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1456319.
    10.3389/fnut.2024.1456319
  3. Norton Komora; Cláudia Maciel; Joana Isidro; Carlos Pinto; Gianuario Fortunato; Saraiva, Jorge Alexandre; Paula Teixeira. "The Impact of HPP-Assisted Biocontrol Approach on the Bacterial Communities’ Dynamics and Quality Parameters of a Fermented Meat Sausage Model". Biology (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/9/1212.
    10.3390/biology12091212
  4. Santos, D.; Monteiro, M.J.; Voss, H.-P.; Komora, N.; Teixeira, P.; Pintado, M.. "The most important attributes of beef sensory quality and production variables that can affect it: A review". Livestock Science 250 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85107705254&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104573
  5. Maciel, C.; Campos, A.; Komora, N.; Pinto, C.A.; Fernandes, R.; Saraiva, J.A.; Teixeira, P.. "Impact of high hydrostatic pressure on the stability of lytic bacteriophages' cocktail Salmonelex™ towards potential application on Salmonella inactivation". LWT 151 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85110688160&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.lwt.2021.112108
  6. Komora, N.; Maciel, C.; Amaral, R.A.; Fernandes, R.; Castro, S.M.; Saraiva, J.A.; Teixeira, P.. "Innovative hurdle system towards Listeria monocytogenes inactivation in a fermented meat sausage model - high pressure processing assisted by bacteriophage P100 and bacteriocinogenic Pediococcus acidilactici". Food Research International 148 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85112485252&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110628
  7. "Microbiological and Chemical Quality of Portuguese Lettuce—Results of a Case Study". Foods (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9091274.
    10.3390/foods9091274
  8. "Non-thermal approach to Listeria monocytogenes inactivation in milk: The combined effect of high pressure, pediocin PA-1 and bacteriophage P100". Food Microbiology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2019.103315.
    10.1016/j.fm.2019.103315
  9. Berenhauser, A.C.; Soares, D.; Komora, N.; De Dea Lindner, J.; Schwinden Prudêncio, E.; Oliveira, J.V.; Block, J.M.. "Effect of high-pressure carbon dioxide processing on the inactivation of aerobic mesophilic bacteria and Escherichia coli in human milk,Efecto de la aplicación de dióxido de carbono de alta presión a la leche materna para producir la inactivación de las bacterias aerobias mesófilas y la Escherichia coli". CYTA - Journal of Food 16 1 (2018): 122-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026766549&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/19476337.2017.1345983
  10. Komora, N.; Bruschi, C.; Ferreira, V.; Maciel, C.; Brandão, T.R.S.; Fernandes, R.; Saraiva, J.A.; Castro, S.M.; Teixeira, P.. "The protective effect of food matrices on Listeria lytic bacteriophage P100 application towards high pressure processing". Food Microbiology 76 (2018): 416-425. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053082835&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fm.2018.07.002
  11. Bruschi, C.; Komora, N.; Castro, S.M.; Saraiva, J.; Ferreira, V.B.; Teixeira, P.. "High hydrostatic pressure effects on Listeria monocytogenes and L. innocua: Evidence for variability in inactivation behaviour and in resistance to pediocin bacHA-6111-2". Food Microbiology 64 (2017): 226-231. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85011636392&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.fm.2017.01.011
  12. Komora, N.; Bruschi, C.; Magalhães, R.; Ferreira, V.; Teixeira, P.. "Survival of Listeria monocytogenes with different antibiotic resistance patterns to food-associated stresses". International Journal of Food Microbiology 245 (2017): 79-87. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85010867659&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.01.013
  13. Cunha, S.; Komora, N.; Magalhães, R.; Almeida, G.; Ferreira, V.; Teixeira, P.. "Characterization of clinical and food Listeria monocytogenes isolates with different antibiotic resistance patterns through simulated gastrointestinal tract conditions and environmental stresses". Microbial Risk Analysis 1 (2016): 40-46. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84953295776&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.mran.2015.08.001
  14. Castro, A.; Komora, N.; Ferreira, V.; Lira, A.; Mota, M.; Silva, J.; Teixeira, P.. "Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus from nares and hands on health care professionals in a Portuguese Hospital". Journal of Applied Microbiology 121 3 (2016): 831-839. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982113334&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/jam.13186
  15. "Avaliação do impacto da adição de inulina e de maçã em leite fermentado probiótico concentrado". Brazilian Journal of Food Technology (2014): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/bjft.2014.009.
    10.1590/bjft.2014.009

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Komora, Norton. 2024. "Lactobacillus alimentarius MK426 for use in preventing infections with Listeria species, compositions comprising said strain and uses thereof".
    Granted/Issued
  2. Komora, Norton. 2020. "High hydrostatic pressure method for processing food products".
    Granted/Issued
Distinctions

Award

2023 Prêmio de Melhor Poster na 15.ª Reunião Anual PortFIR
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2019 Award Food Valorization
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2017 Award + Innovation
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal