Microbiotec'17 - Congress of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017Background: The extensive use of personal care products and pharmaceuticals for human consumption and veterinary usage led to the detection of these products in wastewater effluents and aqueous systems as rivers, surface waters and others. The ecotoxicology of pharmaceuticals was well studied by Backhaus [1]. The effect of these compounds on microorganisms is also an important study that should be taken into account when biological processes are used to remove these compounds from aqueous systems. Quantitative image analysis (QIA) is considered a useful technique for biological processes monitoring when combined to microscopy. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of ibuprofen (IBU), paracetamol (PARA), and ethynylestradiol (EE2) on the biomass morphology using QIA.The authors thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit, COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-010145-FEDER-000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte. The authors also acknowledge the financial support to Cristina Quintelas through the postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/101338/2014) provided by FCT – Portugal.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
