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14.50-18.10 14.50-18.10 14.00-14.40 14.50-15.15 14.50-15.15 15.15 -15.40 15.15-15.40 15.40-16.05 16.00-16.30 15.40-16.05 16.05-16.30 16.30-16.55 16.55-17.20 16.30-16.55 Session 1 Infections and control (human medical focus) Chairs – Bauke Oudega, Branislava Kocić Session 2 Food Microbiology and Biotechnology (non human medical focus) Chairs – Andriy Sibirny, Miroslav Vrvić Eliora Ron, Israel Combatting antibiotic resistant septicemic E. coli Lidija Šenerović, Serbia Antivirulence agents in the treatment of mixed species infections. Ivana Gobin, Croatia Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: a new challenge in the hospital Ina Gajić, Serbia Molecular insight into the antimicrobial resistance of group B streptococci, serotype distribution and emerging serotype III sequence type 17 Danai Pervanidou, Greece West Nile virus in humans in Greece, 2010-2020: surveillance and public health response Diego Emilio Pérez-Stuardo, Chile Lysosomal reactivation in response to IgM-beads on Atlantic salmon macrophages infected by Piscirickettsia salmonis Gülcan Kuyucuklu, Turkey Effect of N-Acetylcystein-Ampicillin combination against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and their Mec-A gene expressions Lena Ciric, UK Collecting and using evidence for improved hospital cleaning Miriam Latorre-Millán, Spain Presence of chronic diseases in elderly patients, hospitalized with flu or serious acute respiratory infection Mümtaz Güran, Cyprus A survey of oropharyngeal HPV infections among healthy university students: infection prevalence, associated risk factors and awareness levels Nataša Stanković Nedeljković, Serbia ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII COMPLEX IN CLINICAL SAMPLES AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE-DECADES BACK Seda Havuz, Turkey Rare Clinical Presantation caused by Borrelia burgdorferi Yvonne Cortese, Ireland A Novel In Vitro Urethra Model to Visualise Bacterial Migration During Long-Term Urinary Catheter Insertion Tom Coenye, Belgium Metabolic adaptations as drivers for antibiotic tolerance in microbial biofilms Lixin Zhang, China Harnessing cellular triacylglycerol pool for titer improvement of polyketides Daniele Daffonchio, Saudi Arabia Microorganisms of the agro-ecosystem, “plant wellness” and the quality of food products. Aleksa Obradović, Serbia Novel approaches to biocontrol of plant bacterial diseases. Andriy Sibirny, Ukraine Non-conventional thermotolerant yeast Ogataea polymorpha for production of the 2nd generation fuel ethanol from lignocellulosics and crude glycerol Ken Ichi Yoshida, Japan Application of the Gram-positive conjugative plasmid pLS20 for rapid and easy transformation of intra- and inter-species Hristo Najdenski, Bulgaria The prevalence of Yersinia in Europe I would recommend the topic Infections and control 10.00-12.30 10.00-11.30 10.50-11.15 10.25-10.50 10.00-10.25 10.00-10.25 10.25-10.50 10.50-11.15 11.15-11.40 Session 5 Pathogenicity, virulence, diagnosis Chairs – Eliora Ron, Vera Mijač Session 6 Biofilms Chairs – Colin Harwood, Helena Bujdakova Maximiliano Gutierrez, UK Host cell environments and antibiotic efficacy in tuberculosis Irena Aranđelović, Serbia Prediction of susceptibility to first line tuberculosis drugs by DNA sequencing Vladimir Peličić, UK Type 4 pili in Neisseria, Streptococcus Ivana Čolović-Čalovski & Aleksandar Džamić, Serbia Diagnosis of fungal infection Đuro Josić, Croatia Fast omics methods in detection of pathogens and their toxins Ute Römling, Sweden Characterisation of human commensal Escherichia coli strains, Commensal E. coli strains - Unravelling secrets of biofilm formation and beyond Milan Kojić, Serbia Impact of chromosomal architecture on the response to stress conditions in bacteria Helena Bujdakova, Slovakia Photodynamic inactivation - a promising approach combating resistant microorganisms 11.30-11.38 11.38-11.43 11.43-11.48 Gülcan Kuyucuklu, Turkey EVALUATION OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS STRAINS WITH CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS Iago Grobas, UK Swarming Bacillus subtilis transits into a biofilm templated by active jamming in a gradient of antibiotics Nezahat Koşar, Turkey Acinetobacter baumannii’s biofilm formation as a survival and adaptation mechanism 14.00-16.15 14.00-14.15 14.15-14.30 14.30-14.45 14.00-14.15 14.15-14.30 14.30-14.45 14.45-15.00 14.00-15.30 15.40-18.20 15.30-15.40 14.45-15.00 15.00-15.15 15.15-15.30 15.30-15.45 Schedule Symposium 1 – The Control of Viral diseases by vaccination – new challenges Chairs – Tanja Jovanović, Maja Stanojević 19.40-19.45 19.45-19.51 19.51-19.59 19.59-20.04 20.04-20.16 20.16-20.21 20.21-20.27 20.27-20.46 19.40-19.45 19.45-19.50 19.50-19.55 19.55 -20.00 20.00-20.06 20.06 -20.11 20.11-20.16 Anwar Kandari, UK Investigation into the effects of fibres and starches on the gut microbiota Büşra Akdeniz Oktay, Turkey Potential use of hazelnut husk for pullulan production by Aureobasidium pullulans AZ-6 Dina Ramić, Slovenia New approach for quantification of signal molecules AI-2 of Campylobacter jejuni Izlem Haktanir, France Mechanism of antimicrobial activity of honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom on Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas spp. Sarah Marie Stoppel, Norway Pre-Treatments and Long-Range PCR to Assess Infectivity of Norovirus Surrogates Tolulope Modupeoluwa Adeleye, Nigeria Ethanol Production from Cassava Starch by Protoplast Fusants of Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Galactomyces candidum Viorica Corbu, Romania Screening of newly isolated yeast strains showing no pathogenic profile for biotechnological applications 17.35-18.30 Discussion and Q&A Schedule Schedule Schedule Schedule Break 18.30-19.00 19.00 15.45-16.15 16.15-16.25 Discussion and Q&A 15.00-15.30 Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 17.55-18.30 14.40-14.50 Discussion FEMS Networking Session 13.00-14.00 FEMS Networking Session 19.00-19.40 FEMS Networking Session 09.00-10.00 FEMS Networking Session 14.40-14.50 Discussion 19.40-19.50 Break Break 19.40-19.50 Break 11.40-12.05 18.50-19.30 Tanja Jovanović, Serbia Viral vaccines – from Jenner to new technologies Maja Stanojević, Serbia Poliovirus eradication: novel attenuated poliovirus strains Maja Čupić, Serbia Traditional and New Influenza Vaccines - the impact of repeated influenca vaccine effectiveness on global health Ivana Lazarević, Serbia Advances and Challenges in HCV Vaccine Development Ana Banko, Serbia MMR vaccine: updates and challenges Aleksandra Knežević, Serbia Future prospects of prophylactic HPV vaccine Danijela Miljanović, Serbia Is now the time to introduce VZV vaccine in the mandatory immunization programme in Serbia? Biljana Selimović, Serbia Immunopathogenesis and resistance in H. pylori infection Vladimir Milivojević, Serbia Advances in Helicobacter pylori infection diagnostics and therapy from the gastroenterology corner Dušan Kekić, Serbia Identification of Helicobacter pylori in bioptic material and detection of antibiotic resistance genes Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović, Serbia Gastric microbiota beyond Helicobacter pylori 16.25-18.30 16.25-16.40 15.40-15.55 15.55-16.10 16.10-16.25 16.25-16.40 16.40-16.55 16.40-16.55 16.55-17.10 17.10-17.25 17.25-17.40 17.40-17.55 Symposium 3 – Mighty microbes for a healthy and sustainable future Chairs – Tanja Berić, Milan Kojić Symposium 4 – HIVAS – Contemporary approach to the AIDS infection – role of Microbiologist-Virologist Chairs – Jovan Ranin, Danijela Simić Jasmina Nikodinović Runić, Serbia Plastic degrading microorganisms: Opening an avenue to a sustainable world Svetlana Soković, Serbia GABA producing lactobacilli: a way to modulate immune response via autophagy induction Mina Obradović, Serbia Bacteriophages - alternative agents for treatment of MDR pathogens Danijela Simić, Serbia Epidemiological situation of HIV infection in Serbia and the World Ivana Pesić, Serbia Application of PCR tests in the diagnosis of HIV infection in Serbia: case reports Jovan Ranin, Serbia Microbiological principles in contemporary antiretroviral treatment of HIV patients in Serbia Sanja Jeremić, Serbia Bacterial nanocellulose for biomedical applications: Recent advances and future prospects Andrea Radalj & Jakov Nišavić, Serbia Some viral infections of animals as potential public health risk Slađana Prišić, USA “Known unknowns” – secret life of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. OPENING CEREMONY Chairs: Bauke Oudega, Dragojlo Obradović, Vaso Taleski 19.20 Welcome address – Hilary Lappin-Scott, UK 19.30 Plenary lecture 1 - Anita Kriško, Germany & Miroslav Radman, Croatia/France Survival Strategies in Microbes: it is all about communication 20.30 Plenary lecture 2 - Rino Rappuoli/Mariagrazia, Italy The emerging problem of AntiMicrobial Resistance and the role of vaccines FEMS SESSION Patrik Bavoil, France/USA FEMS Director of Publications and Science The FEMS Journals, the new Open Access Journals, and how to publish Patrik Michel Bavoil What makes a great paper? Max Haggblom FEMS Microbes: Open science toward a sustainable world Kimberly Klein FEMS Session Discussion Patrik Michel Bavoil 19.40-20.30 19.40-21.10 ONLINE Oral Session No. 1 ONLINE Oral Session No. 2 14.50-17.40 14.50-17.40 14.00-14.40 14.50-5.15 15.15-15.40 15.40-16.05 14.50-15.15 15.15-15.40 15.40-16.05 16.05-16.30 16.30-16.55 Session 3 AMR, noval therapeutic agents Chairs – Vaso Taleski, Dejan Baskić, Lazar Ranin Session 4 Microbiomes and human health (mixed focus) Chairs – Bauke Oudega, Jelena Begović CLOSING CEREMONY AND ADDRESS Hilary Lappin-Scott, Vaso Taleski, Lazar Ranin 20.00 Stefano Donadio, Italy Scientific and financial challanges for new antibiotics 17.00-17.50 Lucia Rubio Fernandez, Belgium The European Research Council – funding opportunities for bright minds Jeroen Raes Belgium Quantitative microbiome profiling in health and disease Özgür Kurt, Turkey Neglected residents of the gut microbiota Branislava Kocić, Serbia Susceptibility pattern of Gram-negative bacilli to antimicrobial agents with an emphasis on colistin and carbapenems Rossitza Vatcheva-Dobrevska, Bulgaria Approaches to prevent and control the spread of mdr pathogens in healthcare setting Nataša Golić, Serbia Gut microbiota and autoimmune diseases Maja Rupnik, Slovenia Clostridium difficile and One Health (position possibility 2) Marina Dinić, Serbia Plasmid-mediated Cephalosporinase in Enterobacterales - Challenges in Detection 16.30-19.30 16.30-17.50 16.30-16.55 16.30-16.40 16.40-16.50 16.50-17.00 16.55-17.20 17.20-17.45 17.45-18.10 17.20-17.30 17.30-17.40 18.10-18.35 Session 7 Environmental Microbiology Chairs – Hilary Lappin-Scott, Branka Vasiljević Session 8 FEMS session and short presentations by grantees Chairs - Vaso Taleski, Jozef Anne Cagri Ergin, Turkey World-wide Cryptococcal pathogens with respect to global climate change and ecological niche modelling Vaso Taleski, North Macedonia Metagenomic insight into the microbial diversity of the world unique lorandite mine Allchar Colin Harwood, UK The Bacillus secretion factory Dragan Radnović, Serbia Bacterial resistance to hexavalent chromium and applicability in bioremediation Ines Sviličić Petrić, Croatia Microorganism - early indicators of anthropogenic perturbations within the environment FEMS Grants: Influence on the scientific careers of Early Career Researchers Rita Hirmondó, Hungary Investigation of the mutator effects of currently used TB drugs provides insight into the mechanism of drug resistance development in Mycobacteria Katarina Novović, Serbia Unraveling regulon of novel two-component system in Pseudomonas putida WCS358 through transcriptomics Amanda Pacholak Poland Azole fungicides – do they affect the properties of environmental bacterial strains? Marija Lješević, Serbia Bacterial degradation of monocyclic aromatic compounds in kraft lignin 17.00-17.10 17.10-17.20 Zandra Fagernäs, Germany Biogeography of the ancient oral cavity Kusum Dhakar, Israel Modelling of microbial communities to promote atrazine degradation in crop soils FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology 28 – 31 October 2020 in association with the Serbian Society of Microbiology WEDNESDAY, 28 th October 2020 THURSDAY, 29 th October 2020 SATURDAY, 31 th October 2020 FRIDAY, 30 th October 2020 PLENARY LECTURE Chairs – Jozef Anné, Dragana Vuković Symposium 2 – Helicobacter pylori – microbiologist prospective Chairs – Nataša Opavski Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 16.20-16.30 Break Break 14.50-16.20 Round Table discussion 17.50-18.00 Break 17.40-17.50 Discussion and Q&A 19.11-19.30 Discussion 16.55-17.40 Discussion and Q&A 11.15-11.30 Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 16.05-16.50 20.46-21.10 Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 20.16-20.30 Manuela Agudelo-Restrepo, Colombia Mosquito-larvicidal activity of bacterial extracts produced by Colombian strains Tahrioui Ali, France Pistacia lentiscus L. Fruit Thwart Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Through Membrane Fluidity Alteration Olukemi Aromolaran, Nigeria Antimicrobial and synergistic effect of green synthesized silver nanoparticles against multi-drug resistant bacteria Onyedikachi Cecil Azuama,Eure,France Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by Azorella atacamensis from Taira Atacama’s community Celia Campillo, Spain Tn-Seq reveals a panel of genes as key contributors to Haemophilus influenzae respiratory infection in a murine model of emphysematous lung Nitin Chandra Teja Dadi, Slovakia Antimicrobial properties of a new hybrid system based on clay mineral saponite and photosensitizer phloxine B Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia, Ireland Sustainable Antimicrobial Biopolymeric Food & Biomedical Film Engineering Using Bioactive AMP-Ag+ Formulations Allison Lopatkin, USA Predicting and inhibiting the spread of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance Valérian Lupo, Belgium Mining the hidden diversity of class-D (OXA) beta-lactamases Daria Olkiewicz, Poland Antibacterial activity of trans-cinnamaldehyde and geraniol 19.50-19.55 19.55-20.00 20.00-20.05 20.05-20.10 20.10-20.15 20.15-20.27 20.27-20.32 20.54-21.00 20.43-20.54 20.32-20.43 19.50-19.57 19.57-20.06 20.06-20.11 20.11-20.22 Isabel Abellan-Schneyder, Germany Full-length versus short amplicon 16S rRNA sequencing: benefits, drawbacks and risks Jonathan Josephs-Spaulding, Germany PhenoScreen: Development of a Systems Biology Tool for Decision Making in Recurrent UTIs Maria-Isabel Rojas, USA Phage as drivers of microbiome evolution: how they regulate their lysogenic-to-lytic switch to move across systems Tomoka Urushidani, Japan Promoting and memory effects of air-solid biofilm culture on persister formation : analysis on mutants of toxin-antitoxin system genes 20.22-20.27 20.27-20.32 20.32-20.37 20.37-20.43 20.43-20.50 20.50-20.57 IEsra BARAN, Turkey Evaluation of Sysmex UF-5000 for cerebrospinal fluid and body fluids Nahikari López López, Spain A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Haemophilus influenzae reveals FabH as a potential target for antimicrobial therapeutic development Özgür Yanılmaz, Turkey Evaluation of fluorescence flow-cytometry to rule out negative urine samples in neonates Sayuri Kasagaki, Japan Involvement of DNA methylation in memory phenomenon of persisters in Escherichia coli Ceylan Polat, Turkey Dobrava hantavirus variants in Apodemus flavicollis mice in European part of Turkey Marko Janković, Serbia Cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and N genotypes in pediatric recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant 19.50-21.20 19.50-21.20 ONLINE Oral Session No. 3 ONLINE Oral Session No. 4 20.22-20.57 ONLINE Oral Session No. 5 18.00-18.08 18.08 -18.13 18.13-18.21 18.21-18.28 18.28-18.33 18.33-18.38 18.38-18.43 18.43-18.48 18.48-18.53 18.53-18.58 18.58-19.06 19.06-19.11 Andrea Silva Claros, Spain Heavy metal biosorption using Halomonas strains isolated from the Bolivian altiplano Dragana Tamindžija, Serbia Biodegradation and biosorption of organophosphorus pesticides by the alluvial sediment isolate Bacillus megaterium BD5 Francesca Bandini, Italy Fate and microbial ecology of biodegradable polymers under industrial anaerobic and aerobic conditions Guillermo Budiño, Spain Shewanella T2.3D-1.1, an electrifying tale in the deep subsurface Jose Francisco Nava Olivas, France STUDY OF NAPHTALENE AND PHENANHTRENE DEGRADING BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM SLECTIVE MEDIA Kalonji Abondance Tshisekedi, South Africa Comparative genomic analysis hints at psychrophilic nature of the novel yeast species Naganishia randhawae Kusum Dhakar, Israel Modelling of microbial communities to promote atrazine degradation in crop soils Marija Mojicević, Ireland Plastic Saga - The microbes strike back Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Germany Link between metabolically active soil microbiome and soil function and their response to environmental factors in grassland ecosystem Harold Alejandro Jurado Rivadeneira, Hungary Assessing the degradation of short chain chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon contaminated sites by monitoring the effect of two different bioremediation approaches using area specific bioaugmentation culture Karla Peranić, Croatia DYNAMICS OF Cryphonectria parasitica POPULATIONS AND ASSOCIATED Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 PREVALENCE IN NORTH-WESTERN CROATIA Munavvara Dzhuraeva, Tajikistan THERMOPHILIC BACILLI ISOLATED FROM KHOJA OBI GARM (TAJIKISTAN) GEOTHERMAL SPRING 18.00 -19.30 ONLINE Oral Session No. 7 ONLINE Oral Session No. 6 21.00-21.20 Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 20.57-21.20 Plenary Chair – Vaso Taleski, Dejan Baskić, Lazar Ranin Petra Dersch, Germany Remodelling Yersinia-host interactions - For better or worse? 13.30-13.40 13.40-13.50 13.50-14.00 14.00-14.10 14.10-14.20 14.20-14.30 14.30-14.40 14.40-14.50 Tanja Jovanović, Serbia NEW CORONAVIRUS – MYTH AND REALITY Miroslav Radman, Croatia/France Viral Parabiosis Hypothesis for onset of COVID-19 Ivan Đikić, Germany Ubiquitin networks in regulation of COVID-19 Peter Hotez, USA Recombinant Proteins in COVID19 Vaccine Development Jean-Claude Piffaretti, Switzerland The COVID-19 pandemic seen by the past chair of the Swiss committee for preparing pandemics Stefan Pöhlmann, Germany TBD Alexander Suvorov, Russia Development of mucosal vaccine against COVID-19 Marion Koopmans, The Netherlands TBD COVID-19 ROUND TABLE Moderator – Linda Kenney, USA 13.30-16.30 Break Ljiljana Popović, Serbia Dark side of the antiretroviral treatment Mila Paunić, Serbia An example of good practice - VCCT HIV counseling at the Institute for Students’ Health of Belgrade University GlaxoSmithKline Jovan Ranin, Serbia Dolutegravir as core agent in dual therapy GlaxoSmithKline Maja Stanojević, Serbia The Importance of Dolutegravir high barrier to resistance from virological perspective 16.55-17.15 17.15-17.35 18.20-18.40 PFIZER Metka Paragi, Slovenia National Laboratory Surveillance of invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPD) in Slovenia 18.40-18.50 Discussion and Q&A 17.50-18.30 PFIZER Matteo Bassetti, Italy Novel antibiotics in the era of AMR 18.40-18.50 PROMEDIA TBD CerTest – Specialists identifying causal pathogens of infectious diseases 18.30-18.40 12.40-13.20 BIOMERIEUX Valeria Zucchelli, Italy The role of diagnostics in navigating through the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic and AMR 13.20-13.30 18.50-19.00 Discussion and Q&A 16.55-18.10 17.20-18.10 18.10-18.20 Break 18.10-18.20 Break Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 12.05-12.30 11.48-12.00 12.30-12.40 Break 12.00-12.40 Break 19.30-19.40 Break 19.30-19.40 Break 16.50-17.00 Break 17.40-17.50 Break Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A 18.35-19.30 18.35-19.30

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  • 14.50-18.10 14.50-18.10

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    Session 1Infections and control(human medical focus)Chairs – Bauke Oudega, Branislava Kocić

    Session 2Food Microbiology and Biotechnology(non human medical focus)Chairs – Andriy Sibirny, Miroslav Vrvić

    Eliora Ron, IsraelCombatting antibiotic resistant septicemic E. coli

    Lidija Šenerović, SerbiaAntivirulence agents in the treatment of mixed species infections.

    Ivana Gobin, CroatiaOpportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: a new challengein the hospital

    Ina Gajić, SerbiaMolecular insight into the antimicrobial resistance of group B streptococci, serotype distribution and emerging serotype III sequence type 17

    Danai Pervanidou, Greece West Nile virus in humans in Greece, 2010-2020: surveillance and public health response

    Diego Emilio Pérez-Stuardo, ChileLysosomal reactivationin response to IgM-beadson Atlantic salmon macrophages infected by Piscirickettsia salmonis

    Gülcan Kuyucuklu, TurkeyE�ect of N-Acetylcystein-Ampicillin combination against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureusand their Mec-A gene expressions

    Lena Ciric, UKCollecting and using evidencefor improved hospital cleaning

    Miriam Latorre-Millán, SpainPresence of chronic diseases in elderly patients, hospitalized with flu or serious acute respiratory infection

    Mümtaz Güran, CyprusA survey of oropharyngeal HPV infections among healthy university students: infection prevalence, associated risk factors and awareness levels

    Nataša Stanković Nedeljković, SerbiaACINETOBACTER BAUMANII COMPLEX IN CLINICAL SAMPLES AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE-DECADES BACK

    Seda Havuz, TurkeyRare Clinical Presantationcaused by Borrelia burgdorferi

    Yvonne Cortese, IrelandA Novel In Vitro Urethra Model to Visualise Bacterial Migration During Long-Term Urinary Catheter Insertion

    Tom Coenye, BelgiumMetabolic adaptations as drivers for antibiotic tolerance in microbial biofilms

    Lixin Zhang, ChinaHarnessing cellular triacylglycerol pool for titer improvement of polyketides

    Daniele Da�onchio, Saudi ArabiaMicroorganisms of the agro-ecosystem, “plant wellness” and the qualityof food products.

    Aleksa Obradović, SerbiaNovel approaches to biocontrolof plant bacterial diseases.

    Andriy Sibirny, UkraineNon-conventional thermotolerant yeast Ogataea polymorpha for production of the 2nd generation fuel ethanol from lignocellulosics and crude glycerol

    Ken Ichi Yoshida, JapanApplication of the Gram-positive conjugative plasmid pLS20 for rapid and easytransformation of intra- and inter-species

    Hristo Najdenski, BulgariaThe prevalence of Yersinia in Europe I would recommend the topic Infections and control

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    Session 5Pathogenicity, virulence, diagnosisChairs – Eliora Ron, Vera Mijač

    Session 6BiofilmsChairs – Colin Harwood, Helena Bujdakova

    Maximiliano Gutierrez, UKHost cell environments and antibiotic e�cacy in tuberculosis

    Irena Aranđelović, SerbiaPrediction of susceptibility to first line tuberculosis drugs by DNA sequencing

    Vladimir Peličić, UKType 4 pili in Neisseria, Streptococcus

    Ivana Čolović-Čalovski & Aleksandar Džamić, SerbiaDiagnosis of fungal infection

    Đuro Josić, CroatiaFast omics methods in detectionof pathogens and their toxins

    Ute Römling, SwedenCharacterisation of human commensal Escherichia coli strains, Commensal E. coli strains - Unravelling secrets of biofilm formation and beyond

    Milan Kojić, SerbiaImpact of chromosomalarchitecture on the responseto stress conditions in bacteria

    Helena Bujdakova, SlovakiaPhotodynamic inactivation- a promising approachcombating resistant microorganisms

    11.30-11.38

    11.38-11.43

    11.43-11.48

    Gülcan Kuyucuklu, Turkey

    EVALUATION OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS STRAINS WITH CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS

    Iago Grobas, UK

    Swarming Bacillus subtilis transitsinto a biofilm templated by active jamming in a gradient of antibiotics

    Nezahat Koşar, Turkey

    Acinetobacter baumannii’s biofilm formation as a survival and adaptation mechanism

    14.00-16.15

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    14.15-14.30

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    Symposium 1 – The Control of Viral diseasesby vaccination – new challengesChairs – Tanja Jovanović, Maja Stanojević

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    Anwar Kandari, UKInvestigation into the e�ects of fibres and starches on the gut microbiota

    Büşra Akdeniz Oktay, TurkeyPotential use of hazelnut husk for pullulan production by Aureobasidium pullulans AZ-6

    Dina Ramić, SloveniaNew approach for quantification of signal molecules AI-2 of Campylobacter jejuni

    Izlem Haktanir, FranceMechanism of antimicrobial activityof honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom on Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas spp.

    Sarah Marie Stoppel, NorwayPre-Treatments and Long-Range PCR to Assess Infectivity of Norovirus Surrogates

    Tolulope Modupeoluwa Adeleye, NigeriaEthanol Production from Cassava Starch by Protoplast Fusants of Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Galactomyces candidum

    Viorica Corbu, RomaniaScreening of newly isolated yeast strains showing no pathogenic profilefor biotechnological applications

    17.35-18.30 Discussion and Q&A

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    Discussion and Q&A

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    FEMS Networking Session

    13.00-14.00 FEMS Networking Session

    19.00-19.40 FEMS Networking Session

    09.00-10.00 FEMS Networking Session

    14.40-14.50 Discussion

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    Tanja Jovanović, SerbiaViral vaccines – from Jenner to new technologies

    Maja Stanojević, SerbiaPoliovirus eradication: novel attenuated poliovirus strains

    Maja Čupić, SerbiaTraditional and New Influenza Vaccines - the impact of repeated influenca vaccine e�ectivenesson global health

    Ivana Lazarević, SerbiaAdvances and Challengesin HCV Vaccine Development

    Ana Banko, SerbiaMMR vaccine: updates and challenges

    Aleksandra Knežević, SerbiaFuture prospects of prophylacticHPV vaccine

    Danijela Miljanović, Serbia

    Is now the time to introduce VZV vaccine in the mandatoryimmunization programme in Serbia?

    Biljana Selimović, SerbiaImmunopathogenesis and resistance in H. pylori infection

    Vladimir Milivojević, SerbiaAdvances in Helicobacter pylori infection diagnostics and therapy from the gastroenterology corner

    Dušan Kekić, SerbiaIdentification of Helicobacter pyloriin bioptic material and detection of antibiotic resistance genes

    Mirjana Rajilić-Stojanović, SerbiaGastric microbiota beyondHelicobacter pylori

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    Symposium 3 – Mighty microbes for a healthyand sustainable futureChairs – Tanja Berić, Milan Kojić

    Symposium 4 – HIVAS – Contemporary approachto the AIDS infection – role of Microbiologist-VirologistChairs – Jovan Ranin, Danijela Simić

    Jasmina Nikodinović Runić, SerbiaPlastic degrading microorganisms: Opening an avenueto a sustainable world

    Svetlana Soković, SerbiaGABA producing lactobacilli:a way to modulate immune response via autophagy induction

    Mina Obradović, SerbiaBacteriophages - alternative agentsfor treatment of MDR pathogens

    Danijela Simić, SerbiaEpidemiological situation of HIV infection in Serbia and the World

    Ivana Pesić, SerbiaApplication of PCR tests in the diagnosis of HIV infectionin Serbia: case reports

    Jovan Ranin, SerbiaMicrobiological principlesin contemporary antiretroviraltreatment of HIV patients in Serbia

    Sanja Jeremić, SerbiaBacterial nanocellulose for biomedical applications: Recent advances and future prospects

    Andrea Radalj & Jakov Nišavić, SerbiaSome viral infections of animalsas potential public health risk

    Slađana Prišić, USA “Known unknowns” – secret lifeof Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    OPENING CEREMONYChairs: Bauke Oudega, Dragojlo Obradović, Vaso Taleski

    19.20 Welcome address – Hilary Lappin-Scott, UK

    19.30 Plenary lecture 1 - Anita Kriško, Germany & Miroslav Radman, Croatia/France

    Survival Strategies in Microbes: it is all about communication

    20.30 Plenary lecture 2 - Rino Rappuoli/Mariagrazia, Italy

    The emerging problem of AntiMicrobial Resistance and the role of vaccines

    FEMS SESSION Patrik Bavoil, France/USA FEMS Director of Publications and Science

    The FEMS Journals, the new Open Access Journals, and how to publish

    Patrik Michel Bavoil

    What makes a great paper?

    Max Haggblom

    FEMS Microbes: Open science toward a sustainable world

    Kimberly Klein

    FEMS Session Discussion

    Patrik Michel Bavoil

    19.40-20.3019.40-21.10 ONLINE Oral Session No. 1 ONLINE Oral Session No. 2

    14.50-17.40 14.50-17.40

    14.00-14.40

    14.50-5.15

    15.15-15.40

    15.40-16.05

    14.50-15.15

    15.15-15.40

    15.40-16.05

    16.05-16.30

    16.30-16.55

    Session 3AMR, noval therapeutic agentsChairs – Vaso Taleski, Dejan Baskić, Lazar Ranin

    Session 4Microbiomes and human health(mixed focus)Chairs – Bauke Oudega, Jelena Begović

    CLOSING CEREMONY AND ADDRESSHilary Lappin-Scott, Vaso Taleski, Lazar Ranin

    20.00

    Stefano Donadio, ItalyScientific and financial challangesfor new antibiotics

    17.00-17.50 Lucia Rubio Fernandez, BelgiumThe European Research Council – funding opportunities for bright minds

    Jeroen Raes BelgiumQuantitative microbiome profiling in health and disease

    Özgür Kurt, TurkeyNeglected residents of the gut microbiota

    Branislava Kocić, SerbiaSusceptibility pattern of Gram-negative bacilli to antimicrobial agents with an emphasis on colistin and carbapenems

    Rossitza Vatcheva-Dobrevska, BulgariaApproaches to prevent and controlthe spread of mdr pathogensin healthcare setting

    Nataša Golić, SerbiaGut microbiota and autoimmune diseases

    Maja Rupnik, SloveniaClostridium difficile and One Health (position possibility 2)

    Marina Dinić, SerbiaPlasmid-mediated Cephalosporinase in Enterobacterales - Challenges in Detection

    16.30-19.30 16.30-17.50

    16.30-16.5516.30-16.40

    16.40-16.50

    16.50-17.00

    16.55-17.20

    17.20-17.45

    17.45-18.10

    17.20-17.30

    17.30-17.40

    18.10-18.35

    Session 7Environmental MicrobiologyChairs – Hilary Lappin-Scott, Branka Vasiljević

    Session 8FEMS session and short presentationsby granteesChairs - Vaso Taleski, Jozef Anne

    Cagri Ergin, TurkeyWorld-wide Cryptococcal pathogens with respect to global climate change and ecological niche modelling

    Vaso Taleski, North MacedoniaMetagenomic insight into the microbial diversity of the world unique lorandite mine Allchar

    Colin Harwood, UKThe Bacillus secretion factory

    Dragan Radnović, SerbiaBacterial resistance to hexavalent chromium and applicabilityin bioremediation

    Ines Sviličić Petrić, CroatiaMicroorganism - early indicators of anthropogenic perturbations within the environment

    FEMS Grants: Influence on the scientific careers of Early Career Researchers

    Rita Hirmondó, HungaryInvestigation of the mutator effectsof currently used TB drugs provides insight into the mechanism of drug resistance development in Mycobacteria

    Katarina Novović, SerbiaUnraveling regulon of noveltwo-component system in Pseudomonas putida WCS358 through transcriptomics

    Amanda Pacholak PolandAzole fungicides – do they a�ect the properties of environmental bacterial strains?

    Marija Lješević, SerbiaBacterial degradation of monocyclic aromatic compounds in kraft lignin

    17.00-17.10

    17.10-17.20

    Zandra Fagernäs, GermanyBiogeography of the ancient oral cavity

    Kusum Dhakar, IsraelModelling of microbial communities to promote atrazine degradation in crop soils

    FEMS Online Conferenceon Microbiology

    28 – 31 October 2020

    in association withthe Serbian Society of Microbiology

    WEDNESDAY, 28th October 2020

    THURSDAY, 29th October 2020

    SATURDAY, 31th October 2020

    FRIDAY, 30th October 2020

    PLENARY LECTURE

    Chairs – Jozef Anné, Dragana Vuković

    Symposium 2 – Helicobacter pylori – microbiologist prospectiveChairs – Nataša Opavski

    Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A

    16.20-16.30 Break

    Break

    14.50-16.20 Round Table discussion

    17.50-18.00 Break

    17.40-17.50 Discussion and Q&A

    19.11-19.30 Discussion

    16.55-17.40 Discussion and Q&A

    11.15-11.30 Discussion and Q&A

    DiscussionandQ&A

    16.05-16.50

    20.46-21.10 Discussion and Q&A

    DiscussionandQ&A

    20.16-20.30

    Manuela Agudelo-Restrepo, ColombiaMosquito-larvicidal activity of bacterial extracts produced by Colombian strains

    Tahrioui Ali, FrancePistacia lentiscus L. Fruit Thwart Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Through Membrane Fluidity Alteration

    Olukemi Aromolaran, NigeriaAntimicrobial and synergistic e�ect of green synthesized silver nanoparticles against multi-drug resistant bacteria

    Onyedikachi Cecil Azuama,Eure,FranceInhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by Azorella atacamensis from Taira Atacama’s community

    Celia Campillo, SpainTn-Seq reveals a panel of genes as key contributors to Haemophilus influenzae respiratory infection in a murine model of emphysematous lung

    Nitin Chandra Teja Dadi, SlovakiaAntimicrobial properties of a new hybrid system based on clay mineral saponite and photosensitizer phloxine B

    Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia, IrelandSustainable Antimicrobial Biopolymeric Food & Biomedical Film Engineering Using Bioactive AMP-Ag+ Formulations

    Allison Lopatkin, USAPredicting and inhibiting the spread of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance

    Valérian Lupo, BelgiumMining the hidden diversity of class-D (OXA) beta-lactamases Daria Olkiewicz, PolandAntibacterial activityof trans-cinnamaldehyde and geraniol

    19.50-19.55

    19.55-20.00

    20.00-20.05

    20.05-20.10

    20.10-20.15

    20.15-20.27

    20.27-20.32

    20.54-21.00

    20.43-20.54

    20.32-20.43

    19.50-19.57

    19.57-20.06

    20.06-20.11

    20.11-20.22

    Isabel Abellan-Schneyder, GermanyFull-length versus short amplicon 16S rRNA sequencing: benefits, drawbacks and risks

    Jonathan Josephs-Spaulding, GermanyPhenoScreen: Development of a Systems Biology Tool for Decision Making in Recurrent UTIs

    Maria-Isabel Rojas, USAPhage as drivers of microbiome evolution: how they regulate their lysogenic-to-lytic switch to move across systems

    Tomoka Urushidani, JapanPromoting and memory e�ects of air-solid biofilm culture on persister formation : analysis on mutants of toxin-antitoxin system genes

    20.22-20.27

    20.27-20.32

    20.32-20.37

    20.37-20.43

    20.43-20.50

    20.50-20.57

    IEsra BARAN, TurkeyEvaluation of Sysmex UF-5000 for cerebrospinal fluid and body fluids

    Nahikari López López, SpainA genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Haemophilus influenzae reveals FabHas a potential target for antimicrobial therapeutic development

    Özgür Yanılmaz, TurkeyEvaluation of fluorescenceflow-cytometry to rule outnegative urine samples in neonates

    Sayuri Kasagaki, JapanInvolvement of DNA methylation in memory phenomenon of persistersin Escherichia coli

    Ceylan Polat, TurkeyDobrava hantavirus variants in Apodemus flavicollis mice in European part of Turkey

    Marko Janković, SerbiaCytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and N genotypes in pediatric recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplant

    19.50-21.2019.50-21.20 ONLINE Oral Session No. 3 ONLINE Oral Session No. 4

    20.22-20.57 ONLINE Oral Session No. 5

    18.00-18.08

    18.08 -18.13

    18.13-18.21

    18.21-18.28

    18.28-18.33

    18.33-18.38

    18.38-18.43

    18.43-18.48

    18.48-18.53

    18.53-18.58

    18.58-19.06

    19.06-19.11

    Andrea Silva Claros, Spain

    Heavy metal biosorption using Halomonas strains isolated from the Bolivian altiplano

    Dragana Tamindžija, Serbia

    Biodegradation and biosorption of organophosphorus pesticides by the alluvial sediment isolate Bacillus megaterium BD5

    Francesca Bandini, Italy

    Fate and microbial ecology of biodegradable polymers under industrial anaerobicand aerobic conditions

    Guillermo Budiño, Spain

    Shewanella T2.3D-1.1, an electrifying tale in the deep subsurface

    Jose Francisco Nava Olivas, France

    STUDY OF NAPHTALENE ANDPHENANHTRENE DEGRADING BACTERIAISOLATED FROM SLECTIVE MEDIA

    Kalonji Abondance Tshisekedi, South Africa

    Comparative genomic analysis hints at psychrophilic nature of the novel yeast species Naganishia randhawae

    Kusum Dhakar, Israel

    Modelling of microbial communities to promote atrazine degradation in crop soils

    Marija Mojicević, Ireland

    Plastic Saga - The microbes strike back

    Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan,

    Germany

    Link between metabolically active soil microbiome and soil function and their response to environmental factors in grassland ecosystem

    Harold Alejandro Jurado Rivadeneira,

    Hungary

    Assessing the degradation of short chain chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon contaminated sites by monitoring the e�ect of two di�erent bioremediation approaches using area specificbioaugmentation culture

    Karla Peranić, Croatia

    DYNAMICS OF Cryphonectria parasitica POPULATIONS AND ASSOCIATED

    Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 PREVALENCE IN NORTH-WESTERN CROATIA

    Munavvara Dzhuraeva, Tajikistan

    THERMOPHILIC BACILLI ISOLATED

    FROM KHOJA OBI GARM (TAJIKISTAN) GEOTHERMAL SPRING

    18.00 -19.30 ONLINE Oral Session No. 7

    ONLINE Oral Session No. 6

    21.00-21.20 Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A20.57-21.20

    PlenaryChair – Vaso Taleski, Dejan Baskić, Lazar Ranin

    Petra Dersch, GermanyRemodelling Yersinia-host interactions - For better or worse?

    13.30-13.40

    13.40-13.50

    13.50-14.00

    14.00-14.10

    14.10-14.20

    14.20-14.30

    14.30-14.40

    14.40-14.50

    Tanja Jovanović, SerbiaNEW CORONAVIRUS – MYTH AND REALITY

    Miroslav Radman, Croatia/FranceViral Parabiosis Hypothesis for onset of COVID-19

    Ivan Đikić, GermanyUbiquitin networks in regulation of COVID-19

    Peter Hotez, USARecombinant Proteins in COVID19 Vaccine Development

    Jean-Claude Pi�aretti, SwitzerlandThe COVID-19 pandemic seen by the past chairof the Swiss committee for preparing pandemics

    Stefan Pöhlmann, GermanyTBD

    Alexander Suvorov, RussiaDevelopment of mucosal vaccine against COVID-19

    Marion Koopmans, The NetherlandsTBD

    COVID-19 ROUND TABLEModerator – Linda Kenney, USA

    13.30-16.30

    Break

    Ljiljana Popović, SerbiaDark sideof the antiretroviral treatment

    Mila Paunić, Serbia An example of good practice - VCCT HIV counseling at the Institute for Students’ Health of Belgrade University

    GlaxoSmithKline

    Jovan Ranin, SerbiaDolutegravir as core agent in dual therapy

    GlaxoSmithKline

    Maja Stanojević, SerbiaThe Importance of Dolutegravir high barrier to resistance from virological perspective

    16.55-17.15

    17.15-17.35

    18.20-18.40 PFIZER

    Metka Paragi, SloveniaNational Laboratory Surveillance of invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPD) in Slovenia

    18.40-18.50 Discussion and Q&A

    17.50-18.30 PFIZER

    Matteo Bassetti, ItalyNovel antibiotics in the era of AMR

    18.40-18.50 PROMEDIA

    TBDCerTest – Specialists identifying causal pathogens of infectious diseases

    18.30-18.40

    12.40-13.20 BIOMERIEUX

    Valeria Zucchelli, Italy

    The role of diagnostics in navigating through the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic and AMR

    13.20-13.30

    18.50-19.00 Discussion and Q&A

    16.55-18.10 17.20-18.10

    18.10-18.20 Break 18.10-18.20 Break

    Discussion and Q&A Discussion and Q&A12.05-12.30 11.48-12.00

    12.30-12.40 Break 12.00-12.40 Break

    19.30-19.40 Break 19.30-19.40 Break

    16.50-17.00 Break

    17.40-17.50 Break

    Discussion

    and

    Q&A

    Discussion

    and

    Q&A

    18.35-19.30

    18.35-19.30

  • Session 1Infections and control (human medical focus)

    Session 2Food Microbiology and Biotechnology(non human medical focus)

    Session 5Pathogenicity, virulence, diagnosis

    Session 6Biofilms

    Abdelwahid Saeed Ali, Saudi Arabia

    Viral etiology and epidemiology of acute pediatric gastroenteritis in Southern region of Saudi Arabia with Yemen borders

    Abidemi Esther Ojo, Nigeria

    Prevalence of Carbapenem ResistantEnterobactereaceae (CRE) and Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) - producing Klebsiella pneumonia Among Intensive Care Unit Patients in Abeokuta, Nigeria

    Agnese La Mensa La Mensa, Estonia

    In vitro model system for studying Cystic Fibrosis chronic airway infections

    Aitor Atxaerandio Landa, Spain

    Evaluation of Whole Genome Sequencing for outbreak detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis

    Aleksandar Vitković, SerbiaNontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from respiratory tract A ten-year retrospective study

    Alexandra Alexandrova, Bulgaria

    The invasive pneumococcal disease and serotype replacement after the routine immunization with 10-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV10)

    Alina Srgeevna Savinova, Russia

    Cas-based platforms for detectionof tick-borne infections

    Ana Kaftandjieva, North Macedonia

    Occurrence of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae - a three-year study

    Anna M. Lyapina, Russia

    B-cell epitope mapping of YscF, a T3SSneedle protein of Yersinia spp., with the panel of immune sera from vaccinated models

    Antea Doris Pavišić, Croatia

    Analysis of TBC specimens received in laboratory in Split-Dalmatia County from 2014 to 2018

    Antea Doris Pavišić, Croatia

    Comparison of uropathogens and antibiotic resistance patterns among Split-Dalmatia County (SDC) and Virovitica-Podravina County (VPC), Republic of Croatia

    Antea Doris Pavišić, Croatia

    Influence of di�erent Ag2SO4 concentration on the growth of uropathogens in liquid medium

    Ashley George Suares, IndiaReal world analysis on the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of Azithromycin vis-à-vis Amoxicillin/-Clavulanic acid used in infections in Indian pediatric

    Bojan Djukarić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    PREVALENCE AND ANTIMICROBIALSUSCEPTIBILITY OF STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES AND STAPHYLOCOCCUSAUREUS AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

    Branka Petrovska Basovska, North Macedonia

    Case Report of Gonococcal Urethritisin a Male Patient

    Dane Luznik, Slovenia

    Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae with ESBLs during a ten-year period

    Dane Luznik, Slovenia

    Comparison between BioFire PneumonaPanel and Cultivation of Respiratory samples

    Dušan Ušjak, SerbiaSynthetic 2-methoxy-2’-hydroxychalcone inhibits ompA gene expression in Acineto-bacter baumannii hospital strains

    Elena Krstevska- Kelepurovska, North Macedonia

    HPV Infections In Women Of Di�erent Age Groups In The Southwestern Region Of The Republic of North Macedonia

    Gergana Boteva Lengerova, Bulgaria

    Pertussis associated with viral infections

    Kamilla Alieva, Russia

    Linezolid-daptomycin combinations against

    total and resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    populations: in vitro model studies

    Ljiljana Božić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    The prevalence of oncogenic viruses in head and neck carcinoma: single and multiple infections

    Mariya Galyamina, Russia

    Proteomic analysis of Mycoplasma hominis cells forming colonies of a previously unknown morphological typ

    Mayram Hacioglu, Turkey

    E�cacy of N-chlorotaurine against Candida spp. isolated from vulvovaginal candidiasis

    Nasiru Usman Adabara, Nigeria

    Detection of Multidrug Resistance (MDR) Genes among Escherichia colifrom Diarrheic Patients

    Omnia Omer, Saudi Arabia

    Multidrug resistance and Extensive drug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii from clinical isolates in Khartoum, Sudan 2019

    Onyedika Emmanuel Okpala, Czech Republic

    In vitro growth-inhibitory e�ect of anti-inflammatory drugs againstStaphylococcus aureus

    Ozal Mutlu, TurkeyDrug repositioning to identify SARS-CoV-2 Nsp12/Nsp8 interaction interface inhibitors

    Rashi Verma, India

    Transcriptome analysis and pathway enrichment to identify potent drug targets against resistant strains of Candida albicans

    Rita Hirmondo, Hungary

    Investigation of the mutator e�ectsof currently used TB drugs provides insight into the mechanism of drug resistance developmentin Mycobacteria

    Saima Mohsin, Pakistan

    FREQUENCY AND ANTIMICROBIALSUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNOF SALMONELLA TYPHI AMONG CHILDREN

    Shuai Zhang, United Kingdom

    Superhydrophobic Coatings for Urinary Catheters To Delay Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

    Sourabh Bharat Sonawale, IndiaReal world Evidence on Microbial Profile and Antibiotic susceptibility in Indian Children

    Valentina A. Feodorova, Russia

    The role of YscF, a T3SS needle protein of Yersinia spp., in vaccine-induced immune response

    Varol Tunali, Turkey

    Overcoming the challenge; in vivo e�cacyof miltefosine for the treatment of chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Venkata Saibabu Thokala, India

    Octyl gallate alters the amino acidmetabolism of Candida albicans

    Ylenia Jabalera, Spain

    AS-48-BMNPs nanoassemblies in combination with hyperthermia as a new strategy for local treatment of infectious diseases

    Zhinzela Qyli, AlbaniaETIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS AT A REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ALBANIA

    Arzu Ilki, Turkey

    Detection of Norovirus in the fecal samples of C. di�cile toxin positive patients by ELISA and RT PCR

    Ivan Pavlović, SerbiaEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DERMANYSSUS GALLINAE

    Anamarija Zore, Slovenia

    VACCINATION RATE AGAINST HEPATITIS B AND

    FLUE AMONG HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN

    SLOVENIA

    Šelja Kotorić-Keser, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Prevalence of otomycosis in Sarajevo Canton

    Elif Okumuş, Turkey

    Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli Transmission among Household Members; Case Report

    Emrah Ruh, Cyprus

    Investigation of rickettsiosis by indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) among hunters in northern Cyprus

    Yulian Konechnyi, UkraineFirst verified clinical case of Raoultella terrigena nosocomial infection in Eastern Europe (case report)

    Aleksandra Jelušić, Serbia

    In vitro assessment of the antagonistic potential of Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonas spp. against Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris isolated from winter oilseed rape in Serbia

    Aleksandra Jelušić, Serbia

    PCR screening and chemical analysisof lipopeptides produced by Bacillusvalezensis and Bacillus megaterium strains

    Alexander Flegler, GermanyReduced menaquinone concentration decreases resistance against freeze-thaw stress and growth rate in refrigerated milk of Listeria monocytogenes

    Ana Carvalho, Portugal

    E�ect of plant extracts on a ciliate responsiblefor outbreaks in turbot aquaculture

    Ana Medić, Serbia

    Proteomic vv study of the biodegradation pathway of sodium-benzoateby Pseudomonas aeruginosa san ai

    Andreja Čanžek Majhenič, SloveniaDiversity of lactic acid bacteria in dairy products of small-scale producers

    Andres Santos, ChileEvaluation of the mixture of bacterial pigments as sensitizers of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)

    Angela Matanović, Croatia

    E�cient transformation procedure for yeasts belonging to the Schwanniomyces genus

    Arícia Possas, SpainUV-C technology as a strategy to increase the microbiological safety of raw meat used to produce fermented sausages

    AYODEJI EMMANUEL AMOBONYE, South AfricaBeauveria bassiana xylanase: a biomass degrading enzyme from an entomopathogen

    Beatriz García-Béjar Bermejo, SpainBioremediation and tolerance to zincby wild yeasts

    Beatriz García-Béjar Bermejo, SpainDirect and indirect reduction of Aflatoxin B1by wild yeast: Biodetoxification and biocontrol of mycotoxigenic moulds

    Blaga Mutafova, Bulgaria

    Microbial transformation of Lycorine

    Bojana Bogovič Matijašić, Slovenia

    Quality assessment of dietary supplements containing viable bacteria from Slovenian pharmacies

    Catarina Marques, Portugal

    Novel agents for cadmium bioremediation based on bacterially-assembled biopolyester beads

    Clemens Kittinger, Austria

    Prevalence of Toxin-Genes in di�erent Bacillus cereus Isolates from Packaging Material

    Cristina Rodríguez Díaz, SpainFIRST ISOLATION OF CLOSTRIDIOIDES DIFFICILE FROM SMOKED AND DRIED FRESHWATER FISH IN CAMBODIA

    Dajana Blagojević, Serbia

    Multi-criteria analysis as a methodfor selecting cyanobacterial strainswith the highest biotechnological potential

    Diana Paveljšek, Slovenia

    Nisin production in acidwhey with Lactococcus strains

    Elisabet Perona-Vico, Spain

    Biocathodes as in-situ hydrogen evolving platform

    Eniola Oluyemisi Oni, Nigeria

    Fungal and Aflatoxin Progression in Nixtamalized Maize Using Activated Charcoal

    Ganesh Kumar Maurya, India

    DNA replication and its segregationis interdependent for secondary genome replicons in radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

    Jasna Kureljušić, Serbia

    Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica in slaughtered pigs in Serbia

    Jonita Stankevičiūtė, Lithuania

    Site-saturation Mutagenesis of PmlABCDEF Monooxygenase Generates New Biocatalysts for N-oxide Synthesis

    Joy Ehiwuogu-Onyibe, NigeriaEXPLORING THE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF AFRICAN YAM BEAN (Sphenostylis stenocarpa): APPLICATION OF SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION FOR YAMBEAN SEASONING PRODUCTION

    Kary Haro Pérez, SpainDETECTION OF THE LIGNINOLYTIC ENZYME MnP, THROUGH A SOLID CROP OF WHEAT STRAW AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THIS SUBSTRATE

    Lidija Izrael Živković, Serbia

    Metabolic responses of Pseudomonasaeruginosa san ai exposed to nanoceria

    Lili Ivailova Dobreva, Bulgaria

    CHARACTERISATION OF LACTIC ACID MICROBIOTA

    OF BULGARIAN TRADITIONAL PRODUCT “KATAK”

    Lucian Staicu, Poland

    Novel lead (Pb) detoxification strategy in bacteria

    Maja Vukasinovic Sekulić, Serbia

    Antibacterial activity of clove essential oil in milk against food-borne pathogenic and spoilage bacteria

    Manuela Zadravec, CroatiaChanges in the representation of mycobiota dwelling on dry-fermented sausages’ casings, found after refrigerated storage

    Mariana Soares Dias, Portugal

    Optimization of bioplastic production by a bacterium isolated from a metal-rich environment

    Mariana Soares Dias, Portugal

    Production of biopolyester beadsby plant-associated bacteria from a uranium mine

    Matthias Sipiczki, Hungary

    Break-down of the reproductive isolationof Saccharomyces species: a novel wayto breed industrial strains

    Mirjana Grujović, Serbia

    New Lactobacillus strains with probiotic potential isolated from traditionally made Serbian cheese

    Mümtaz Güran, Cyprus

    Microbiological analysis of Escherichia coli contamination on fresh produce: e�ectsof human handling on contamination at marketand impact of sterile gloves as a preventative measure

    Nemanja Mirković, Serbia

    Antilisterial e�ects of autochthonous lactococci during cheese storage

    Olja Stanojević, Serbia

    The role of Bacillus-produced lipopeptidesin antagonism towards the white button mushroom pathogens

    Pilar Fernández-Pacheco Rodríguez, SpainPHYSICOCHEMICAL, MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF APICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    Pilar Fernández-Pacheco Rodríguez, SpainSaccharomyces cerevisiae AND Hanseniaspora osmophila WITH PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL

    Putu Virgina Partha Devanthi, IndonesiaReducing foodborne pathogens (Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus) growth in reduced salt condition by adding soy sauce starter cultures

    Radovan Čobanović, Serbia

    MOLD IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTIONOF MYCOTOXINS IN DRIED SPICES

    Ramunė Stanevičienė, Lithuania

    E�ects of pulsed electric fields and mildthermal treatment on antimicrobiale�cacy of nisin-loaded pectin nanoparticles

    Reema Chaudhary, India

    Radiation responsive eukaryotic type Ser/Thr protein kinase (RqkA) regulates cell cycle in radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

    Rokas Statkevičius, LithuaniaMarine Metagenome: a Source of Novel R-Selective Transaminases

    Sanja Marković, Serbia

    Potential of Bacilus amyloliquefaciens strains SS-12.6 and SS-38.4 in biological controlof potato rot pathogens

    Silvana Ilioska-Zlatanović, North Macedonia

    Analytical method transfer for microbial quality control of Risperidone 3mg tablets

    Sonja Smole Možina, SloveniaTemperature dependence of biofilm formation and spoilage potential of fish meat spoilers Pseudomonas spp.

    Tamara Janakiev, Serbia

    Biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas synxantha P4/16_1 for suppressionof brown rot disease on plum fruit

    Temitope Fadipe, NigeriaGrowth Patterns of Novel Polyhydroxyal-kanoates Bacteria Isolated from OilContaminated Site Soils in SomeSelected Carbon Sources

    Valerija Tkalec, Slovenia

    Seed treatment of wheat and barleyby plasma and ecological agents

    Marta Acin-Albiac, ItalyHow phenomics addresses the adaptative metabolism of Lactobacillus plantarum during brewers´ spent grain fermentation

    Ali Zein Alabiden Ahmad Tlais, ItalyLactic acid fermentation enriches the profile of biogenic fatty acid derivatives of avocado fruit (Persea americana Mill.)

    Büşra Akdeniz Oktay, Turkey

    Potential use of hazelnut husk for pullulan production by Aureobasidium pullulans AZ-6

    Lorena Butinar, Slovenia

    SCREENING AND EVALUATION OF ENZYMATIC

    ACTIVITIES OF WINE RELATED YEAST SPECIES

    Edgaras Dauss, Latvia

    Role of cortical endoplasmic reticulum protein Ist2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells during dehydration and subsequent rehydration

    Eshter Eyram Asare Yeboah, Ghana

    Multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus isolates from abattoirs in Accra, Ghana.

    Cyntia Freitas, Brazil

    E�ectiveness of broad-spectrum naphtoquinones against foodborne, clinical and environmental bactéria

    Dorotea Grbin, Croatia

    Inhibitory e�ect of plasma-activated water on Saprolegnia parasitica, the causative agent of saprolegniosist

    Mustafa Guzel, Turkey

    Colistin Resistance is Emerging in Foodborne Pathogens in Turkey

    Cláudia Macal, Portugal

    A novel chemically defined medium eliciting prominent Pediococci, Lactobacilliand Enterococci bacteriocin biosynthesisand improved purification

    Cláudia Macal, Portugal

    The quest for listeriosis prophylaxis – the consortium of a novel coagulin-producing probiotic with Nannochloropsis oculatatowards a unique plant-based fermented beverage

    Gamze Nur Mujdeci , Turkey

    E�ects of various nitrogen source combinations on growth and pullulan production characteristics of Aureobasidium pullulans AZ-6

    Ayokunnumi Obajuluwa, Nigeria

    Antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria isolates from fermented cassava (gari) sold in an open market

    Mladen Petreš, Serbia

    E�ects of Bacillus velezensis on Fusarium avenaceum, a causal agent of post-harvest apple fruit rot

    Nataša Rajić Savić, SerbiaOCCURENCE OF BIOFILM FORMING COAGULASEPOSITIVE ISOLATES INCASE OF SUBLINICAL MASTITS

    Cristina Rodríguez Melcón, SpainExposure to sub-inhibitory concentrationsof disinfectants increases resistanceto antibiotics in Salmonella enterica

    Cristina Rodríguez Melcón, SpainEstimation by flow cytometry of the survival rates of Listeria monocytogenes after tetracycline treatment in cells previously exposed or unexposed to di�erent biocides

    Zrinka Štritof, Croatia

    Antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isolatesfrom dogs with respiratory disease

    Jelena Vukotić, Serbia

    Essential oils - double action in apple preservation

    Vesna Janković, Serbia

    CAMPYLOBACTER CONTAMINATION IN BROILER MEAT IN SERBIA DURING 2017-2020

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    Chiara Misci, Italy

    Fermentation as a tool for an increased food security for African leafy vegetables: Cucurbita sp. fermentation.

    Sarah Panera Martínez, Spain

    Quantification of Listeria monocytogenes in poultry using q-PCR

    Sarah Panera Martínez, Spain

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    Vanja Šeregelj, Serbia

    Encapsulation of peach waste extract in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells

    Vanja Tomić, Serbia

    The safety of using denitrifying bacteria in bioremediation processes

    Vanja Vlajkov, Serbia

    Potential of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens as a biocontrol agent produced on di�erent carbon source-based cultivation media

    Dora Pavić Croatia

    Diversity of oomycete pathogens in Croatian trout farms and their spread to natural environments

    Adelina Stoyanova, Bulgaria

    COMBINED EFFECTS OF INHIBITORSAGAINST COXSACKIEVIRUS B1

    Adelina Stoyanova, Bulgaria

    ANTI-ENTEROVIRAL TREATMENT AGAINST COXSACKIEVIRUS B3 INFECTION IN MICE

    Aleksandr Zubov, Russia

    Proteomic profile of nucleoid-associated proteins isolated from Mycoplasma gallisepticum after intracellular infection.

    Aleksandra Tymoszewska, Poland

    Antilisterial bacteriocin rhamnosinB targets Man-PTS

    Ali Akbar, Pakistan

    Multidrug resistant and virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical samplesin Balochistan

    Bojana Luković, Serbia

    Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates

    Carlos Juan Nicolau, Spain

    Impact of peptidoglycan recycling blockade and expression of horizontally-acquired β-lactamases on Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence

    Claudia Troncoso, Chile

    Virulence of Helicobacter pylori isolated of the gastric epithelium of dyspeptic individuals, in the Mapuche ethnic population of the Region of La Araucania, Chile

    Davorka Repac Antić, Croatia

    Adhesion and aggregation capacityas important virulence trains of uropathogenic Enterococus faecalis/faecium strains

    Dorota Sentkowska, Poland

    Characterization of a urease gene cluster of Paracoccus yeei

    Efdal Oktay Gultekin, TurkeyDistribution of pathogenicity island markers and virulence factors in phylogenetic groups of Extraintestinal PathogenicEscherichia coli isolates

    Efdal Oktay Gultekin, TurkeyInvestigation of phylogenetic groupsof ESBL positive Extraintestinal pathogenicEscherichia coli isolates

    Egor Kalinin, Russia

    Interaction of natural variants of invasion factor Listeria monocytogenes InlB with target eukaryotic receptors

    Ekaterina Psareva, Russia

    The antibiotic-resistant Yersinia pseudotuber-culosis strains causing the Far East scarlet-like fever

    Joanna Gabriela Drabinska, Poland

    Deciphering the role of PA2504protein - structural studies

    Karina Adamowicz, PolandImpacts of chronic kidney failure on systemic and local immune responses duringPorphyromonas gingivalis infection

    Maciej Lech, PolandImpacts of chronic kidney failure on systemic and local immune responses duringPorphyromonas gingivalis infection

    Maja Kosecka-Strojek, Poland

    Analysis of the Staphylococcus aureus andS. haemolyticus strains from acute, chronic, and recurrent infections of a pediatric patients

    Maria Galyamina, Russia

    PROPIONATE INDUCES VIRULENT PROPERTIES OF CROHN’S DISEASE-ASSOCIATEDESCHERICHIA COLI

    Maria Vecherkovskaya, Russia

    Clinical e�cacy data on the new diagnostic tool that selects the most e�ective antibiotics for patients with cystic fibrosis

    Marina T. Milenković, Serbia

    Synthetic 2-methoxy-2’-hydroxychalcone inhibits ompA gene expressionin Acinetobacter baumannii hospital strains

    Matúš Dohál, Slovakia

    Diagnostics of tuberculosis and identification of resistance-associated gene mutations using whole genome sequencing: preliminary study

    Muhammad Moman Khan, Germany

    Molecular Characterization of Clumpy Adhesion Phenotype of Escherichia coli

    Patrycja Krystyna Ogonowska, Poland

    A photodynamic approach to inactivate staphylococcal enterotoxin B

    Rafał Kolenda, Poland

    Analysis of virulence factor repertoireof hemolytic Escherichia coli

    Rafał Kolenda, Poland

    Cell Line Infection Screen Identifies Natural Mutations Responsible for Altered Infection Phenotypes of Salmonella enterica Clinical Isolates

    Ranjith Konduri, India

    Genomic diversity of Ocular Escherichia Coliby Whole genome sequencing

    Rodnei Dennis Rossoni, Brazil

    Lactobacillus paracasei postbiotic elements inhibit Candida auris in the invertebrate model Galleria mellonella

    Sergey Krutko, Russia

    STUDY OF THE PROTECTIVE POTENTIAL OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS STRAIN WITH THE EP402R GENE DELETION

    Stevan Lučić, Montenegro

    XpertMTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis, experience from Montenegro

    Tatiana A. Semashko, Russia

    Cell membrane composition of di�erent morphological forms of Mycoplasma hominis

    Valentina A. Feodorova, Russia

    Rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in livestock with urinary tract infection using third-generation sequencing

    Victor Maduka Agah, Nigeria

    The Prevalence of Hepatitis B virus Infection among secondary school students in Izzi and Ezza North Local Government both in Abakaliki

    Waqas Ahmad, Pakistan

    Invitro studies of rabies virus on dendritic spine & post-synaptic membrane in neuronal cells

    Yordan Ivanov Kalchev, Bulgaria

    Serum procalcitonin levels in patientswith acute Central nervous system infections

    Yordan Ivanov Kalchev, Bulgaria

    Serum procalcitonin levels in patientswith acute Central nervous system infections

    Zorana Katanić, Croatia

    Molecular identification and virulence assessment of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi isolates

    Tomislav Meštrović, Croatia

    HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) RISK GROUP PATTERNS, TEMPORAL DYNAMICS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY FINDINGS IN WOMEN DURING A 10-YEAR PERIOD: ELUCIDATING THE SIGNIFI-CANCE OF LOW-RISK/HIGH-RISK CO-INFECTION

    Laura Bonofiglio, Argentina

    Identification of novel endolysins fromStreptococcus agalactiae prophages by bioinformatic analysisn

    Magdalena Ksiezarek, Portugal

    Unveilling novel Limosilactobacillus speciesin the urogenital tract of healthy women

    Pavle Banović, Serbia

    Serosurvey of Tick-borne Encephalitis Virusand West Nile Virus exposure in persons bittenby ticks in Vojvodina Province, Serbia

    Daria Evsyutina, Russia

    Overexpression of thymidine phosphorylase in Mycoplasma hominis as a factor in the formation of variants of small colonies

    Mateusz Iskra, Poland

    Characterization of internalin genes in Listeria monocytogenes food strains, and their associa-tion with the invasiveness in vitro

    Brenda Morris, United Kingdom

    Klebsiella-macrophage arms-race: dissecting how the pathogen copes with a macrophage lifestyle

    Katalin Tarcsai, Hungary

    The first feline adenovirus isolate is relatedto human adenovirus 1

    Gönül Arslan AKVERAN, Turkey

    TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS IN TICKS AND BLOOD SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM STRAY DOGS SHELTERED IN THE ANIMAL NURSING HOME OF ÇORUM, TURKEY

    Qiuhong Miao, Netherland

    Caprine MAVS is a RIG-I interacting type I interferon inducer downregulatedby Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus infection

    Gleb Fisunov, Russia

    Development of the system for controllable delivery of compounds into mycoplasma cells

    Adam Feliks Junka, Poland

    Impact of the rotating magnetic field on porosity of bacterial biofilm extracellular matrix

    Anna Żywicka, Poland

    Influence of the rotating magnetic field on antimicrobial penetration e�ciency within the bacterial biofilm layers

    Daria Ciecholewska-Juśko, Poland

    Influence of the rotating magnetic field onthe mixing/di�usion process of antimicrobials in bacterial cellulose as an exampleof microbial biofilm matrix

    Fatima Nur Yilmaz, Turkey

    Antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of mucolytics, alone and in combination with antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria

    Gabrijela Begić, Croatia

    Combine e�ect of UV light and chlorination on Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilm on swimming pool ceramic tiles

    Gordana Maravic-Vlahovicek, CroatiaE�ect of Satureja montana L. essential oil and thymol on growth and biofilm production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Irati Martinez Malax-Etxebarria, SpainFirst steps in the study of virulence factors implicated in the adhesion and biofilm formation of Aliarcobacter butzleri

    Jelena Marinković, Serbia

    In situ composed teeth root canal’s multispecies biofilm and its degradation by plant essential oilsand irrigants based on them

    Karol Fijałkowski, Poland

    Influence of the rotating magnetic fields on the activity of antimicrobials against biofilm pathogens

    Katarzyna Pendrak, Poland

    Analysis of the e�ectiveness of antimicrobials depending on the type and form of biofilm produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosaand Staphylococcus aureus strains

    Magdalena Szymańska, Poland

    Influence of immobilized glycoside hydrolase PelAh on biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO-1

    Marta Woroszyło, Poland

    Influence of the rotating magnetic field on the viability, proliferation and metabolic activity of di�erent bacterial species and strains

    Mayram Hacioglu, Turkey

    E�cacy of various antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Achromobacter xylosoxidans mono and polymicrobial biofilms

    Mayram Hacioglu, Turkey

    Thyme essential oil inhibits biofilms of Candida spp

    Milka Malesević, Serbia

    Potential of Delftia tsuruhatensis clinicalisolate in silencing of Pseudomonasaeruginosa quorum sensing and virulence

    Radosław Drozd, Poland

    Influence of the rotating magnetic field on bacterial biofilm extracellular matrix composition

    Stefana Cvetković, Serbia

    The e�ect of Frangula alnus extract on biofilm disruption of Staphylococcus aureus MSSA and MRSA strains

    Stefana Đukanović, Serbia

    Combined e�ect of vankomycin and emodin on Staphylococcus aures MSSA and MRSA isolates

    Yolanda Moreno, Spain

    Study of Helicobacter pylori presence

    in drinking water systems biofilms

    Anna Elistratova, Russia

    Serratia marcescens DUF1471-containing protein SrfN is needed for oxidative stress survival and biofilm formation

    Doğanhan Kadir Er, Turkey

    In-vitro Biofilm-Forming Ability of Helicobacter pylori Strainsand E�ect of Lansoprazole on Biofilm

    Nezahat Koşar, Turkey

    Acinetobacter baumannii’s biofilm formationas a survival and adaptation mechanism

    Session 3AMR, noval therapeutic agents

    Session 4Microbiomes and human health (mixed focus)

    Session 7Environmental Microbiology

    Agata Wozniak, Poland

    How to escape from ESKAPE pathogens? Alternative approach to combat superbugs

    Aleksander Benčič, Slovenia

    Determination of resistome usinghigh-throughput sequencing

    Arzu Ilki, Turkey

    Evaluation of Vitek2 AST System for Fosfomycin susceptibility testing in ESBL positive urinary K.pneumoniae isolates

    Damir Vukoja, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Exploring the mechanisms behind colloidal platinum nanoparticles antibacterial activity

    Danka Milan Matijasević, Serbia

    Bacillus species/isolates as a treasure of di�erent bioactive (antimicrobial) molecules

    Deepika Sharma, India

    Natural and synthetic cationic peptides as novel anticandidal therapeutic agents to combat drug resistant infections

    Diana Priscila Pires, PortugalSynthetic phages: a promising approach against bacterial infections

    Diana Priscila Pires, PortugalSynthetic phages: a promising approach against bacterial infections

    Gernot Zarfel, Austria

    E�ect of mutation of the Rps10 flexible loopon Tigecycline resistance, translation and ribosomal biogenesis in Escherichia coli

    Gorana Veinović, Serbia

    Evaluation of in vitro antibiotic e�cacy against local strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensulato - the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis

    Irina Semenovna Stepanenko, Russia

    A new group of compoundswith antimicrobial activity.

    Ivana Kerkez, Estonia

    Pharmacodynamic studies of antibiotics against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli phagocyted by mouse macrophages

    Jelena Đorđević, Serbia

    Antimicrobial activity of 2-tert-butyl-1.4-benzoquinone and its selected alkylthio and arylthio derivatives

    John Tyson Munnoch, United Kingdom

    Chance and Necessity: Evolution-guided antibiotic improvement by natural-adaptionto liquid culture

    Jovana Mirko Kabić, Serbia

    Phenotypic and molecular characterisationof non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae recovered from hospitalised patientsin pre-vaccine period in Serbia

    Jurgita Aksomaitienė, Lithuania

    WGS and comparative genomic analysis of multidrug resistant Campylobacter jejuni strains

    Katarzyna Grecka, Poland

    Antimicrobial potential of Polish propolis ethanol extracts towards Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm

    Klaudia Alicja Michalska, Poland

    Could Ga3+ loaded porphyrins be “the perfect photosensitizers” for antimicrobial photody-namic inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus?

    Kyung-Hyo Do, South Korea

    Changes in antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors of Escherichia coli from diarrheic weaned piglets before and after ban on antibiotic growth promoters in Korea from 2007 to 2017

    Ma'en Al-Odat, United Kingdom

    Distribution of mosaic ribosomal protection proteins in Campylobacter

    Mariola Wolska, PolandApplication and comparison of Sanger sequencing and Vitek 2 systems for identification of clinically relevant species from Streptococcus and Enterococcus genera

    Michael Koller, Austria

    Antibiotic resistancesin the Danube – A six-year-comparison

    Michal Karol Pieranski, Poland

    Multiple treatments – resistance or tolerance? Case study of S. agalactiae toleranceto antimicrobial photoinactivation

    Mila Djisalov, Serbia

    Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Carriers for Satureja Montana Essential Oil and Antimicrobial Applications

    Muhammad Rafique, Pakistan

    Genomic Characterization of Antibiotic Resistant Escherichia Coli Isolated From Domestic Chickens in Pakistan

    Murat Karamese, Turkey

    The Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activitiesof Resveratrol on Gram-positiveand Gram-negative Bacteria

    Myrto Vlazaki, United Kingdom

    A quantitative comparison of the e�ectsof beta-lactam and fluoroquinolone antibioticson the within-host dynamics of Salmonella Typhimurium

    Olufunke Adelegan, Nigeria

    Occurrence of Quorum Sensing Genes and Multiple Drug Resistance among Pseudomonas species Isolated from Urine of Catherized Patients in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital

    Radomir Jovchevski, North MacedoniaSerological immune response to Legionella pneumophila and Mycoplasma pneumoniae: di�erences between children and adults

    Sandeep Kumar, IndiaHPr Kinase/Phosphorylase, a novel target to discover a new class of antibiotic drugs against resistant Enterococcus faecalis

    Sara Andres Lasheras, CanadaAntimicrobial resistance in bovine respiratory disease-related bacterial species - A broad cross-sectional study of cattle at feedlot entry

    Saulius Serva, Lithuania

    Systems biology of intrinsic yeast virus

    Sibel Döşler, Turkey

    Investigate the cytotoxic and antimicrobial e�cacy of wool fabrics treated with 8hydroxyquinoline (8HQ) and boron compounds

    Tamara Pavlović, Serbia

    Phenolic composition analysis and antimicrobial activity of linden tea from Serbia

    Thaddaeus Obaji Ariom, Nigeria

    Antibacterial Activities and Susceptibility Patternof Bacteria Isolated from Fish Mucus

    Tomas Kudera, Czech Republic

    Selective inhibition of intestinal pathogenic bacteria and cancer cells by alkaloids and related structures in vitro. A comparison of plant-derived compounds with antidiarrheal antibiotics

    Vishakha Grover, India

    In silico genome mining of commensal oral microflora to unravel potential antimicrobial peptides

    Vladimir Tolchkov, Bulgaria

    INVESTIGATION OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS STRAINS USING NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING ILLUMINA TECHNOLOGY

    Eshter Eyram Asare Yeboah, GhanaAntibiotic- modulating activity of methanol extract of Crotolaria pallida against extened-spectrum β-lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Allison Lopatkin, United StatesPredicting and inhibiting the spread of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance

    Olga Nikoloudaki, Italy

    Role prediction of Gram-negative speciesin the resistome of raw cow’s milk

    Nuket Siviri, Turkey

    Bibliometric Profile of Global Scientific Research on Antibiotic Resistance and Escherichia coli in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2015-2019)

    Eshter Eyram Asare Yeboah, Ghana

    Antibacterial and antibiotic-potentiating activity of methanol extract of Momordica foetida against selected enteric bacteria

    Eshter Eyram Asare Yeboah, Ghana

    In-vitro assessment of the anti-candidal activity of vaginal douches and herbal preparations

    Doğanhan Kadir Er, Turkey

    Biofilm antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli: investigation of ST131 clonal group and phylogroups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

    Matúš Štefánek, Slovakia

    The use of Photodynamic inactivation on biofilms formed by resistant yeast Candida auris

    Adetunji Sunday Adegoke, Nigeria

    Production, Purification and Characterizationof α-Amylase of Aspergillus sydowii IMI 502692

    Weronika Goraj, Poland

    Does every wheat seeds the same? – new insight into microbes living inside plant tissues

    Alenka Žugelj, Slovenia

    ERIC-PCR genotyping of Paenibacillus larvae reveals ERIC II as the predominant genotype in Slovenia

    Alina Arashkova, Belarus

    Adaptive capacity and deterioration potential of opportunistic fungi of the genus Aspergillus

    Ana Belén García-Martín, SwitzerlandWhole-genome sequencing revealedthe integration of new prophagesin the genome of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

    Aneta Vilko Buntić, Serbia

    Phytotoxic e�ect of lead on the germination of alfalfa seeds inoculated with new bacterial isolates

    Anwuli Osadebe, Nigeria

    Impact of Chronic Crude Oil Exposure on Nitrification in Edaphic Systems

    Artur Marek Banach, Poland

    The role of microbiome of Azolla filiculoides in bioremediation of heavy metals

    Bojan Papić, Slovenia

    Construction of a stable wgMLST typing scheme

    for Paenibacillus larvae

    Bukola Temitope Fabunmi, Nigeria

    Microorganisms As Biocontrol Agents:A Panacea To Chemically Polluted Environment

    Cristina Escudero, SpainRaman-FISH for the in situ study of microorganism-mineral interaction in subsurface environments

    Dmitriy Smolyakov, Russia

    Reclassification of Sphaerotilus natans subsp. sulfidivorans D-507 as S. sulfidivorans D-507T sp. nov.

    Ekaterina Krumova, Bulgaria

    Biocidal activity of extracts from Bulgarian plants- screening and potato crop protection

    Eva Silva Lopes, Portugal

    Depth Distribution of Prokaryotic Communities in the North Pacific Subtropical Front

    Fabiana Canini, ItalyFungal diversity and functionalityin soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica

    Federica D'Alò, Italy

    E�ects of short-term and long-term warmingin soil of the Italian Alps

    FRANCISCO PÉREZ-MONTAÑO, SpainDeciphering the symbiotic significance of Quorum Sensing systems of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103

    Gu Feng, ChinaArbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance organic P mineralization by carrying functional bacteria with extraradical hyphae

    Habeeb Rahman A.P, India

    Sonophotocatalytic Disinfection Mediated Oxidative Stress Induces Morphological Transition and Virulence Alteration in Salmonella Typhimurium

    Haris Zafeiropoulos, Greece

    Mining literature and -omics (meta)data to associate microorganisms, biological processes, and environment types

    Helena Gutierrez Oliveira, Brazil

    E�ects of volatile compounds from the rhizobacteria Bacillus sp. RZ2MS9 on soybean and maize germination

    Huong Vu, United States

    PhoN is a vitamin B6 salvage enzymein Salmonella enterica

    IRENE JIMÉNEZ-GUERRERO, Spain

    The Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 type III secretion system e�ector NopC blocks nodula-tion with Lotus japonicus Gifu

    Ivana Pajčin, Serbia

    Biological control of Xanthomonas euvesicatoriain pepper plants by Bacillus velezensis

    Jarosław Grządziel, PolandDetermination of the enzymatic activityof endophytic strains isolated from wheat Triticum aestivum L. (cv. Hondia)and Triticum spelta L. (cv. Rokosz)

    Jill Marie Felker, United States

    Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes Isolated froma Large Metropolitan Watershed

    Jorge Osman Naoum, France

    In situ monitoring by quantitativeRaman spectroscopy of sulfate productionby Thiobacillus thioparus as a function of pressure

    Jose-Maria Vinardell, Spain

    Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 surfacemotility is induced by symbiotic conditions

    Julien Mortier, Belgium

    Evolutionary tuning of heat shock resistance in E. Coli

    Karolina Furtak, Poland

    Importance of unclassified bacterial sequencesin fluvisols from the Polish Natura 2000 area

    Kary Haro Pérez, Spain

    THE INFLUENCE OF ABIOTIC AND TOPOGRAPHICAL FACTORS ON THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF FUNGI IN FORESTS OF THE NATIONAL RESERVE IN THE PATAGONIAN. PRELIMINAL STUDIES.

    Katarina Novović, Serbia

    Unraveling regulon of novel two-component system in Pseudomonas putida WCS358 through transcriptomics

    Kattia Núñez-Montero, ChileBiosynthetic gene clusters from untapped Antarctic bacterial strains with potential applicationin antibiotics discovery.

    Krishnaveni Venkidusamy, AustraliaRole of electromethanogenes in iron corrosion

    Ljiljana Krstin, Croatia

    Association between phenotype of hypovirulent Cryphonectria parasitica isolates and Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 sequence variations

    Louise Kathryn Duncan, United Kingdom

    Fluidity of the proteome of P. aeruginosain its transmission from the environment to man

    Maho Tokuda, Japan

    Plasmids with di�erent base composition showed di�erent host ranges

    Marco Antonio Lopez Marin, Czech Republic

    Give ‘em a chance to grow: Micrococcus luteus Culture Supernatant for Enhancingthe Culturability of Soil Bacteria

    María Pinel Cabello, Spain

    Se(IV) reduction by Stenotrophomonasbentonitica BII-R7: proteomic, spectroscopicand microscopic characterization

    Marija Vuković Domanovac, Croatia

    The e�ect of season on microbial activity during composting of biodegradable municipal waste

    Marta Cobo-Simón, Spain

    Iron acquisition strategies of the most abundant planktonic bacteria in the world’s oceans

    Mateusz Iskra, Poland

    Prototheca vistulensis sp. nov. – a new microalgal species isolated from the Vistula river, Poland

    Milica Dragojević, Serbia

    Microbiome of the halophyte Hordeum hystrix Roth. as a source of the halophilic PGP bacteria

    Mirna Curkovic-Perica, Croatia

    Population structure of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 across the invasion range of the chestnut blight fungus in central and south-eastern Europe

    Monika Oli, United States

    Promoting Microbial Literacy ThroughCollaborative STEM Outreach Opportunities

    NATALIA MORENO-DE CASTRO, Spain

    Transcriptomic and in silico analysesof Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257 Type VI Secretion System

    Nesrine Lenchi, Algeria

    Isolation and characterization of Delftia sp NL1, a diesel‐degrading bacterium under hypersaline conditions

    Paloma Martínez-Alesón, SpainSelection by density to find the bestChlamydomonas reinhardtiifor Samarium bio-uptaking

    Paula Ayala Garcia, Spain

    OnfD, an AraC -type transcriptional regulator of Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 involved in Nod factor synthesis and symbiosis

    Prabhat Nath Jha, India

    Metagenomic analysis of microbial community and their role in biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyl in PCB-contaminated soil

    Samuel Eziuzor, Germany

    Peptococcaceae as key playersin benzene-mineralizing, nitrate-reducing community in syntrophy with anammox bacteria

    Sharon Ruiz Lopez, United Kingdom

    Distribution of microbial taxa down an oxic-anoxic gradient have consequences on functional properties of polluted wetlands

    Strahil Berkov, Bulgaria

    Role of alkaloids in the relationship between endophitic fungi and Amaryllidaceae alkaloid producing plants

    Tatyana Rudenko, Russia

    Revealing of reasons for remarkable phenotypic di�erences between Beggiatoa leptomitoformis strains D-401 and D-402T

    Tijana Martinović, Czech RepublicBacterial community response to forest clearcutting

    Wiem ALLOUN, Algeria

    Biocontrol and phytostimulation potentialof Actinobacteria strains for further applications on wheat crops

    Yiming Jiang, GermanyDeclined ice cover duration (ICD) risks water-borne planktonic algae community of the growing season in the Austrian Alps

    Yukie Yamamoto, Japan

    Broad host range IncPromA group plasmids were widely distributed around di�erent environments

    Ziva Vipotnik, Potugal

    Chrysene and Benzo(a)pyrene degradation in soil packed bed reactor by laccaset

    Vasileios Vangalis, Greece

    Vdyap1 and VdnoxA regulate morphogenesis, pathogenicity and stress tolerance in Verticillium dahliae

    Boyanka Angelova, Bulgaria

    Airborne microbiota in urbanized locationsin Sofia city, Bulgaria

    Anna Gałązka, Poland

    Fungal Community, Metabolic Diversity and Glomalin Content in Soil Contaminated With Crude Oil After Long-Term Natural Bioremediation

    Ralitsa Ilieva, Bulgaria

    Characteristics of the microbiota of acid mine drainage waters and risk assessment for environmental pollution

    Deepak Kumar, India

    Bacterial Cycling of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate and Related Molecules in South Indian Mangrove Ecosystem

    Nina Lackner, Austria

    Shifts in thermophilic methanogenic community compositions due to pH alterations

    Srdjan Tasić, Serbia

    Detection of SARS-CoV2 in sewage water of Vranje

    Dovilė Vasiliauskienė, Lithuania

    Microbial diversity during compostingof the biomaterial waste as revealedby next-generation sequencing

    Manuela Agudelo-Restrepo, Columbia

    Mosquito-larvicidal activity of bacterial extracts produced by Colombian strains

    Victor Ezebuiro , Nigeria

    Glycolipid Biosurfactant from

    Delftia rhizosphaerae VCE_25 Grownon Olive Oil Solubilizes Di�erent Hydrocarbons

    Anna Marzec-Grządziel, Poland

    Genetic and phenotypic diversity of microorganisms isolated from roots nodules from Trifolium rubens

    Corneliu Ovidiu Vrancianu, Romania

    Genetic characterization of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated in the same temporal sequence from hospital infections and the wastewater network in South Romania

    Ogochukwu Udume, Nigeria

    Optimization of key process parameters for Water Hyacinth composting using response surface methodology (RSM)

    Ana Tomić, Serbia

    Biosurfactant production by highly e�ective denitrifier Pseudomonas stutzeri D1

    Ana Machado, PortugalSpatial-temporal dynamics of planktonic Aeromonas spp. across an urban temperate estuary (River Douro estuary, NW Portugal)

    Adrián Martínez Martínez Bonilla, SpainHalovibrio sp. I4_MA35%_247, a chaotolerant microorganism isolated from Salar de Uyuni

    Aleksandra Žerađanin, Serbia

    Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons– in vitro study

    Alexey I Fomenkov, United States

    Complete Genome Sequences and Methylome Analysis of Two Environmental Spirochaeta species.

    Amanda Pacholak, Poland

    Azole fungicides – do they a�ect the properties of environmental bacterial strains?

    Anastasia Galanopoulou, Greece

    Lignocellulolytic potential of sediment microbiotain a pristine hot spring in response to plant residues

    Ankit Hinsu, India

    Camel rumen microbiome profiling in response to di�erent dietary roughages

    Arevik Vardanyan, Armenia

    Leptospirillum ferriphilum strain as an e�cient oxidizer of pyrite and chalcopyrite

    Beatriz Baselga Cevera, United States

    Disentangling complexity across one of the origins of multicellularity

    Bojan Papić, Slovenia

    Comparison of core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) approach for typing of Paenibacillus larvae

    Branka Loncarević, Serbia

    Investigation of potential protective e�ectsof microbial levan and pullulan for reducing copper toxicity using Micro-Oxymax respirometer

    Carolina Alessandra de Almeida Hayashibara, Brazil

    Comparative genomics of three biotypesof the myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii

    Cristina Povedano-Priego, Spain

    Bioreduction of Se(IV) and its biotransformation enhanced by the microbial community of bentonite

    Dmitry Krutylo, Ukraine

    DIVERSITY AND EFFICIENCYOF BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM STRAINS

    Elena Servienė, Lithuania

    Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berriesat two ripening stages and volatile profilingof potential biocontrol yeast

    Ewa A Poniecka, United Kingdom

    Extremophiles of Black Holes on Glaciers: Physiology of Microorganisms in Cryoconite Holes

    Fadwa Jroundi, Spain

    Insights from the metatranscriptome of an aquifer surrounding a uranium roll-front deposit: understanding in situ recovery mining

    Francisco Romero Fuentes, Spain

    A transcriptomic analysis of the Sinorhizobiumfredii HH103 nod regulon

    Haiying Huang, Germany

    The role of bacteria and bacteriophages in the contaminant groundwater ecosystem

    Hovik Panosyan, Armenia

    Thermophiles and halophiles found in Armenia: from diversity and biotechnology

    Ibukun Modupe Adesiyan, Nigeria

    Prevalence and Genetic Variability among Isolates of Plesiomonas shigelloides from Fish, vegetable and freshwater in Southwest Nigeria

    Irina Khilyas, Russia

    Integrative analysis of siderophore-producingRhodococcus qingshengii strain S10 isolatedfrom an arid weathered serpentine rock environment

    Jakub Papík, Czech Republic

    E�ects of long-term phytoremediation on plant-associated bacterial communities in Alaska

    Jelena Marinković, Serbia

    Improvement of soybean response to drought

    stress by inoculation with Bradyrhizobiumand Bacillus strains

    Joanna Paulina Żur, Poland

    Diclofenac – influence on bacterial cells’ state and transport pathways

    José Manuel Martínez Lozano, Spain

    Ultra-small life stressed by chaos. E�ects of chao and kosmotropicity over CPR and DPANN diversity in Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia)

    Jovana Jovanović Marić, Serbia

    Microbial quality and pollution origin of Montenegrin surface waters, the first comprehensive study

    Karolina Furtak, Poland

    Determination of the enzymatic activity of endophytic strains isolated from wheat Triticum aestivum L. (cv. Hondia) and Triticum spelta L. (cv. Rokosz)

    Karolina Pełka, Poland

    Bee pollen and bee bread as a source of bacteria producing antimicrobial metabolites

    Katarina Belcijan, Slovenia

    Kin discrimination between B. subtilis isolates alters inter-strain DNA exchange

    Katarina Šimunović, Slovenia

    Even close relatives can dislike each other: Kin discrimination in Campylobacter jejuni

    Kinga Włodarczyk, Poland

    Determination of the enzymatic activity of endophytic strains isolated from wheat Triticum aestivum L. (cv. Hondia) and Triticum spelta L. (cv. Rokosz)

    Kristina Joksimović, Serbia

    Analysis of microbial community in microbialfuel cell system

    Lena Ciric, United Kingdom

    The impact of biological filtration on the proliferation of antimicrobial resistance in drinking water

    Louis Morandini, Belgium

    Antagonistic activities of Bacillus spp. against wheat pathogens

    Lucas Smith Pimenta, Brazil

    Plant growth promoting mechanisms and aluminum tolerance in bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of an Amazonian native palm tree

    Małgorzata Woźniak, Poland

    Determination of the enzymatic activity of endophytic strains isolated from wheat Triticum aestivum L. (cv. Hondia) and Triticum spelta L. (cv. Rokosz)

    Marcos Felipe Martínez Moreno, Granada, Spain

    Interaction mechanisms of Stenotrophomnas bentonitica with Eu(III) and its impact on the safetyof future Deep Geological Repositories of nuclear wastes

    Marie Verhaegen, Belgium

    Acquisition and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in organic amendments of animal origin

    Marina Drcelic, Croatia

    First report of a 16SrIX-C group phytoplasma infecting Chicorium endivia L. and Zea mays L. in Croatia

    Mary Nia Makimkim Santos, Taiwan, Province of China

    Characterization of multiple type VI secretion vgrG modules and e�ector toxins in Agrobacterium tumefaciens 1D1609 strain

    Michał Karlicki, Poland

    Temporal dynamics of prokaryotic and microbial eukaryotic community in the freshwater lake revealed by 16S and 18S rDNA metabarcoding

    Mio Takeuchi, Japan

    Cross-feeding of acetate from methanotroph Methylocaldum marinum S8 to a facultative methylotroph Methyloceanibacter caenitepidi Gela4

    Mitsuya Mori, JapanNovel plasmids were isolated from natural environmental samples using Replication-Cycle Reaction (RCR)

    Muhammad Suleman Qasim, Finland

    Characterization of novel Shewanella sp. #4and its stress induced tRNA post-transcriptional modifications.

    Narine Vardanyan, Armenia

    Processing of low-grade copper-molybdenumores by indigenous microbial cultures

    Nataliia Korniienko, Ukraine

    The impact of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and newly isolated specific phages co-infection on plant host Arabidopsis thaliana

    Özhan Özkaya, Switzerland

    Assessing the social consequences of cell death on public-goods cooperation in bacteria via single-cell tracking

    Patricia Bernal, Spain

    Novel structural components generate distinct type VI secretion system stabilization modes

    Pjotr Middendorf, Netherlands

    L-fucose utilization and its impact on growthand survival of Campylobacter jejuni isolates

    Rodrigo Salazar, Chile

    Physical and chemical characterizationof a pigment from the Antarctic bacterium Streptomyces fildesensis

    Sandeep Kumar, New Zealand

    Use of rumen microbiome data to predict methane yield ranks of sheep

    Seun Owolabi Adebajo, Nigeria

    Plasmid mediated decolourisation of vat dyes by bacterial isolates

    Stephania Tsola, United Kingdom

    Methane production via dimethylsulfide (DMS) degradation along the anoxic sediments of the Medway Estuary, UK

    Tanja Jednak, Serbia

    Investigation of inhibitory e�ect of molybdenum and cobalt in the isolated microorganism consortia which is used in bioremedation

    Tereza Branyšová, Czech Republic

    Microbial screening of selected archives in the Czech Republic

    Udaykumar Banala, India

    Uranium sequestration and antioxidant activity by Bacillus aryabhattai isolated from alkaline mine wastewaters

    Xinjin Liang, United Kingdom

    Formation of Se- and Te-containing nanoparticles from ores in volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit by Phoma glomerate

    Yolanda Moreno, Spain

    Deep-Amplicon Sequencing(DAS) to evidence the presesence of human pathogens in drinking water

    Živilė Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Lithuania

    YEAST DIVERSITY AND PREVALENCE

    Ana Dobrović, Croatia

    E�ect of infection by crayfish plague pathogen on growth of juvenile marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis (Lyko, 2017)

    Hari Ananda Rao, Australia

    Diversity of phosphate accumulating organisms and novel mechanisms of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).

    Katarina Bačnik, Slovenia

    Detection of novel viruses of the invasive signal crayfish and their variation along the host’s invasion range

    Anna Gałązka, Poland

    Evaluation of glomalin-related soil protein

    (GRSP) and microbial diversity depending on soil type and physical quality – an approach for improving soil stability and protectionfrom degradation

    Augusta Jankutė, Lithuania

    Investigating viability of alkaliphilic Bacillus speciesin biological self-healing concrete

    Nina Lackner, Austria

    Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesisin Methanosarcina thermophila

    Shamik Roy, India

    Microbial functional diversity in a high altitude agro-pastoral ecosystem

    Vasileios Vangalis, Greece

    Involvement of autophagy in regulationof nuclear copy number and cell deathin Verticillium dahliae

    Jiachao Zhou, China

    Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi co-colonizing on a single plant root system recruitdistinct microbiomes

    Agnieszka Cydzik-Kwiatkowska, Poland

    High nitrogen loading decreases the abundance of denitrifiers possessing nirS and nosZ genesin aerobic granules

    Seda Havuz, Turkey

    Rare Clinical Presantation

    caused by Borrelia burgdorferi

    Marina Murillo-Torres , Spain

    Rsm downregulates K1-Type VI secretion systemin Pseudomonas putida

    Stefano Scilipoti, Denmark

    The Oxygen Consumption Rate of Individual Cable Bacteria

    Olja Šovljanski, Serbia

    Examination of cell surface hydrophobicityof ureolytic bacteria isolated from soil

    Dragana Tamindžija, Serbia Hexavalent chromium reduction in static and dynamic bacterial cultures

    Aleksander Mahnič, Slovenia

    Characterization of cecal microbiota in broilers from two large Slovenian poultry farms duringthe use of the commercial probiotic

    Andreja Leboš Pavunc, Croatia

    Lactic acid bacteria isolated from mother’s milk as potential next-generation probiotics

    Anja Klančnik, SloveniaMECHANIMS AND ADHESINS INVOLVED IN Campylobacter ADHERENCE OR BIOFILM ON POLYSTERENE

    Blanca Raquel Gutiérrez, MexicoEvaluation of the postbiotic e�ect of Lactobacillus plantarum 299v lysates obtained through bead milling against common skin pathogenic bacteria

    Catarina Marques, Portugal

    Antibacterial activity of plant extractsagainst bacteria isolated from patientswith colorectal cancer

    Chrysi Sergaki, United KingdomDeveloping Global Whole Cell Standards for The Microbiome Field

    Cristina Rodríguez Díaz, SpainMETAGENETIC APPROACH TO EXPLORE THE COMPOSITION OF THE GUT MICROBIOTA AND THEIR SECRETED EXTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE VESICLES IN DIARRHEIC AND HEALTHY PATIENTS

    Daiki Oikawa, JapanAnalysis of relation between chronic ethanol consumption and fecal microbiota structurein mice with chronic ethanol administration

    Dániel Molnár, Hungary

    Adaptation mechanism to fluoroquinolones in Mycobacteria

    Emilija Brdarić, Serbia

    The beneficial e�ect of EPS producing Lactobacillus plantarum BGAN8 on cadmium induced damage in intestinal cell lines:a confocal approach

    Fang Shu Chiu, Taiwan, Province of China

    A comparative study of the vaginal microbiomeof women with Trichomonas vaginalis and Chlamydia trachomatis

    Florine Ecale, France

    In vitro sensibility of 30 bacterial strains of the human intestinal core microbiota to antibiotics by culturomics, and LC-MS approaches

    Hayford Osei-Owusu, Czech Republic

    Selective Growth-Inhibitory E�ect of Combinations of Plant Compounds and their Derivatives with Conventional Antibiotics on Diarrhoea Causing and Gut Beneficial Bacteria

    Itaru Dekio, Japan

    New species, Cutibacterium modestum, inhabiting skin, eye, and bone of humans, and new status quo of taxonomy of bacterial genus Cutibacterium

    Jelena Jovanović, Belgium

    Prevalence of potentially toxin-producing Bacillus cereus in selected food products

    Jorge Nuno Pinheiro, Ireland

    Utilization of ethanolamine by Listeria monocytogenes: a mechanism with potential relevance for gut adaptation

    Kathakali Sarkar, India

    Single layer artificial neural networkarchitecture with engineered bacteri

    Ke Dong, South Korea

    Island biogeography of small Metazoaon the small coastal islands of South Korea

    Marie Kostelanska, Czech Republic

    The photodynamic inactivation reducesprion infectivity in phthalocyanine treatedRML brain homogenate in suspension and bound to surface

    Maryia Khomich, Norway

    Analysing microbiome intervention studies: Does choice of a statistical method a�ect biological interpretation?

    Mateusz Iskra, PolandThe mycobiome of the skin of patients with atopic dermatitis and healthy volunteers

    Merih Şimşek, Turkey

    Investigation of Some Viruses Role in Development of Human Brain Tumorsand Evaluation of Microbiota Variation

    Meta Sterniša, SloveniaGlycans influence the biofilm formationof pathogenic bacteria on abiotic surfaces

    Nikoleta Lugonja, Serbia

    THE INFLUENCE OF PECTIN ON GROWTH AND GAS PRODUCTION OF BACTERIA FROM HUMAN MILK

    Vanessa Las Las Heras, Ireland

    The role of diet in host susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection

    Zandra Fagernäs, Germany

    Biogeography of the ancient oral cavity

    Jennifer Lyles, United States

    Fermentation Revival in the Classroom: Investigating Ancient Human Practicesas CUREs for Modern Diseases

    FEMS Online Conferenceon Microbiology in association with

    the Serbian Society of Microbiology

    28 – 31 October 2020

    Online Abstract/Poster Sessions