14.50-18.10 14.50-18.10

14.00-14.40

14.50-15.15 14.50-15.15

15.15 -15.4015.15-15.40

16.00-16.25 16.00-16.25

16.25-16.50

117.10-17.35

17.35-18.00

16.25-16.50

17.10- 17.35

17.35-18.00

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 RonCombatting antibiotic resistant septicemic E. coli

Danai PervanidouTBD

Lidija ŠenerovićAntivirulence agents in the treatment of mixed species infections.

Ivana GobinOpportunistic premise plumbing pathogens: a new challenge in the hospital

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

Technology/commercial session 1

Lixin Zhang Harnessing cellular triacylglycerol pool for titer improvement of polyketides

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

Aleksa ObradovićNovel approaches to biocontrolof plant bacterial diseases.

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

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

Hristo NajdenskiThe prevalence of Yersinia in Europe I would recommend the topic Infections and control

10.00-13.20 10.00-13.20

11.10-11.35 11.10-11.35

11.35-12.00

10.25-10.50

10.00-10.25 10.00-10.25

10.25 -10.50

11.35-12.00

Session 5Pathogenicity, virulence, diagnosisChairs – Eliora Ron, Nataša Opavski

Session 6BiofilmsChairs – Colin Harwood, Helena Bujdakova

Vladimir PeličićType 4 pili in Neisseria, Streptococcus

Ivana Čolović-Čalovski & Aleksandar DžamićDiagnosis of fungal infection

Đuro JosićFast omics methods in detectionof pathogens and their toxins

TBD

Milan KojićImpact of chromosomal architecture on the response to stress conditionsin bacteria

Maximiliano GutierrezHost cell environments and antibiotic e�cacy in tuberculosis

Irena AranđelovićPrediction of susceptibility to first line tuberculosis drugs by DNA sequencing

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

TBD

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

15.05-15.20

15.20-15.35

14.00-15.45

15.55-18.30

14.45-14.55

14.55-15.05

15.45-15.55

15.05-15.20

15.20-15.35

15.35-15.50

15.50-16.05

Schedule

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

Discussion 14.45-14.55 Discussion

18.00-18.30 Round Table Discussion

Schedule

Schedule

Schedule

Schedule

Break

Break

16.40-16.50 Break

12.35-12.45 Break

12.10-12.20 Break

13.25-13.30 Break 13.20-13.30 Break

17.10-17.20

18.30-19.00

Break

16.05-16.15

16.15-16.25

Discussion

15.35 -15.45 Discussion

18.05 -18.30 Discussion

14.40-14.50 Discussion

Break

15.50-16.00 Break

14.40-14.50 Discussion

15.50-16.00 Break

12.00-12.25

12.20-12.45

12.45-13.10

Helena BujdakovaPhotodynamic inactivation- a promising approach combating resistant microorganisms

TBD

Satellite sessions 3– technology / commercial

Satellite sessions 4– technology / commercial

19.10-19.50 19.10-19.50FEMS Session - Patrik Bavoil, FEMS Directorof Publications and ScienceThe FEMS Journals, the new OpenAccess Journals, and how to publish

Parallel E-poster Session No. 1

Tanja JovanovićViral vaccines – from Jenner to new technologies

Maja StanojevićPoliovirus eradication: novel attenuated poliovirus strains

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

Ivana LazarevićAdvances and Challengesin HCV Vaccine Development

Ana BankoMMR vaccine: updates and challenges

Aleksandra KneževićFuture prospects of prophylacticHPV vaccine

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

Biljana SelimovićImmunopathogenesis and resistance in H. pylori infection

Aleksandar NagorniHow close we are to optimal etadication therapy of H.pylori infection?

Vladimir MilivojevićAdvances in Helicobacter pylori infection diagnostics and therapy from the gastroenterology corner

Dušan KekićIdentification of Helicobacter pyloriin bioptic material and detection of antibiotic resistance genes

Mirjana Rajilić-StojanovićGastric microbiota beyondHelicobacter pylori

16.25-18.25

16.25-16.40

15. 55-16.10

16.10 -16.25

16.25-16.40

16.50-17.05

17.05-17.20

16.40-16.55

16.55-17.10

17.20-17.35

17.35-17.50

17.50-18.05

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

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

Jasmina Nikodinović RunićPlastic degrading microorganisms: Opening an avenue to a sustainable world

Svetlana SokovićGABA producing lactobacilli:a way to modulate immune response via autophagy induction

Mina ObradovićBacteriophages - alternative agentsfor treatment of MDR pathogens

Danijela SimićEpidemiological situation of HIV infection in Serbia and the World

Ivana PesićApplication of PCR tests in the diagnosis of HIV infectionin Serbia: case reports

Jovan RaninMicrobiological principlesin contemporary antiretroviraltreatment of HIV patients in Serbia

Sanja JeremićBacterial nanocellulose for biomedical applications: Recent advances and future prospects

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

Andrea Radalj & Jakov NišavićSome viral infections of animalsas potential public health risk

18.40-19.00 18.40-19.00

18.20-18.40 TBD

TBD

OPENING CEREMONYChairs: Bauke Oudega, Dragojlo Obradović, Vaso Taleski

19.00 Welcome address – Hilary Lappin-Scott

19.15 Plenary lecture 1 - Anita Kriško & Miroslav Radman

Survival Strategies in Microbes: it is all about communication

20.00 Plenary lecture 2 - Rino Rappuoli/Mariagrazia

The emerging problem of AntiMicrobial Resistance and the role of vaccines

20.00-20.40 20.00-20.40Parallel Oral Session No. 1 Parallel E-poster Session No. 2

18.20-19.0018.20-19.00Satellite sessions 1 – technology / commercial

Satellite sessions 2 – technology / commercial

14.50-18.10 14.50-18.10

14.00-14.40

14.50-15.15

15.15-15.40

14.50-15.15

15.15-15.40

16.00-16.25

16.25-16.50

16.00-16.25

16.25-16.50

17.10-17.35 17.10-17.35

17.35-18.0017.35-18.00

Session 3AMR, noval therapeutic agentsChairs – Patrik Bavoil, Deana Medić

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

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

19.30

Stefano DonadioScientific and financial challangesfor new antibiotics

TBD

Rossitza Vatcheva-DobrevskaApproaches to preventand control the spread of mdr pathogens in healthcare setting

TBD

Jeroen RaesQuantitative microbiome profiling in health and disease

Özgür KurtNeglected residents of the gut microbiota

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

TBD

Nataša GolićGut microbiota and autoimmune diseases

Maja RupnikClostridium difficile and One Health (position possibility 2)

Marina DinićPlasmid-mediated Cephalosporinase in Enterobacterales - Challenges in Detection

TBD

16.00-19.20 16.00-19.20

16.00-16.25 TBD

TBD

TBD

16.25-16.50

17.10-17.35

18.20-18.45 TBD

TBD18.45-19.10

17.35 -18.00

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

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

Cagri ErginWorld-wide Cryptococcal pathogens with respect to global climate change and ecological niche modelling

TBD

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

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

Katarina NovovićUnraveling regulon of noveltwo-component system in Pseudomonas putida WCS358 through transcriptomics

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

Marija LješevićBacterial degradation of monocyclic aromatic compounds in kraft lignin

Vaso TaleskiMetagenomic insight into the microbial diversity of the world unique lorandite mine Allchar

Colin HarwoodThe Bacillus secretion factory

TBD

TBD

Zandra FagernäsBiogeography of the ancient oral cavity

Kusum DhakarModelling of microbial communities to promote atrazine degradation in crop soils

Dragan RadnovićBacterial resistance to hexavalent chromium and applicabilityin bioremediation

Ines Sviličić PetrićMicroorganism - early indicators of anthropogenic perturbations within the environment

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

Symposium 2 – Helicobacter pylori – microbiologist prospectiveChairs – Aleksandar Nagorni, Nataša Opavski

15.40-15.50 Discussion 15.40-15.50 Discussion

17.00-17.10 Break

16.50-17.00 Discussion 16.50-17.00 Discussion

18.10-18.20 Break

18.00-18.10 Discussion 18.00-18.10 Discussion

19.00-9.10 Discussion 19.00-19.10 Discussion

19.50-20.00 Discussion 19.50-20.00 Discussion

20.40-20.50 Discussion 20.40-20.50 Discussion

PFIZER

Matteo BassettiNovel antibiotics in the era of AMR

18.20-19.00 TBD

18.20-19.00 18.20-19.00

19.00-19.40 19.00-19.40

15.40-15.50 Discussion 15.40-15.50 Discussion

17.00-17.10 Break

16.50-17.00 Discussion 16.50-17.00 Discussion

18.10-18.20 Break

18.00-18.10 Discussion 18.00-18.10 Discussion

11.00-11.10 Break

10.50-11.00 Discussion 10.50-11.00 Discussion

12.25-12.35 Discussion

12.00-12.10 Discussion

15.50-16.00 Break

14.40-15.50 Discussion

17.00-17.10 TBDBreak Break

16.50-17.00 Discussion TBD Discussion

18.10-18.20 TBDBreak Break

18.00-18.10 Discussion TBD Discussion

13.10-13.20 Discussion

19.10-19.20 Discussion TBD Discussion

PlenaryChair – Patrik Bavoil, Dejan Baskić, Petra DerschRemodelling Yersinia-host interactions - For better or worse?

Parallel Oral Session No. 2 Parallel E-poster Session No. 3

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

Marion KoopmansTBD

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

Stefan PöhlmannTBD

Peter HotezTBD

Alexander SuvorovTBD

Ivan ĐikićUbiquitin networks in regulation of COVID-19

Tanja JovanovićNEW CORONAVIRUS – MYTH AND REALITY

COVID-19 ROUND TABLE13.30-16.00

Break

Ljiljana PopovićDark side of the antiretroviral treatment

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

GlaxoSmithKline

Jovan RaninDolutegravir as core agent in dual therapy

GlaxoSmithKline

Maja StanojevićThe Importance of Dolutegravir high barrier to resistance from virological perspective

17.20-17.40

17.40-18.00

18.20-19.00

BIOMERIEUX

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

12.45-13.25

18.20-18.40 PFIZER

Metka ParagiNational Laboratory Surveillance of invasive Pneumococcal Diseases (IPD)in Slovenia

TBD

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

Diego Emilio Pérez-Stuardo, Chile

Lysosomal reactivation in response to IgM-beads on Atlantic salmon macrophages infected by Piscirickettsia salmonis

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

Gülcan Kuyucuklu, Turkey

EFFECT OF N-ACETYLCYSTEIN-AMPICILLIN COMBINATION AGAINST METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND THEIR MEC-A GENE EXPRESSION

Kamilla Alieva, Russia

Linezolid-daptomycin combinations against

total and resistant Staphylococcus aureus

populations: in vitro model studies

Lena Ciric, United Kingdom

Collecting and using evidence for improved hospital cleaning

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

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

Nasiru Usman Adabara, Nigeria

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

Nataša Stanković Nedeljković, Serbia

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII COMPLEX IN CLINICAL SAMPLES AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE-DECADES BACK

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

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

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

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

Anwar Kandari, United Kingdom

Investigation into the e�ects of fibres and starches on the gut microbiota

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

Dina Ramić, Slovenia

New approach for quantification of signal molecules AI-2 of Campylobacter jejuni

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

Izlem Haktanir, France

Mechanism of antimicrobial activity of honeybee (Apis mellifera) venomon Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas spp.

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

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

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

Tolulope Modupeoluwa Adeleye, Nigeria

Ethanol Production from Cassava Starchby Protoplast Fusants of Wickerhamomyces anomalus and Galactomyces candidum.

Valerija Tkalec, Slovenia

Seed treatment of wheat and barleyby plasma and ecological agents

Viorica Corbu, Romania

Screening of newly isolated yeast strains showing no pathogenic profile for biotechnological applications

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

Erkan Mozioğlu, TurkeyEnzymatic-based Rapid Detectionof Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Esra Baran, Turkey

Evaluation of Sysmex UF-5000for cerebrospinal fluid and body fluids

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

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

Özgür Yanılmaz, Turkey

Evaluation of fluorescence flow-cytometryto rule out negative urine samples in neonates

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

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

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

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

Gülcan Kuyucuklu, Turkey

EVALUATION OF BIOFILM FORMATIONIN STAPHYLOCOCCUS STRAINS WITH CONVENTIONAL AND MOLECULAR METHODS

Iago Grobas, United Kingdom

Swarming Bacillus subtilis transits intoa biofilm templated by active jammingin a gradient of antibiotics

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

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

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

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

Daria Olkiewicz, PolandAntibacterial activityof trans-cinnamaldehyde and geraniol

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

Eduardo Lanzagorta Garcia, Ireland

Sustainable Antimicrobial Biopolymeric Food & Biomedical Film Engineering Using Bioactive AMP-Ag+ Formulations

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

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

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

Olukemi Aromolaran, Nigeria

Antimicrobial and synergistic e�ect 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

Ozlem Oyardi, Turkey

E�ects of ceragenins to Pseudomonas aeruginosa-A546 cell line co-culture

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

Tahrioui Ali, France

Pistacia lentiscus L. Fruit Thwart Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Through Membrane Fluidity Alteration

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

Valérian Lupo, Belgium

Mining the hidden diversity of class-D (OXA) beta-lactamases

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

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

Andrea Silva Claros, Spain

Heavy metal biosorption using Halomonas strains isolated from the Bolivian altiplano

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

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.

Dragan Radnović, Serbia

Bacterial resistance to hexavalent chromiumand applicability in bioremediation

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, Spain

Deciphering 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, Poland

Determination of the enzymatic activity of 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

Karla Peranić, Croatia

DYNAMICS OF Cryphonectria parasitica POPULATIONS AND ASSOCIATED Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 PREVALENCE IN NORTH-WESTERN CROATIA

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

Kusum Dhakar, Israel

Modelling of microbial communitiesto promote atrazine degradation in crop soils

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

Munavvara Dzhuraeva, Tajikistan

THERMOPHILIC BACILLI ISOLATED FROM KHOJA OBI GARM (TAJIKISTAN) GEOTHERMAL SPRING

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

Sara Fareed Mohamed Wahdan, Germany

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

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

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

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

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

Dragana Tamindžija, Serbia

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

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

Francesca Bandini, Italy

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

Francisco Romero Fuentes, Spain

A transcriptomic analysis of the Sinorhizobiumfredii HH103 nod regulon

Guillermo Budiño, Spain

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

Haiying Huang, Germany

The role of bacteria and bacteriophages in the contaminant groundwater 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

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

Kalonji Abondance Tshisekedi, South Africa

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

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

Marija Mojicević, Ireland

Plastic Saga - The microbes strike back

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 PREVALENCEIN LITHUANIAN FRESHWATER

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

Isabel Abellan-Schneyder, Germany

Full-length versus short amplicon 16S rRNA sequencing: benefits, drawbacks and risks

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

Jonathan Josephs-Spaulding, Germany

PhenoScreen: Development of a Systems Biology Tool for Decision Making in Recurrent UTIs

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

Maria-Isabel Rojas, United States

Phage as drivers of microbiome evolution: how they regulate their lysogenic-to-lytic switch to move across systems

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

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

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

FEMS Online Conferenceon Microbiology in association with

the Serbian Society of Microbiology

28 – 31 October 2020

Online Abstract/Poster Sessions