Chairperson: Mónica Cunha & Paula Morais
Keynote lecture
Paula Morais – CEMMPRE – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
KL4 – “Microbial technology for sustainable development: exploring bacterial strategies for metal interaction”

Oral Presentations

OP1.1 “Mucus of the photosynthetic sea slug Elysia crispata: proteome and anti-bacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa”

Diana Lopes, Susana S. Aveiro, Eva Cunha, Sónia Cruz, Manuela Oliveira, Pedro Domingues, Paulo Cartaxana

OP1.2 “The Microbiome of Octocorals: From Community Structure, Function and Metabolic Interaction to Blue Biotech Opportunities”

Tina Keller-Costa, Sandra G. Silva, João Almeida, Daniela Silva, Ângela Taipa, Jorge Gonçalves, Asunción Lago-Lestón, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Ulisses Nunes da Rocha, Rodrigo Costa

OP1.3 “Antibiotic-resistant bacteria hitchhiking microplastics in a river: detailed analysis of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the Plastisphere”

Isabel Silva, Marta Tacão, Isabel Henriques

OP1.4 “Peptides from entomopathogens as a source of new bioinsecticides”

Duarte Toubarro, Jorge Frias, Tiago Paiva, Nelson Simões

OP1.5 “Screening for plastic-degrading potential in marine bacteria associated with net biofilms and hydrocarbon degradation”

Rafaela Perdigão, Maria Fátima Carvalho, Catarina Magalhães, Sandra Ramos, Cristina Marisa Almeida, Ana Paula Mucha