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ISPP 2012 14th Internacional Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes Abstract Book August 5 to 10 - Porto, Portugal Congress at Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & Spa WWW.IBMC.UP.PT/ISPP2012 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Welcome address It’s our great pleasure to welcome all participants to the 14th International Symposium on Pho- totrophic Prokaryotes, in Porto. This symposium aims to cover the current knowledge and the most recent advances of research on phototrophic prokaryotes. The program will focus on the latest scien- tific achievements in the genetics and physiology of these organisms, also addressing their evolution, ecology, mechanisms of interaction with the environment, and biotechnological applications. In addi- tion, this meeting constitutes an opportunity for a valuable exchange of ideas between scientists with different backgrounds and strengths that can help provide future directions to research works. In addition to the social events planned, we hope that you are able to get to know and enjoy the beau- tiful city of Porto. This city is one of the most ancient European cities, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. Internationally known for its famous Port Wine, the city has other interesting aspects such as landscapes and the historical centre. Besides its welcoming and conservative environment, Porto is also contemporary and artistic. This is shown not only in the streets, architecture, monuments and museums but also in the terraces, restaurants and shopping areas. The organizing committee is looking forward to a very successful meeting! Paula Tamagnini ISPP 2012 Conference Chair IBMC & FCUP University of Porto 03 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Date 5-10 August 2012 Venue Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & Spa Av. da Boavista 1269, Boavista, 4100-130 Porto Event management IBMC•INEB Events Management Office Antonieta Correia Paula Esteves Sónia leitão Graphic design Anabela Nunes Sponsors IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Reitoria da Universidade do Porto Fundação Porto Social Alfagene Banco Santander Totta Photon Systems Instruments Fisher Scientific 04 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Table of contents Welcome address............................................................. 03 Local Organizing Committee......................................... 06 International Scientific Committee............................... 06 Informations...................................................................... 07 Plant of the venue............................................................. 08 Program.............................................................................. 10 Plenary Sessions............................................................... 15 Oral Communications...................................................... 27 Poster > Session I.............................................................. 55 Poster > Session II............................................................. 65 Poster > Session III............................................................ 73 Poster > Session IV............................................................ 121 Poster > Session V............................................................. 143 Participants List............................................................... 160 05 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Local Organizing Committee: Paula Tamagnini - [email protected] Rosário Martins - [email protected] Sara Pereira - [email protected] Vitor Vasconcelos - [email protected] Joana Gaifem - [email protected] Rita Mota - [email protected] Ângela Brito - [email protected] International Scientific Committee: Chair: Jörg Overman, Germany Group I. Reaction centres, antennae, bioenergetics J. Thomas Beatty, Canada Diana Kirilowsky, France David B. Knaff, USA Min Chen, Australia Kevin Redding, USA Julian Eaton-Rye, New Zealand Group II. Metabolism, biosynthesis, physiology Caroline Harwood, USA Niels Ulrik Frigaard, Denmark Neil Hunter, UK Masahiko Ikeuchi, Japan Oded Beja, Israel Paula M. Tamagnini, Portugal Group III. Cell structure and biology, development Arthur Grossman, USA Bernd Masepohl, Germany Wolfgang Hess, Germany Judith Armitage, UK Cheryl Kerfeld, USA Frédéric Partensky, France Group IV. Taxonomy, ecology and evolution Patrizia Albertano, Italy Ferran Garcia Pichel, USA Akira Hiraishi, Japan Jörg Overmann, Germany Annick Wilmotte, Belgium Vladimir Yurkov, Canadá 06 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Informations Important information For any information during the meeting, please contact any members of the Conference Services Desk located in the foyer. Registration Registrations will take place in the Conference Services Desk located in the foyer, from 16h00 Sunday (August 5th) until 18h00 Monday (August 6th). Name badgers For identification and security purposes, participants must wear their name badgers when in the venue. The use of the badge is mandatory for the access to the coffee breaks and lunches. Presentation instructions The plenary sessions should last up to 35-40 minutes followed by 5-10 minutes discussion. Oral pre- sentation should last up to 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes discussion. The chairs are requested to lead the discussion and to ensure that the times are strictly followed. Speakers presenting in the morning should hand in their presentations in the auditoriums (Sala Porto or Sala Douro) until 8h15 of the presentation day. Speakers presenting in the afternoon sessions, should hand in their presentations during lunch break. A data-show and PC will be at the presenters’ disposal. Technicians will be available to make sure that you have successfully submitted your presentation. You will be requested to provide your presenta- tion on a USB key or CD-rom. Poster presentations Posters should have 1.20m high and 0.90m wide, and will be presented on the designated poster area. Authors are requested to put up their posters during the morning of their poster session and remove it in the end of the next day. Conference staff will be present to provide assistance. Authors should remain next to their poster during the poster session. Poster session I (Tuesday, August 7th, 14h00-16h00): odd numbers [remove on August 8th afternoon] Poster session II (Thursday, August 9th, 14h00-16h00): even numbers [remove on August 10th afternoon] Internet access Wireless internet is provided. Lost and found Lost and found items will be held in the Conference Services Desk located in the foyer. Meals and coffee breaks Coffee breaks will be served in the morning and afternoon. Lunch will be served at restaurants Madruga and cervejaria Portobeer. A limited number of vegetarian, Kosher and Halal meels are available upon previous request. Sight Seeing Tour Buses leave at 17h00 from Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & Spa. The tour will last approximately 2 hours. Buses return to the hotel around 19h00. To register and/or pay for the tour, please refer to the Conference Services Desk located in the foyer. The organization cannot guarantee vacancies for requests made on short notice. Dinner party The Dinner party will be held in Círculo Universitário do Porto, and will start at 20h00. To register and/or pay for the dinner, please refer to the Conference Services Desk located in the foyer. The organization cannot guarantee vacancies for requests made on short notice. Vegetarian options are available upon previous request. Circulo Universitário do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 877 07 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Plant of the venue FLOOR 0 FLOOR 1 ROOM: SECRETARIAT ROOM: PORTO COFFEE-BREAK ROOM: POSTER 3 POINT DOURO SESSIONS RIOS COFFEE-BREAK POINT PORTOBEER RESTAURANT CONGRESS CENTER ENTRANCE LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT THE HOTEL RESTAURANTS: Madruga, FLOOR -1 (capacity: 200) PORTOBEER, FLOOR 1 (capacity: 100) DINNER Party WILL BE AT CIRCULO UNIVERSITÁRIO DO PORTO ON 8TH August, 20H00 Registration IS REQUIRED HOTEL PORTO PALÁCIO 10 MINUTES WALK TO: CÍRCULO UNIVERSITÁRIO DO PORTO 08 ISPP 2012 | INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES Program Sunday, August 5th 16h00 Registration 17h30-18h00 Welcome 18h00-19h00 OPENING LECTURE | ROOM: PORTO PL1: Hugo Scheer: “Molecular ecology of tetrapyrrole photoreceptors” 19h00 Reception Monday, August 6th 8h30-10h00 SESSION I: PLENARY - PHYLOGENY, TAXONOMY, AND DIVERSITY | ROOM: PORTO Chair: Donald Bryant, Pennsylvania State University PL2: Debashish Bhattacharya: “Genomic approaches to understanding the origin of photosynthesis in eukaryotes” PL3: Michael Madigan: “An overview of anoxygenic phototrophs from extreme Environments” 10h00-10h30 Coffee break 10h30-12h30 SESSION I: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (in parallel with session IV) | ROOM: DOURO Chair: Johannes Imhoff, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR); Lucas Stal, Netherlands Institute of Sea Research OC1: Michal Koblížek: “Evolution of photosynthesis in marine Roseobacters” OC2: Eliška Zapomělová: “Morphological, molecular and ecological diversity of Anabaena spp. (cyanobacteria) without gas vesicles” OC3: Vladimir Gorlenko: “The diversity of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the Buryat and Mongolian thermal springs” OC4: Cristiana Moreira: “Phylogeny and biogeography of the cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii” OC5: Jean Huang: “Characterization of marine and freshwater
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    Supplementary material The Metallochaperone Encoding Gene hypA Is Widely Distributed among Pathogenic Aeromonas spp. and Its Expression Is Increased under Acidic pH and within Macrophages. Ana Fernández-Bravo, Loida López-Fernández*, Maria José Figueras*. Unit of Microbiology, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IISPV, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain. *Correspondence: Dr. Maria José Figueras, [email protected]; Dr. Loida López-Fernández, [email protected] Figure S1. Phylogenetic tree constructed with 25 species of Aeromonas based on sequences of the protein HypA by the Maximum- Likelihood algorithm (model JTT+G). Numbers at nodes denote the level of bootstrap based on 1000 replicates; only values greater than 50% are shown. Scale bar, base substitutions per site. 1 Table S1. Genetic analyses and diversity of hypA presence at strain-level in 143 genomes from 36 different species from the genus Aeromonas. T indicates type strain. Accesion number HypA Rate of hypA Species Strain Identified (NCBI) (genome) Re-identification Presence presence (%) CECT 4199 T A. allosaccharophila NZ_CDBR00000000.1 - Yes BVH88 A. allosaccharophila NZ_CDCB00000000.1 A. allosaccharophila Yes A. allosaccharophila 4/4 Z9-6 A. allosaccharophila NZ_NXBS00000000.1 A. allosaccharophila Yes (100) TTU2014- A. allosaccharophila NZ_CDCB00000000.1 A. allosaccharophila Yes 159ASC CECT 4227 T A. bestiarum NZ_CDDA00000000.1 - Yes A. bestiarum 2/2 CA23 Aeromonas sp. NZ_CP023818.1 A. bestiarum Yes 100 CECT 7113 T A. bivalvium NZ_CDBT00000000.1 - No ZJ19-2 A.bivalvium NZ_NXBQ00000000.1 A.bivalvium No 3/3 A. bivalvium 100 ZJ20-2 A.bivalvium NZ_NXBX00000000.1 A.bivalvium No CECT 838 T A.