Category: Topic #1: Microbiotech in Health & Disease

455 Irrigation Water and Soil as sources of Pathogenic and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Portuguese tomato greenhouses

Anicia Cardoso Gomes UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal; LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; aniciagomes88@gmail.com Conceição Santos2, Luísa Peixe1, Patrícia Antunes1,3 1UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty… Continue reading 455 Irrigation Water and Soil as sources of Pathogenic and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Portuguese tomato greenhouses

459 Antimicrobial screening of Lavandula spp. hydrodistillation products against potentially pathogenic bacteria

Cristina Santos Pintado 1CBPBI-Plant Biotechnology Centre of Beira Interior, 3IPCB-ESA-Polytechnic Institut of Castelo Branco, 4CERNAS-IPCB-Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, 5QRural – Research Unit of Life Quality in Rural Areas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal. cpintado@ipcb.pt Joana Domingues1,2, Ecalina Alves3, Manuela Goulão3, Fernanda Delgado1,3,4 1CBPBI-Plant Biotechnology… Continue reading 459 Antimicrobial screening of Lavandula spp. hydrodistillation products against potentially pathogenic bacteria

446 Characterization of small noncoding RNAs expressed by Burkholderia cenocepacia when infecting Caenorhabditis elegans

Tiago André Melicias Pita iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa tiagopita@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Joana Feliciano1, Silvia A Sousa1, Jorge H Leitão1 – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

449 Assessing the microbiological efficacy of three scalable decontamination methods as a strategy to address the need for respiratory protective devices during a pandemic

Roberta Lordelo University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal roblordelo@gmail.com Marco Seabra Reis 2, Rita Branco1, Paula Vasconcelos Morais1 1 University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal; 2 University of Coimbra, Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products… Continue reading 449 Assessing the microbiological efficacy of three scalable decontamination methods as a strategy to address the need for respiratory protective devices during a pandemic

450 Raw pet food: new route for bacterial zoonotic health risks spread in Europe

Marisa Isabel Ribeiro de Almeida UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Porto University, Porto, Portugal marisa.almeida20@gmail.com Tatiana Mafalda Magalhães1,2, Rita Ribeiro2, Ana R Freitas1, Carla Novais1, Luísa Peixe1, Patrícia Antunes1,2 UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory… Continue reading 450 Raw pet food: new route for bacterial zoonotic health risks spread in Europe

416 Fluoroquinolone resistance and associated mechanisms in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

Marta Leal Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Portugal a21001253@ihmt.unl.pt Bárbara Ramos1, Sofia Santos Costa1, Marta Leal1, Catarina Morais1, Constança Pomba2,3, Isabel Couto1 1 Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, UNL, Lisbon,… Continue reading 416 Fluoroquinolone resistance and associated mechanisms in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

420 Candida glabrata response to the antifungal fluconazole is partially coordinated by the transcription factor Zap1

Gonçalo dos Santos Afonso Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal. gafonso@itqb.unl.pt 1Ana Gaspar-Cordeiro, 1Catarina Amaral, 1Sofia Silva and 1Catarina Pimentel 1Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.

422 Establishing new cell platforms for scalable lentiviral vector production

Tiago André Vaz iBET – Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal; ITQB-NOVA – Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal vaz@ibet.pt Ana Filipa Rodrigues1,2, Ana Sofia Coroadinha1,2 iBET – Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Apartado 12, 2781-901 Oeiras,… Continue reading 422 Establishing new cell platforms for scalable lentiviral vector production