Category: Topic #2: Microbiotech for a Sustainable Future

Diogo Vicente Rodrigues University of Coimbra, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal ; IATV – Instituto do Ambiente Tecnologia e Vida, Coimbra, Portugal diogov7@hotmail.com Diogo Neves Proença3, Paula Vasconcelos Morais3 University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal

Catarina da Costa Miranda Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal cmiranda@ucp.pt Ana Couto1, Catarina Amorim1, Paula Castro1 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal

Eddyn Gabriel Solorzano Chavez 1Department of Engineering of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP) eddynsch04@hotmail.com Jorge F. B. Pereira, Fernando Masarin University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, 1Department of Engineering of Bioprocesses and Biotechnology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP)

Asiyah Esmail1,2 1Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal; 2UCIBIO – Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal a.esmail@campus.fct.unl.pt Ana T. Rebocho12, Cristiana A. V. Torres12, Filomena Freitas12, Maria A. M. Reis1,2 1Associate… Continue reading 431 Bacterial cellulose production from terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol by Komagataeibacter xylinus DSM 2004 and 46604

Angela Cunha CESAM & Department of Biology – University of Aveiro acunha@ua.pt Isabel Natalia Sierra-Garcia; João Costa CESAM & Department of Biology – University of Aveiro, Department of Chemistry – University of Aveiro

Paulo Jorge Moura Pinto da Costa Dias 1 – iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, 2 – Associate Laboratory i4HB – Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal pjdias@tecnico.ulisboa.pt José M. Santos1,2, Diogo L. Antunes1,2,… Continue reading 437 Genome Sequence and Annotation of Lactococcus lactis Strain LMG 19460 and Novel Strains IST-LL01 and IST-LL02

Pedro Daniel Geadas Farias University of Coimbra; Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes; Department of Life Sciences; Coimbra, Portugal pfarias@student.uc.pt Romeu Francisco1, Lorrie Maccario2, Jakob Herschend2, Ana Paula Piedade3, Søren Sørensen2, Paula V Morais1 1University of Coimbra; Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes; Department of Life Sciences; Coimbra, Portugal; 2Department of Biology/ Section… Continue reading 371 High value tellurium nanoparticle formation by Paenibacillus pabuli

Marta Mendes Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal mamendes@ucp.pt Ana C. Cassoni1, Irina S. Moreira1, Patrícia R. Moreira1,2, Manuela Pintado1 and Paula M.L. Castro1 Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de… Continue reading 395 Dye decolorization by yeasts: towards an innovative solution for textile effluents

Sílvia Santos Pedrosa a Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal sspedrosa@ucp.pt Tânia Neto, Joana Costa. Manuela Pintado, Ana Raquel Madureira a Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal

Bruno Miguel Guedes Horta 1- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal bhorta@ucp.pt Inês Campos, João Burgal, Carla Oliveira, Catarina Oliveira 1- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola… Continue reading 410 Screening of antimicrobial activity in fractionated synthetic biology industry waste streams