Program XX TAXON
Thursday, September 26
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Registration – Hospedería Fonseca Hall |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Welcome – Martha E. Trujillo Vice-chancellor USAL – José Miguel Roco President of FEMS – Antonio Ventosa President of Grupo de Taxonomía Filogenia y Biodiversidad – Jesús L. Romalde |
| 10:40 – 11:20 | A novel ultra-small bacterium affiliated with the cosmopolitan clade of host-associated and free-living verrucomicrobia Svetlana Dedysh – Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Novogene – Metehan Cifdaloz |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Coffee break – Posters Networking |
| 12:30 – 13:50 | Session 1: Environmental Microbiology Chairs: Svetlana Dedysh and Antonio Ventosa |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | The impact of scots pine genotype to needle mycobiome Carel E. Carvajal-Arias – Estonian University of life Science |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Interactions of actinomycetes and Physical Weathering in the deterioration of Egyptian Stone Monument Hesham Abdulla – Suez Canal University |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Optimization and validation of a qPCR method for the detection of Pseudomonas in environmental samples Marc Crespo – University of the Balearic Islands |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Deciphering the metabolic potential of Ensifer spp. in bioremediation María del Carmen Montero-Calasanz – Andalusian Institute of Agriculture and Fisheries Research and Training |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Lunch – Fonseca restaurant |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Session 2: Applied Systematics Chairs: David R. Arahal and Margarita Aguilera |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Invited Talk: Revisiting genome data minimal standards for its use in taxonomy Raúl Riesco – University of Salamanca |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Bacteroidota is a key phylum for healthy human microbiota and especially susceptible to chemical xenobiotic exposure Margarita Aguilera – University of Granada |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Actinomycetes mediated degradation of persistent organic pollutants in a biofilter for Industrial Effluent Treatment Sahar El-Shatoury – Suez Canal University |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Impact of bisphenols and parabens on taxa composition of intestinal microbiota in relation to childhood obesity Jorge Muñoz-Payá – University of Granada |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Taxonomía Filogenia y Biodiversidad Group Meeting |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Welcome Reception – Lucía de Medrano |
| 21:15 | Cultural tour: Ieronimus |
Friday, September 27
| 9:00 – 11:00 | Session 3: Microbial Diversity Chairs: Jesús L. Romalde and Cristina Sánchez-Porro |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Invited Talk: What is a species and a strain? The data has shown us the answers! Kostas T. Konstantinidis – Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Unveiling the Hidden Diversity of the Stenotrophomonas Genus Through Phylogenomic Analysis José Laço – University of the Balearic Islands |
| 9:50 – 10:10 | Bridging Viruses and Prokaryotic Host through Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) Ana-Belén Martín-Cuadrado – University of Alicante |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Genomic exploration of the culturable bacteriome of Lupinus angustifolius Jhon A. Suescún-Sepúlveda – University of Salamanca |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Invited talk: To name or not to name? Species based on single strains Stephanus N. Venter – University of Pretoria |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Coffee break – Posters Networking |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Session 4: Taxogenomics Chairs: Raúl Riesco and Margarita Gomila |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Invited talk: Homonymy amid biological codes: analysis of replacement of names among prokaryotes David R. Arahal – University of Valencia |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Genomic characterization of seven multiresistant Enterococcus spp. isolated from wastewater samples in Galicia, Spain Jesús L. Romalde – University of Santiago de Compostela |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Network analysis-aided genus demarcation within the families Halomonadaceae and Oceanospirillaceae Rafael R. de la Haba – University of Sevilla |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Take-home messages from the Genome Taxonomy Database Maria Chuvochina – The University of Queensland |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Invited Talk: Two codes of prokaryotic nomenclature: how do they become one? William B. Whitman – University of Georgia |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Group Photo |
| 14:15 – 16:00 | Lunch – Fonseca restaurant |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Session 5: Molecular Ecology Chairs: Stephanus N. Venter and Maite Ortúzar |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Metagenomes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Sources of novel genomic representation in the Tree of Life Anne-Louise Reysenbach – Portland State University |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Understanding the interactions between lupin and its root-associated bacteria Maite Ortúzar – University of Salamanca |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Shifts in the composition and dynamics of the almond endosphere in the context of Xylella fastidiosa infection through culture-independent methods Ibai Cano – University of the Balearic Islands |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | Land-use legacies on soil microbial communities’ response to wildfires Andrés Alonso – University of Salamanca |
| 17:20 – 18:00 | PhD Thesis Award Talk: Bacterial whole genome sequencing for establishment of reference sequences, comparative genomics, biomarker discovery, and characterization of novel taxa Francisco Salvà-Serra – University of the Balearic Islands |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Final Discussion – Martha E. Trujillo |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Cultural tour: City of Salamanca |
| 21:00 | Dinner – Palacio de Figueroa |
Saturday, September 28
| 9:30 | Departure – Hospedría Fonseca |
| 11:00 – 13:30 | La Alberca – Free Time to Look Around |
| 13:30 | Meet at Village Entrance – Walk to Hotel “Abadía de Los Templarios” |
| 14:15 | Lunch |
| 16:30 | Travel back to Salamanca |