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Articles published in the Abstract Book of the 11th National Meeting of Microbiologists

June 30, 2015
Six papers by students and faculty members from the Biotechnology Department of the School of Engineering were published in the Abstract Book of the 11th National Meeting of Microbiologists, organized by the Uruguayan Society of Microbiology. This peer-reviewed conference took place on June 15 and 16, 2015, in Montevideo.

The articles are:

-“Characterization of nitrifying and denitrifying communities in artificial wetlands for the treatment of winery effluent”by Antonella Galliazzi and Lía Pittamiglio, students in the Biotechnology program, and Dr. Ángela Cabezas, a faculty member in the Biotechnology Department of the School of Engineering and a researcher at the Clemente Estable Institute’s Microbial Ecology Laboratory. It was presented at the conference by Dr. Cabezas.

-“Low-Temperature Denitrification in Microorganisms Obtained from Antarctic Samples”by Silvia Sabaris, Patricia Bovio, Jorge Wenzel, Lucía Braga, and Laura Fuentes, researchers at the Clemente Estable Institute; Dr. Ángela Cabezas, professor in the Biotechnology Department of the Faculty of Engineering and researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Clemente Estable Institute; Silvana Tarlera, a researcher in the Microbiology Department of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of the Republic, and Dr. Claudia Etchebehere, principal investigator at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics at the Clemente Estable Institute.

-“Characterization of anodic biofilms from microbial fuel cells using Uruguayan soils and sediments”by Mariana Buadas, researcher at the Chair of Microbiology in the Faculty of Chemistry and the Associated Unit of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of the Republic; Victoria Falco and Angeline Saadoun, students in the Bachelor’s Program in Biotechnology; Dr. Ángela Cabezas, professor in the Biotechnology Department of the Faculty of Engineering and researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Clemente Estable Institute, and Prof. Javier Menes, professor and researcher at the Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Chemistry and the Associated Unit of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of the Republic.

-“Quantification of microorganisms of the phylum Chloroflexi in full-scale and laboratory-scale methanogenic reactors using real-time PCR”by Patricia Bovio, researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics at the Clemente Estable Institute, Dr. Ángela Cabezas, professor in the Biotechnology program at the Faculty of Engineering and researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Clemente Estable Institute, and Dr. Claudia Etchebehere, principal investigator at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics at the Clemente Estable Institute.

-“Isolation and Characterization of Phosphate-Solubilizing Fungi from Uruguayan Soils”by Felipe Machado Casini, a student in the Bachelor’s Program in Biotechnology; Florencia Arezo Núñez, a graduate of that program; Dr. Ángela Cabezas, professor in the Biotechnology program at the School of Engineering and researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Clemente Estable Institute, and Mariana Umpiérrez, B.S., assistant coordinator of the Biotechnology Laboratory at the School of Engineering. It was presented at the meeting by Felipe Machado.

-“Modulation of H2 production yields by volatile fatty acids in Clostridium beijerinckii cultures using cheese whey”by Jorge Wenzel and Laura Fuentes, researchers at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics at the Clemente Estable Institute, Dr. Ángela Cabezas, professor in the Biotechnology area of the School of Engineering and researcher at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Clemente Estable Institute, and Dr. Claudia Etchebehere, principal investigator at the Microbial Ecology Laboratory of the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Genomics at the Clemente Estable Institute.