Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS
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Scientific Program - Wednesday, September 17<br />
9:00 - 10:15 (Science Building Auditorium)<br />
SESSION VI – TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION (KEYNOTE LECTURES)<br />
Chairman: E. Moreno. Programa de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina<br />
Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia (Costa Rica)<br />
• Phylogeny and evolution of alpha-proteobacterial genomes.<br />
Siv Andersson. Department of Molecular Evolution, University of Uppsala, Uppsala (Sweden)<br />
• Comparison of the genomic sequences of Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis, and<br />
Brucella abortus biovars: structure and pseudogenes.<br />
Shirley Halling. NADC/ARS/USDA, Bacterial Diseases of Livestock Unit, Ames (USA)<br />
10:15 - 10:45 - Coffee break and Poster Viewing (Part II)<br />
10:45 - 12:00 (Science Building Auditorium)<br />
SESSION IV – IMMUNOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS AND HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION<br />
SHORT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - PART II<br />
Chairman: Juan M. García-Lobo. Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina,<br />
Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, (Spain)<br />
PO10- IivA, A PROTEIN INVOLVED IN THE Brucella spp. VIRULENCE.<br />
S. L.Cravero, M. Carrica, E. Campos, A. Arese, J. Sabio y García, and O. L. Rossetti. Instituto de Biotecnología, Instituto<br />
Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br />
PO11- THE Brucella abortus xthA2 GENE PRODUCT CONTRIBUTES TO RESISTANCE TO<br />
OXIDATIVE STRESS in vitro BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR WILD-TYPE VIRULENCE IN THE<br />
MOUSE MODEL.<br />
Michael L. Hornback and R. Martin Roop II. The Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University. USA.<br />
PO12- ANALYSIS OF Brucella ANTIOXIDANT GENES REVEALS THE IMPORTANCE OF<br />
DEFENSE AGAINST STATIONARY PHASE ENDOGENOUS REACTIVE OXYGEN INTERMEDIATE<br />
ACCUMULATION in vitro AND in vivo.<br />
M. Wright Valderas, J. M. Gee, R. B. Alcantara, M. E. Kovach, J. E. Baumgartner, and R. M. Roop II. Department of<br />
Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27834. USA.<br />
PO13- THE GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE SYSTEM IN Brucella abortus IS NOT REQUIRED<br />
FOR VIRULENCE IN THE MOUSE MODEL.<br />
Tim Brown, Michelle Wright-Valderas, and R. Martin Roop II. East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC<br />
27834. USA.<br />
PO14- IRON ACQUISITION STRATEGIES OF Brucella abortus 2308 DURING LIFE WITHIN THE<br />
MACROPHAGE.<br />
James T. Paulley, R.M. Roop II. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University School Of Medicine,<br />
Greenville, NC 27834. USA.<br />
PO15- LICENSE TO KILL: Brucella abortus ROUGH MUTANTS ARE CYTOPATHIC FOR<br />
MACROPHAGES IN CULTURE.<br />
J. Pei and T. A. Ficht. Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College<br />
Station, TX 77843-4467. USA.<br />
PO16- MAP KINASE ACTIVATION IN ROUGH AND SMOOTH Brucella–INFECTED J774.A1<br />
CELLS: RELATIONSHIP TO VIRULENCE.<br />
M. P. Jiménez de Bagüés 1 , A. Terraza 2 , A. Gross 2 , J. Dornand 2 . (1) Unidad de Sanidad Animal. Servicio de Investigación<br />
Agroalimentaria. Diputación General de Aragón. Ap. 727. 50080 Zaragoza, Spain. (2) INSERM U431. Université de Montpellier<br />
II. 34095-Montpellier. France.<br />
12:00 - 13:00 (Science Building Auditorium)<br />
Brucella Taxonomy and Nomenclature Committee (public session)<br />
22<br />
<strong>Brucellosis</strong> <strong>2003</strong> International Research Conference
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