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EXTREMOphiles_2012
THURSDAY, 13 September
Symposium 5. Non-conventional extreme environments (Salón Andalucía)
Chairperson: Helena Santos
S5.1. 9:00-9:30 h.
Microbial community development in and beneath deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Earth,
and probably in the Enceladus
Ken Takai, JAMSTEC, Japan
S5.2. 9:30-10:00 h.
Extremophiles in Antarctica: insight into adaptation, evolution and ecosystem function of cold
aquatic systems using metagenomics and metaproteomics
Ricardo Cavicchioli, University of New South Wales, Australia
S5.3. 10:00-10:30 h.
The benefits of James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge Expedition to Hadal Microbiology
Douglas H. Bartlett, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA
S5.4. 10:30-11:00 h.
Radiation- and desiccation resistance of hyperthermophilic microorganisms
Petra Rettberg, DLR, Köln, Germany
11:00-11:30 h. Coffee-break and poster viewing
Symposium 6. Physiology/Metabolism (Salón Andalucía)
(Costas Drainas Tribute Session)
Chairperson: Michael Thomm
S6.1. 11:30-12:00 h.
One-carbon metabolism in a Thermococcus strain, and potential for hydrogen production
Sung Gyun Kang, Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, Korea
S6.2. 12:00-12:30 h.
Biosynthesis, evolution and role of unique compatible solutes in heat stress adaptation of marine
hyperthermophiles
Nuno Borges, ITQB, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
S6.3. 12:30-13:00 h.
Microbial life under extreme energy limitation: how to make a living by producing acetate from
carbon dioxide and hydrogen
Volker Müller, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Frankfurt, Germany
S6.4. 13:00-13:30 h.
Novel insights into sugar metabolism of extremophilic Archaea
Peter Schönheit, IFAM, University of Kiel, Germany
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