VI Frontiers in Environmental
Microbiology
Friday,
March 15, 2013 • Universidad del Turabo • Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Poster Session
Submit your abstract on line by February 7,
2013 (form)
on the same format for the
Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting/ACS
Junior Technical Meeting
Outstanding posters by undergraduate and graduate
students will be recognized
Certificate for students authors and faculty mentoring
will be provided
Accepted abstracts will be published here by February
15, 2013
Downloadable abstract book will be available.
1.
Archaeal Community in Eutrophic Brackish
Waters from the Humacao Natural Reserve.
Patricia Rivera Cariño, Zahily Rodríguez Rivera, Francisco Fuentes Rivera,
and Héctor L. Ayala del Río. Department of
Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Humacao, Humacao, PR.
2.
Arsenate Respiratory Reductase: Biomarker for Detection of Environmental
Threat. Liryanys Figueroa and José Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico
Institute for Microbial Ecology Research, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
3.
Assessment of Genetic Homology for Effective
Detection of Mycoplasma. Luz V. Arroyo-Cruz†, and José
R. Pérez-Jiménez. PRIMER, School of Science
and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
4.
Assessment of the Bacterial Community
of a Leachate Impacted Lagoon Adjacent to the Carolina Landfill in Puerto Rico. Maidelisse Olivieri Betancourt, José Rivera,
Keila Ríos, María Acosta, and Karlo Malavé-Llamas. School of Science and Technology, Universidad
del Este, Carolina, PR.
5.
Bacterial Content Along the Salinity Gradient
in Rio Grande de Manatí, Puerto Rico. Alexis M.
Sánchez, José A. Lafontaine-Serrano, Luis M. García-Orta, and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research,
School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Barceloneta, PR.
6.
Bacterial Prospects for Aliphatic Alkane
Degradation across Tropical Ecosystems. Migel Rosario-Mariani, Yomarie
Bernier-Casillas, and José R. Pérez-Jiménez.
Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research, School of Science and
Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
7.
Bioinformatic Analyses of Fungal Data
from the Crop of the Folivorous Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin). Gabriel Vargas1, F. Godoy-Vitorino1,
K. M. de Jesús-Laboy2, M. A. García-Amado3, and María G. Dominguez-Bello2. Department of Natural Sciences, Inter American
University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus, San Juan, PR; 2Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Río Piedras, PR; 3Instituto
Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela.
8.
Bioprospecting for bioenergy: bacterial
degradation of lignocellulosic compounds.
Myrna L. Ríos Hernández, Jean García-Díaz, and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research,
School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
9.
Ciliates and Predators: a Microcosm Study
to Asses Top-down Effects on Community Structure. Josué D. Santiago-Vera†, and Dimaris
Acosta-Mercado. Department of Biology, University
of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, PR.
10.
Comparison of Marine Algae and Sea Grass
as Primary Biomass for the Anaerobic Transformation to a Renewable Energy System. Karla M. Márquez Nogueras†, and Luis
A. Ríos Hernández. Department of Biology,
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
11.
Contributions of Microbes to the Phenotypic
Plasticity of Tabebuia heterophylla in Different Soil Types in Puerto Rico. Brian Hernández-Colón1, K. Acevedo1,
Y. Boria1, X. Olivieri1, J. Vázquez2, E. Santiago2,
S. Malfatti3, S. Tringe3 and F. Godoy-Vitorino1. Department of Natural Sciences, Inter American
University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus, San Juan, PR; 2Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Río Piedras, PR; 3DOE
Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA.
12.
Direct Detection of Toxic Genes Associated
to Gastrointestinal Disorders in Human Clinical Stool Samples. Ramón Gómez Moreno1†, Carmen Cordero2,
and Abel Baerga Ortiz1. 1Department
of Biochemistry, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences, San Juan, PR; 2Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Río Piedras, PR.
13.
Distribution and Diversity of Fungi across
Tropical Coastal Ecosystem. Yentel A.
Rodríguez Ortiz, Diana L. Laureano-Córdova, Yomarie Bernier-Casillas,
and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute
for Microbial Ecology Research, School of Science and Technology, Universidad del
Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
14.
Does the Presence of a Generalist Predator
and an Omnivorous will Minimize Non-Equilibrium Dynamics in Ciliate Abundance? A
Test Using the Simple Community of the Phytotelmata of the Bromeliad Tillandsia
utriculata. Nahiomy Santos
de Jesús, and Dimaris Acosta Mercado. Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
15.
Folate Metabolism in Humans and Gut Microbiota. Edgardo López de Jesús, and 2Cassandra
Smith. 1Department of Biology,
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao, PR; 2Biomedical Engineering, Boston
University, Boston, MA.
16.
Functional Analysis Reveals Metabolic
Diversity Of Microbial Communities Along a Transect in a Shallow Water Hydrothermal
System. Haydn Rubelmann1†, David J.
Karlen2, and James R. Garey1. 1Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology
and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 2Environmental
Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL.
17.
High-throughput Characterization of the
Sea Cucumber Holothuria glaberrima Intestinal Microbiota. María Pagán-Jiménez†, Selena M.
Rodríguez-Rivera, María G. Domínguez-Bello, and José E. García-Arrarás. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río
Piedras, Río Piedras, PR.
18.
How Leachate Affect the Fungi Microbiome,
as an Environmental Health Water Quality Standard, in a Lagoon near to the Landfill
of Carolina Puerto Rico. Melanie de
la Rosa Acosta, Angélica M. Rivera-Alvarado, Javier Mulero-Sierra,
Jesús Sosa-Rivera, and Karlo Malavé-Llamas.
School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Este, Carolina, PR.
19.
Identification of Microorganisms in Wild Drosophila. Génesis Maldonado-Morales, Ivana Serrano, and Paul Bayman. Department
of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Río Piedras, PR.
20.
Phycological culture optimization for
the production of fuel oils. Abisrael Morales
Feliciano, Jean García-Díaz, Xavier Espada-Fuentes, and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research,
School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
21.
Using Phenotypic and Genotypic Differences
among the Culturable Populations of Enterococci Through Time to Predict a Recent
Contamination Event in Recreational Waters of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Mara F. Cuebas-Irizarry, Ginamary
Negrón-Talavera, and Luis A. Ríos-Hernández.
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
22.
Yeast Involved in the Degradation of Plant
Residues as a Potential Biofuels Source.
Jean G. García Díaz, and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology Research,
School of Science and Technology, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
† graduate
student
Outstanding posters for FEM V (2012)
First place: Application of PCR Fingerprinting
Techniques for Identification of Actinobacteria Associated with Nasutitermes
costalis (Isoptera: Termitidae) Nests in Western Puerto
Rico. Carolina Riascos†, and Matías J. Cafaro. Department of
Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
Second place: Anaerobic Microbial Bioconversion of
Biomass from Tropical Climbing Vines to Produce a Renewable Energy Source. Karla M. Marquez Nogueras†, and
Luis A. Ríos Hernández. Department of Biology, University of Puerto
Rico-Mayagüez, Mayagüez, PR.
Third place: Bacterial Prospects for Aliphatic Alkane
Degradation in Neotropical Soils. Yomarie Bernier†, Sharon A. Cantrell,
and José R. Pérez-Jiménez. Puerto Rico Institute for Microbial Ecology
Research, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
† graduate student
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