Satellite Meeting: Nitrogen-fixing microbes and the communities they live in
Where: National Council of Research, Conference Room, Via P. Castellino 111
When: 4th September 2023
Registration fee: Euro 40 (covering coffee breaks and lunch)
It is possible to sign in to the meeting just after the main confernce ENFC2023 online registration https://www.enfc2023.org/index.php/registration-info.
Organizers: Peter Young, Simona Radutoiu, Marco Bazzicalupo
Description:
This satellite meeting brings together two themes: the genomics of nitrogen fixers and the plant microbiome in relation to nitrogen fixation.
A workshop on genomics has been a well-attended feature of every ENFC for the past 20 years. The focus is on the nitrogen-fixing microbes themselves rather than their symbiotic partners. We include not just studies of the genome sequences, but all the "genome-enabled" science that flows from this knowledge: transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics etc.
The field of plant microbiome is on a rapid development and many advancements in the area have been made. In legumes grown in natural environments, the development of nitrogen fixing symbiosis runs in parallel with root microbiota establishment, however we have little understanding on how these two parallel processes affect and interact each other. This second workshop in the series aims to bring together scientists interested on plant/rhizosphere microbiome and those interested in studying and understanding symbiotic nitrogen fixation from the rhizobiome perspective. This workshop will continue the tradition initiated at the ENFC conference in Stockholm in 2018 that attracted a large attendance and exciting presentations. This second workshop focuses on scientific presentations of results from analyses of plant microbiome including bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Since there is considerable overlap in the methods and questions, we have decided to combine the two themes into a single integrated meeting this year. Although these topics will feature in the main ENFC, the workshop provides a more extended opportunity for us to hear from all the groups who are doing relevant work. There will be no poster session. We look forward to seeing you in Naples.
PROGRAM
4th September 2023
10:00 WELCOME Peter Young
Session 1 Chair: Peter Young
10:10 Iacopo Passeri (University of Florence) The pan-epigenome of the symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti unravels unexpected complexity of DNA-methylation profiles
10:30 Chrizelle Beukes (James Hutton Institute) Fixation thread-forming bradyrhizobia are genetically diverse
10:50 Esther Menendez (University of Salamanca) Complete genomes unveil hidden taxonomic and functional features within the genus Sinorhizobium
11:10 Jason Kearsley McMaster University) Towards the minimal N2-fixing symbiotic gene set of the pSymB megaplasmid in the host legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti
11:30 COFFEE
Session 2 Chair: Simona Radutoiu
11:50 Florian Lamouche (Aarhus University) Deciphering competitiveness of root colonizers with the use of Synthetic Communities
12:10 Maclean Kohlmeier (Murdoch University) Complete genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the Australian commercial rhizobial inoculants
12:30 Agnese Bellabarba (University of Florence) Exploration of genetic determinants of salt tolerance in Sinorhizobium meliloti strains
12:50 Clarisse Brígido (University of Evora) Genomic analysis of a Sinorhizobium strain isolated from the Tunisian desert
13:10 Jason Terpolilli (Murdoch University) Evolution and diversity of Mesorhizobium legume symbionts
13:30 LUNCH
Session 3 Chair: Marco Bazzicalupo
14:30 Ellie Harrison (University of Sheffield) Rhizobium leguminosarum populations in multi-host communities reveal divisions between symbiotic and free living life styles
14:50 Kit Burns (Murdoch University) Cross-compatibility of rhizobia to maximise nitrogen fixation in the new annual pasture legume Scorpiurus muricatus
15:10 Barbara Reinhold-Hurek (University of Bremen) A change of lifestyle – genetic traits for successive root colonization of Azoarcus olearius BH72
15:30 Shaun Ferguson (Aarhus University) From rhizosphere to root nodule: Unravelling the genetic pathways that differentiate inter- and intracellular infection of legumes by rhizobia
15:50 Georgina Stagg (Murdoch University) Host range genetic determinants in Mesorhizobium ciceri
16:10 CLOSE
Meeting Venue: National Council of Research (CNR), Conference Room, Via P. Castellino 111 Napoli
How to reach CNR by subway:
From the ENFC Conference Venue (Royal Continental Hotel) walk to Municipio Station (about 15 minutes), take the Metro Linea 1, direction Piscinola (1,10 euro) and get off at Montedonzelli Station (about 15 minutes). Turn left to Via Pietro Castellino and 100 meters down the street, on your right, you will find the CNR building (2 minutes far).