Conference on environmental, industrial and applied microbiology, Lisbon, Portugal

A conference on environmental, industrial and applied microbiology will be held from 2 to 4 December in Lisbon, Portugal.

General sessions will be dedicated to microbiological applications in various areas such agriculture, medicine and food sciences, while special sessions will address more specific topics, including:

- antimicrobial surfaces;
- bacteria-derived antimicrobial toxins;
- biofilms;
- bioremediation;
- biotechnologically relevant enzymes and proteins;
- microarrays in microbiology;
- microbial biosensors (transducers, recognition);
- microfactories - microbial production of chemicals and pharmaceuticals;
- single-cell analysis of microbes;
- synthesis of nanomaterials by microorganisms (nanowires, nanoparticles).For further information, please visit:
http://www.formatex.org/biomicroworld2009/(opens in new window)