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40 Improving the production of polymers using biocatalysis

Ana Filipa Soares Pereira CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro anafilipa98@ua.pt Flávia Magalhães, Ana Paula M. Tavares, Mara G. Freire CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro

7 Assessing predatory activity of native Portuguese filamentous fungi against coccidia from peacocks (Pavo cristatus) – in vitro preliminary results

João Miguel Pestana Lozano CIISA - Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa jlozano@fmv.ulisboa.pt Cristina Almeida2, Ana Cláudia Victório1, Pedro Melo3, João Rodrigues4, Manuela Oliveira1, Adolfo Paz-Silva5, Luís Madeira de Carvalho1 1CIISA, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 2Exoclinic – Clínica Veterinária de Aves e Exóticos, Lisboa, Portugal 3Vetnatura, Lda., Lisboa, Portugal 4Quinta dos Plátanos, Abrantes, Portugal 5Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain

465 Probiotic adhesion to skin keratinocytes and underlying mechanisms

Freni Kekhasharú Tavaria Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa ftavaria@ucp.pt Lizardo, M., Magalhães, R.M., Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

459 Antimicrobial screening of Lavandula spp. hydrodistillation products against potentially pathogenic bacteria

Cristina Santos Pintado 1CBPBI-Plant Biotechnology Centre of Beira Interior, 3IPCB-ESA-Polytechnic Institut of Castelo Branco, 4CERNAS-IPCB-Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal, 5QRural - Research Unit of Life Quality in Rural Areas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal. cpintado@ipcb.pt Joana Domingues1,2, Ecalina Alves3, Manuela Goulão3, Fernanda Delgado1,3,4 1CBPBI-Plant Biotechnology Centre of Beira Interior, Quinta da Senhora de Mércules, Apartado 119, 6001-909, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 2CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique 6200-506, Covilhã, Portugal; 3IPCB-ESA-Polytechnic Institut of Castelo Branco, Agrarian School, Quinta da Senhora de Mércules, Apartado 119, 6001-909, Castelo Branco, Portugal; 4CERNAS-IPCB-Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal; 5QRural - Research Unit of Life Quality in Rural Areas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal.

455 Irrigation Water and Soil as sources of Pathogenic and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Portuguese tomato greenhouses

Anicia Cardoso Gomes UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal; LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; aniciagomes88@gmail.com Conceição Santos2, Luísa Peixe1, Patrícia Antunes1,3 1UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal; 2LAQV/REQUIMTE, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 3Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;

450 Raw pet food: new route for bacterial zoonotic health risks spread in Europe

Marisa Isabel Ribeiro de Almeida UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Porto University, Porto, Portugal marisa.almeida20@gmail.com Tatiana Mafalda Magalhães1,2, Rita Ribeiro2, Ana R Freitas1, Carla Novais1, Luísa Peixe1, Patrícia Antunes1,2 UCIBIO/REQUIMTE and Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy. Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Porto University, Porto, Portugal1; Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Porto University, Porto, Portugal2; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Porto University, Porto, Portugal3.

449 Assessing the microbiological efficacy of three scalable decontamination methods as a strategy to address the need for respiratory protective devices during a pandemic

Roberta Lordelo University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal roblordelo@gmail.com Marco Seabra Reis 2, Rita Branco1, Paula Vasconcelos Morais1 1 University of Coimbra, Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal; 2 University of Coimbra, Chemical Process Engineering and Forest Products Research Centre, Department of Chemical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal

446 Characterization of small noncoding RNAs expressed by Burkholderia cenocepacia when infecting Caenorhabditis elegans

Tiago André Melicias Pita iBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa tiagopita@tecnico.ulisboa.pt Joana Feliciano1, Silvia A Sousa1, Jorge H Leitão1 – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

435 Microemulsions based on deep eutectic solvents to tackle resistant ocular infections

Sónia N. Pedro CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal soniapedro@ua.pt Ana T. P. C. Gomes2, Rosa Fernandes3, Adelaide Almeida2, Maria Helena Amaral4, Mara G. Freire1, Armando J. D. Silvestre1, Carmen S. R. Freire1 1CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, 2CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal, 3Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548 Coimbra, Portugal, 4Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratory, Drug Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal