UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI VERONA
Dipartimento di Patologia e Diagnostica
Scuola di Dottorato in Scienze Biomediche Traslazionali
MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH
collaborative contribution of microbiologists, ecologists and animal and public health officers in studying, monitoring and managing
virulent and antibiotic resistance microorganisms in sea waters and foods
GIOVEDI 6 OTTOBRE – AULA MAGNA GAVAZZI
8.30 Welcome and Introduction to the workshop
9.00-9.30 D. Verner-Jeffreys. Multidrug-tolerant bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes in the marine environment and fish farms; Centre
for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFSA) Weymouth, Dorset, UK
9.30-10.00 M.M. Lleo. Virulence and antibiotic resistance in marine bacteria defined as non pathogenic for humans; Dipartimento di Patologia,
Sezione di Microbiologia, Università di Verona, Italy
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-10.50 JL. Romalde. Virus of medical interest in the marine environment; Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitologia, CIBUS,
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
10.50-11.30 D. Ottaviani. Vibrio–associated human infections in Italy, 2006-2010 and F. Leoni. Epidemiology and molecular characterization of toxigenic
Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Italy; Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche, National Reference Centre for the
microbiological and chemical control of live bivalve molluscs (CEREM), Ancona, Italy
11.30-12.00 M. Stauder. Vibrio cholerae adhesins having a role in the marine environment and in pathogenicity for humans; DIpTERIS, Microbiology,
Università di Genova, Italy
12.00-12.30 GM. Luna. Pathogenic and multidrug-resistant fecal bacteria in coastal marine sediments; Laboratorio di Biologia ed Ecologia Marina
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Microbiologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14-14.30
M. J. Figueras. The European Directive (2006/7/EC) for the monitoring, classification and management of marine bathing water
quality. Is this enough to protect human health? Unitat de Biologia i Microbiologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.
14.30-15.00 G. Socal. Environmental parameters influencing the planktonic communities in the Adriatic coastal area, in front of the Venetian
lagoon. Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Venezia, Italy
15.00-15.45 A. Manfrin. The role of the Istituti Zooprofilattici in the diagnosis and prevention of marine zoonoses. Istituto Zooprofilattico delle Venezie,
National Reference Laboratory for fish, molluscs and crustacean diseases - Adria (RO) - Italy
Human and Animal health concerns in Aquaculture Centers in the Adriatic Sea (A. Manfrin on behalf of Veneto Agricoltura, Italy)
16.00-17.30 Discussion, Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives