15 March

Sunday

16:00–20:00

Arrival
Registration
Poster mounting

19:00–20:00

Dinner

20:10–21:40

Welcome and Special Lectures
Chair: Inês C. Pereira

20:10–20:20

Welcome address: Inês C. Pereira, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard

20:20–20:30

FEMS address: Milton Costa, Portugal (FEMS President)

20:30–21:05

Special lecture: Cornelius Friedrich, Germany (L1)
The Proteins Involved in Chemotrophic Sulfur Oxidation of Paracoccus pantotrophus

21:05–21:40

Special lecture: J. Gijs Kuenen, Netherlands (L2)
Ecophysiology and Mixotrophy of Sulfur-oxidizing Bacteria

16 March

Monday

7:00–8:30

Breakfast

8:30–10:35

Genomics and Proteomics
Chair: Ben Berks

8:30–9:05

Plenary lecture: Donald Bryant, USA (L3)
“-Omics” Analyses of Chlorophototrophic Sulfur Bacteria

9:05–9:30

Stefan Sievert, USA (L4)
Genome Enabled Insights into the Ecology of Sulfur-Oxidizing Epsilonproteobacteria

9:30–9:55

Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Denmark (L5)
Oxidation of Sulfur Compounds in Phototrophic Sulfur bacteria

9:55–10:15

Gabor Rakhely, Hungary (L6)
Interrelationship between Sulfur and Hydrogen Metabolism in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium, Thiocapsa roseopersicina. A Genomic Survey

10:15–10:35

Carlos Jerez, Chile (L7)
The Secretome of the Extremophilic Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 Grown in Elemental Sulfur

10:35–11:05

Coffee Break

11:05–12:30

Sulfate Reduction, Part 1
Chair: Alfons Stams

11:05–11:40

Plenary lecture: Judy Wall, USA (L8)
Sulfate Reduction by Desulfovibrio Strains

11:40–12:05

Jan Kuever, Germany (L9)
Phylogeny of Dissimilatory Adenosine-5’-phosphosulfate Reductase-encoding Genes (aprBA) among Sulfate-reducing and Sulfur-oxidizing Prokaryotes

12:05–12:30

Inês C. Pereira, Portugal (L10)
Molecular Studies of the Dsr Sulfite Reduction Pathway in Sulfate Reducing Bacteria

12:30–14:00

Lunch

14:00–15:55

Sulfate Reduction, Part 2
Chair: Judy Wall

14:00–14:25  

Jeff Cole, UK (L11)
Preferential Reduction of the Thermodynamically Less Favorable Electron Acceptor, Sulfate, by a Nitrate Reducing Strain of the Sulfate Reducing Bacterium, Desulfovibrio desulfuricans 27774

14:25–14:50

Lee Krumholz, USA (L12)
Identification of Desulfovibrio G20 Genes involved in H2 Uptake and Syntrophy

14:50–15:15

José Moura, Portugal (L13)
Dissimilatory Sulphate Respiration and Nitrate/Nitrite Ammonification by Sulphate-Reducing Eubacteria – Interplay between Sulfur and Nitrogen Cycles

15:15–15:35

Laetitia Pieulle, France (L14)
A Disulfide Bond-Dependent Mechanism of Protection against Oxidative Stress in Pyruvate-Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase of Anaerobic Desulfovibrio Bacteria

15:35–15:55

Jana Milučká, Germany (L15)
In Situ Localization of Enzymes for Sulfate Reduction in Microbial Mats Performing Anaerobic Methane Oxidation

16:00–16:30

Coffee Break

16:30–18:35

Sulfur Transferases and Biosynthesis
Chair: Tom Hanson

16:30–17:05

Plenary lecture: Marc Fontecave, France (L16)
A Metal-Escorted Sulphur Tour: From Cysteine to Sulfurated Compounds

17:05–17:30

Silke Leimkühler, Germany (L17)
Elucidation of the Sulfurtransfer Pathway for the Biosynthesis of Molybdopterin in Escherichia coli

17:30–17:55

Silvia Pagani, Italy (L18)
Ancillary Proteins in Sulfur Trafficking: Emerging Roles of the Azotobacter vinelandii Rhodanese RhdA

17:55–18:15

Bob Tabita, USA (L19)
Physiological Role of Distinct Reactions Catalyzed by Rubisco and the Rubisco-Like-Protein in Sulfur Salvage Pathways of Rhodospirillum rubrum

18:15–18:35

Naoki Shigi, Japan (L20)
Common Thiolation Mechanism in the Biosynthesis of Transfer RNA Thiouridine and Sulfur-containing Cofactors

19:00–20:30

Dinner

20:00–22:00

Poster session
Participants presenting even-numbered posters should preferentially be present at their poster

17 March

Tuesday

7:00–8:30

Breakfast

8:30–10:40

Sulfur Oxidation, Part 1
Chair: Cornelius Friedrich

8:30–9:05

Plenary lecture: Ulrike Kappler, Australia L(21)
Metalloenzymes and Their Role in Microbial Sulfur Oxidation

9:05–9:30

Ben Berks, UK (L22)
Mechanism for the Hydrolysis of a Sulfur-Sulfur Bond based on the Crystal Structure of the Manganese-Dependent Sulfate Thiohydrolase SoxB

9:30–9:55

Mark Dopson, Sweden (L23)
Genomic, Proteomic and Transcriptomic Insights into Acidithiobacillus caldus Reduced Inorganic Sulphur Compound Metabolism

9:55–10:20

Manuela Pereira, Portugal (L24)
Sulfide:Quinone Oxidoreductase from Acidianus ambivalens, a Key Enzyme in Bioenergetics

10:20–10:40

Tsuyoshi Sugio, Japan (L25)
Ferric Iron Reduction by Tetrathionate is Catalyzed by Tetrathionate Hydrolase in Tetrathionate-, Sulfur-, and Iron-Grown Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 Cells

10:40–11:10

Coffee Break

11:10–12:10

Sulfate Oxidation, Part 2
Chair: Jan Kuever

11:10–11:30

Tom Hanson, USA (L26)
Experimentally Refining a Genome Based Model of Sulfur Oxidation in Chlorobaculum tepidum

11:30–11:50

Hidehiro Sakurai, Japan (L27)
Biochemical Studies of the Components of the Thiosulfate Oxidizing System in the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobaculum tepidum

11:50–12:10

Aubrey Zerkle, USA (L28)
Fractionation of Multiple Sulfur Isotopes by the Green Sulfur Bacterium C. tepidum: Insights into the Physiology and Ecological Importance of Phototrophic S-Oxidizing Organisms

12:30–14:00

Lunch

14:00–16:05

Geochemistry, Evolution, Ecology
Chair: Bo Barker Jørgensen

14:00–14:35

Plenary lecture: Michael Wagner, Austria (L29)
Sulfate-Reduction in Acidic Wetlands: Hunting the Key Players of a Process with Increasing Importance for the Global Climate

14:35–15:00

Pascal Philippot, France (L30)
Sulfur-based Metabolisms on Early Earth

15:00–15:25

Jörg Overmann, Germany (L31)
Extreme Low-Light Adaptation in Green Sulfur Bacteria and its Implications for the Biogeochemistry of Ancient Oceans

15:25–15:45

Marjan Smeulders, The Netherlands (L32)
Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation amongst CS2 Degrading Acidithiobacillus Species

15:45–16:05

Sabine Lenk, Germany (L33)
Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria in Marine Sediments Explored by the Full 16S rRNA Cycle, Functional Gene Analysis and Metagenomics

16:05–16:30

Coffee Break

16:30–18:20

Sulfur Metabolism in Archaea
Chair: Shuang-Jiang Liu

16:30–17:05

Plenary lecture: Michael Adams, USA (L34)
The Metabolism of Elemental Sulfur by the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus

17:05–17:30

Rudolph Thauer, Germany (L35)
Cytoplasmic Heterodisulfide Reductase in Methanogenic Archaea: A Site of Energy Conservation

17:30–17:55

Kesen Ma, Canada (L36)
Requirement and Catalysis of Sulfur Reduction in Hyperthermophilic Archaea

17:55–18:20

Arnulf Kletzin, Germany (L37)
Structure-Function Relationship of the Sulfur Oxygenase Reductase of the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Acidianus ambivalens

19:00–20:30

Dinner

20:00–22:00

Poster session
Participants presenting odd-numbered posters should preferentially be present at their poster

18 March

Wednesday

7:00–8:30

Breakfast

8:30–10:15

Organosulfur Compounds
Chair: Bob Tabita

8:30–9:05

Plenary lecture: Andrew Johnston, UK (L38)
The Remarkable Diversity of the Different Microbes and Different Mechanisms that make the Climate-Changing Gas Dimethyl Sulphide

9:05–9:30

Michael Kertesz, UK (L39)
Microbial Sulfonatases and Sulfatases in Plant Rhizospheres

9:30–9:55

Alasdair Cook, Germany (L40)
Organosulfonates: Nutrients for Half of the Marine Bacteria

9:55–10:15

Rich Boden, UK (L41)
Microbial Production of Tetrathionate from Dimethylsulfide by Methylophaga thiooxidans: A new Link in the Sulfur cycle

10:15–10:40

Coffee Break

10:40–12:25

Applied Aspects
Chair: Gijs Kuenen

10:40–11:15

Plenary lecture: Alfons Stams, The Netherlands (L42)
Sulfate Reduction with Methanol and Other C1‑Compounds as Electron Donors

11:15–11:40

Shuang-Jiang Liu, China (L43)
Exploring the Sulfur Metabolic Pathways of Acidithiobacillus caldus: What does the Genome tell?

11:40–12:05

Gerard Muyzer, The Netherlands (L44)
Ecology and Biotechnology of Halo-Alkaliphilic Sulfur Bacteria

12:05–12:25

Raj Boopathy, USA (L45)
Biodegradation of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) by a Sulfate Reducing Bacterial Consortium

12:30–14:00

Lunch

14:30–16:30

Visit to Convent

16:30–17:00

Coffee Break

17:00–18:20

Symbiosis
Chair: Jörg Overmann

17:00–17:35

Plenary lecture: Colleen Cavanaugh, USA (L46)
Shedding Light on Chemosynthetic Symbioses: Comparative Genomics, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Symbiont Sulfur Metabolism

17:35–18:00

Stephanie Markert, Germany (L47)
Proteomics of the Bacterial Endosymbiont from the Deep Sea Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila

18:00–18:20

Félix Muller, Guadeloupe (L48)
Diversity of Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterial Symbionts of Marine Invertebrates Colonizing Organic Substrates in the Shallow Water Environment of Mangrove Swamp

18:20–18:30

Break

18:30–19:15

Special Lecture and Closing Remarks
Chair: Niels-Ulrik Frigaard

18:30–19:05

Bo Barker Jørgensen, Germany (L49) Special lecture
Life of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in the Sea Bed – from Feast to Famine

19:05–19:15

Closing remarks: Inês C. Pereira, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard

20:00

Meeting dinner

19 March

Thursday

7:00–12:00

Breakfast
Departure