Poster Session II — ASN Events
7:15PM - 8:45PM
Exhibition Area

#2018ASM

Evaluation of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection in pigs by histopathology, IHC and qPCR in tissue and serum samples from the Philippines (#301)

7:15 PM
Agnes dela Cruz

Peptidoglycan enzymes used by Salmonella inside eukaryotic cells (#302)

7:15 PM
Francisco Garcia-Del Portillo

Changes in susceptibility of oral Candida dubliniensis isolates to lysozyme and lactoferrin following brief exposure to drugs with antifungal properties (#303)

7:15 PM
Arjuna N Ellepola

One hour detection of organisms from positive blood culture broth using the BioFire FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification Panel (#304)

7:15 PM
Catherine Janto

One hour detection of clinically significant pathogens from cerebrospinal fluid using the BioFire FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel (#305)

7:15 PM
Catherine Janto

The prebiotic effects and human gut alteration of Gwakhyangjeonggisan, a traditional Korean medicine (#306)

7:15 PM
YEONGYUN JUNG

Isolation and initial characterisation of bacteriophages against clinical isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila. (#307)

7:15 PM
Mwila Kabwe

Variability of top 7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and microbial populations through slaughter in Australian beef export abattoirs (#308)

7:15 PM
Seong San Kang

Microbial diversity profiling and taxonomy evaluation of macropods using three hypervariable regions of bacterial 16S rRNA gene. (#309)

7:15 PM
Mohammad Katouli

Comparative genome analyses of Nocardia seriolae strains isolated from outbreaks of nocardiosis in fish farms in Vietnam (#310)

7:15 PM
Mohammad Katouli

Acinetobacter baumannii K24 capsular polysaccharide requires a novel gene for sugar biosynthesis and a gene located outside of the K locus (#311)

7:15 PM
Johanna J Kenyon

Combating multidrug-resistant bacteria by phages equipped with sRNAs (#312)

7:15 PM
Karen HK Kong

A chemoreceptor in Campylobacter jejuni responds to multiple classes of chemoeffectors (#313)

7:15 PM
Victoria Korolik

Bacteriophages as a biocontrol agent of Vibrio species contaminating algae cultures in aquaculture (#314)

7:15 PM
Tuan Son Le

Whole genome analysis of Aspergillus sojae SMF 134 supports its merits as a starter for soybean fermentation (#315)

7:15 PM
Inhyung Lee

Human brucellosis by Brucella melitensis in South Korea (#316)

7:15 PM
Kyeong Ah Lee

Mechanisms of intracellular survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Acantamoeba castellanii and raw 264.7 macrophage cells (#317)

7:15 PM
Wai Leong

Unlocking the Complete Arsenal of Acinetobacter baumannii Type VI Secretion System Effectors (#318)

7:15 PM
Jessica M Lewis

The performance of an oral microbiome biomarker panel in predicting oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers (#319)

7:15 PM
Yenkai YKL Lim

Global Metabolomic Analysis of the Synergistic Killing against Extensive Drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by the Combination of Polymyxin B and Enrofloxacin (#320)

7:15 PM
Yu-Wei Lin

The carbohydrate dimension of nutrition in gut microbiome modulation (#321)

7:15 PM
Alison WS Luk

Searching for the remarkable among the unremarkable: Neglected plants from the New England region (NSW) and their antibacterial compounds (#322)

7:15 PM
Dane Lyddiard

Characterisation of a Novel Bacteriophage and its Use in Therapies Against Bacteria Associated with Bovine Mastitis. (#323)

7:15 PM
Stephanie Lynch

Statins promote clearance of Alzheimer’s amyloid beta fused to green fluorescent protein in yeast (#324)

7:15 PM
Ian Macreadie

Non-capsular antibodies reduce pneumococcal colonisation density following therapeutic administration of pneumococcal whole cell vaccine (#325)

7:15 PM
Jayne Manning

Disrupting and killing of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in biofilms (#326)

7:15 PM
Arthika Manoharan

A long-term efficacy trial of a live, attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine in layer hens (#327)

7:15 PM
Andrea R McWhorter

Exploring the behaviour of Salmonella Typhimurium in aioli, a raw egg-based sauce (#328)

7:15 PM
Andrea R. McWhorter

Molecular characterization of porcine circovirus type 2 in South East Queensland pig herds, Australia (#329)

7:15 PM
Nway K. Mone

Evolutionary changes in the capsid P2 region of the norovirus GII.Pe_GII.4 (#330)

7:15 PM
Jean M Moselen

Organoids, a new, innovative way to grow “unculturable” human viruses that pose a public health threat   (#331)

7:15 PM
Jean M Moselen

The effect of in vivo passage on S. Typhimurium MLVA type and virulence (#332)

7:15 PM
Talia S Moyle

Lectin activity of the Bexsero Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B vaccine antigen NHBA (#333)

7:15 PM
Tsitsi D Mubaiwa

Meningococcal Carriage Study of Young Adults in Western Australia (#334)

7:15 PM
Christopher A Mullally

The Sequence of the Mature Region of Secreted Proteins Impacts Signal Peptidase 1 Processing (#335)

7:15 PM
Joanna E Musik

Ins and outs of blooming Escherichia coli (#336)

7:15 PM
Buddhie S. Nanayakkara

Extracytoplasmic Methionine sulfoxide reductase protects Haemophilus influenzae from oxidative stress caused by HOCl. (#337)

7:15 PM
Marufa Nasreen

Genes involved in protozoan grazing resistance of Vibrio Vulnificus (#338)

7:15 PM
Parisa Noorian

Forward genetics of the human pathobiont Bacteroides vulgatus reveals a novel mode of haem-iron acquisition. (#339)

7:15 PM
Paraic O Cuiv

Identification of novel antimicrobial compounds from Australian Myrtaceae species (#340)

7:15 PM
Malin M Olsson

Squirrel gliders in the pasteurellosis spotlight (#341)

7:15 PM
Lida Omaleki

The role of zinc acquisition and zinc tolerance in Group A streptococcal infection (#342)

7:15 PM
Cheryl-Lynn Y. Ong

Root microbial Dynamics influenced by Quorum-Sensing Signal Molecules on Continuous Cropping Soils of Ginseng (#344)

7:15 PM
Chang Eon Park

The Prevalence of Inhibitory Antibodies in an Australian Cystic Fibrosis Cohort   (#345)

7:15 PM
Amy Pham

Regulation of c-di-AMP levels during osmotic stress in bacteria. (#346)

7:15 PM
Huong Pham

The role of phase-variable epigenetic gene regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae pathobiology and vaccine development (#347)

7:15 PM
Zachary N Phillips

Molecular prediction of the O157:H-negative phenotype prevalent in Australian STEC patients (#348)

7:15 PM
Alexander P Pintara

Accumulation of Total Lipids and Triacylglycerides as Biodiesel Precursors upon Co-culturing a Phycospheric Bacterium with Indigenous Chlorella vulgaris   (#349)

7:35 PM
Katherine L. Pintor

Evaluating the Extensively Drug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Resistome via MinION Sequencing (#350)

7:35 PM
Miranda E Pitt

Resistance for Dummies (#351)

7:35 PM
april pottinger

Investigation into resistance acquisition mechanisms in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by means of resistance induction and next-generation sequencing (#352)

7:35 PM
Anggia Prasetyoputri

Mixed Eucalyptus and Acacia plantations: assessing the link between bacteria community and C-N functions in the soil and litter interface   (#353)

7:35 PM
Arthur Prudêncio de Araujo Pereira

Prevalence, Characteristics and behaviour of bacterial dairy contaminants (#354)

7:35 PM
Behrad Radmehr

Functional analysis of O-antigen modifying enzyme, O-acetyltransferase B, of Shigella flexneri (#355)

7:35 PM
Munazza Rajput

Rapid Detection of Microbes Using DNA-PNA Hairpin Probes and the DiSC2(5) Dye (#356)

7:35 PM
Josh T Ravensdale

Pseudomonas stutzeri skin and soft tissue infection with bacteraemia (#357)

7:35 PM
Alan J Rogers

Mechanisms of action of plant extracts against clostridium difficile (#358)

7:35 PM
Niloufar Roshan Hesari

Effect of natural products on the production and activity of Clostridium difficile toxins in vitro. (#359)

7:35 PM
Niloufar NR Roshan Hesari

Predicting VP meat quality and spoilage in domestic and international supply chain (#360)

7:35 PM
Tom Ross

Investigating levels of parvovirus B19 DNA and genotypes circulating in Australian blood donors (#361)

7:35 PM
Eileen Roulis

Potential to analyse bacterial contamination of platelets utilizing 16S metagenomics (#362)

7:35 PM
Lina Rustanti

Bacterial communities vary between healing and non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) - An update on the DFU microbiome. (#363)

7:35 PM
Sumeet Sandhu

Salmonella response to heat and pH in meat juice (#364)

7:35 PM
Amreeta Sarjit

ARDaP: Improved antimicrobial resistance detection and prediction from whole-genome sequence data (#365)

7:35 PM
Derek S Sarovich

Silver Nanoparticles: Green Synthesis and their Effective Applications (#366)

7:35 PM
SHABANA SHABANA

Comparison of Copan WASPTM versus BD KiestraTM InoqulA in Examination Time for Positive Urine Culture (#367)

7:35 PM
Susan Sharp

Engineering a bacterial toxin for improved function as a N-glycolylneuraminic acid specific lectin (#368)

7:35 PM
Lucy K Shewell

Uropathogen Detection Comparison of Enhanced Quantitative Urine Culture Protocol and Standard Urine Culture Protocol in Patients with Urinary Tract Infection: Evidence Based Case Report (#369)

7:35 PM
Samuel Dominggus Chandra Siahaan

Potential pathogens identified in lung samples from pigs with pleurisy at an abattoir in Queensland Australia (#370)

7:35 PM
Reema Singh

Investigating the risk of human disease from parasites of small mammals and bats in Cambodia (#371)

7:35 PM
Gavin JD Smith

High susceptibility and vector competence of Australian Aedes aegypti to Zika virus (#372)

7:35 PM
Liesel Stassen

Seeding of the fetal gut microbiome: insights into origins and significance (#373)

7:35 PM
Lisa Stinson

Molecular characterisation of PPVP, a key effector molecule within the LirA regulon of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (#374)

7:35 PM
Miljan Stupar

Evolution of influenza A/H3N2 virus in Singapore (#375)

7:35 PM
Yvonne Su

Heparan sulfate mimetic compounds in modulating RRV as potential therapies   (#376)

7:35 PM
Aroon Supramaniam

Faecal Strongyloides stercoralis real-time polymerase chain reaction assay validation study (#377)

7:35 PM
Christopher D Swan

Nuc is an extracellular nuclease that mediates competence and biofilm formation in Moraxella catarrhalis (#378)

7:35 PM
Aimee Tan

Adaptation Strategies Inferred From Resource Allocation in Cyanobacterial Membrane Proteomes (#379)

7:35 PM
Fallen Teoh

Comparison of the highly multiplexed PlexPCR® RespiVirus 11 (beta) assay with a commercial assay (#380)

7:35 PM
Priya Thaivalappil

Molecular characterization of fluoroquinolone-resistant avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diseased chickens in Thailand (#381)

7:35 PM
Thotsapol Thomrongsuwannakij

Overdiagnosis of rotavirus infection due to vaccine virus shedding. (#382)

7:35 PM
Sarah Tozer

Are peri-urban wild dogs another potential source of transmission of Q fever in Queensland? (#383)

7:35 PM
Sarah J Tozer

Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), 2016-2017 (#384)

7:35 PM
Merrin Tulloch

Glaesserella australis sp. nov., isolated from the lungs of pigs (#385)

7:35 PM
Conny Turni

Phenotypic and genotypic variability of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium exposed to environmental stresses (#386)

7:35 PM
Md Jalal Uddin

Characterization of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus exposed to oxacillin and ciprofloxacin (#387)

7:35 PM
Md Jalal Uddin

Effect of bacteriophage-antibiotic combination on the reduction of the development of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium (#388)

7:35 PM
Md Jalal Uddin

Development of indigenous novel climate resilient microbial consortium for enhancing vegetable production (#389)

7:35 PM
Jay Prakash Verma

Funcional studies of pyruvate carboxylase regulation by cyclic di-amp in lactic acid bacteria (#390)

7:35 PM
Thu NM Vu

Use of whole genome sequencing to determine the genetic basis of multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from Australian livestock. (#391)

7:35 PM
David L Wakeham

Could environmental durability act as an enabler of bacterial pathogenicity? (#392)

7:35 PM
Liang Wang

Evaluation of cytotoxicity levels and synergistic antimicrobial activity of Alpiniamalaccensisand Terminaliacatappa extracts against food borne or spoilage bacteria in vacuum packed ready-to-cook (RTC) chicken (#393)

7:35 PM
Nimsha S Weerakkody

Capsule-switching is associated with the rapid global expansion of the recently emerged fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli sequence type 1193 clone (#394)

7:35 PM
Rhys T White

Soil and the gut microbiota- Supporting the “hygiene hypothesis” (#395)

7:35 PM
Gal Winter

Evaluation of the Vitek 2 AST YS08 Yeast Susceptibility Test in comparison to the Sensititre YeastONE Susceptibility System for antifungal susceptibility testing (#396)

7:35 PM
Ka Yan Wong

Functional Diversity of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids in Enterobacteriaceae (#397)

7:35 PM
Alma Wu

The molecular epidemiology of an atypical wooden tongue outbreak (#398)

7:35 PM
Sarah Yee

Structural study of a molybdenum cofactor-dependent enzyme (#399)

7:35 PM
Sung-il Yoon

Growth stage of Helicobacter pylori regulates the production and content of outer membrane vesicles. (#400)

7:35 PM
Lauren Zavan

Identification of serovars’ specific genes for typing the five most prevalent Salmonella serovars in Australia (#401)

7:35 PM
Xiaomei Zhang

Metabolomic analysis uncovered the synergistic mechanisms of polymyxin B in combination with rifampicin against MDR Acinetobacter baumannii (#402)

7:35 PM
Jinxin Zhao

Elucidating the Zn(II)-binding mechanism of the pneumococcal protein AdcAII (#403)

7:35 PM
Marina L Zupan

Development of a method for in-situ characterisation of biofilms grown on meat muscle  (#404)

7:35 PM
Nirmani Wickramasinghe

Characterization of Escherichia coli Adhesins (#405)

7:35 PM
Tugce Onur

Reservoirs of Clostridium difficile in the community (#406)

7:35 PM
Su Chen Lim