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PhD. Rosane Schwan
PhD. Cintia Ramos
PhD. Leonardo Vilela
PhD. Luis Batista
The research group in fermentations (NEFER), carried out a lecture course on May 2017 and invited speakers from outside and inside the University. The speakers were: PhD. Cintia Lacerda Ramos (UFVJM), PhD. Leonardo Vilela (UFLA), PhD. Rosane Freitas Schwan (UFLA), and PhD. Luis Roberto Batista (UFLA).
During the meeting, the approaches were about classification and phylogeny of the different groups of microorganisms, molecular methods for the identification of microorganisms, spectral techniques applied to the identification of microorganisms, techniques applied to the identification of filamentous fungi, and lastly the discussion forum with the members of the event.
The objective of identifying new species of microorganisms in a rich microbial ecosystem is to bring new discoveries to the scientific community and society, the idea after identification is to monitor the changes in a microbial niche, observe the behavior of starter cultures, and evaluate contaminants in processes.
Polyphasic tools such as morphology, biochemical and molecular characterization, biomolecules analysis, and new generation sequencing are essential for the identification of microorganisms.
Despite the wide microbial diversity found in Brazil, few publications described new species.
Have all species of microorganisms been identified? probably not. And where will these new species be stored? probably inside many laboratories. All microorganisms isolated but not identified by molecular and spectral techniques become forgotten.
The identification of new species requires time and dedication. In addition to the spectral-molecular techniques, conventional techniques such as morphological and biochemical characterization must not be forgotten, together they can be use for their description.
Microbial biodiversity and advances in the identification of new species
¨ Polyphasic tools are essential for identification of microorganisms¨
Nádia Batista