Scientific Program Daily Overview
Speaker is marked by underline* Nominee of The Louis Dienes Award** Nominee of The Harry Morton Student Award

Monday 07/17
9:30–10:30 Opening Ceremony and Group photo taking
Session 1 Clinical Microbiology / Mycoplasmology
Chair: T. Prescott Atkinson, Meghan May
10:30–11:30 Keynote-1 Post acute sequelae of SARS Cov2: A long way to go
Clifford J Rosen
11:30–11:45 O-1 Challenges in Distinguishing between Mycoplasma and
COVID-19 Co-infection: Two Case Reports
Kazuhiro Matsuda
11:45–12:00 O-2 The Association between Genital Mycoplasmas Colonization
and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes—A Population-Based Retrospective Study
from China**Yan Xuan, Tao Yan, Xiang Hong, Xu Zhou, Jun Zhao, Bei Wang
12:00–12:15 O-3 Diagnostic Investigation of Mycoplasma hyorhinis as a
Potential Pathogen Associated with Neurological Clinical Signs and Central
Nervous System Lesions in Pigs**Calvin ChengYu Ko, Maria Merodio, Ethan Spronk, James Lehman,
Huigang Shen, Ganwu Li, Rachel Derscheid, Pablo Piñeyro
12:15–12:30 O-4 Prevalence of Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in
Mycoplasma genitalium in Metropolitan and Overseas France in 2021
Sabine Pereyre, Cécile Laurier-Nadalié, Nadège Hénin, Amandine Dolzy,
Marie Gardette, Cécile Bébéar
12:30–12:45 O-5 Molecular genotyping of Mycoplasma genitalium strains in
the United States
Joshua T. Waites, Amy E. Ratliff, Donna M. Crabb, Barbara Van Der Pol,
Jodie A. Dionne, William M. Geisler, Arthur H. Totten, Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao
12:45–13:45 IRPCM Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
13:45–14:45 IRPCM Clinical Aspects of Human Mycoplasmas
13:45–14:45 IRPCM Avian Mycoplasmas

Session 2 Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature in the Genomics Era
Chair: Mitchell F. Balish, Ana S. Ramirez
16:30–17:30 IOM Derrick Edward Award
Mollicutes Taxonomy: A Perspective from Evolutionary Genomics
Chih-Horng Kuo
17:30–17:45 O-6 Identification of a novel Mycoplasma species from aninfection caused by a cat bite
Danielle L. Gilbert, Donna M. Crabb, Johnathon Young, Juston Meier,Michele Granada, Casey Rice, Aneesa Afroze, Amy E. Ratliff,
Thomas P. Atkinson, Ken B. Waites, Li Xiao
17:45–18:00 O-7 Phytoplasma Taxonomy: Bridging the Gap with
Taxogenomics
Amit Yadav, Bhavesh Tiwarekar, Kiran Kirdat, Shivaji Sathe
18:00–18:15 O-8 Examining Molecular Diversity of Ureaplasma Species
Isolated from Neonates in the Global Multi-Country Child Health and Mortality
Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network
Jessica Lindsay Waller, Eungi Yang, Vasanta Chivukula, Will A. Overholt,
Mahika Kadam, Maureen H. Diaz, Jonas M. Winchell
18:15–18:30 O-9 Revised Minimum Standards for Valid Publication of Novel
Species within the Class Mollicutes
Meghan May, Vicki Chalker, Mitchell F. Balish, Alain Blanchard,
Assunta Bertaccini, Joachim Frey, Gail E. Gasparich, Ludwig Holzle,
Peter Kuhnert, Chih-Horng Kuo, Lucia Manso-Silvan, Ana S. Ramirez Corbera,
Joachim Spergser, O. Brad Spiller, Emma L. Sweeney, Dmitriy Volokhov, Wei Wei
18:30–19:30 IOM Peter Hannan Award“If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost” Carl
Linnaeus
Vicki Chalker, Mitchell F. Balish, Assunta Bertaccini, Alain Blanchard,
Gail Gasparich, Ludwig Hölzle, Peter Kuhnert, Chih-Horng Kuo,
Lucia Manso-Silvan, Meghan A. May, Ana Sofía Ramírez Corbera,
Joachim Spergser, O. Brad Spiller, Emma Sweeney, Dmitriy Volokhov, Wei Wei
19:30–20:30 Poster Session(Odd numbers)(Food, Beverage provided)

Tuesday 07/18
Session 3 Vaccinology and Immunity
Chair: Rohini Chopra-Dewasthaly, Jörg Jores
9:30–10:30 Keynote-2
Andrew R Peters

Current thoughts on Livestock Mycoplasma vaccines10:30–10:45 O-10 Evaluating the Dynamics and Efficacy of a Live, AttenuatedMycoplasma anserisalpingitidis Vaccine Candidate Under Farm Condition
Dénes Grózner, Alexa Mitter, Dominika Buni, Katinka Bekő, Zsuzsa Kreizinger,Áron B. Kovács, Enikő Wehmann, Nikolett Belecz, Karola Költő, Veronika Hrivnák,
Miklós Gyuranecz
10:45–11:00 O-11 Clinical Efficacy of an Autogenous Killed Vaccine for
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Used during a Pneumonia Outbreak in Saanen
Goats in Northern Italy
Marco Bottinelli, Davide Prataviera, Verdiana Righetti, Giorgia Nai, Monica Cagiola,
Giulio Severi, Veronica Conci, Annalucia Tondo, Giovanni Martini, Matteo Cornaggia,
Marianna Merenda
11:00–11:15 O-12 Efficacy of a New Inactivated Mycoplasma hyorhinis Vaccine
in Commercial Pigs
Jia Wang, Yuan Gan, Yuanyuan Huang, Yanna Wei, Ting Yuan, Lei Zhang,
Guoqing Shao, Zhixin Feng, Qiyan Xiong
11:15–11:30 Break
11:30–11:45 O-13 Profiling Mycoplasma hyosynoviae Antibodies in Dams andPiglets
Haley Schwecke, Emily McDowell, Amanda Sponheim, Joel Nerem,
Robert Valeris-Chaci, Maria Pieters
11:45–12:00 O-14 The role of pulmonary interstitial macrophages in
Mycoplasma pneumoniae induced inflammation*Arlind B. Mara, Xin Li, Kavita Rawat, William T. King, Claudia V. Jakubzick
12:00–12: 15 O-15 Synergism of bovine mammary epithelial cells and bovine
peripheral blood mononuclear cells enhances immunological responses to
Mycoplasmopsis bovis**Noriko Imaizumi, Satoshi Gondaira, Tomochika Sugiura, Hidetoshi Higuchi
12:15–12: 30 O-16 Insights from 16-year Mycoplasma Culture and PCR Data
Analysis in a Canadian Provincial Laboratory
Hugh Yuehua Cai, Pauline Nelson-Smikle, Fernando Munevar
12:45–13:45 IRPCM Plant and Arthropod Mycoplasmas
12:45–13:45 IRPCM Chemotherapy of Mycoplasma Infections
13:45–14:45 IRPCM New and Emerging Species

Session 4 Next Generation Vaccines and Host-Pathogen Interactions
Chair: Amir Noormohammadi, Steven J. Geary
16:30–17:30 IOM Emmy Klieneberger-Nobel Award

Mycoplasmas - Not That Simple, But Increasingly Understandable andControllable
Glenn F. Browning
17:30–17:45 O-17 Global Transcriptional Changes in the Trachea After
Vaccination and Infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Immunosuppressed
Chickens*Sathya N. Kulappu Arachchige, Anna Kanci Condello, Nadeeka K. Wawegama,
Glenn F. Browning
17: 45–18:00 O-18 Genome engineering of the major goat pathogen
Mycoplasma capricolum subsp. capripneumoniae as a first step towards therational design of improved vaccines
Géraldine Gourgues, Lucia Manso-Silvan, Gabrielle Guesdon,
Catherine Chaberland, François Thiaucourt, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet,
Vincent Baby, Alain Blanchard, Carole Lartigue
18: 00–18:15 Break
18: 15–18:30 O-19 Quantification of the effect of vaccination on the control ofhorizontal transmission of M. synoviae under field conditions
Christiaan ter Veen, Inge Santman-Berends, Marieke Augustijn, Anneke Feberwee
18: 30–18:45 O-20 MyMIC: a Network for Standardization of Diagnostics,
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Clinical Interpretation in Animal
Mycoplasmas
Anne V. Gautier-Bouchardon, Maryne Jaÿ, Sara M. Klose, Annet Heuvelink,
Inna Lysnyansky, Miklós Gyuranecz, Ana S. Ramirez, Marco Bottinelli,Anne Ridley, Anneke Feberwee, Claire Becker, Florence Tardy
18: 45–19:00 O-21 Fever-like temperature impairs the bovine ex vivo response
to Mycoplasmopsis bovis
Thomas Démoulins, Thatcha Yimthin, Dorothea Lindtke, Sergi Torres-Puig,
Lukas Eggerschwiler, Raphael Siegenthaler, Nicolas Ruggli, Fabien Labroussaa,
Jörg Jores
19: 00–19:15 O-22 Mycoplasma hyrohinis Hijacks Host Plasminogen/Plasmin
System via Multiple Surface Moonlighting Proteins to Enhance Its Spread Acrossthe Extracellular Matrix Barrier
Qiyan Xiong, Qiyan Xiong, Jia Wang, Yao Li, Longji Pan, Yanfei Yu, Guoqing Shao,
Zhixin Feng
19: 15–19:30 O-23 The Secreted MbovP475 of Mycoplasma bovis Induces
Macrophage Pro-inflammatory Response through CRYAB*Aizhen Guo, Shujuan Wang, Gang Zhao, Doukun Lu, Yingyu Chen, Xi Chen,
Changmin Hu, Jianguo Chen
19:30–20:30 Poster Session(Even numbers)(Food, Beverage provided)Wednesday 07/19
Session 5 Virulence and Pathogenesis
Chair: Arlind Mara, Christine Citti
9:30–10:30 IOM Robert F. Whitcomb award
Molecular mechanisms of plant manipulation by phytoplasmas
Kenro Oshima
10:30–10:45 O-24 Comparative Genomic Analysis of M. agalactiae Strain
GM1309 Unravels its Peculiar Surface Architecture and Distinct Pathogenicity
TraitsRohini Chopra-Dewasthaly, Maysa Santos Barbosa, Joachim Spergser
10:45–11:00 O-25 Studying Interactions between 12 Mycoplasmopsis bovis
and Bovid Tissue Culture*Elhem Yacoub, Antonio Ruzzini, Murray Jelinski
11:00–11:15 Break
11:15–11:30 O-26 Modulation of transcription factors involved during
Phytoplasma-associated phyllody development in Sesamum indicum L.
(Sesame) plants**Pratima Verma, Suman Lakhanpaul, Ramya Parakkunnel
11:30–11:45 O-27 The Mycoplasma genitalium biofilm-associatedexopolysaccharide is a glucosamine polymer in the furanose configuration
James M. Daubenspeck, Prescott T. Atkinson
11:45–12:00 O-28 The MnuA Nuclease and 5'-Nucleotidase Impact Mycoplasma
bovis Fitness in Mastitis
Peleg Schneider, Yaa Amoah, Christine Citti, Emilie Dordet-Frison,
Nahum Yehuda Shpigel, Inna Lysnyansky
12:00–12:15 O-29 Comprehensive search for amino acid residues involved intarget recognition of a phytoplasma effector protein by random mutagenesisbased screening**Oki Matsumoto, Yugo Kitazawa, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Kensaku Maejima,
Masato Suzuki, Juri Matsuyama, Hiroaki Koinuma, Kenro Oshima,
Shigetou Namba, Yasuyuki Yamaji
12:15–12:30 O-30 The non-canonical host proteasome utilization by aphytoplasma effector: phyllogen acts as a ubiquitin-like mediator forproteasomal degradation of target proteins
Yugo Kitazawa, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Kensaku Maejima, Momoka Sasano,Oki Matsumoto, Hiroaki Koinuma, Ryosuke Tokuda, Masato Suzuki,
Kenro Oshima, Shigetou Namba, Yasuyuki Yamaji
12:15–12:45 O-31 Monopodial to sympodial shift in Phalaenopsis:
phytoplasma SAP11 effector breaks repression of axillary buds
Jun-Yi Yang, Choon Meng Tan, Swee Suak Ko, Wen-Chieh Tsai, Yi-Ching Chiu

12:45–13:45 IRPCM Ruminant Mycoplasmas
12:45–13:45 IRPCM Porcine Mycoplasmas

Session 6 Development of Research Tools(Supported by JST CREST “Genome Programming” Project)
Chair: Chih-Horng Kuo, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet
14:45–15:45 Keynote-3 Artificial cell reactor technology
Hiroyuki Noji
15:45–16:00 O-32 Minimal cell JCVI-syn3B as a chassis to investigate hostmicrobe interaction
Daniela Matias de Carvalho Bittencourt, David M. Brown, Nacyra Assad-Garcia,
Michaela R. Lynott, Lijie Sun, Luis Alberto M. Palhares de Melo, Marcelo Freire,John I. Glass
16:00–16:15 O-33 Development of the Toolbox for Mycoplasma Genome
Engineering
Carole Lartigue, Thomas Ipoutcha, Fabien Rideau, Luis Garcia-Morales,
Estelle Ruiz, Gabrielle Guesdon, Geraldine Gourgues, Alain Blanchard,
Yonathan Arfi, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet
16:15–16:30 O-34 Engineering a Mycoplasma Surface Display tool for ProteinProtein Interaction Screening**Javier Gonzalez de Miguel, Irene Rodriguez Arce, Daniel Gerngross,
Ariadna Montero Blay, Luis Serrano Pubul
16:30–16:45 Break
16:45–17:00 O-35 Generating Mycoplasma bovis gene knock-out mutants
using the CRISPR/Cas9 system of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
Nadeeka Kumari Wawegama, Sara Klose, Glenn Francis Browning
17:00–17:15 O-36 Open Genome Browser for Mollicutes: A User-friendly andPowerful Web Platform for Comparative Genomics
Thomas Roder, Hatice Akarsu, Fabien Labroussaa, Sergi Torres-Puig,
Jörg Jores, Rémy Bruggmann
17:15–17:30 O-37 Establishment of a Mycoplasma hyorhinis Challenge Modelin Five-Week-Old Piglets
Dorottya Földi, Zsófia Eszter Nagym, Nikolett Belecz, Levente Szeredi,
József Földi, Anna Kollár, Miklós Tenk, Zsuzsa Kreizinger,
Miklós Gyuranecz
17:30–17:45 O-38 Homologous and heterologous plasmid-assisted expressionof Ig cleavage systems of Mollicutes in an engineered Mycoplasma
feriruminatoris
Sergi Torres Puig, Hatice Akarsu, Silvia Crespo-Pomar, Thatcha Yimthin,

Thomas Démoulins, Isabelle Brodard, Valentina Cippà, Bettina Trüeb,
Horst Posthaus, Nicolas Ruggli, Peter Kuhnert, Fabien Labroussaa,
Jörg Jores
17:45–18:00 O-39 Bovine Tracheal Organoids vs 2D Cell Cultures as Models to
Study Mycoplasma bovis Cell Invasion**Chintha K. Premachandre, Pin Shie Quah, Bang Manh Tran, Elizabeth Vincan,
Georgia Deliyannis, Glenn F. Browning, Paola K. Vaz, Nadeeka K. Wawegama
18:00–18:15 O-40 The conjugative properties of Mycoplasma agalactiae are
critically influenced by the expression of lipoprotein P48 at the surface of therecipient mating partner
M’hamed Derriche, Laurent-Xavier Nouvel, Christine Citti, Eric Baranowski

Thursday 07/20
Session 7 Cell Biology and Genetics(Supported by JST CREST “Genome Programming” Project)
Chair: Inna Lysnyansky, Steven P. Djordjevik
9:30–10:00 Plenary
Design, Construction, and Analysis of a Synthetic Minimal Bacterial Cell
John I. Glass
10:00–10:15 O-41 Genomic analysis of Mycoplasma bovis causing bovine
respiratory disease in Australian feedlot cattle*Veronica Maria Jarocki, Mauida Al Khallawi, Tony Batterham, Kiro Petrovski,
Darren Trott, Steven Djordjevic
10:15–10:30 O-42 Nucleotide-Binding Sites Visualized by CryoEM Suggest
Rotational Movement of the Motor for Mycoplasma mobile Gliding
Takuma Toyonaga, Takayuki Kato, Akihiro Kawamoto, Tomoko Miyata,
Tasuku Hamaguchi, Keisuke Kawakami, Junso Fujita, Keiichi Namba,
Makoto Miyata
10:30–10:45 O-43 Horizontal transfer of phytoplasma effector phyllogen genes
is driven by potential mobile units
Nozomu Iwabuchi, Ryosuke Tokuda, Yugo Kitazawa, Takamichi Nijo,
Masato Suzuki, Kensaku Maejima, Kenro Oshima, Shigetou Namba,
Yasuyuki Yamaji
10:45–11:00 O-44 Redundancy and essentiality of cytoskeleton protein
components in Spiroplasma helicity and motility
Yorick Dahan, Bastien Lambert, Alexandre Vilquin, Julien Pérochon,Marie-Pierre Dubrana, Sybille Duret, Pananghat Gayathri, Jean-Paul Douliez,
Laure Béven
11:00–11:15 Break11:15–11:30 O-45 Essential protein P116 extracts cholesterol and otherindispensable lipids for Mycoplasmas
Jesús Martín Romero, David Vizarraga Revuelto, Lasse Sprankel
11:30–11:45 O-46 Bioinformatic and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal the
Potential Metabolic Functions of Genes Critical for Survival of Mycoplasma bovisin Cell Culture**Shijie Geng, Chintha K. Premachandre, Shukriti Sharma, David P. De Souza
Sheik Nadeem Elahee Doomun, Jordi Hondrogiannis, Glenn F. Browning
Kelly A. Tivendale, Nadeeka K. Wawegama, Sara M. Klose
11:45–12:00 O-47 Inositol metabolism is the essential factor to the growth andvirulence of Mycoplasma hyopneumonia*Xing Xie, Fei Hao, Qiyan Xiong, Maoda Pang, Yanna Wei, Rong Chen,
Zhenzhen Zhang, Wenbin Bao, Guoqing Shao, Daesub Song, Zhixin Feng
12:00–12:15 O-48 Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilms and the regulation ofglycerol 3-phosphate oxidase activity by oxygen
Mitchell F. Balish, Zoe E. Dapore, Ethan F. Boley, Davidson U. Nzenwata
12:15–12:30 O-49 The Family of Type-II DNA-Methyltransferases ofMetamycoplasma hominis including the first postulated type II MTase phasevariants
Birgit Henrich, Lars Vogelgsang, Azlan Nisar, Sebastain Scharf,
Anna Rommerskirchen, Dana Belick, Alexander T. Dilthey
12:30–12:45 O-50 Mycoplasma bovis Nucleomodulin MbovP202 Inhibits
Macrophage Proliferation by DNA methylation**Doukun Lu, Gang Zhao, Jiongxi Chen, Shujuan Wang, Yingyu Chen, Xi Chen,
Changmin Hu, Jianguo Chen, Aizhen Guo
15:00–16:30 General Meeting & Closing CeremonyPoster Presentation Overview
Category 1.

Clinical Cases

P-001 Tet44: A New Ribosomal Protection Protein Conferring Tetracycline
Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Mycoplasma bovis**Alexandra M. Burne, Melanie Huhta, Mary B. Brown
P-002 Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of an Atypical Virulent
Mycoplasma synoviae Strain
Naola Ferguson-Noel
P-003 A Case Study of Swine Arthritis Caused by Mycoplasma hyopharyngis
Dorottya Földi, László Makrai, Gergely Tóth, Miklós Gyuranecz
O-3 Diagnostic Investigation of Mycoplasma hyorhinis as a Potential Pathogen
Associated with Neurological Clinical Signs and Central Nervous System
Lesions in Pigs**Calvin ChengYu Ko, Maria Merodio, Ethan Spronk, James Lehman,
Huigang Shen, Ganwu Li, Rachel Derscheid, Pablo Piñeyro

Category 2.

Diseases

P-004 Genetic characterization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains isolated inJapan: Spread of p1 gene type 2c and 2j variant strains
Tsuyoshi Kenri, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Hitomi Ohya, Michio Jinnai, Yoichiro Oda,
Sadasaburo Asai, Rikako Sato, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Tomohiro Ohishi,
Atsuko Horino, Hiroyuki Fujii, Toru Hashimoto, Hiroshi Nakajima,
Keigo Shibayama
P-005 The identification of adhesive and proinflammatory function of
MYPE6810, a membrane lipoprotein from Mycoplasma penetransYuxin Li, Rong Li, Youyuan Ye, Yixue You, Peng Liu
P-006 Genome-Wide Association Study to Investigate Genetic Markers for
Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycoplasma cynos and Mycoplasma felis*Grazieli Maboni, Jeremy Chang, Walter Demczuk, Priyatharshini Ramesh,
Irene Martin, Jeff Caswell, Michael Beeton
P-007 Advancement in the Development of a Safe and Efficacious Subunit
Vaccine against Mycoplasma gallisepticum**Jeremy M. Miller, Rosemary G. Ozyck, Edan R. Tulman,
Steven M. Szczepanek, Jessica B. Malek, Lawrence K. Silbart
Steven J. Geary
P-008 Comparison of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Protocols for
Diagnosis of Phytoplasmas**Barbaros Mulayim, Isil TulumP-009 Abattoirs and Herds Survey to Monitor the Occurrence and Distributionof Mycoplasma Infections in Ruminants in Nigeria
Isaac Dayo Olorunshola, Oluwafemi Babatunde Daodu, Issa Atanda Muraina,
Owen Gunner, Anne Ridley, David Sunday Adegboye, Andy Rowland Peters,
Robin A.J. Nicholas
P-010 Using Live Attenuated Vaccine, MslA 2204, Co-administered with a SiRNA
Polyfunctional Nanoparticle Targeted Against Inflammatory Genes Up-regulated
During Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection**Rosemary Grace Ozyck, Rachelle Canete, Jessica Rouge,
Jessica Beaudet Malek, Lawrence K. Silbart, Steven J. Geary
P-011 Status of Phytoplasma Causing Diseases in the Philippines
Marita Sanfuego Pinili, Darwin Magsino Landicho, Sotaro Chiba
P-012 Abstract withdrawal
P-013 Development of Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) Technique for Quantitative
Detection of Phytoplasmas**Yigit Sabri Unlu, Isil Tulum
P-014 Spiroplasma eriocheiris entered Drosophila Schneider 2 cells and reliedon clathrin-mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis
Panpan Wei, Mingxiao Ning, Meijun Yuan, Xiangqian Li, Hao Shi,
Wei Gu, Peng Liu, Wen Wang, Qingguo Meng
P-015 Visualization of Phytoplasma Infection in Plant Tissues**Kadir Boztas, Hamide Deniz Kocabag, Kayhan Derecik, Mona Gazel,
Hikmet Murat Sipahioglu, Kadriye Caglayan, Isil Tulum
P-016 The Detection of Avian Mycoplasma spp. in Fecal Matter from Poultry
Mattie Capehart, Michael Davis, Marianne Dos Santos, Naola Ferguson-Noel
P-017 The Detection of Mycoplasma synoviae in Fecal Matter from Poultry
Michael Rose Davis, Mattie Capehart, Marianne Dos Santos, Naola Ferguson-Noel
P-018 In Silico Analysis of The Putative Phytoplasma Effector SAP55 that
Mimics the Lipidation Mechanism of G Proteins**Kayhan Derecik, Isil Tulum
P-019 Identification of antigenic Mycoplasma bovis proteins using North
American Bison (Bison bison) convalescent sera
Bryan Seth Kaplan, Danielle E. Buttke, Rohana P. Dassanayake, Eduardo Casa,
John D. Lippolis, Jarlath E. Nally
P-020 Genome Comparison of Spiralin, P58, P89 Regions of Naturally Infected
and in vitro Cultures of Spiroplasma citri from Different Hosts in Turkey**Busra Kara, Kadriye Caglayan, Isil Tulum
O-2 The Association between Genital Mycoplasmas Colonization and Adverse

Pregnancy Outcomes—A Population-Based Retrospective Study from China**Yan Xuan, Tao Yan, Xiang Hong, Xu Zhou, Jun Zhao, Bei Wang
O-15 Synergism of bovine mammary epithelial cells and bovine peripheral
blood mononuclear cells enhances immunological responses to
Mycoplasmopsis bovis**Noriko Imaizumi, Satoshi Gondaira, Tomochika Sugiura, Hidetoshi Higuchi

Category 3.

Identification, Detection & Diagnosis

P-021 Mycoplasma floridensis sp. nov. from Cell Lines Developed for
Diagnostic and Pathogen Discovery in Reptiles
Alexandra M. Burne, Robert J. Ossiboff, Mary B. Brown
P-022 Investigation on the Effects of Two Storage Methods of Diagnostic
Samples on the Isolation of Avian Mycoplasma Strains
Veronica Conci, Marco Bottinelli, Micaela Picchi, Massimo Bottazzari,
Ilenia Rossi, Salvatore Catania, Annalucia Tondo
P-023 The Development and Application of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Vaccine
Strain Specific Quantitative PCR Protocols
Marianne Dos Santos, Naola Ferguson-Noel
P-024 The Occurrence of Infections with Mycoplasma spp. and Ureaplasma
spp. in Clinical Cases of Respiratory Disorders in Polish Cattle Population
Katarzyna Dudek, Ewelina Szacawa, Dariusz Bednarek
P-025 A Visible Duplex Fluorescence-based LAMP assay for the Detection of
Mycoplasma bovis and Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis Virus
Qing Fan, Zhixun Xie, Zhiqin Xie, Liji Xie, Sisi Luo, Meng Li,
Yanfang Zhang, Jiaoling Huang, Tingting Zeng, Sheng Wang
P-026 Application of mucosal sIgA antibody in infection and immune evaluationof Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Zhixin Feng, Yun Bai, Yuan Gan, Yanna Wei, Ting Yuan, Lei Zhang, Li Wang,
Bo Ni, Beibei Liu, Qiyan Xiong, Guoqing Shao
P-027 Mycoplasma penetrans, a Possible Urogenital Bystander More Frequentin HIV-Positive Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men
Marie Gardette, Arabella Touati, Cécile Laurier-Nadalié, Cécile Bébéar,
Sabine Pereyre
P-028 Development and validation of three recombinase polymerase
amplification (RPA) assays for direct and rapid detection of Mycoplasma bovis
Xiu jing Hao, Yang Han, Ying Zhang, Min Li
P-029 Comparison of Different Laboratory Techniques to Evaluate Growth
Activity in vitro of Different Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Strains**Calvin ChengYu Ko, Pablo Pineyro, Chong Wang, Rachel DerscheidP-030 Improving strain typing of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae using multiplex
PCR and Next Generation Sequencing*Grazieli Maboni, Isaac Framst, Thomas Besser
P-031 Mycoplasma wenyonii circulates in cattle, deer and ticks
Laurent Xavier Nouvel, Marie-Claude Hygonenq, Chloé Saada,
Laura Graziano, Nicolas Cèbe, Jean-Luc Rames, Vincent Bourret,
Hélène Verheyden, Eric Baranowski, Renaud Maillard1, Christine Citti
P-032 Serological and Molecular Detection of Mycoplama gallisepticum,
Mycoplasma synoviae and Mycoplasma meleagridis in Free Range Chickens in
Nigeria
Isaac Dayo Olorunshola, Oluwafemi Babatunde Daodu, Issa Atanda Muraina,
Owen Gunner, Anne Ridley, David Sunday Adegboye, Andy Rowland Peters,
Robin A.J. Nicholas
P-033 Evaluation of Commercial Customized Plates for Ureaplasma spp. andMycoplasma hominis Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Determination of
Resistance Prevalence in France in 2020
Sabine Pereyre, Nadège Henin, Amandine Dolzy, Jennifer Guiraud,Marie Gardette, Cécile Bébéar
P-034 Mycoplasma synoviae Genotyping: Discrimination Power of Multiple
Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis for Live Vaccine and Wild
Strains
Elisabetta Stefani, Marco Bottinelli, Andrea Matucci, Michele Gastaldelli,
Verdiana Righetti, Giorgia Nai, Veronica Conci, Annalucia Tondo,
Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Miklós Gyuranecz, Salvatore Catania
P-035 Presence of Anti-Mycoplasma bovis Antibodies in Polish Cattle
Suspected of Mycoplasma bovis Infection
Ewelina Szacawa, Katarzyna Dudek, Dariusz Bednarek
P-036 Screening of Cattle for the Presence of Anti-Mycoplasma bovis
Antibodies in Poland
Ewelina Szacawa, Katarzyna Dudek, Dariusz Bednarek
P-037 Abstract withdrawal
P-038 A Multiplex Fluorescence-based Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification
Assay for Identifying Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Mycoplasma synoviae andAvian orthoreovirus
Zhixun Xie, Qing Fan, Zhiqin Xie, Liji Xie Sisi Luo, Meng Li, Yanfang Zhang,
Jiaoling Huang, Tingting Zeng, Mazhar Khan, Sheng Wang

Category 4. Epidemiology
P-039 Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium inCentral Slovenia, 2017-2022
Darja Kese, Andreja Murnik Rauh, Mojca Maticic, Aljosa Obreza

P-040 Mollicutes study in freshwater fish
Ana Muniesa, Imanol Ruiz-Zarzuela, Juan C. Ramírez, José B. Poveda,
Rubén S. Rosales, Ana S. Ramírez
P-041 Genetic Analysis of the imp Gene Encoding for the Immunodominant
Membrane Protein of Phytoplasmas Associated with Lethal Yellowing Type
Syndromes of Palms
Fabian Pilet
P-042 Detection of Mycoplasma ovis in Blood Samples from Small RuminantSpecies in Cuba
Ana S. Ramirez, Roxana Marrero-Perera, Belkis Corona-González,Lisset Roblejo-Arias, Adrián A. Díaz-Sánchez, Rafael G. Matos-Rodríguez,
Cristian Díaz-Corona, Yanet López-Dorta, Ernesto Vega-Cañizares,
Evelyn Lobo-Rivero, Rubén S. Rosales, José B. Poveda
P-043 Intrauterine Ureaplasma is associated with small airway obstruction in
extremely preterm infants
Xianya Zou, Hiroyuki Kitajima, Zhiqing Yuan, Yukiko Nakura, Itaru Yanagihara

Category 5.

Chemotherapy & Resistance

P-044 Improved Antimicrobial Activity of Fatty Acylated Bovine NK-lysinderived NK2A Peptide Against Mycoplasma bovis
Rohana Premachandra Dassanayake, William D. Boatwright,
Bryan S. Kaplan, Erick M. Nicholson, Eduardo Casas
P-045 In Vitro Selection and Characterization of Resistance to Josamycin andPristinamycin in Mycoplasma genitalium
Chloé Le Roy, Otgonjargal Byambaa, Carla Balcon3, Cécile Bébéar,
Sabine Pereyre
P-046 Apigenin suppresses mycoplasma-induced alveolar macrophages
necroptosis via enhancing the methylation of TNF-α promoter by PPARγ-Uhrf1
axis
Xiuzhen Mei, Jian Wang, Zhixin Feng, Zhenzhen Zhang
P-047 Efflux transporters are involved in Mycoplasma genitalium tetracycline
resistance
Li Xiao, Donna M. Crabb, Thomas P. Atkinson, Ken B. Waites, William M. Geisler
P-048 Antimicrobial Activity of Manuka Honey against Drug Resistant
Mycoplasmas
Li Xiao, Donna M. Crabb, Melanie H. Fecanin, Thomas P. Atkinson, William M. Geisler

Category 6.

Immunology & Vaccines

P-049 The Effect of Pegbovigrastim Administration on the Immune Response of

Calves Infected with Mycoplasma bovis
Katarzyna Dudek, Ewelina Szacawa, Magdalena Wasiak, Dariusz Bednarek,
Michał Reichert
P-050 Non-replicating Vaccines for Better Control of Mycoplasma gallisepticumin Breeder Poultry Flocks
Kannan Ganapathy, Congriev Kumar Kabiraj
P-051 Evaluation of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) ts-304 vaccine as a live
attenuated vaccine in day-old specific pathogen-free (SPF) chicks
Anna Kanci Condello, Nadeeka K. Wawegama, Dilhani Ekanayake, Ling Zhu,
Kelly A. Tivendale, Pollob K. Shil, Sameera Mohotti, Gregory J. Underwood,Philip Todhunder, Amir H. Noormohammadi, Glenn F. Browning
P-052 Identification of Vaccine Targets in Ruminant Mycoplasma Pathogens
Using in Silico and Proteomic Approaches
Isaac Dayo Olorunshola, Stephen Fitzgerald, Kevin McLean, Tom McNeilly,
Andy R. Peters
P-053 The molecular mechanism of Mycoplasma bovis lipid-associatedmembrane protein GLCP inhibiting host EBL cells apoptosis
Qiao Pan, Yujuan Zhang, Tong Liu, Qi Wu, Qingyuan Xu, Jiuqing Xin
P-054 RAMbo-V project: paving the way for the development of synthetic
vaccines against Mycoplasma bovis
Fabien Rideau, Patrick Hogan, M’hamed Derriche, Géraldine Gourgues,
Gwendoline Pot, Elisa Simon, Alain Blanchard, Renaud Maillard,
Christine Citti, Laurent-Xavier Nouvel, Laure Béven, Carole Lartigue,
Pascal Sirand-Pugnet1, Yonathan Arfi, Eric Baranowski
P-055 Indigenous vaccine trials for mycoplasmosis in small ruminant ofPakistan
Muhammad Kamal Shah, Umer Sadique Khat, Shakeeb Ullah Khan,
Muhammad Ijaz Ali, Hamayun Khan, Ali Zaman Paracha, Ata Ur Rehman
P-056 Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) Activity in
Mycoplasma synoviae and Vaccine Strain MS-H
Sahar Zare, Marc Serge Marenda, Sara Klose, Amir Hadji Noormohammadi
P-057 A secreted serine/threonine phosphatase encoded by Mbov_0725 of
Mycoplasma bovis attenuate activation of MAPK p38 and ERK
Hui Zhang, Doukun Lu, Yiqiu Zhang, Yujia He, Shujuan Wang, Xi Chen,
Yingyu Chen, Changmin Hu, Aizhen Guo
O-14 The role of pulmonary interstitial macrophages in Mycoplasma
pneumoniae induced inflammation*Arlind B. Mara, Xin Li, Kavita Rawat, William T. King, Claudia V. Jakubzick
O-17 Global Transcriptional Changes in the Trachea After Vaccination and
Infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum in Immunosuppressed Chickens*Sathya N. Kulappu Arachchige, Anna Kanci Condello, Nadeeka K. Wawegama,Glenn F. Browning

Category 7.

Cell Biology, Physiology & Metabolism

P-058 Elucidating the Role of Fibril Protein in Spiroplasma Swimming using
JCVI-syn3B**Ali Ahsan, Hana Kiyama, Yuya Sasajima, Makoto Miyata
P-059 Elongated JCVI-syn3B Cell Caused by Expression of Mycoplasma
pneumoniae-gliding Type Cytoadherence Regulatory Locus**Muhammad Algiffari, Hana Kiyama, Daisuke Nakane, Tsuyoshi Kenri, Makoto Miyata
P-060 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Analysis on Nobel Protein
Assemblies, Dimer of Hexameric F1-like ATPases and Fibril Helical Filament,
Involved in Mycoplasma Gliding and Spiroplasma Swimming
Toshiaki Arata, Kazunobu Sato, Takuma Toyonaga, Yuya Sasajima, Taiji Kanda, Isao
Suetake, Akio Inoue, Takeji Takui, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Yoh Matsuki, Makoto Miyata
P-061 Importance of MreB5 ATPase activity in Spiroplasma citri helicity andmotility
Yorick Dahan, Bastien Lambert, Sybille Duret, Marie-Pierre Dubrana,
Vani Pande, Mrinmayee Bapat, Shrikant Harne, Jean-Paul Douliez,
Pananghat Gayathri, Laure Béven
P-062 In silico analysis of cytoskeleton protein sequences in Spiroplasma
speciesYorick Dahan, Bastien Lambert, Marie-Pierre Dubrana, Laure Béven
P-063 Gliding Machinery of Mycoplasma mobile Visualized by Electron
Tomography**Minoru Fukushima, Takuma Toyonaga, Yuhei O. Tahara, Daisuke Nakane,
Makoto Miyata
P-064 Probing Interactions Between Adhesins and Attachment Organelle Core
Proteins in Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Kristina A. Gara, Mitchell F. Balish
P-065 Cryo-EM observation of γ-polyglutamic acid hydrogels from Bacillus
subtilis of Firmicutes
Tasuku Hamaguchi, Daisuke Unabara, Koji Yonekura
P-066 The analysis of Spiroplasma eriocheiris cell division proteins
Taishi Kasai, Yuhei O. Tahara, Makoto Miyata, Daisuke Shiomi
P-067 Mutational Analyses of MreB5 Essential for Spiroplasma Swimming
Reconstructed in JCVI-syn3B
Hana Kiyama, Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Daichi Takahashi, Yuya Sasajima,
Yuhei O. Tahara, Makoto Miyata
P-068 Morphology and motility of Spiroplasma species differing in theircytoskeleton gene content
Bastien Lambert, Yorick Dahan, Alexandre Vilquin, Marie-Pierre Dubrana,
Sybille Duret, Jean-Paul Douliez, Jean-Christophe Baret, Nicolas Martin,
Laure Béven
P-069 A new Spiroplasma species with a highly reduced genome discoveredfrom a coral metagenome in Okinawa*Yumiko Masukagami, Jinyeong Choi, Maria E. A. Santos, Filip Husnik
P-070 Structure and Function of Gli123 Involved in Mycoplasma mobile Gliding
Daiki Matsuike, Yuhei O. Tahara, Takahiro Nonaka, Heng Ning Wu,
Tasuku Hamaguchi, Hisashi Kudo, Yuuki Hayashi, Munehito Arai,
Makoto Miyata
P-071 Haloplasma Motility Reconstituted in JCVI-syn3B by Combination of Two
MreB Proteins**Mone Mimura, Hana Kiyama, Shingo Kato, Yuya Sasajima, Atsuko Uenoyama,
Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Andre Antunes, Tomoko Miyata, Fumiaki Makino,
Keiichi Namba, Makoto Miyata
P-072 Using minimized mycoplasma JCVI-Syn3 to analyze Ureaplasma
pathogenicity factors
Fumiko Nishiumi, Yukiko Nakura, Heng-Ning Wu, Shigeyuki Kakizawa,
Yo Suzuki, John I. Glass, Itaru Yanagihara
P-073 Cell division in bacteria without a cell wall: Mechanism of action of thebacterial cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA
Gayathri Pananghat, Joyeeta Chakraborty, Soumyajit Dutta, Vaishnavi Bahulekar
P-074 Impact of spiralin deletion on Spiroplasma citri membrane organizationand composition, morphology and motility
Julien Pérochon, Yorick Dahan, Alexandre Vilquin, Julia Guéguéniat,
Sybille Duret, Fabien Moroté, Marie-Pierre Dubrana, Touria Cohen-Bouhacina,
Christine Grauby-Heywang, Laure Béven
P-075 Investigating the Glyco-Proteoform Landscape of Minimal Genome
Mycoplasma spp.
**John W. Sanford, James M. Daubenspeck, Kevin Dybvig, T. Prescott Atkinson
P-076 Cryo electron microscopy of cytoskeletal 'fibril' protein involved in
Spiroplasma swimming*Yuya Sasajima, Takayuki Kato, Tomoko Miyata, Hana Kiyama, Akihiro Kawamoto,
Fumiaki Makino, Keiichi Namba, Makoto Miyata
P-077 Structural and functional studies of antibodies halting motility in
Mycoplasma pneumoniae reveal the dynamic nature of the adhesion complex**Marina Marcos Silva, David Vizarraga Revuelto, Akihiro Kawamoto,
Jesús Martín Romero, Fumiaki Makino, Tomoko Miyata, Makoto Miyata,
Jaume Piñol Ribas, Keiichi Namba, Tsuyoshi Kenri, Ignacio Fita Rodriguez
P-078 Formation process of Bacillus subtilis L-form visualized by quick-freezedeep-etch replica electron microscopy
Yuhei O. Tahara, Isil Tulum, Makoto Miyata
P-079 Assembly properties of bacterial actin MreB5 essential for Spiroplasma
swimming*Daichi Takahashi, Ikuko Fujiwara, Makoto Miyata
P-080 Spiroplasma swimming mechanism suggested by fluorescently labeled
MreBs expressed in JCVI-syn3B**Yoshiki Tanaka, Hana Kiyama, Makoto Miyata
P-081 Visualization of MreB4 and MreB5 Filaments Driving Spiroplasma
Swimming by Using JCVI-Syn3B and Electron Microscopy**Haruka Yuasa, Yuya Sasajima, Hana Kiyama, Daichi Takahashi, Takuma Toyonaga,
Tomoko Miyata, Fumiaki Makino, Keiichi Namba, Makoto Miyata
O-46 Bioinformatic and Metabolomic Analyses Reveal the Potential Metabolic
Functions of Genes Critical for Survival of Mycoplasma bovis in Cell Culture**Shijie Geng, Chintha K. Premachandre, Shukriti Sharma, David P. De Souza
Sheik Nadeem Elahee Doomun, Jordi Hondrogiannis, Glenn F. Browning
Kelly A. Tivendale, Nadeeka K. Wawegama, Sara M. Klose

Category 8.

Host-Pathogen Interaction (Virulence & Pathogenesis)

P 082 An atypical F-like ATPase is critical to the function of the antibody
cleavage system MIB-MIP
Julien Berlureau, Laure Bataille, Robin Anger, Géraldine Gourgues,
Carole Lartigue, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet, Yonathan Arfi
P-083 Novel In Planta Interaction of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' SAP11like and SAP54-like Effectors With Plant Transcription Factors
Marina Drčelić, Bruno Polak, Andreja Škiljaica, Nataša Bauer, Martina Šeruga Musić
P-084 To Be or Not to Be! Complex Non-stochastic Dynamics of Variable
Surface Lipoprotein Expression and Selection in Mycoplasma agalactiae in vivo
Reinhard Ertl, Rene Brunthaler, Melanie Stargardt, Debasmita Mishra,
Joachim Spergser, Renate Rosengarten, Rohini Chopra-Dewasthaly
P-085 Characterisation of the Transcriptional Response of the Tracheal Mucosa
of Chickens to Chronic Mycoplasma synoviae Infection
Kanishka I. Kamathewatta, Anna Kanci Condello, Sathya N. Kulappu Arachchige,
Neil D. Young, Pollob K. Shil, Amir H. Noormohammadi, Nadeeka K. Wawegama,
Glenn F. Browning
P-086 NOD2 activated by Duf16 in Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Hai Xia Luo, Yong Yu Wang, Min Li
P-087 Genome analysis of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ strain PR2021
associated with poinsettia**Shen-Chian Pei, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Chih-Horng Kuo

P-088 Immune Profiling of Experimental Murine Mastitis Reveals Conserved
Response to Mammary Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Mycoplasma bovis, andStreptococcus uberis
Peleg Schneider, Hagit Salamon, Nathalie Weizmann, Einat Nissim-Eliraz,
Inna Lysnyansky, Nahum Yehuda Shpigel
P-089 A feasibility study on cell growth inhibition of Ureaplasma species with
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Hengning Wu, Michinobu Yoshimura, Yukiko Nakura, Fumiko Nishiumi,
Xianya Zou, Masami Sato, Naomi Kokubo, Tomio Fujita, Shinsuke Fujiwara,
Itaru Yanagihara
P-090 Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae membrane protein Mhp271 interacts withhost UPR protein GRP78 to facilitate infection
Jiuqing Xin, Qiao Pan, Qingyuan Xu, Tong Liu, Yujuan Zhang
P-091 Hijacking of Host Plasminogen by Mesomycoplasma (Mycoplasma)hyopneumoniae via GAPDH: A Systematic Virulence Mechanism to Promote
Adhesion and Extracellular Matrix Degradation
Yanfei Yu, Jiying Wang, Shiyang Li, Jia Wang, Qiyan Xiong, Zhixin Feng,
Guoqing Shao
P-092 Abstract withdrawal
P-093 Novel Mycoplasma Nucleomodulin MbovP475 Decreased Cell Viability byRegulating Expression of CRYAB and MCF2L2*Gang Zhao, Doukun Lu, Shujuan Wang, Aizhen Guo
O-23 The Secreted MbovP475 of Mycoplasma bovis Induces Macrophage Proinflammatory Response through CRYAB*Aizhen Guo, Shujuan Wang, Gang Zhao, Doukun Lu, Yingyu Chen, Xi Chen,
Changmin Hu, Jianguo Chen
O-25 Studying Interactions between 12 Mycoplasmopsis bovis and Bovid
Tissue Culture*Elhem Yacoub, Antonio Ruzzini, Murray Jelinski
O-39 Bovine Tracheal Organoids vs 2D Cell Cultures as Models to Study
Mycoplasma bovis Cell Invasion**Chintha K. Premachandre, Pin Shie Quah, Bang Manh Tran, Elizabeth Vincan,
Georgia Deliyannis, Glenn F. Browning, Paola K. Vaz, Nadeeka K. Wawegama
O-41 Genomic analysis of Mycoplasma bovis causing bovine respiratory
disease in Australian feedlot cattle*Veronica Maria Jarocki, Mauida Al Khallawi, Tony Batterham, Kiro Petrovski,
Darren Trott, Steven Djordjevic
O-47 Inositol metabolism is the essential factor to the growth and virulence ofMycoplasma hyopneumonia*Xing Xie, Fei Hao, Qiyan Xiong, Maoda Pang, Yanna Wei, Rong Chen,

Zhenzhen Zhang, Wenbin Bao, Guoqing Shao, Daesub Song, Zhixin Feng
O-50 Mycoplasma bovis Nucleomodulin MbovP202 Inhibits Macrophage
Proliferation by DNA methylation**Doukun Lu, Gang Zhao, Jiongxi Chen, Shujuan Wang, Yingyu Chen, Xi Chen,
Changmin Hu, Jianguo Chen, Aizhen Guo

Category 9.

Mycoplasma Engineering & New Tools

P-094 New transformation method for JCVI-syn3B cells
Atsuko Uenoyama, Hana Kiyama, Makoto Miyata
P-095 Improved Transformation Efficiency in Mycoplasma hominis Allows
Disruption of the MIB-MIP System Targeting Human Immunoglobulins
Jennifer Guiraud, Chloé Le Roy, Fabien Rideau, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet,
Carole Lartigue, Cécile Bébéar, Yonathan Arfi, Sabine Pereyre
P-096 Adaptive laboratory evolution of JCVI-syn3.0B to low temperature*Masaki Mizutani, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu Shigeyuki Kakizawa
P-097 Reprogramming the synthetic cell JCVI-Syn3B for the production ofactive ingredients of interest to bio-based industry
Raquel Sampaio de Oliveira, Betúlia de Morais Souto, Betania Ferraz Quirino,
John I. Glass, Elibio Rech, Daniela Matias de Carvalho Bittencourt
P-098 A proposal to use ciliate Paramecium as a natural host model
Takashi Shimizu, Masato Tachibana, Kenta Watanabe, Masahisa Watarai
P-099 Improved efficiency of mycoplasma genome transplantation by DNA
repairKazuhito V. Tabata, Mana Ono, Nacyra Assad-Garcia, John I. Glass, J. Craig Venter,
Masayuki Su'etsugu, Hiroyuki NojiO-34 Engineering a Mycoplasma Surface Display tool for Protein-Protein
Interaction Screening**Javier Gonzalez de Miguel, Irene Rodriguez Arce, Daniel Gerngross,
Ariadna Montero Blay, Luis Serrano Pubul

Category 10.

Omics Studies

P-100 Remarkable Abundance of Potential Mobile Group II Introns in genome of
PWB Phytoplasma Strain PR34
Kiran Kirdat, Bhavesh Tiwarekar, Shivaji Sathe, Amit Yadav
P-101 Genome analyses of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ strains highlightheterogenicity and regularities
Rafael Toth, Anna Marie Ilic, Bruno Huttel, Michael Kube
P-102 Impact of Potential Mobile Units on Genome Stability in Phytoplasma

Evolution**Xiao-Hua Yan, Shen-Chian Pei, Chih-Horng Kuo

Category 11.

Phylogeny & Taxonomy

P-103 Phylogenetic Comparison of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Sequenced
Genomes for Relatedness to Commercial Avirulent Vaccine Strains
Spencer Leigh, Jeff Evans
P-104 New Mycoplasma Isolated from Portuguese Man o' War
Owen Brad Spiller, Ian C. Boostrom, Jordan A. T. Mathias, José B. Poveda,
Rubén S. Rosales, Ana S. Ramírez

Category 12.

Plant & Insect Mollicutes

P-105 Molecular characterizations of Raphanus sativus L. witches’-broom
disease and the genetic status of the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’strains (16SrII-V) in Yulin, Taiwan**Yi-Ching Chiu, Pei-Qing Liao, Yuh-Kun Chen, Chih-Horng Kuo, Jun-Yi Yang
P-106 Undetectable nature of phytoplasma in Cassava witches’ broom diseased
leaf tissues by conventional methods
Darwin M. Landicho, Ray Jerome M. Montañez, Marita S. Pinili, Sotaro Chiba
P-107 A genomics framework to phytoplasma taxonomy: The 16SrII and
16SrXXV phytoplasmas as a case study
Bianca Rodrigues Jardim, Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen, Cherie Gambley,
Ali M. Al-Subhi, Xavier Foissac, Hong Cai, Jun-Yi Yang, Richard Davis,
Lynne Jones, Brendan Rodoni, Fiona E. Constable
P-108 A large-scale investigation into phytoplasma diversity in Australia using
metagenomics
Bianca Rodrigues Jardim, Cherie Gambley, Lucy T. T. Tran-Nguyen,
Craig Webster, Monica Kehoe, Samantha Bond, Richard Davis,
Lynne Jones, Nandita Pathania, Fiona E. Constable, Brendan Rodoni
P-109 Towards understanding of a versatile pathogen – quest for putative
effectors in 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' genomes
Martina Šeruga Musić, Bruno Polak, Marina Drčelić, Shen-Chian Pei,
Chih-Horng Kuo
P-110 Target degradation specificity of a phytoplasma effector protein
phyllogen is regulated by an ability to recruit host proteasome shuttle protein**Masato Suzuki, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Yugo Kitazawa, Kensaku Maejima,
Juri Matsuyama, Oki Matsumoto, Kenro Oshima, Shigetou Namba,
Yasuyuki Yamaji
O-26 Modulation of transcription factors involved during Phytoplasmaassociated phyllody development in Sesamum indicum L. (Sesame) plants

**Pratima Verma, Suman Lakhanpaul, Ramya Parakkunnel
O-29 Comprehensive search for amino acid residues involved in target
recognition of a phytoplasma effector protein by random mutagenesis-based
screening**Oki Matsumoto, Yugo Kitazawa, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Kensaku Maejima,
Masato Suzuki, Juri Matsuyama, Hiroaki Koinuma, Kenro Oshima,
Shigetou Namba, Yasuyuki Yamaji