This document announces a webinar hosted by the Applied Microbial Ecology Laboratory at Universidad de La Frontera in Chile on September 17, 2020. The webinar will feature presentations on bacterial communities and organic phosphorus recycling in aquatic ecosystems from researchers in Chile, the US, and China. Talks will cover topics like nitrogen cycling by bacteria in karst estuaries, phosphorus sources and water quality, controlling lake expansion through macrophyte biomass, and phosphorus distribution and bacteria in Chilean river sediments. The webinar aims to foster discussion within the research network exploring the role of bacteria in phosphorus recycling in impacted aquatic environments.

1. 1st Applied Microbial Ecology Laboratory Webinar: Research network for understanding the role of bacterial communities
on organic phosphorus recycling in anthropogenic-impacted aquatic ecosystems (NET-PO)
Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco – Chile
Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2020 – Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86865212562?pwd=SEdVWTJCTE1GNWorTktCR1hOUysyQT09
Program
Organized by:
Applied Microbial Ecology Laboratory (EMALAB), Departamento de Coiencias
Químicas y Recursos Naturales, Faculta de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La
Frontera. (Chile)
Supported by:
Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO) , Universidad de
La Frontera. (Chile)
Research network for understanding the role of bacterial communities on organic
phosphorus recycling in anthropogenic-impacted aquatic ecosystems (NET-PO),
Apoyo a la Formación de Redes Internacionales entre Centros de Investigación 2019,
ANID–PCI, code REDES190079. (Chile–USA)
Spatial-temporal patterns of bacterial communities in sediments of Villarrica and
Baiyangdian lakes and their potential as environmental and public health indicators in
water resources management policies for southern Chilean and northern Chinese
lakes, Concurso para Proyectos de Investigación Conjunta en Chile y China (ANID–
NSFC), code NSFC190012. (Chile–China)
Unraveling the effect of organic phosphorus on bacterial populations in river and lagoon
sediments from La Araucanía Region, Postdoctoral Research FONDECYT N° 3180198,
ANID. (Chile)
Development of harmful algal bloom monitoring methods and forecast system for
sustainable aquaculture and coastal fisheries in Chile, Science and Technology
Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), code JPMJSA1705.
(Chile–Japan)
Exploring the role of fungi in the dispersion of rhizobacteria in pastures established in
Chilean Patagonia, Concurso Nacional de Atracción de Capital Humano Avanzado del
Extranjero, Modalidad de Estadías Cortas (MEC) N° 80180048, ANID–PCI. (Chile)
*Chilean and USA’s Eastern time. The time given for each presentation include 5 min for audience questions.
Time* Title Moderator/Speaker
08:50–09:00 Opening
Moderators: Dr. Milko Jorquera and Dr.
Marco Campos
09:00–09:30
(30 min)
Selection of Epsilonproteobacteria in a tropical karst
subterranean estuary, with implications for cycling
and export of nitrogen to coastal waters
Dr. Andrew Ogram, University of
Florida, USA
09:30–10:00
(30 min)
Phophorus sources, cycling and impact in coastal
water quality
Dr. Deb Jaisi, University of Delaware,
USA
10:00–10:30
(30 min)
Assessing the safe operating space of aquatic
macrophyte biomass to control the terrestrialization of
a grass-type shallow lake in China
Miss Yanan Guan, Beijing Normal
University, China
10:30–11:00
(30 min)
An approach to the spatiotemporal distribution of
phosphorus contents, phosphomonoesterase activity
and bacterial communities in sediments of two rivers
from southern Chile
Dr. Marco Campos, Universidad de La
Frontera, Chile
11:00–11:30 Roundtable and Closing
Moderators: Dr. Milko Jorquera and Dr.
Marco Campos