XXI Meeting of Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity

Valencia, September 24 - 26, 2026

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Ecology of the University of Valencia.
• Conferencia inaugural "La contaminación antropogénica extrema selecciona filos microbanos previamente no reconocidos", Mária Džunková.
• Conferencia de clausura "Diversidad procariota en suelos hipersalinos del Paraje Natural de las Marismas del Odiel", Cristina Galisteo Gómez (Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral del grupo de Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad, bienio 2024-2025).
• Awards:
  Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group, Marc Crespo Carretero.
  ASM (American Society for Microbiology), Andreu Albalat Queralt.
  IJSEM, Nidia Pérez García.
  Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity group, 2024-2025 biennium, Cristina Galisteo Gómez.
• Social events: Visit to the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia. Welcome reception at L'Umbracle Terrace of the Botanical Garden. Cultural walking tour of the city of Valencia. Closing dinner at the Palau Alameda. Excursion to the Coves of Sant Josep.
• Web page: https://sevilla.congresoseci.com/xxi_reunion_taxonomia/index

XXX SEM Microbiology Congress

Jaén, June 16 - 19, 2025

• Organized by Magdalena Martínez Cañamero (University of Jaén).
• Simposio "Evolución de poblaciones microbianas en ecosistemas":
  "Testing a framework for the phylogenetically constrained assembly of microbial communities", Daniel Aguirre de Cárcer.
  "Functional, ecological and evolutionary relevance of uncultured microorganisms", Jaime Huerta-Cepas.
  "Diversity, distribution and role of coral protist symbionts", Javier del Campo.
  "Las bacterias transmitidas por las semillas impulsan el ensamblaje del microbioma de la rizosfera del trigo mediante partición y facilitación de nichos", Daniel Garrido-Sanz.
• Oral communications session of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group:
  “Archaea vs. Bacteria: Challenging the boundaries of osmoregulation.”, Alicia García-Roldán.
  “Study of the microbial biodiversity of the deep subsoil of the Iberian Pyritic Belt at different pH”, Ignacio Carrasco.
  “Beyond mutation: the role of recombination in the phylogeny and adaptation of Vibrio vulnificus", Hector Carmona.
  “Revising the taxonomy of the genus Rhizobium”, Natalia Naranjo.
  “Metagenomic analysis of a deep-sea methanotrophic biofilm: disentagling the ecology and metabolic interactions”, Rafael Laso-Pérez.
  “Combination of culturomics and metagenomics for the global study of the virosphere of the extreme halophilic bacteria Salinibacter ruber", Miryam Carrillo.
  “Relationship between the microbiota, paraben levels and the development of obesity”, Alicia Ruiz.
  “Functional structure of the microbial community during the colonization of lavas from the Hekla volcano (Higlands, Iceland)”, Raúl Muñoz.
  “Bacterial Taxonomic Identifier (BACTAX-ID): A New Method for the Classification of Bacteria”, Miguel D. Fernández-de-Bobadilla.
• Social events: Welcome cocktail. Visit to the Jaén Cathedral, the Arab Baths and the excavations of the archaeological site of Cástulo. Evening to disseminate Microbiology in the courtyard of the Constable Iranzo Palace (“Micro-Jahenciana Evening: Microbes for all audiences”). Closing Dinner.
• Web page: https://www.congresosem.es/SEM2025/

XX Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity Group

Salamanca, September 26 - 28, 2024

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Genetics of the University of Salamanca, with the collaboration of the Bergey's Manual Trust.
• Conferencia inaugural "A novel ultra-small bacterium affiliated with the cosmopolitan clade of host-associated and free-living verrucomicrobia", Svetlana Dedysh.
• Conferencia de clausura "Bacterial whole genome sequencing for establishment of reference sequences, comparative genomics, biomarker discovery and characterization of novel taxa", Francisco Salvà-Serra (Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral del grupo de Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad, bienio 2022-2023).
• Awards:
  ASM (American Society for Microbiology), Ariana Reina-Hidalgo.
  IJSEM, José Laço.
  Award for the best doctoral thesis of the Taxonomy, Philogenia and Diversity Group, Biennium 2022-2023, Francisco Salvà-Serra.
• Social events: welcome reception in the Luisa de Medrano Cloister Hall. Visits to the space Ionimus and the city of Salamanca. Closing dinner at the Palacio de Figueroa. Excursion to the town of La Alberca.
• Web page: https://taxonxx.usal.es

XXIX SEM Microbiology Congress

Burgos, June 25 - 28, 2023

• Organized by David Rodríguez Lázaro (University of Burgos).
• Simposio "Microorganismos y Evolución":
  "Aplicación de la taxonomía de plásmidos al análisis de la propagación de Salmonella typhi XDR", Fernando de la Cruz.
  "Asociación entre la evolución de genes del sistema inmune humano y la Peste Negra (1347-1352)", Javier Pizarro-Cerdá.
  "Complejidad celular de un Asgardarquea y su posible relación con el origen de los eucariotas", Rafael I. Ponce-Toledo.
  "La dependencia de la vitamina B12 del hospedador ha modelado la evolución de las bacterias causantes de la tuberculosis", Jesús Gonzalo-Asensio.
• Oral communications session of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group:
  “Characterization of the aerobiome in a hospital environment and evaluation of the effect of natural ventilation”, Andrés Núñez Hernández.
  “Biotechnological potential of Blastococcus (Actinobacteria) in arid agro-ecosystems”, María Del Carmen Montero Calasanz.
  “Prokaryotic diversity (in)independent of cultivation in hypersaline soils of the Odiel marshes”, Cristina Galisteo.
  “Desert microbial diversity: a potential to explore”, Esther Menéndez.
  “Analysis of the intragenomic variability of ribosomal genes to improve the differentiation of species of Vibrio”, Amaia Leunda-Esnaola.
  “Isolation of the culturable bacteriome of Lupus narrowfolius”, Jhon Alexander Suescun.
  “Bacterial diversity in clinical environments: reservoir of new multiresistant pathogens?”, José Laço.
  “Non-photosynthetic cyanobacteria in the water cycle: from the subsoil to the intestine”, Valentin Gangloff.
• Social events: Welcome drink. Visit to the Cathedral of Burgos. Visit to the excavations in the Sierra de Atapuerca. Closing Dinner.
• Web page: https://www.congresosem.es/SEM2023/bienvenida

XIX Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity group

Port of Sóller (Mallorca), October 13 - 15, 2022

• Organized by the Department of Biology of the University of the Balearic Islands.
• Conferencia inaugural "El género Pseudomonas como modelo en taxonomía bacteriana: fenotipo y genotipo", Jorge Lalucat.
• Conferencia de clausura "Deciphering genomes: Comparative genomic analysis of legume associated Micromonospora", Raúl Riesco Jarrín (Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral del grupo de Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad, bienio 2020-2021).
• Awards:
  ASM (American Society for Microbiology), Ibai Cano Jimenez.
  IJSEM, Alan Omar Granados-Casas.
  Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group, Pilar Órtiz Sandoval, Cristina Galisteo Gómez.
  Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity group, biennium 2020-2021, Raúl Riesco Jarrín.
  Second prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity group, biennium 2020-2021, Gema Carrasco Díaz.
• Social events: Welcome reception. Tram to Sóller and guided tour of the city. Closing dinner at the Guía restaurant. Cultural outing to Torrente de Pareis.
• Web page: https://agenda.uib.es/83143/detail/xix-reunion-del-grupo-de-taxonomia-filogenia-y-biodiversidad.html

XXVIII Congress of SEM Microbiology

Virtual, June 28 - July 2, 2021

• Organized by the SEM Board of Directors.
• Simposio "Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad":
  "¿Existe la comunicación cruzada entre el endosimbionte Blattabacterium y la microbiota intestinal en la cucaracha alemana?", Rebeca Domínguez-Santos.
  "El tiempo de contacto con las madres es un factor clave en el desarrollo de la microbiota nasal de lechones", Pau Obregon.
  "Aislamiento de bacterias halófilas y halotolerantes en el Valle Salado de Añana (Álava)", Ilargi Martinez Ballesteros.
  "El DNA disuelto como fuente de información sobre la dinámica microbiana", Borja Aldeguer Riquelme.
  "Disbiosis ecológica como factor etiológico de la caries: cambios del microbioma y metaboloma en un modelo in vitro supragingival", Ángela Velapatiño Gamarra.
  "¿Qué es una “cepa” y cuántas de la misma especie coexistirían en un sistema natural?", Tomeu Viver.
  "Diversidad y filogenia de levaduras negras (Chaetothyriales) en sedimentos fluviales de Cataluña", Daniel Torres-García.
  "Estudio de la microbiota xilemática de Wine vine in infected and uninfected plants Xylella fastidiosa por MALDI-TOF MS", Antonio Busquets Bisbal.
• Simposio "Diversidad Microbiana":
  "Metagenómica de una salina ancestral: monitorización de los cambios de las comunidades microbianas desde el subsuelo hasta la superficie", Maria Dolores Ramos Barbero.
  "Distribución ecológica e importancia funcional de familias génicas inferidas a partir de datos metagenómicos", Álvaro Rodríguez del Río.
  "Toxicomicrobiómica, rol metabólico de los taxones de la microbiota intestinal humana y las disbiosis o enfermedades metabólicas", Margarita Aguilera.
• Web page: https://congresosem21.es

XVIII Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity group

Port of Sóller (Mallorca), October 21 - 23, 2020 (virtual)

• Organized by the Department of Biology of the University of the Balearic Islands.
• Conferencia inaugural "Realistic operational concept for the delineation of bacterial genera", Stefanus Venter.
• Conferencia invitada "If species classification is based on molecular parameters (genes and genomes), why cannot genome sequence be considered as type material?", Ramón Rosselló-Mora.
• Conferencia invitada "Analysing DNA and proteins for microbial taxonomy and diagnostics of infectious diseases", Edward R. B. Moore.
• Conferencia de clausura "Inducción de la diversidad metabólica en hongos endófitos asociados a plantas áridas de Andalucía", Víctor González Menéndez (Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral del grupo de Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad, bienio 2018-2019).
• Awards:
  ASM (American Society for Microbiology), Guillem Seguí Crespi.
  IJSEM, Tomeu Viver Pisa.
  Refund of the registration fee, Dáša Straková, Francisca Font Verdera, Ana López Moreno.
  Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity group, 2018-2019 biennium, Víctor González Menéndez.
  Second prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity group, 2018-2019 biennium, Noemí Buján Gómez.
• Web page: https://agenda.uib.es/go/XVIII-TAXON

XXVII Congress of Microbiology SEM

Malaga, July 2 - 5, 2019

• Organized by Juan José Borrego (University of Malaga).
• Simposio "Taxonomía y Sistemática en la era post-genómica" (Grupo de Taxonomía, Filogenia y Diversidad):
  "¿Sería posible reconciliar una taxonomía de lo cultivado con una de lo no cultivable?", Ramón Roselló-Mora.
  "Los centros de recursos microbianos como actores clave", David R. Arahal.
  "Synergistic cultivation-independent and -dependent studies in terrestrial geothermal springs", Brian P. Hedlund.
  "Analysis of 100s of metagenomes shows that bacterial species exist", Kostas Konstantinidis.
• Oral communications session of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity Group:
  "Analysis of the biological diversity in air at different heights by next-generation sequencing", Beatriz Sánchez-Parra.
  "Diversidad microbiana en el Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel", Ángeles Aguilera.
  "Análisis genómico comparativo y taxonómico del género Halonotius", Ana Durán-Viseras.
  "Shimia thalassica sp. nov., Shimia gijangensis comb. nov. y Cognatishimia activa comb. nov., new taxa in Rhodobacteraceae", Alexandra La Mura.
  "Descripción de Rahnella galaica sp. nov., & Rahnella conchicola sp. nov., two new species of the genus Rahnella aisladas de almeja fina y japónica en Galicia", Diego Gerpe.
  "Análisis filogenómico de la especie Xylella fastidiosa", Guillem Seguí.
  "Evolution towards pathogenicity: comparative analysis between Brucella and a recently isolated Pseudochrobactrum", Maite Loperena.
  "Los peligros del mal uso de las nuevas tecnologías en taxonomía", Lorena Carro.
• Social events: Welcome drink at the Botanical Garden of the University of Malaga. Closing Dinner at the La Concepción Historic Botanical Garden.

XVII Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity group and
XII Meeting of the Aquatic Environment Microbiology group

Sitges (Barcelona), October 1 - 2, 2018

• Organized by the Department of Biology, Health and the Environment of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences and the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona.
• Conferencia inaugural "Fenotipo y Taxonomía Genómica", María Jesús Pujalte Domarco.
• Conferencia de clausura "Estudio comparativo de la microbiota asociada a vieira (Pecten maximus) en diferentes sitemas de cultivo intensivo en criadero", Ana Belén López Diéguez (Premio a la Mejor Tesis Doctoral del grupo MMA, bienio 2016-2017).
• Awards:
  Biodiversity Session, Aide Lasa González.
  Taxonomy Session, Ana Durán Viseras.
  Session of Phylogeny and Evolution, Rubén Barcia Cruz.
  Session on Contamination of the Aquatic Environment, Albert Blanco Ortiz.
  Session on Pollution of the Aquatic Environment: New Methodologies, Alba Pérez Cataluña.
  Aquaculture Species Pathology Session, Rocío Leiva Rebollo.
• Social events: Welcome drink. Guided visit to the Maricel and Cau Ferrat museums. Closing dinner at the Villa Marina restaurant.
• Web page: http://taxonmma18.semicrobiologia.org/index.html

7th Congress of European Microbiologists FEMS y
XXVI SEM Microbiology Congress

Valencia, July 9 - 13, 2017

• Organized by Antonio Ventosa (University of Seville) and Rosa Aznar (University of Valencia).
• Simposio "Marine Microbiology" (Sociedad Española de Microbiología):
  "Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic studies of the microbial communities associated to cultured clams",
  Jesús López Romalde.
• Social events: Welcome reception.
• Web page: https://fems-microbiology2017.kenes.com/

XVI Meeting of the group specialized in Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity

Santiago de Compostela, June 8 - 10, 2016

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
• Conferencia inaugural "Taxonomía y biodiversidad del fitoplancton marino gallego, con especial relevancia a las especies productoras de biotoxinas", Yolanda Pazos.
• Invited conferences:
  "ASM Workshop: Art of Science Communication", María José Figueras.
  "Taxonomía microbiana y seguridad alimentaria", Margarita Aguilera.
• Sesión especial "Young Minds": "Estudio de microorganismos del Reino Protista en muestras de agua dulce", alumnos de Biología de primero de bachillerato.
• Social events: Welcome reception. Closing dinner at the 18th century San Francisco convent.
• Web page: http://www.usc.es/es/congresos/taxon2016/

XXV SEM Microbiology Congress

Logroño, July 7 - 10, 2015

• Organized by the Center for Applied and Multidisciplinary Research on Wine and Agri-food of the University of La Rioja (CIVA), the Department of Agriculture and Food (UR) and the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (CSIC-UR- CAR).
• Simposio "The utility of –omics technologies on microbial taxonomy, diversity and adaptive evolution studies" (Grupo de Taxonomía,
  Phylogeny and Diversity):
  "Taxogenomics of prokaryotes",
  David Ruiz Arahal.
  "From population genomics to phylogenomics of Legionella pneumophila",
  Fernando González-Candelas.
  "The theoretical and real potential of -omics: enzyme discovery and human gut as cases of investigation",
  Manuel Ferrer.
  "Evolution of the tuberculosis bacillus: from millennia to minutes",
  Iñaki Comas.
  "Insights into Haemophilus influenzae pathogenesis through natural transformation and experimental genomics",
  Joshua Mell.
  "Metagenomics and conventional methods, a bidirectional route for gathering new information. The case of Arcobacter in wastewater",
  María José Figueras.
  "Proteogenomics of aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in marine roseobacters",
  Balbina Nogales.
  "Detecting human sewage contamination in urban waters",
  Sandra McLellan.
• Social events: Guided tour of the city of Logroño. Visit to the winery. Closing dinner at the winery.
• Web page: https://www.unirioja.es/congresosem2015/index.shtml

XV Meeting on Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Microbial Diversity

Alcalá de Henares, July 3-4, 2014

• Organized by the Department of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of the University of Alcalá.
• Conferencia inaugural "La identificación de bacterias patógenas en humanos: usuales atípicas, inusuales, emergentes y nuevas especies", Juan Antonio Sáez Nieto.
• Invited conferences:
  "Research into the use of soil microbial characterisation in forensic case work: MISAFE an EU funded collaborative research Project", José Carlos Cordero Pére.
  "Metagenómica de virus en ecosistemas polares y en la cavidad oral humana", Alberto López-Bueno.
• Social events: Welcome reception at La Cúpula Restaurant. Guided visit to the University of Alcalá and the old town of Alcalá de Henares. Closing dinner at the Parador Nacional de Turismo. Excursion to the nearby city of Sigüenza.
• Web page: http://www.taxon2014.com/

XXIV SEM Microbiology Congress

L'Hospitalet, 10 - 13 July 2013

• Organized by the Campus of Health Sciences of
  Bellvitge-University of Barcelona.
• Simposio "Carl Woese: Evolución de los procariotas" (Grupo de Taxonomía,
  Phylogeny and Diversity):
  "Blattabacterias: variabilidad genética vs. stasis metabólica",
  Eugenio Belda.
  "Nuevas aproximaciones al estudio de comunidades microbianas",
  Pedro Belda.
  "Los verdaderos grupos taxonómicos de los hábitats hipersalinos",
  Nahid Oueriaghlil.
  "Diversidad clonal en poblaciones procariotas concurrentes", Ana
  Belén Martín.
• Social events: Welcome reception in the historic building
  from the University of Barcelona. Spanish guitar concert (Javier
  Garcia Moreno). Dinner of
  closing at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
• Web page: http://congresosem2013.semicrobiologia.org/sec/bienvenida.php

XIV Meeting on Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Microbial Diversity

Granada, May 10 - 12, 2012

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology of the
  Pharmacy faculty. University of Granada.
• Simposio inaugural "Algunos retos de hoy en la taxonomía clínica":
  "Situación actual de la taxonomía de los hongos patógenos humanos", Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo.
  "Problemas actuales en la identificación clínica de Streptococcus pneumoniae", Ernesto García López.
• Simposio de clausura: "La diversidad microbiana como fuente de productos de interés médico e industrial"
  "Incremento de la biodiversidad de actinobacterias marinas para el descubrimiento de nuevos antitumorales", Carmen Schleissner.
  "Biodiversidad microbiana y diversidad química: una factoría inagotable de nuevas moléculas", Olga Genilloud.
  "Metagenoma de la Península Ibérica: Diversidad microbiana y productos de valor añadido", Juan Luis Ramos.
• Social events: Welcome cocktail at the Hotel Nazaríes. Closing dinner at El Jardín de Gomérez. Visit and lunch in the Alpujarra.
• Web page: http://www.ugr.es/~congresotaxon2012/

XXIII National Congress of the Spanish Society of Microbiology

Salamanca, July 11 - 14, 2011

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Genetics of the
  Faculty of Biology. University of Salamanca.
• Simposio "Avances recientes en taxonomia" (Grupo de Taxonomía,
  Phylogeny and Diversity):
  "The genes under our feet, metagenomics unveiled", James Tiedje.
  "La familia Vibrionaceae: una actualización taxonómica", Mª
  Jesus Pujalte.
  "Diversidad de Actinobacterias presentes en edificios históricos de
  Salamanca", Martha Trujillo.
  "Géneros Flavobacterium and Chryseobacterium: aspects
  taxonómicos y su papel como patógenos de peces", Ana Isabel Vela.
• Social events: Welcome reception in the school yard
  Minors Harp and piano concert. Guided tour of the city. Dinner of
  closure (Hotel Alameda Palace).
• Web page: http://congresosem2011.semicro.es/

XIII Meeting on Microbial Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Diversity

Sevilla, 13 - 15 May 2010

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Faculty of Pharmacy. Sevilla University.
• Special participation of members of the Editorial Board and Trustees of Bergey´s Manual Trust and the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM).
• Conferences:
  "A strategy for bioprospecting: informed by actinobacterial systematics", Michael Goodfellow.
  "Bergey's Manual Trust during the development of prokaryotic systematics in the 20th Century", William B. Whitman.
  "The characterization of bacterial strains for taxonomic purposes - some thoughts on a polyphasic versus a genomic approach", Peter Kämpfer.
  "Introduction and discussion of peptidoglycan type, 16S rRNA gene sequence and DNA-DNA hybridization", Karl-Heinz Schleifer.
  "Multi Locus Sequence Analysis: towards a more robust bacterial taxonomy?", Paul de Vos.
  "Polyamine patterns in the context of polyphasic classification of bacteria", Hans-Jürgen Busse.
• Social events: Welcome cocktail (hotel terrace). Gala dinner (Hotel Alfonso XIII). Visit to the González – Byass wineries, Jerez de la Frontera.
• Web page: http://www.congreso.us.es/taxon2010

XII Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Microbial Biodiversity Group (SEM)

Tarragona, 2 - 4 June 2008

• Organized by the Microbiology Unit of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences. Rovira i Virgili University.
• Conferences:
  "Taxonomía, taxónomos y algunas consideraciones sobre la enseñanza de la taxonomía", Francisco Ruiz Berraquero.
  "Filogenia del género Aeromonas basada en un análisis multigénico (MLST)", Antonio Martínez-Murcia.
  "Comparación genómica de dos ecotipos de la gamma-proteobacteria marina Alteromonas macleodii", Francisco Rodríguez-Valera.
• Tribute to Professor Alberto Ramos Cormenzana, presentation by Prof. Francisco Congregado Córdoba.
• Social events: Reception (Rovira i Virgili University) in the rectory building. Guided tour of Roman Tarragona. Closing Dinner.

XI Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Microbial Biodiversity Group (SEM)

Malaga, June 14 - 16, 2006

• Organized by the University of Granada and the University of Malaga.
• Conferences:
  "Técnicas convencionales para la determinación de microorganismos probióticos", M. E. Fátima Nader-Macías.
  "Identificació in situ de microorganismos patógenos de peces", Juan L. Barja.
  "Las colecciones de cultivo/centros de recursos biológicos y sus relaciones con la taxonomía, la biodiversidad y la industria", Esperanza Garay Aubán y David Ruiz Arahal.
• Reunión de la asociación benéfico-docente "Profesor Vicente Callao".
• Social events: Welcome reception at the Hotel Rincón Sol. Closing dinner. Guided visit to the Picasso Museum and the Alcazaba of Malaga.

10th Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Bacterial Biodiversity Group of the SEM

Almería, September 30 and October 1 - 2, 2002

• Organized by the Microbiology Area of ​​the Department of Applied Biology. University of Almería.
• Round tables:
  "Tendencias actuales en clasificación microbiana", moderador Alberto Ramos Cormenzana.
  "Nuevos métodos para identificación microbiana", moderador Jesús López Romalde.
• Social events: Cocktail at the Club de Mar. Visit to the Cabo de Gata Natural Park and lunch.

IX Scientific Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity Group of the SEM

Alicante, September 24 - 27, 2000

• Organized by the Department of Plant Production and Microbiology. Miguel Hernández University.
• Conference:
  "Microbial Diversity research - Current status and future perspectives", Gerard Muyzer.
• Colloquium:
  "Do we really need to cultivate all microorganisms?", moderador Ramón Rosselló-Mora.
• Social events: Reception (Alicante Town Hall) in the castle of Santa Bárbara. Closing Dinner.

VIII Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Bacterial Biodiversity Group of the SEM

Palma de Mallorca, 1 - 3 October 1998

• Organized by the Microbiology Laboratory of the Faculty of Sciences. University of the Balearic Islands.
• Conferences:
  "Microorganismos halófilos: diez años después de Troya", Alberto Ramos Cormenzana.
  "Entorno al concepto de especie bacteriana", Ramón Rosselló-Mora.
  "Estructura genética de las poblaciones bacterianas: ¿clonalidad o panmixia?", Mª Carmen Fusté.
• Social events: Reception (Palma Town Hall) at Bellver Castle. Reception (Calvià Town Hall). Food offered by the University of the Balearic Islands.

VII Meeting of the Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Bacterial Biodiversity Group of the SEM

La Rábida, May 31 and June 1 - 2, 1996

• Organized by the International University of Andalusia.
• Conferences:
  "Biodiversity of sulfur metabolism in prokaryotes", H. G. Trüper.
  "Anticuerpos, macromoléculas y evolución celular", A. Lazcano.
• Social events: Reception (Diputación de Huelva) at the Carabelas dock and visit. Reception (City Hall of Huelva) at the house of Colón. Excursion to the mining area of ​​Río Tinto with a visit to the mining museum, the Corta Atalaya and the Bella Vista neighborhood. Excursion on the mining train along the Tinto river and visit the old English mining facilities. Visit to the Columbian places of Palos and reception at the Mayor's Office.

VI Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Valencia, 29 - September 30, 1994

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, and the Spanish Collection of Type Cultures; University of Valencia.
• Conferences:
  "On site detection and identification of uncultured bacteria", K.-H. Schleifer.
  "Development in the taxonomy of Campylobacter and Helicobacter", R. J. Owen.
• Social event: Closing dinner at La Rosa restaurant (Valencia).

V Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Santiago de Compostela, 13-14 September 1992

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology and Parasitology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Santiago de Compostela.
• Symposia:
  "Approaches to the taxonomy of Gram-positive bacterial fish pathogens", Brian Austin.
  "Taxonomy of the fish pathogenic bacteria belonging to the Flavobacterium - Cytophaga group", Jean-François Bernardet.
  "Diferenciación de cepas ambientales del género Vibrio por tests bioquímicos y secuenciación del 16S DNA", J. Martínez-Picado, J. Jofre y A. Blanch.
  "Taxonomía de las bacterias heterótrofas asociadas a bivalvos cultivados en la costa valenciana", M. J. Pujalte, M. Ortigosa y E. Garay.
• Social events: Closing dinner.

IV Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Murcia, June 8 - 9, 1990

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Murcia.
• Symposia:
  "Diversidad bacteriana en medios acuáticos: forma y función", moderadores Alberto Ramos y Francisco Torrella. "The morphological diversity in the aquatic microbiol world with emphasis on prosthecate bacteria: 37 years as a microbe hunter", P. Hirsch.
  "Colecciones de cultivo tipo, estabilidad genética de microorganismos y biotecnología", moderadores Francisco Ruíz Berraquero y Federico Uruburu. "Culture collections and the preservation of genetic characteristics of bacteria, with emphasis on pathogenic bacteria", L. R. Hill.
• Conferences:
  "The gas vacuoles of aquatic microbes: diversity and evolution", A. E. Walsby.
  "The prochlorales: a borderline group of prokaryotic photosynthetic microorganisms", T. Burger-Wiersma.
  "Diversidad de ultramicrobacterias en el plankton de aguas salinas", Francisco Torrella.
  "Preservation and storage of biotechnologically important microorganisms", K. A. Malik.
  "Estabilidad de plásmidos recombinantes en E. coli: un caso específico de dinámica génica en procariotas", M. Vicente.
  "Aspectos legales y futuro de las colecciones de cultivo en biotecnología", Federico Uruburu.
• Social events: Visit to Cartagena and surroundings. Closing Dinner.

III Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Madrid, September 22 - 23, 1988

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid.
• Conferences:
  "Molecular approach to the systematics of streptococci and related organisms", K. H. Schleifer.
  "Intergeneric relationships between gram positive bacteria rod shaped with low G+C content in the DNA"
  "Taxonomía de familia Pasteurellaceae (Pasteurella, Haemophilus, Actinobacillus)", E. F. Rodríguez Ferri.
  "Chemical methods in the systematic of bacteria", R. M. Kroppenstedt.
• Round tables:
  "Situación actual del antiguo grupo corinebacterias, con especial referencia a los nuevos géneros y especies patógenas", D. Jones, E. F. Rodríguez y L. Domínguez.
  "Tecnología de ácidos nucleicos", K. H. Schleifer, G. Suárez, W. Ludwig, F. Freney y R. de la Fuente.
• Social events: Reception at the Madrid City Council. Visit to the town of Pedraza with bullfighting fun. Closing Dinner.

II Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Barcelona, ​​September 26 - 27, 1986

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Barcelona.
• Conference:
  "Taxonomía de las bacterias fotosintéticas", H. G. Trüper
• Round table:
  "Nuevas perspectivas en la sistemática de los procariotas" con J. Gaspar Lorén, J. Guinea, A. Ramos, M. Monteoliva-Sánchez, F. Fernández y H. G. Trüper.
• Social events: Visit and reception at the Codorniu cellars in Sant Sadurní d´Anoia. Lunch in Sitges.

I Meeting of the Bacterial Taxonomy Group of the SEM

Granada, 28-29 September 1984

• Organized by the Department of Microbiology of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Granada.
• Conference:
  N. J. Paleroni.