Abstract submission
Recommandations to authors
Introduction
The submission includes:
- The choice of the type of abstracts;
- Identification of the theme using a drop-down menu;
- Bacteriology
- Virology
- Mycology-Parasitology
- Clinical microbiology
- Fundamental Microbiology
- Host-bacteria/virus/fungus/parasite interactions
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Microbiota
- Antimicrobial agents and resistance
- Food Microbiology
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Biosafety
- Environmental Microbiology
- One Health
- Omics
- Pedagogical innovations in microbiology
- Technological innovations in microbiology
- Contact information of the intervening author;
- Contact information of the first author and co-authors;
- The title of the abstract;
- The body of the abstract;
- The keywords;
- The references (optional).
Text
The abstract should be a maximum of 350 words, in French or English.
If possible and appropriate, these abstracts should be structured with the following subheadings:
- Introduction and objectives;
- Materials and methods;
- Results, discussion and conclusion.
The keywords follow the summary; their number from 1 to 5, and also in French or English.
Charts and illustrations
Charts and illustrations are not allowed.
Style
Authors must ensure that the texts submitted are clear and easily understandable, precise and concise. Abbreviations and acronyms should be explained when they first appear in the text and then used consistently and invariably.
Optional references
The number of references should not exceed 5.
All references must be called out in the text and numbered in the order in which they appear. The numbers should appear in the text in square brackets, separated by dashes when they are consecutive references, e.g [1-3], and by commas when they are non-consecutive references: [1,3].
Abbreviations for journal names are from the Index Medicus of the National Library of Medicine
References should be presented according to the standards adopted by the "Vancouver" convention (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. Fifth edition. N Engl J Med 1997; 336:309–16).
Up to 6 authors should be listed by name; beyond 6, the first 6 should be cited, followed by a comma and the mention "et al".
Examples of references:
Periodical article
1 - Bonomo MG, Millela L, Martelli,G, Salzano G. 2013. Stress response assessment of Lactobacillus sakei strains selected as potential autochtonous starter cultures by flow cytometry and nucleic acid double-staining analyses. J Appl Microbiol. 115:786-95.
Quote from a book chapter
2 - Brunengo P, Galinier J-L, Peigue-Lafeuille H. 2018. Les étapes de l’analyse de Microbiologie. p.21-32. In Bouchara J-P, Bourlet T, Galinier J-L, Herrmann J-L, Lachaud L, Lamy B, Laudat P, Marque juillet S (ed). REMIC, 6th ed, vol1. SFM, Paris, France.
Posters
Charts and other illustrations are not accepted for online submission.
- Sizes :
- Maximum poster size: (width) 95 x (height) 115 cm
- Font size:
- Title: minimum 80-100 points
- Text: minimum 24 points (about 5 mm)
- Fixings will be provided.
