Thursday, August 2, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
Centennial G, third level
Session 35: Environmental Microbiology: Commercialization of extremophiles
This seesion will focus on current and future commercial developments using either extremophilic cultures or harvesting their products. The topics presented will range from developing a fermenter for use with extremophiles, to production of adhesives from halophiles to harvesting landfill methane as a power source.
Conveners:R. Vreeland
Gill Geesey
8:30 AMBacterial polysaccharides as components of adhesives
Gill Geesey
9:00 AMHigh Temperature Solid State Biooxidation of Sulfide Minerals
William J. Kohr
9:30 AMBreak
10:00 AMMarine Extremophiles – Promising Avenues for Biotechnology Exploitation
Dorothee Klara Gotz, Kimberley McKendrick, Andrew Mearns-Spragg
10:30 AMUse of a team approach for the experimental design for high pressure, deep subterranean culture growth
Gordon C. Alling

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