Functional metagenomics for antimicrobial discovery from large-insert soil libraries
Mark R. Liles¹, Melissa Jacob², Kavita S. Kakirde¹, Shamima Nasrin¹, Jinglie Zhou¹, Paul A. Cobine¹, Xing-Cong Li², Svetlana Jasinovica³, Rosa Ye³, Megan Niebauer³, Amanda Krerowicz³, Ronald Godiska³, David A. Mead³ and Cheng-Cang Wu³, (1)Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, LA, (2)National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Missisipi, University, MS, (3)R&D, Lucigen Corporation, Middleton, WI

Exploiting Functional Metagenomics:  New Genes From Across A Wide Thermal Landscape
Don Cowan, Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Escherichia coli host engineering for efficient enzyme discovery
Kentaro Miyazaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST-Hokkaido), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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Gene discovery in the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus reveals survival mechanisms
Suren Singh¹, Kugenthiren Permaul¹, Nokuthula Peace Mchunu¹ and Maqsudul Alam², (1)Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, (2)College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii

Metagenomics and Metametabolomics of Decaying Wood: A Comparative Study
Raul J. Cano¹, Tasha Santiago-Rodriguez², Gary Toranzos² and Steven E. Massey², (1)Center for Applications in Biotechnology, Cal Poly, State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, (2)Biology, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR