Session 28: Bioremediation
Thursday, July 24, 2014: 2:00 PM-5:30 PM
Regency Ballroom E, Second Floor (St. Louis Hyatt Regency at the Arch)
Conveners:
Judy D. Wall - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Esta van Heerden - University of the Free State, South Africa,
Anthropomorphic activities such as fuel production, manufacturing procedures, insecticide and fertilizers in agricultural practices, have generated a wide array of toxic, recalcitrant organics, halogenated organics and metals that impact the environment and its health. Bioremediation, the use of biological treatments for the removal, sequestration or neutralization of these pollutants, has been recognized as a potentially sustainable approach to the improvement and maintenance of the environment. In this session we will address advances in bioremediation applications through an understanding of the microbial activities potentially or actively useful for the limitation or elimination of such pollutants.

2:00 PM
S140
Bioremediation Strategies Derived From Enzyme Studies
Lawrence P. Wackett, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, the BioTechnology Institute, St. Paul, MN
2:30 PM
S141
Alkylsuccinate Synthase in Hydrocarbon-Impacted Environments: Look High, Look Low.... Look Lower
Amy V. Callaghan, Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
3:30 PM
S142
Biodegradation of Crude Oil under Various Redox Conditions
Raj Boopathy, Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
4:00 PM
S143
Screening and characterization of Geobacillus strains for bioremediation
Justin R Cullity, Amanda T Lade and Kang Wu, Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
4:30 PM
S144
Prevalence, activity and diversity of vinyl chloride oxidizing bacteria at contaminated sites
Timothy E. Mattes1, Xikun Liu1, Yang Oh Jin 1, Fernanda Paes2 and Alison M. Cupples2, (1)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (2)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
SIMB talk_mattes.pdf
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