Session 7: Environmental: Bioremediation
Monday, August 3, 2015: 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
Philadelphia South, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Prof. Raj Boopathy - Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA



1:00 PM
S35
Transformation of the explosive RDX by Gordonia sp. strain KTR9: implications for bioaugmentation.
Karl Indest, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS
1:30 PM
S36
Patterns and determinants of global halophilic archaeal diversity
Mostafa S. Elshahed, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2:30 PM
Break
3:00 PM
S38
Investigating the role of anaerobic hydrocarbon degrading and fatty-acid oxidizing bacteria on the corrosion of carbon steel
Dr. Christopher N. Lyles1, Huynh M. Le1, Jamie M. Johnson1, Dr. William Howard Beasley2, Dr. Michael J. McInerney1, Dr. Amy V. Callaghan1 and Dr. Joseph M. Suflita1, (1)Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, (2)Howard Live Oak, LLC, Norman, OK
3:30 PM
S39
Conversion of waste and nontraditional carbon sources for lipid production by Rhodococcus rhodochrous
Sara A. Shields-Menard1, Marta Amirsadeghi2, Magan Green2, Jacqueline Blake2, Erika Womack3, Darrell Sparks3, Mariola Edelmann4, Janet Donaldson1 and Todd French2, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (2)Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (3)Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, (4)Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing, and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
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