Session 11: Environmental: Microbial Ecology of Industrially and Economically Important Environments
Tuesday, August 4, 2015: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Philadelphia North, Mezzanine Level (Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel)
Convener:
Joy Doran-Peterson - University of Georgia, Athens, GA



8:00 AM
S57
Unlocking the potential of a thermophilic fungus
Prof. Suren Singh1, Dr. Adarsh Kumar Puri1, Dr. Nokuthula Peace Mchunu2, Dr. Alison Winger3 and Prof. Kugenthiren Permaul1, (1)Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, (2)Biotechnology and Food Technology, Durban University of Technology, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, (3)Monaghan Biosciences Ltd, Ireland, Monaghan, Ireland
8:30 AM
S58
Microbial ecology of an insect gut system as a source of new biocatalysts, enzymes, and antimicrobials
Joy Doran-Peterson, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
9:00 AM
S59
The effect of oil spills on marine microbes: The importance of where, when, and how
Wade Jeffrey1, Taylor Morrison1, Pamela Vaughan2, Melissa Ederington-Hagy1, Richard Snyder1, Sierra Cleveland1, Lisa Kalai Han1, Trevor Holden1, Owen Battel1, Rachel Richardson1 and Melissa Brock1, (1)Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, (2)Department of Chemistry, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
9:30 AM
Break
10:00 AM
S60
Deep subsurface biodiversity: South African deep gold mines
Mary deFlaun, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., Ewing, NJ and Esta van Heerden, Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, South Africa, South Africa
10:30 AM
S61
Microbial community assembly and dynamics within a mixed-use temperate watershed
Liz Ottesen, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
11:00 AM
S62
Beneficial viruses in plants: Potential for crop improvement
Marilyn Roosinck, Pennsylvania State University, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, University Park, PA
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