Genetic engineering of C. thermocellum for biofuel production
Ranjita Biswas¹, Daniel Olson², Lee R. Lynd² and Adam M. Guss¹, (1)Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Understanding the physiology of Thermoanaerobacter thermohydrosulfuricus WC1 through genomic, proteomic and metabolic analysis for its usefulness in cellulolytic biofuel producing co-cultures
Tobin J. Verbeke¹, Xiang L. Zhang², Thomas Rydzak¹, Vic Spicer³, Oleg V. Krokhin⁴, Brian Fristensky², John A. Wilkins⁴, David B. Levin⁵ and Richard Sparling¹, (1)Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (2)Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (3)Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (4)Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (5)Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Understanding the potential for lignocellulose conversion by strains of the cellulolytic thermophile Clostridium clariflavum 
Javier A. Izquierdo¹, Anna Guseva², Sivakumar Pattathil³, Michael G. Hahn³ and Lee R. Lynd², (1)Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, (2)Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (3)Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

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A new molecular switch for temperature-regulated bioproduct formation in a hyperthermophilic microorganism
Mirko Basen¹, Junsong Sun¹ and Michael W.W. Adams², (1)Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, (2)Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Metabolic engineering of a pyruvate metabolic pathway in the hyperthermophilic bacterium, Cadicellulosirutor bescii CBJW018
Janet Westpheling, Minseok Cha, Estefania Olivar and Dae-Hwan Chung, Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, and BioEnergy Science Center, Biosciences Division of DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Bacterial community dynamics and glycoside hydrolase activities during thermophilic biomass deconstruction
Steven W. Singer, John M. Gladden, Stephanie A. Eichorst, Patrik D'haeseleer and Blake A. Simmons, Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA