Microbial Control in Energy

Sunday, October 28, 2012: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Convener:
Terry Williams
Co-Convener:
Kevin Janak
Biofilms; Oil and Gas; Solar and Algal farming


1:00 PM
S1
Engineering fermentative yeasts to express bactericidal enzymes to inhibit lactobacilli contamination in fuel ethanol fermentations
Dwayne R. Roach1, Piyum A. Khatibi2, Kenneth M. Bischoff2, Stephen R. Hughes2 and David M. Donovan1, (1)Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Lab, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD, (2)National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL
2:00 PM
S3
Characterization of Lactobacillus fermentum bacteriophages and their application in ethanol fermentation contamination control
Mei Liu1, Miranda Mire-Criscone1, Kenneth M. Bischoff2 and Elizabeth Summer1, (1)Ecolyse, Inc., College Station, TX, (2)Ntl Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, IL
2:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM
S5
Peracetic Acid (PAA): An environmentally safe biocide for water treatment during hydraulic fracturing application
Renato M. De Paula1, Victor V. Keasler1, Junzhong Li2, Dave McSherry2 and Rich Staub2, (1)Unconventional Production and Water Management - OFC, Nalco Company, Sugar Land, TX, (2)Ecolab, Eagan, MN
4:00 PM
S6
Ruggedized ozone system design for oil, gas, marine and other intensive field applications
Louis LeBrun, Pinnacle Ozone Solution LLC, Cocoa, FL and Bud Francis, Plasma Technics. Inc.
4:30 PM
S7
Microbiologically influenced corrosion in alternative fuels
Brenda Little, Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS
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