Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Picuris, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 121 - Microbial Ecology
8:00 AMThe ecology of leaf-associated bacterial communities
Noah Fierer, University of Colorado-Boulder, Amanda J. Redford, University of Colorado-Boulder, Robert Bowers, University of Colorado-Boulder, Yan Linhart, University of Colorado-Boulder
8:20 AMSorting of bacterial communities in a productivity and dispersal gradient
Katleen Van der Gucht, University of Gent, Dino Verreydt, K.U.Leuven, Steven Declerck, K.U.Leuven, Luc De Meester, K.U.Leuven, Wim Vyverman, University of Gent
8:40 AMThe responses of soil microbial communities to long-term anthropogenic nitrogen additions
Kelly Sierra Ramirez, University of Colorado, Noah Fierer, University of Colorado, Christian L. Lauber, University of Colorado
9:00 AMThe role of local and regional factors structuring bacterial communities in patchy ecosystems
Vinicius F. Farjalla, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro, Fernanda D Azevedo, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro, Alexandre S Rosado, University Federal of Rio de Janeiro
9:20 AMInvestigating microbially-mediated nitrogen cycling processes during early floodplain development
Ariane L. Peralta, University of Illinois, Jeffrey W. Matthews, Illinois Natural History Survey, Angela D. Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMThe effect of rhizospheric communities on nutrient availability during the colonization and growth phase of Lupinus diffusus
Hadiya D. White, Governors State University, Mary Carrington, Governors State University, Timothy C. Gsell, Governors State University
10:10 AMPresence doesn’t equal activity: Domain-dependent responses of microbial communities along environmental gradients
Jay T. Lennon, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Stuart E. Jones, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
10:30 AMThe impact of serpentine soil on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities
Michael S. Fitzsimons, University of Chicago
10:50 AMLegacy and selection effects on soil communities differ between both microbial taxa and selective environments
Emily Wheeler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Richard A. Lankau, University of Illinois
11:10 AMTemporal and spatial differentiation of coastal marine viruses
China A. Hanson, University of California, Irvine, Yazeed Ibrahim, University of California, Irvine, Marcia F. Marston, Roger Williams University, Jennifer B. H. Martiny, University of California, Irvine

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