Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
336, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 52 - Microbial Ecology
8:00 AMCOS 52-1Investigating coral reef bioenergetics using metabolic scaling theory
Tracey S. McDole, San Diego State University, Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University
8:20 AMCOS 52-2Fungal species richness & diversity patterns on individual leaf patch habitat
Larry M. Feinstein, Kent State University, Christopher B. Blackwood, Kent State University
8:40 AMCOS 52-3Neutral and niche processes in bacterial communities of the human body
Clara Davis Long, Stanford School of Medicine, David A. Relman, Stanford School of Medicine
9:00 AMCOS 52-4The relative contributions of soil bacteria and fungi to inorganic nitrogen cycling in sagebrush and cheatgrass rhizosphere soils
Nicole M. DeCrappeo, U.S. Geological Survey, Peter J. Bottomley, Oregon State University, David D. Myrold, Oregon State University, Elizabeth A. Brewer, Oregon State University, Stephanie A. Yarwood, Oregon State University, Elizabeth J. DeLorenze, U.S. Geological Survey, David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey
9:20 AMCOS 52-5Microbial community structure along a northern Arizona elevation gradient
Karen L. Adair, Northern Arizona University, Scott Dowd, Research and Testing Laboratory, Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 52-6Fungal community resistance and resilience to disturbance and invasive plants
Clare B. Glinka, University of Texas at Austin, Christine V. Hawkes, University of Texas at Austin
10:10 AMCOS 52-7Invasive legume, Lespedeza cuneata, alters soil microbial communities in heavily invaded stands
Anthony C. Yannarell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ryan R. Busby, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Michael L. Denight, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Richard L. Gebhart, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Steven J. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey
10:30 AMCOS 52-8Effects of chemical remediation on an acid mine drainage impacted microbial community
Suchismita Ghosh, Kent State University, Moumita Moitra, Kent State University, Christopher J. Woolverton, Kent State University, Laura G. Leff, Kent State University
10:50 AMCOS 52-9Specialist and generalist utilization of phosphorus forms by aquatic microbes: a mechanism for maintaining microbial diversity?
Kali C. Bird, Michigan State University, Jay T. Lennon, Michigan State University
11:10 AMCOS 52-10The role of wetland hydrology and vegetation in microbial assemblages and function
Christine E. Prasse, Virginia Commonwealth University, David J. Berrier, Virginia Commonwealth University, Rima B. Franklin, Virginia Commonwealth University

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