Session: DNA Pyrosequencing and Soil Microbial Diversity

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 9:55 AM-1:50 PM

Convention Center, Room 305, Third Floor

Organizer:

Veronica Acosta-Martinez

1:50 PM

Adjourn

9:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:00 AM

TerraGenome: International Soil Metagenome Sequencing Consortium.
Janet K. Jansson, DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.; David D. Myrold, Oregon State Univ.; James M. Tiedje, Michigan State Univ.; Eric W. Triplett, Univ. of Florida; Jizhong Zhou, Univ. of Oklahoma

10:15 AM

New High Throughput Tools for Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities.
James R. Cole, Michigan State Univ.; Qiong Wang, Michigan State Univ.; Woo Jun Sul, Michigan State Univ.; Ryan Farris, Michigan State Univ.; Jordan Fish, Michigan State Univ.; James Tiedje, Michigan State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:30 AM

Pyrosequencing and the Question of Bacterial Biogeography.
Roberta R. Fulthorpe, Univ. of Toronto, Scarborough

10:45 AM

The Challenges of Taxonomic Classification in Soil Metagenomics.
Gail L. Rosen, Drexel Univ.

11:00 AM

Break

12:35 PM

Opening Remarks

12:40 PM

Bacterial Tag-Encoded FLX/Titanium Pyrosequencing for Evaluating Microbial Diversity in a Peanut Rhizosphere.
Scot E. Dowd, Res. and Testing Lab.; Shashi Kumar, Texas Tech Univ.; Michael SanFrancisco, Texas Tech Univ.; Viktoria Gontcharova, Res. and Testing Lab.; Randy Wolcott, Res. and Testing Lab.; John zak, Texas Tech Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

12:55 PM

Linking Soil Moisture Variability, Metabolically Active Bacteria, and CO₂ Pulses through ¹⁸o DNA Stable-Isotope Probing.
Zachary T. Aanderud, Brigham Young Univ.; Jay Lennon, Michigan State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

1:10 PM

Microorganisms and Soil-Ecosystem Development: Do Soil Microbial Communities Show Patterns of Succesion?.
Mark Andrew Williams, Mississippi State Univ.; Silvana Tarlera, Univ. de la Republica, Uruguay; Kamlesh Jangid, Univ. of Georgia; William Whitman, Univ. of Georgia

Audio File Recorded presentation

1:25 PM

Measuring Changes in Soil Microbial Communities After 10 Years of Organic Matter Manipulations in An Old-Growth Douglas-Fir Soil Using High-Throughput Sequencing.
David D. Myrold, Oregon State Univ.; Ari Jumpponen, Kansas State Univ.; Kenneth L. Jones, Univ. of Georgia

Audio File Recorded presentation

1:40 PM

Discussion

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