320 Bacterial and Soil Microbial Community Diversity

Oral Session
S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Recent findings on microbial community and population diversity in soils.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009: 2:25 PM-4:00 PM
Convention Center, Room 305, Third Floor

Presiding:
Jennifer Moore-Kucera
4:00 PM
Adjourn
2:25 PM
Introductory Remarks
2:30 PM
Distribution and Diversity of Enterococcus Species in An Urban Watershed.
Abasiofiok Ibekwe, U.S. Salinity Lab.; Menu B. Leddy, Orange County Water District (OCWD); A. Graves, North Carolina State Univ.
2:45 PM
Effect of Landscape Position On Potential Methane Oxidation and Methanotrophs in Pulsing Wetlands.
Taniya Roy Chowdhury, Ohio State Univ.; Richard Dick, Ohio State Univ.
3:00 PM
Diversity and Composition of Bacterial Communities During Soil Development and Horizon Formation.
Himaya Mula, Mississippi State Univ.; Mark Williams, Mississippi State Univ.
3:30 PM
Soil Microbial Communities Affected by Different Oilseed Meals and a Crop Residue.
Shengchun Wang, Texas A&M Univ.; Terry Gentry, Texas A&M Univ.; Frank Hons, Texas A&M Univ.; Ping Hu, Texas A&M Univ.
3:45 PM
Competition Between Tall Fescue and Plantago Under Elevated Atmospheric CO2: Impact of Endophytic Fungi and Mineral N Inputs.
Cong Tu, North Carolina State Univ., Dep. of Plant Pathology; Xin Chen1, ZheJiang Univ., College of Life Sciences; Yi Wang, North Carolina State Univ., Dep. of Plant Pathology; Kent Burkey, U.S. Dep. of Agriculture, Agricultural Res. Service, Plant Sci. Res. Unit; Fitzgerald Booker, U.S. Dep. of Agriculture, Agricultural Res. Service, Plant Sci. Res. Unit; Shuijin Hu, North Carolina State Univ., Dep. of Plant Pathology