USDA/NIFA Microbial 2

Organizers:
Ann Lichens-Park(USDA-NIFA) and Nancy Cavallaro(USDA-NIFA)
Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 2
Moderator:
Nancy Cavallaro
8:20 AM
Rhizobacterial Community Structure and Function in a Dryland Ecosystem
Linda S. Thomashow, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture; D. V. Mavrodi, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; O. V. Mavrodi, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; R. F. Bonsall, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; K. Breakwell, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University; J. A. Parejko, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Washington State University; D. A. Weller, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture; I. T. Paulsen, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University

8:40 AM
Functional and Molecular Diversity in Nitrogen Cycle Enzymes, What Genes are We Looking for?
Jeanette M. Norton, Utah State University; John M. Stark, Utah State University; Jennifer R. Reeve, Utah State University; Mussie Y. Habtesselassie, University of Georgia

9:20 AM
Nitrous Oxide-Producing Fungi in Agricultural Soil
Wei Shi, North Carolina State University

9:40 AM
Interspecies Signaling Interactions and Pathogen Suppression Among Soilborne Streptomyces
Linda L. Kinkel, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; Patricia Vaz, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota; Christine Salomon, Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota

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