Thursday, March 28, 2013

Working Outline of MEM4

Here are the working section titles and section editors, and if available, chapter titles and authors (NOTE: subject to change):
General Methodology  
  1. Culture-Based and Physiological Detection: Yoichi Kamagata
    • General Introduction: Yoichi Kamagata
    • Improved Solid (Media) Cultivation: Peter H. Janssen, Belinda C. Ferrari
    • Dilution-to-Extinction Cultivation: Stephen J. Giovannoni, Jan-Cheon Cho
    • Anerobic Cultivation: Kohei Nakamura, Yoichi Kamagata
    • Detection of Specific Bacteria Based on Chromogenic Media: Mohammed Manafi
    • In Situ Cultivation: Slava Epstein, Yoshiteru Aoi
  2. Microscopic Methods: Cleber Ouverney
    • Introduction: Cleber Ouverney
    • NANO-SIMS: Peter Weber, Jennifer Pett-Ridge
    • Gold-FISH: Thilo Eickhost
    • Autoradiography with FISH to Study Microbial Ecophysiology in Situ: Cleber Ouverney
  3. Target-Specific Detection: Doug Call
    • Antibody-Based Biosensors and Immune-Microarray Technology: Cheryl Baird, Susan Varnum, Timothy Straub, Doug Call
    • PCR, qPCR, Digital PCR, and Isothermal Amplification: Rachel Bartholomew
    • Microarray and Bead-Coupled Detectors: Darrell Chandler
    • Field Application of Detection Techologies: H. Nakaido
  4. The Microbiotas of Environments: Next-Generation Techniques: Stefan Green
    • Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies: M.L. Metzker
    • Metagenome and High-Throughput Sequencing for Microbial Detection: James Versalovic
    • Linking Metagenome Data with Bioinformatics: Phillip Hugenholtz
    • Large-Scale Feature Prediction and Feature Annotation and Comparison in Metagenomes: E. Glass, F. Meyer
    • Evolving Standards in Metagenomics: D. Field, J. Gilbert, F. Meyer, N. Kyrpides
  5. Statistical Tools and Analysis for Environmental Studies: J. Vaun McArthur
    • Statistical Thinking: J. Vaun McArthur
    • Statistical Analysis: R. Cary Tuckfield
    • Ecological Modeling:
    • Modeling the Fate and Transport of Human Pathogens:
  6. QA/QC in Environmental Microbiology: Yildiz T. Chambers
    • Introduction: Kevin Connell
    • Bacteria: Ellen Braun-Howland
    • Viruses: Rick Danielson
    • Protozoa: Greg Sturbaum, George DiGiovanni
    • Molecular Assays: Greg Sturbaum, George DiGiovanni
    • Study Design: Robin K. Oshiro, Yildiz Chambers
  7. Sampling Methods: John Scott Meschke
    • Air Sampling: Gedi Mainelis
    • Water Sampling: Vince Hill
    • Surface Sampling: Laura Rose, Matthew Arduino
    • Soils Sampling: John Brooks
    • Wastewater and Biosolids Sampling: John Scott Meschke
Environmental Public Health Microbiology                           
  1. Water: Gary Toranzos
    • Waterborne Transmission of Infectious Agents: Sam Dorevitch (tentative)
    • Microorganisms in Freshwaters: Julie Kinzelman (tentative)
    • Microorganisms in Marine Waters: John Griffith (tentative)
    • Detection of Pathogens in Sludges, etc.: Judy Blackbeard (tentative)
    • Pathogens in Shellfish: Angelo de Paola (tentative)
    • Control of Microorganisms in Source Waters: Christobel Ferguson (tentative)
    • Assessing the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment: Wesley Pipes (tentative)
    • Toxic Photosynthetic Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Wesley Pipes (tentative)
  2. Air: Mark Buttner
    • Introduction to Aerobiology: Paula Krauter
    • Sampling for Airborne Microorganisms: Sergey A. Grinshpun, Mark P. Buttner, Klaus Willeke
    • Analysis of Bioaerosol Samples: Patricia Cruz, Mark P. Buttner
    • Fate and Transport of Microorganisms in Air: Gary S. Brown, Alan Jeff Mohr
    • Airborne Fungi and Mycotoxins: Chin S. Yang, Eckardt Johanning, DeWei Li, Peter S. Thorne, Caroline Duchaine
    • Legionellae and Legionnaires' Disease: Claressa Lucas, Barry S. Fields
    • Airborne Viruses: Syed A. Satter, M. Khalid Ijaz
    • Aerobiology of Agricultural Pathoges: Estelle Levetin
  3. Soil: Ed Topp
    • Fate of Enteric Bacteria in Soils: Population Biology, Genetic Stability, and Exchange
    • Fate of Pathogenic Microorganisms in Soils
    • Natural Solid Reservoirs and Hosts for Human Pathogens; Distinguishing Soil-Adapted from Allochthonous Bacterial Populations
  4. Microbial Source Tracking: Valerie J(ody) Harwood
    • MST: An Evolving Science: V.J. Harwood, Chick Hagedorn, Michael Sadowsky
    • Validating MST Methods: Don Stoeckel, John Griffith
    • Overview of Existing MST Methods Targeting Human Sources: Orin Shanks, Kate Field, Anicet Blanch, Jennifer Weidhaas, Jorge Santo Domingo
    • Field Study Planning and Implementation: Julie Kinzelman, Warish Ahmed
  5. Microbial Risk Assessment: Nicholas Ashbolt
    • Problem Formulation and the Risk Management Context: Nicholas Ashbolt (tentative)
    • Exposure Characterization: Schoen & Ashbolt (tentative)
    • Dose-Response Characterization: Haas (tentative)
    • Risk Characterization, Interpretation, and Uncertainties: Rose (tentative)
Microbial Ecology                            
  1. Theory: Larry Forney
    • Genome Evolution (Phylogenomics): Tal Dagan
    • Evolutionary Ecology of Microbial Populations: Jay Lennon
    • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Bacterial Communities: Thomas Bell
    • Theoretical Community Ecology: Zhansham (Sam) Ma
  2. Aquatic Environments: Bob Findlay
    • The Microbial Ecology of Benthic Environments: Bob Findlay, Tom Battin
    • Planktonic--Lakes, Oceans: J. Fuhrman
    • Acquatic Biofilms: Development, Cultivation, Sampling, Analyses, and Applications: G. Wolfaardt, John Lawrence
  3. Soils, Phytosphere and Subsurface: G. Kowalchuk
    • Phyllosphere: Julia Verholt
    • Rhizosphere: Noel Frierer
    • Soil Microbial Diversity and Function with Respect to Biogeography: Rob Griffiths
    • Microbial Succession, Colonization, and Activity in the Phytosphere: G. Kowalchuk
  4. Extreme Environments: Brian Hedlund
    • Life at High Temperature: Brian Hedlund
    • Arctic/Antarctic Systems: Alisaon Murray, Henry Sun (tentative)
    • Extremely Acidic Systems: Barrie Johnson
    • Life in High-Salinity Environments: Aharon Oren
    • Deep Subsurface: Mark Schrenck
    • Ultraclean Rooms for Planetary Protection: Kasthuri Venkateswaran
    • Extreme Aridity/Exobiology: Chris McKay
  5. Animal-Gut Microbiomes: J.R. Marchesi
    • Invertebrate-Gut Associations: Daniele Daffonchio
    • Human: Hauke Smidt, Paul W. O'Toole, J.R. Marchesi
    • Animal Guts: Mark Morrison, Christ McSweeney, Richard Ellis, Liljana Petrovska
Bioremediation, Biotransformation, and Biofuels                             
  1. Biodegradation:
    • Aromatic organics: Aerobic Biodegredation:
    • Halogenated Organics: Anaerobic Biodegradation: Max Haggblom
    • Microbial Electrochemical Technologies: Producing Electricity and Valuable Chemicals from Biodegredation of Waste Organic Matters: Tae-Ho Lee, Akihiro Okamoto, Sokhee Jung, Ryuhei Nakamura, Jung Rae Kim, Kazuya Watanabe, Kazuhito Hashimoto
    • Biofuels from Algae:
    • Appliation of Emerging Technologies in Biodegredation (Metagenomics, Proteomics, Stable Isotope Probing):
    • Natural Polymers: Lignin, Cellulose, Keratin, Chitosan:
    • Synthetic Polymers and Industrial Wastes: Dyes, Detergents, Plastics
    • Pharmaceuticals: Biodegradation in Aquatic Systems 
  2. Biotransformation: Chris Rensing
    • Metal Transformation: Mercury: Tamar Barkay
    • Metal Transformations Linked to Resistance Processes: Barry Rosen
    • Breathing Metals and Use as Terminal Electron Acceptor: Tom DiChristina
    • Metals for Energy Production: Derek Lovely
    • Metals and Geochemical Cycling: Tim McDermott
    • Metal Transformation at the Organic/Inorganic Interface: Jon Chorover
    • Iron and Microbial Life--From the Beginning to the Present Day: Timothy Magnuson
    • Restoration fo Metal(loid) Contaminated Soil: Timberley M. Roane
                               

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