Session: Microbial Ecology II (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

COS 64-1

Environmental controls on the activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria in temperate forest soils
J. S. Norman, Virginia Tech; John E. Barrett, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

1:50 PM

COS 64-2

Impact of monsoon rains on soil microbial community structure and nitrogen mineralization in an arid grassland
Theresa McHugh, U.S. Geological Survey; Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University

2:10 PM

COS 64-3

Exudates from coral and macroalgae differentially stimulate metabolism and alter community composition of tropical reef bacterioplankton
Craig E. Nelson, University of California, Santa Barbara; Stuart J. Goldberg, University of California; Linda Wegley Kelly, San Diego State University; Andreas F. Haas, University of California; Forest Rohwer, San Diego State University; Jennifer E. Smith, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Craig A. Carlson, University of California

2:30 PM

COS 64-4

Assessing the impact of land management practices on bacterial community structure in New Zealand soils
Karen L. Adair, University of Canterbury; Steve Wratten, Lincoln University, New Zealand; Gavin Lear, Lincoln University

2:50 PM

COS 64-5

Linking mycorrhizal fungal communities to tree genotype, litter chemistry and plant growth traits
L. J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University; S.C. Wooley, California State University Stanislaus; R. L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; T.G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University; Cathrine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University

3:10 PM

COS 64-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 64-6

Spatial structure of soil microbial communities from centimeter to ecosystem
Sarah L. O'Brien, Argonne National Laboratory; Sarah M. Owens, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory; J. Gregory Caporaso, Northern Arizona University; Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Argonne National Laboratory; Julie D. Jastrow, Argonne National Laboratory; Eric R. Johnston, Argonne National Laboratory; Dionysios A. Antonopoulos, Argonne National Laboratory; Jack A. Gilbert, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratories; Folker Meyer, Argonne National Laboratory

3:40 PM

COS 64-7

Global hotspots of marine bacterial diversity are highly affected by human impacts
Joshua Ladau, Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco; Thomas J. Sharpton, Gladstone Institutes; Guillaume Jospin, University of California, Davis; Steven W. Kembel, Université du Québec à Montréal; James P. O'Dwyer, Santa Fe Institute; Alex Koeppel, University of Virginia; Jessica L. Green, University of Oregon; Katherine S. Pollard, Gladstone Institutes, University of California San Francisco

4:00 PM

COS 64-8

Effects of primary microenvironments on archaeal community composition in a semi-arid ecosystem
Paul E. Brewer, Colorado State University; Joseph C. von Fischer, Colorado State University

4:20 PM

COS 64-9

Microbial functional response to altered precipitation timing and duration – Implications for the soil carbon cycle
Lydia H. Zeglin, Department of Crop and Soil Science; Maude M. David, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Emmanuel Prestat, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Adam Lindsley, Department of Crop and Soil Science; Miguel Arango, Kansas State University; Peter J. Bottomley, Department of Crop and Soil Science; Robert L. Hettich, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Janet K. Jansson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Ari Jumpponen, Kansas State University; Chuck Rice, Kansas State University; Susannah G. Tringe, Berkeley National Laboratory; Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; David D. Myrold, Oregon State University

COS 64 - Microbial Ecology II