Session: Microbial Ecology (100th ESA Annual Meeting (August 9 -- 14, 2015))

PS 8-77

Cultivation of oil degrading microbes and the effect of toxicity on marine ecosystems
Julissa L. Hunte, Spelman College

PS 8-78

Diversity and distribution of secondary fungi inhabiting chestnut blight cankers
Matthew Kolp, Michigan State University; Mark Double, West Virginia University; Dennis W. Fulbright, Michigan State University; William MacDonald, West Virginia University; Andrew M. Jarosz, Michigan State University

PS 8-79

Tradeoffs between growth and enzyme production in bacteria strains from plant litter
Kelly I. Ramin, University of California, Irvine; Steven Allison, University of California, Irvine

PS 8-80

Influence of varying nitrogen availability on soil microbial growth efficiency
Shannon B Hagerty, University of California Santa Barbara; Kees-Jan van Groenigen, Northern Arizona University; Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University; Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University; George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University; Paul Dijkstra, Northern Arizona University

PS 8-81

Cultivating the unseen majority: Soil microbial response to long-term anthropogenic changes
Casey D. Eakins, East Carolina University; Katherine Dorronsoro-Tejo, East Carolina University; Yanmei Sun, East Carolina University; Ariane Peralta, East Carolina University

PS 8-82

The impact of cover crop and fertilizer application on the spatial patterns of denitrification genes nirK, nirS, and nosZ in soil
Holly Bowen, University of Maryland; Hanna Poffenbarger, University of Maryland; Jude Maul, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Michel Cavigelli, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Stephanie A. Yarwood, University of Maryland

PS 8-83

Influence of sewage and sewage infrastructure on microbial aerosols above an urban waterway
Shaya French, Bard College; Gregory O'Mullan, CUNY Queens College; Angel Montero, Queens College, CUNY; Michael Kausch, Queens College, CUNY; Roman Reichert, Queens College, CUNY; M Elias Dueker, Bard College

PS 8-84

Evaluation of the effects of arsenic contamination on soil enzyme activity and bacterial diversity
Raymon Shange, Tuskegee University; Maya P. Scott, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign; Ramble O. Ankumah, Tuskegee University

PS 8-85

Light intensity influences testate amoeba communities on floating Sphagnum peatlands
Ryan P. Herbert, Lehigh University; Travis Andrews, Lehigh University; Robert K. Booth, Lehigh University

PS 8-86

Comparative analysis of the skin microbiota and metabolites associated with the neotropical frog, Silverstoneia flotator, in lowland and highland populations
Daniel Medina, Virginia Tech; Myra C. Hughey, Virginia Tech; Matthew H. Becker, Virginia Tech; Jenifer B. Walke, Virginia Tech; Thomas P. Umile, Villanova University; Elizabeth A.i Burzynski, Villanova University; Anthony A. Iannetta, Villanova University; Kevin P. C. Minbiole, Villanova University; Lisa K. Belden, Virginia Tech

PS 8 Microbial Ecology

PS 8
Microbial Ecology