2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 81 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: General Assembly Theater Hall B

J8. Energy from Renewables Using Soil Microbes and Microbial Processes (GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry; S10 Wetland Soils; USDA-NRI Soil Processes Program)

Mary Ann Bruns and Shiping Deng, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
 8:00 AM Introductory Remarks
81-18:05 AM The Diversity of Soil Microbes Holds the Key to Advancing Bioenergy Production: LESCHINE, Susan, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 203 Morrill Science Center IVN, Amherst, MA 01003, suel@bio.umass.edu
81-28:25 AM Electricity from Cellulose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cells: Comparing a Co-Culture of Clostridium Cellolyticum-Geobacter Sulfurreducens with An Undefined Mixed Culture: REN, Zhiyong, TERRILL, Jennine, and REGAN, John M., Civil & Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, JRegan@engr.psu.edu
 8:45 AM Break
81-39:00 AM Systems Biology Approaches to Elucidating Electron Transfer Mechanisms and Optimizing Power Output of Microbial Fuel Cells: NEVIN, Kelly P., Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, 639 N Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, knevin@microbio.umass.edu and LOVLEY, Derek R., Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Morrill IV North Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003, dlovley@microbio.umass.edu
81-49:20 AM Power Production by Sediment-Hosted Microbial Fuel Cells: The Influence of Substrate Availability and Microbial Ecology: GIRGUIS, Peter R., Dept of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, pgirguis@oeb.harvard.edu and REIMERS, Clare E., Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 02138
81-59:40 AM Underground Power Lines: Bacterial Nanowires and Extracellular Electron Transfer through Porous Media: GORBY, Yuri, J. Craig Venter Institute, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, ygorby@jcvi.org
81-69:55 AM GeoChip: Recent Development, and Its Applications to Bioenergy and Sustainability: ZHOU, Jizhong, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 101 David L. Boren Blvd, Norman, OK 73072, jzhou@ou.edu
81-710:15 AM Overview on Cellulosic BioEnergy Production: STICKLEN, Mariam B., Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, stickle1@msu.edu

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