Poster Presentations

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Global Climate Change

0341
THE EFFECT OF NITROGEN ADDITION ON METHANE OXIDATION AND OVERALL FLUX ACROSS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
E. Aronson, B. Helliker
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia, United States of America

0342
TOWARDS AN ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN SOIL: STRESS RESPONSES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
T. Balser¹, J. Gutknecht^2
1University of Wisconsin-Madison, Soil Science, Madison, United States of America, ²University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States of America

0343
SOIL MICROBES SHOW HIGH RESILIENCE TO EFFECTS OF CHANGING CLIMATE COMPARED TO ABOVEGROUND COMMUNITIES
K. Cruz¹, K.B. Suttle², E.L. Brodie³, M.E. Power⁴, G.L. Andersen³, J.F. Banfield^5
1University of California-Berkeley, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Berkeley, United States of America, ²University of California-Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Berkeley, United States of America, ³Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States of America, ⁴University of California-Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, United States of America, ⁵University of California-Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, United States of America

0344
CHANGING CONCEPTS OF ROOT-ASSOCIATE COMMUNITIES CARBON DYNAMICS UNDER ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO₂
B. Drigo¹, J. Postma², A.S. Pijl¹, P.L.E. Bodelier³, A.S. Whiteley⁴, H.T.S. Boschker⁵, J.A. van Veen¹, G.A. Kowalchuk^1
1Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Department of Terrestrial Microbial Ecology, Heteren, Netherlands, ²Wageningen University and Research Center, Plant Sciences Group, Plant Research International, Wageningen, Netherlands, ³Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Department of Microbial Wetland Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands, ⁴Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Molecular Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁵Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Department of Marine Microbiology, Yerseke, Netherlands

0345
SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH N₂O FLUXES ARE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL VARIATION AND TILLAGE SYSTEM
J.M. Smith, C. Wagner-Riddle, K.E. Dunfield
University of Guelph, Land Resource Science, Guelph, Canada

0346
THE EFFECTS OF SEVERE SUMMER FIRE AND NITROGEN DEPOSITION ON BELOW-GROUND HEATHLAND PROCESSES
E.R. Green¹, R.J. Ellis², S.A. Power^1
1Imperial College London, Division of Biology, Ascot, United Kingdom, ²Imperial College London, NERC Centre for Population Biology, Ascot, United Kingdom

0347
THE GENOME OF RUEGERIA SP. R11, A NOVEL BACTERIAL PATHOGEN OF THE RED ALGA DELISEA PULCHRA
N. Fernandes¹, R. Case¹, P. Steinberg², S. Kjelleberg¹, T. Thomas^1
1Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences,The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, ²Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation, School for School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences,The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

0348
CORRELATION OF PEATLANDS METHANE FLUXES, METHANOGENESIS AND METHANE OXIDATION RATES WITH TRANSCRIPTION RATES OF METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE-A (MCRA) AND PARTICULATE METHANE MONOOXYGENASE-A (PMOA) GENES
T. Freitag, J. Prosser
University of Aberdeen, Plant & Soil Sciences; School of Biological Sciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

0349
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE NITROGEN CYCLE AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY
H. Hayden¹, M.J. Hovenden², E.L. Brodie³, G.L. Andersen³, Y.M. Piceno³, P.M. Mele^4
1Department of Primary Industries, Biosciences Research Division, Melbourne, Australia, ²University of Tasmania, School of Plant Science, Hobart, Australia, ³Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Ecology Department, Berkeley, United States of America, ⁴Department of Primary Industries, BioSciences Research Division, Rutherglen, Australia

0350
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA IN PADDY FIELD SOILS IN INDONESIA
T. Shimonishi¹, O. Jumadi¹, A. Iswandi², K. Inubushi^1
1Chiba University, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Matsudo, Japan, ²Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia

0351
DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF BACTERIA IN ARCTIC FJORD UNDER HIGH IMPACT OF MELTING GLACIERS (HORNSUND FJORD, WEST SPITSBERGEN)
K. Jankowska¹, D. Gorniak^2
1Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk, Poland, ²Warmia and Mazury University, Department of Biology, Faculty of Microbiology, Olsztyn, Poland

0352
VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF AMBIENT CARBONYL SULFIDE (COS) OBSERVED AT MT. FUJI AND COS-DEGRADING MICROBES IN SOIL
H. Kato¹, Y. Igarashi², Y. Dokiya³, Y. Katayama^1
1Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, The United Graduate School of Agriculture Science, Tokyo, Japan, ²Meteorological Research Institute, Geochemical Research Department, Ibaraki, Japan, ³Edogawa University, Chiba, Japan

0353
IMPACT OF PLANT LIPIDS ON ARCHAEAL POPULATIONS AND METHANE PRODUCTION IN VIVO
A. Klieve, M. O'Leary, S. McLennan, D. Ouwerkerk
Animal Research Institute, Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia

0354
HOW DO COMPONENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR INTERACTIONS AFFECT SOIL NITRIFIERS AND DENITRIFIERS IN GRASSLANDS?
X. Le Roux¹, A. Niboyet², M. Tourna¹, E. Attard¹, C. Henry¹, C. Field³, L. Barthes², P. Leadley², F. Poly^1
1Microbial Ecology Centre, Univ. Lyon1, Villeurbanne, France, ²Ecology Laboratory, Univ Paris 11, Paris, France, ³Carnegie Institute, Stanford, United States of America

0355
DYNAMICS OF METHANOGENIC ARCHAEAL COMMUNITY DURING PLANT RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION IN RICE FIELD SOIL
J. Peng, Y. Lu
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

0356
DETECTION OF MCRA GENES FROM MICROBES IN THE FOREGUT OF AUSTRALIAN MACROPOD MARSUPIALS BY REAL-TIME PCR
A. Maguire, D. Ouwerkerk
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Moorooka, Australia

0357
LINKING N₂O CONCENTRATIONS IN DIFFERENT SOIL DEPTHS TO DENITRIFICATION GENES ABUNDANCES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO₂ CONCENTRATION
S. Marhan¹, L. Philippot², D. Bru², J. Franzaring³, P. Högy³, A. Fangmeier³, E. Kandeler^1
1Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, University of Hohenheim, Soil Biology, Stuttgart, Germany, ²INRA-University of Burgundy, Laboratory of Soil Microbiology and Geochemistry, Dijon, France, ³Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

0358
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR ISOLATING VIRUSES OF RUMINAL METHANOGENS
D. Ouwerkerk, E. Constantinoiu, A. Klieve
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Animal Science, Moorooka, Australia

0359
DYNAMIC PHOTOINHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF A LARGE PORITES LOBATA COLONY, SAMAE SAN, THAILAND
W. Phillips
Mahidol University International College, Nakhonpathom, Thailand

0360
EFFECT OF ELEVATED CO₂ ON THE COMPOSITION AND POTENTIAL ACTIVITY OF METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA IN MEADOW SOIL
P.M. Shrestha¹, C. Kammann², W. Liesack^1
1Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany, ²Institute for Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

0361
CHANGE IN METHANOTROPHIC COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASED RATE OF METHANE OXIDATION IN AFFORESTED PASTURES
B. Singh
Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

0362
LONG-TERM EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND NITRIFICATION POTENTIAL - A SOIL TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIMENT
B. Sun, Y. Li, Z.-P. Li
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

0363
ENHANCEMENT OF NITROUS OXIDE PRODUCTION ACTIVITY OF CABBAGE FIELD SOIL BY THE CONTINUOUS APPLICATION OF COW MANURE
S. Tokuda¹, M. Hayatsu², F. Sato¹, K. Murakami¹, H. Higashio¹, A. Uragami¹, S. Aizawa¹, M. Kunihisa^1
1National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, Tsukuba, Japan, ²National Institute for Agro-Environmental Science, Tsukuba, Japan

0364
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DENITRIFICATION IN UPLAND SOILS: EFFECT OF N SOURCE AND SOIL MOISTUR
M. Umezu¹, Y. Sato², T. Nishizawa¹, H. Niimi³, T. Hashimoto³, K. Narisawa¹, M. Komatsuzaki¹, H. Ohta^1
1Ibaraki University, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki, Japan, ²ICAS Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan, ³KONARC, Kumamoto, Japan

0365
METHANE FLUXES AND METHANOTROPH COMMUNITY STRUCTURES IN WETLAND SITES WITH DIFFERENT VEGETATION COVERS
A. Vorob'ev¹, M. Glagolev², S. Dedysh^1
1S.N. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Moscow, Russian Federation, ²Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

0366
EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC CO₂ ON BELOWGROUND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
M. Xu¹, Z. He¹, L. Kellogg¹, S. Kang¹, L. Wu¹, P. Reich², S. Hobbie², J. Zhou^1
1The University of Oklahoma, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Norman, United States of America, ²The University of Minnesota, St. Paul, United States of America

0367
EFFECT OF TILLAGE AND COVER CROPPING ON NITROUS OXIDE EMISIONS AND FUNGAL POPULATIONS IN AN UPLAND HUMIC ALLOPHANE SOIL
G. Zhaori¹, T. Nishizawa², Y. Sato³, M. Komatsuzaki², H. Ohta^2
1Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, ²Ibaraki University, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki, Japan, ³ICAS Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan