B31K:
Intergrating Omics and Chemical Knowledge for an Improved Understanding for Soil Microbial Community and Nutrient Dynamics I

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Taniya Roy Chowdhury, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Vanessa L Bailey, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Vanessa L Bailey, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States
Co-conveners:  Lee Ann McCue, Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, Taniya Roy Chowdhury, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States and Neslihan Tas, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Taniya Roy Chowdhury, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Metagenomics-Enabled Understanding of Soil Microbial Feedbacks to Climate Warming
Jizhong Zhou1, Liyou Wu1, He Zhili1, Konstantinidis Kostas2, Yiqi Luo3, Edward A G Schuur4, James R Cole5 and James M Tiedje5, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus - GT, Atlanta, GA, United States, (3)Univ Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (4)Univ Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (5)Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
8:15 AM
 
Integration of Metagenomic and Biogeochemical Data from Soils Sampled from a Long-Term Reciprocal Transplant
Vanessa L Bailey1, Nancy J Hess2 and Lee Ann McCue1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
8:30 AM
 
Microbial metabolism fuels ecosystem-scale organic matter transformations: an integrated biological and chemical perspective
Kelly C Wrighton1, Adrienne B Narrowe2, Jordan Angle1, Kay S Stefanik1, Rebecca A Daly1, Michael Johnston1 and Christopher S Miller2, (1)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)University of Colorado Denver, Integrative Biology, Denver, CO, United States
8:45 AM
 
Carbon availability structures microbial community composition and function in soil aggregate fractions
Kirsten S. Hofmockel1, Elizabeth Bach1, Ryan Williams1 and Adina Howe2, (1)Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States, (2)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States
9:00 AM
 
Mapping Soil Carbon from Cradle to Grave: ‘Omic and Isotope Based Measurements of Root C Transformations
Jennifer Pett-Ridge1, Erin E Nuccio1,2, Shengjing Shi2, Rachel Neurath1,2, Eoin Brodie3, Jizhong Zhou4, Mary Suzanne Lipton5, Donald Herman2 and Mary Firestone2, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
9:15 AM
 
Plant roots alter microbial potential for mediation of soil organic carbon decomposition
Mary Firestone1, Shengjing Shi1,2, Donald Herman1, Zhili He2 and Jizhong Zhou2, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States
9:30 AM
 
Does microbial community structure matter for predicting ecosystem function? Use of statistical models to examine relationships between the environment, community and processes
Diana Nemergut, Duke University, Department of Biology, Durham, United States and Emily B Graham, University of Colorado at Boulder, Environmental Studies Program, Boulder, CO, United States
9:45 AM
 
Ecosystems Biology Approaches To Determine Key Fitness Traits of Soil Microorganisms
Eoin Brodie1,2, Kateryna Zhalnina1,2, Ulas Karaoz2, Heejung Cho1,2, Erin E Nuccio3, Shengjing Shi1, Mary Suzanne Lipton4, Jizhong Zhou5, Jennifer Pett-Ridge6, Trent Northen2 and Mary Firestone1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Livermore, CA, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (5)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (6)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
 
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