Microbiology of Atypical Environments

Dr. Jack T. Trevors, B. Sc., B. Sc. Honours, M. Sc., Ph. D. is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. He has been an active Editor on the board of the Journal of Microbiological Methods since 1996, and has been appointed Editor-in-Chief as of 1 January 2014. Dr Gurtler is a Molecular biologist with extensive industry experience and expertise in DNA analysis for the identification and typing of organisms. He is known internationally as the author of the original methodology of ribotyping. He is Advisor to Geneious (Bioinformatics software company) and previous head of Molecular Biology at Austin Health Microbiology, currently Adjunct Professor at RMIT University, Editor of Journal of Microbiological Methods, Editor of Heliyon and Series Editor of Methods in Microbiology. Dr Gurtler is currently working in collaboration with Assoc. Prof Danilla Grando on ribosome analysis of E. coli isolates and association with virulence. He visits RMIT regularly to advise on experimental methods and help PhD students use Geneious Bioinformatic software.

• Section 1: Methods for Studying Microorganisms in Space1. Microbiology of the Built Environment in Spacecraft Used for Human FlightJiseon Yang, Starla G. Thornhill, Jennifer Barrila, Cheryl A. Nickerson, Charlie M. Ott and Robert J.C. McLean2. The Study of Microbial Survival in Extraterrestrial Environments Using Low Earth Orbit and Ground-Based ExperimentsKaren Olsson-Francis, Nisha K. Ramkissoon, Alex B. Price, David J. Slade, Michael Macey and Victoria K. Pearson3. Persistence of Fungi in Atypical, Closed Environments: Cultivation to OmicsAdriana Blachowicz, Kasthuri Venkateswaran and Clay C.C. WangSection 2: Molecular Methods4. Molecular Methods for Studying Microorganisms From Atypical EnvironmentsHirak Ranjan Dash and Surajit Das5. Measuring Microbial Metabolism in Atypical EnvironmentsWendy Stone and Gideon Wolfaardt6. Rock-Inhabiting Fungi: Survival on and Alteration of Solid Air-Exposed SurfacesNicole Knabe and Anna A. Gorbushina7. Taxonomy of Oral BacteriaSamantha J. Byrne, Catherine A. Butler, Eric C. Reynolds and Stuart G. Dashper8. Aqueous Methods for Extraction/Recovery of Macromolecules From Microorganisms of Atypical Environments: A Focus on Three Phase PartitioningMohammed Gagaoua9. Microbial Community Composition and Predicted Functional Attributes of Antarctic Lithobionts Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing and of Bioinformatics ToolsHyunmin Koo, Joseph Hakim, Casey Morrow, Dale T. Andersen and Asim K. BejSection 3: Microscopic Methods10. Methods for Collection and Characterization of Samples From Icy EnvironmentsManuel Bedrossian, Jody W. Deming and Jay Nadeau11. Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Extremely Halophilic MicrobesHarold Engelhardt and Daniel BollschweilerSection 4: Organisms12. Methods to Study Magnetotactic Bacteria and MagnetosomesLei Yan and Weijia Xing13. Molecular Methods to Study Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus From Atypical EnvironmentsIndrani Karunasagar, Biswajit Maiti and Ballamoole Krishna Kumar