Microbial Growth of C1 Compounds

摘要

The 8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1 Compounds was held at the Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, California, 27 August - 1 September, 1995. A total of 160 participants from 18 countries were registered. Eight Scientific Sessions were held in which 45 papers were presented, and 114 posters were displayed and discussed in three separate poster sessions. The Symposium covered a broad range of topics, inchlding acetogenesis, methanogenesis, lithotrophy, autotrophy, carboxidotrophy, methylotrophy and methanotrophy. The theme of the Symposium was mechanisms, and under this umbrella the physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and both applied and environmental aspects of microbial growth on C1 compounds were addressed. A number of oral presentations and posters addressed the role of C1 utilizers in the biogeochemical cycling of methylated compounds, CO and CO2, providing a state-of-the-art snapshot of microbially-mediated trace gas cycling at the mechanistic level.