Priorities for microbial biodiversity research: Summary and recommendations

Title: Priorities for microbial biodiversity research: Summary and recommendations

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Microbial diversity is an unseen national as well as international resource that deserves greater attention. Too small to be seen no longer means too small to be studied or values. Microbial diversity encompasses the spectrum of microscopic organisms including bacteria, fungi, algae and protozoa. These organisms populate the soil, water and air that surround us and live in more unusual environments such as the boiling water of hydrothermal vents, deep ocean trenches and alkali lakes. This report summarizes a workshop on microbial biodiversity which was organized by the Center for Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University.

Publication Date:: Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

Research Org.:: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 584912

Report Number(s):: CONF-9206476-Summ.
ON: DE98001855; TRN: AHC29808%%52

DOE Contract Number:: AI05-92ER61475

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Conference on priorities in bacterial diversity research, East Lansing, MI (United States), Jun 1992; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; MICROORGANISMS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; MEETINGS; ECOLOGY; HABITAT; ECOSYSTEMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION

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