Basic research for the future: Opportunities in microbiology for the coming decade
Not since Leeuwenhoek reported finding {open_quotes}animalcules{close_quotes} in a variety of natural materials have research opportunities in microbiology looked so promising. Researchers have developed methods to analyze the historic and evolutionary progression of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. The significance of the remarkable diversity found in the microbial realm is just beginning to emerge. Biotechnology companies are exploiting microorganisms in remarkable ways. Seemingly new, devastating pathogens have appeared and {open_quotes}old{close_quotes} pathogens have become resistant to antiobiotics. All these factors serve to invigorate interest in microbiology. Seldom have the challenges seemed more intense or more exciting. Recognizing the significance of these issues, the American Academy of Microbiology convened a colloquium of experts in the microbiological sciences May 4-7, 1996, in Washington, D.C. The colloquim sought primarily to identify those research areas most clearly deserving future attention, those most likely to provide optimal return on scientific and monetary investment, and those offering the greatest promise for solving critical problems over the coming decade.
- Research Organization:
- American Academy of Microbiology, Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-95ER61972
- OSTI ID:
- 491454
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9605281-1; TRN: 97:004199
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Academy of Microbiology colloquium, Washington, DC (United States), 4-7 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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