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 Space 1. Microbiology of the Built Environment in Spacecraft Used for Human Flight Jiseon Yang, Starla G. Thornhill, Jennifer Barrila, Cheryl A. Nickerson, Charlie M. Ott and Robert J.C. McLean 2. The Study of Microbial Survival in Extraterrestrial Environments Using Low Earth Orbit and Ground-Based Experiments Karen Olsson-Francis, Nisha K. Ramkissoon, Alex B. Price, David J. Slade, Michael Macey and Victoria K. Pearson 3. Persistence of Fungi in Atypical, Closed Environments: Cultivation to Omics Adriana Blachowicz, Kasthuri Venkateswaran and Clay C.C. Wang

Section 2: Molecular Methods 4. Molecular Methods for Studying Microorganisms From Atypical Environments Hirak Ranjan Dash and Surajit Das 5. Measuring Microbial Metabolism in Atypical Environments Wendy Stone and Gideon Wolfaardt 6. Rock-Inhabiting Fungi: Survival on and Alteration of Solid Air-Exposed Surfaces Nicole Knabe and Anna A. Gorbushina 7. Taxonomy of Oral Bacteria Samantha J. Byrne, Catherine A. Butler, Eric C. Reynolds and Stuart G. Dashper 8. Aqueous Methods for Extraction/Recovery of Macromolecules From Microorganisms of Atypical Environments: A Focus on Three Phase Partitioning Mohammed Gagaoua 9. Microbial Community Composition and Predicted Functional Attributes of Antarctic Lithobionts Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing and of Bioinformatics Tools Hyunmin Koo, Joseph Hakim, Casey Morrow, Dale T. Andersen and Asim K. Bej

Section 3: Microscopic Methods 10. Methods for Collection and Characterization of Samples From Icy Environments Manuel Bedrossian, Jody W. Deming and Jay Nadeau 11. Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Extremely Halophilic Microbes Harold Engelhardt and Daniel Bollschweiler

Section 4: Organisms 12. Methods to Study Magnetotactic Bacteria and Magnetosomes Lei Yan and Weijia Xing 13. Molecular Methods to Study Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus From Atypical Environments Indrani Karunasagar, Biswajit Maiti and Ballamoole Krishna Kumar