Rapid Methods for Analysis of Biological Materials in the Environment

Some Problems Concerning Biological Threats.- Technologies for Monitoring the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: An Emerging Consensus?.- Robotics Mission to Mars from Exobiological Point of View.- Dormancy in Non-Sporulating Bacteria: Its Significance for Environmental Monitoring.- Monitoring the Bacterial Neuston.- The Past, Present and Future of Luminometric Methods in Biological Detection.- Environmental Applications of the NRL Flow Immunosensor.- Capillary Electrophoresis/Nucleic Acid Probe Identification of Biological Warfare Agent Simulants.- Rapid Method for Bacterial Counting in the Milk by Using Biosensor Based on E. coli Cells.- Tiny-TOF Mass Spectrometer for Biodetection.- Intelligent Systems for the Characterization of Microorganisms from Hyperspectral Data.- Field Applications of Flow Cytometry.- A Portable Flow Cytometer for the Detection and Identification of Microorganisms.- Biodiversity of Bacterial Populations Monitored by Flow Cytometry.- Measurement of Biological Aerosol with a Fluorescent Aerodynamic Particle Sizer (Flaps): Correlation of Optical Data with Biological Data.- Measurement of Biological Aerosols in an Aerosol Chamber.- Development of PCR-Based Assays for the Detection and Molecular Genotyping of Microorganisms of Importance to Biological Warfare.- Use of Taqman, Light Cycler, and Confocal Microscopy to Detect Specific PCR.- Evaluation of the Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Identifying Biological Agents.- Identification of Pathogens Using Single/Double Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP/DSCP) Analysis.- Use of PCR for Identification and Detection of Biological Agents.- Comparative Performance of Conventional and Molecular Dosimetry Methods in Environmental Biomonitoring: Assessment using Bacillus-based Commercial Biopesticides as Models.- Workshop Conclusions.- Appendixes.- First Day’s Panel Discussion on the Status of the Environment.- Discussion on Mass Spectometry.- Discussion on Classical Techniques.- Discussion on Nucleic Acid Probe Techniques (individual papers).- Panel Discussion on DNA Techniques.- Discussion on the paper of V. Seligy.- Panel Discussion: Summary of the Meeting.