Microbiology

The track is organized into three thematic sessions: Soil Microbiology, Water Microbiology, and Environmental Biotechnology. The first sessions includes researches on soil as a habitat for microorganisms, and introduces the main types of soil microorganisms, how they interact with the soil, and the techniques used in their analysis. In the second section includes Freshwater, Wastewater, and Drinking Water Microbiology and assays of microbial pathogens-bacteria, viruses, and protozoan parasites which are used in food and water quality control as well as an exercise in applied bioremediation of contaminants in water. Environmental Microbiology also includes the study of microorganisms that exist in artificial environments such as bioreactors.

Subtracks:

1. Soil Microbiology

2. Water Microbiology

3. Detecting, Characterization, and Source-tracking of Environmental Microbes

4. Microbiology of the Built Environment

5. Genetic and Metabolic Functions in Environmentally Relevant Microbes