Oral Session

S03 Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Great strides have been made during the past few years in developing and applying a range of comprehensive molecular methods to complex microbial systems. These meta-omics methods attempt to capture and identify the collective complement of a microbial community�s DNA (metagenomics), RNA (metatranscriptomics), proteins (metaproteomics), lipids (lipidomics) and metabolic products (meta-metabolomics). Recently meta-omics have been attempted in soils, arguably the most complex microbial community on the planet. This symposium will examine some of these initial applications of �omics to soils, identify the challenges still to be overcome, and evaluate their potential utility for better understanding of soil microbial communities.

Cosponsor(s):

Soil Physics, Soil & Water Management & Conservation