Division: ASA Section: Environmental Quality

Title: Water and Soil Microbial Populations Affected By Wastewater, Biosolids, and Manure

Community Leader: Kimberly L Cook
Moderators: John P Brooks , Channah Rock and Terry J. Gentry
Lead Community Sponsor: Animal Agriculture and the Environment Community
Cosponsor: SSSA Division: Soil and Water Management and Conservation, SSSA Division: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Community Cosponsor:
Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: Antibiotic, Ecology, Environment and Pathogen

Session Description: Animal agriculture and municipal wastewater treatment plants exert their influence on environmental microbial populations, both from a beneficial and detrimental effect. The aim of this session is to discern positive and negative aspects of land-applied solid wastes and wastewater on microbial pathogens, ecology, and antibiotic resistant populations.