The 6th International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology was held from 6. 9. to 10. 9. 2015 in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Best oral presentations of early carrier scientists:
1. Stefanie Lutz – Biogeography and functionality of microbial glacial surface communities across the Arctic
2. Guillaume Tahon – Diversity of cbbL, nifH and pufLM genes in soil around Princess Elisabeth Station, Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica.
3. Lorrie Maccario – Microbial life in the arctic snowpack photochemical reactor.
Best poster presentations of early carrier scientists:
1. Bjorn Tytgat – Biogeographic patterns in Antarctic lacustrine prokaryotes.
2. – 3. Oliver Müller – Changes in structure, activity and metabolic processes of microorganisms in thawing permafrost soils from Svalbard.
2. – 3. Roksana Majewska – Epiphytic diatom communities from Terra Nova Bay and Cape Evans (Ross Sea) – a synthesis.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology - special issue
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Aims and Scope
This meeting will be a continuation of the highly successful meetings previously held in Rovaniemi 2004 (Finland), Innsbruck 2006 (Austria), Banff 2008 (Canada), Ljubljana 2011 (Slovenia) and Big Sky 2013 (USA). The conference will bring together the scientific community for discourse on the latest in all aspects of cold-living microorganisms and their role in polar and alpine environments. The 2015 conference will again provide an opportunity to share ideas and build research collaborations addressing the latest developments in microbiology in polar and alpine habitats.
Invitation
FEMS Microbiology Ecology invites submissions for a special thematic issue on the ecology of microbes in cold environments to coincide with the Sixth International Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology.
The submission target date will be October 30, 2015.
Please, see previously published issues (http://femsec.oxfordjournals.org):
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Special Issue: Polar and Alpine Microbiology
August 2014
Volume 89, Issue 2
Pages 209–494
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Special Issue: Polar and Alpine Microbiology
November 2012
Volume 82, Issue 2
Pages 215–550