Microbiology of Atypical Environments

Dr. Jack T. Trevors, B. Sc., B. Sc. Honours, M. Sc., Ph. D. is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. He has been an active Editor on the board of the Journal of Microbiological Methods since 1996, and has been appointed Editor-in-Chief as of 1 January 2014. Dr Gurtler completed a Ph.D. program in 1996 at La Trobe University in the Department of Microbiology. The main contribution of this work was the development of a universal bacterial typing technique based on the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region. The technique is now extensively used in many areas of Microbiology including Diagnostic, Environmental and Veterinary Microbiology. Citations to the articles Dr Gurtler wrote on this topic total >1000 with >830 citations alone to the 1996 review published in the journal “Microbiology”. Dr Gurtler wrote an invited review on genomic typing, taxonomy and identification of bacterial isolates for the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM). In addition to fundamental research, Dr Gurtler has also had experience with the application of this technology to the medical diagnostic laboratory in the fields of molecular microbiology and human molecular genetics. Dr Gurtler has been involved full time in diagnostic microbiology over many years resulting in the adoption of a method that identifies Mycobacterium species directly from clinical specimens without the need for culture in specimens positive for acid fast bacilli, the discovery of Nocardia veterana, and the development of many diagnostic tests.In the last twelve years Dr Gurtler has been an Editor for the Journal of Microbiological Methods (JMM) and in the last 5 years Serial Editor of Methods in Microbiology (MIM) with the publication of 9 volumes covering diverse subjects such as Biofilms, Nanotechnology, COVID-19 and Fluorescent Probes.

• Section 1: Methods for Studying Microorganisms in Space1. Microbiology of the Built Environment in Spacecraft Used for Human FlightJiseon Yang, Starla G. Thornhill, Jennifer Barrila, Cheryl A. Nickerson, Charlie M. Ott and Robert J.C. McLean2. The Study of Microbial Survival in Extraterrestrial Environments Using Low Earth Orbit and Ground-Based ExperimentsKaren Olsson-Francis, Nisha K. Ramkissoon, Alex B. Price, David J. Slade, Michael Macey and Victoria K. Pearson3. Persistence of Fungi in Atypical, Closed Environments: Cultivation to OmicsAdriana Blachowicz, Kasthuri Venkateswaran and Clay C.C. WangSection 2: Molecular Methods4. Molecular Methods for Studying Microorganisms From Atypical EnvironmentsHirak Ranjan Dash and Surajit Das5. Measuring Microbial Metabolism in Atypical EnvironmentsWendy Stone and Gideon Wolfaardt6. Rock-Inhabiting Fungi: Survival on and Alteration of Solid Air-Exposed SurfacesNicole Knabe and Anna A. Gorbushina7. Taxonomy of Oral BacteriaSamantha J. Byrne, Catherine A. Butler, Eric C. Reynolds and Stuart G. Dashper8. Aqueous Methods for Extraction/Recovery of Macromolecules From Microorganisms of Atypical Environments: A Focus on Three Phase PartitioningMohammed Gagaoua9. Microbial Community Composition and Predicted Functional Attributes of Antarctic Lithobionts Using Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing and of Bioinformatics ToolsHyunmin Koo, Joseph Hakim, Casey Morrow, Dale T. Andersen and Asim K. BejSection 3: Microscopic Methods10. Methods for Collection and Characterization of Samples From Icy EnvironmentsManuel Bedrossian, Jody W. Deming and Jay Nadeau11. Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Extremely Halophilic MicrobesHarold Engelhardt and Daniel BollschweilerSection 4: Organisms12. Methods to Study Magnetotactic Bacteria and MagnetosomesLei Yan and Weijia Xing13. Molecular Methods to Study Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus From Atypical EnvironmentsIndrani Karunasagar, Biswajit Maiti and Ballamoole Krishna Kumar