The Release of Genetically Modified Microorganisms—REGEM 2

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Environmental Pressure Imposed on Gemmos in Soil....Pages 1-14
Interactions in Communities of Microorganisms....Pages 15-24
Application of Genetically-Modified Microorganisms in Agriculture....Pages 25-31
Bioremediation and Waste Management....Pages 33-45
Progress in the Genetic Modification and Field-Release of Baculovirus Insecticides....Pages 47-58
Exploitation of Genetically-Modified Microorganisms in the Food Industry....Pages 59-69
Live Attenuated Salmonellae: Oral Vaccines for Salmonellosis and Combined Vaccines Carrying Heterologous Antigens....Pages 71-83
Commercial Use of Microbial Inocula Containing Live Genetically Modified Microorganisms (GEMMOs)....Pages 85-92
Risk Assessment....Pages 93-98
Social Implications and Public Confidence: Risk Perception and Communication....Pages 99-114
Workshop 1 Persistence and Survival of Genetically-Modified Microorganisms Released into the Environment....Pages 115-118
Workshop 2 Detection Methods for Modified Organisms in the Environment....Pages 119-122
Workshop 3 Environmental Impact....Pages 123-127
Characterization of Microbial Emissions from a Fermentation Plant Using a Genetically-Modified Bacillus Strain....Pages 129-131
Transfer of Inc.P and Inc.Q Plasmids in Soil and Filter Matings from Pseudomonas Fluorescens to a Recipient Strain and to Indigenous Bacteria....Pages 133-135
Impact of Introducing Genetically-Modified Microorganisms on Soil Microbial Community Diversity....Pages 137-139
The Detection and Survival of Recombinant Pseudomonas Putida Populations in Lake Water....Pages 141-143
Survival of Introduced Bacteria in Rhizosphere and Non-Rhizosphere Soils....Pages 145-147
Implementation of Pre-Tests for Gemmo Release in the Environment....Pages 149-151
Plasmid Transfer and Stability of Pseudomonas Cepacia and Enterobacter Cloacae in a Continuous Flow Culture System....Pages 153-153
Risk Assessment in Releases of Nitrogen-Fixing Enterobacter into Soil; Survival and Gene Transfer, as Influenced by Agricultural Substrates....Pages 155-156
Direct Detection of E.Agglomerans DNA Sequences in Soil....Pages 157-159
The Survival of Microorganisms in the Open Air....Pages 161-162
Survival and Dispersal of Gemmos Associated with Animals....Pages 163-165
Study of Intestinal Colonization with Norfloxacin in Vivo and in Vitro....Pages 167-169
Studies on Gene Flux by Free Bacterial DNA in Soil, Sediment and Groundwater Aquifer....Pages 171-174
Plasmid Transfer Between Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Strains in Natural Soil....Pages 175-177
Investigation of Possible Gene Transfer from Genetically Modified to Indigenous Bacteria in Soil....Pages 179-180
Fate of Plant Pathogenic Pseudomonads in Bean Microcosms....Pages 181-182
Detection of Streptomyces Marker Plasmids in Soil....Pages 183-185
The Removal and Dispersal of Foliar Bacteria by Rain Splash....Pages 187-189
Growth and Survival of Genetically-Modified Pseudomonas Putida in Soils of Different Texture....Pages 191-193
Simplified Subtraction-Hybridization System for Isolation Of Strain-Specific Rhizobium DNA Probes....Pages 195-196
Plasmid Transfer of pBR322 Derivatives from recA’E. Coli K12 Donor Strain to Various Natural Gram-Negative Isolates....Pages 197-198
Single Cell Detection of Bioluminescent Pseudomonas Syringae in Soil....Pages 199-202
Luminescence-Based Detection to Assess Survival and Activity of a Genetically-Modified Inoculum in Soil....Pages 203-205
The Effect of Cyanobacterial Water Bloom Formation Upon Conjugational Gene Transfer Between Associated Heterotrophic Bacteria....Pages 207-208
Construction and Detection of Bioluminescent Bacillus Subtilis Strains....Pages 209-212
Detection of Lux-Gene Sequences in Escherichia Coli MM294 Extracted From Soil Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Gene Probing....Pages 213-215
Monitoring Survival of Genetically-Modified Rhizobium in the Field....Pages 217-219
Quantitative Detection of Genetically-Modified Micro Organisms by the PCR-MPN Method....Pages 221-223
Bioluminescent REC A Mutants of Rhizobium as Model Organisms in Risk Assessment Studies....Pages 225-227
An Artificial Microcosm to Study Microbial Interactions in the Rhizosphere....Pages 229-230
Detection of Bacteria from Natural Environments by Flow Cytometry....Pages 231-232
The Detection of Bacteria in Aquatic Environments by Flow Cytometry....Pages 233-234
 Bacillus Thurmgiensis as a Model Organism for Evaluating Risks on the Release of Gemmos....Pages 235-236
Plasmid Mediated Resistance to Hexavalent Chromium in Agrobacterium ....Pages 237-240
Plasmid Transfer in Sterile Soil as Influenced by a Non-Simultaneous Inoculation of Donor and Recipient....Pages 241-244
Survival of Enterobacter Cloacae on Leaves and in Soil Detected by Immunofluorescence Microscopy in Comparison with Selective Plating....Pages 245-247
Genetic Manipulation of Rumen Bacteria....Pages 249-252
Detecting Natural Transformation of Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus , In Situ , Within Natural Epilithon Of The River Taff....Pages 253-255
The Survival of a Chloramphenicol Resistance Plasmid in a Natural Bacillus Population....Pages 257-259
What Values in the GEMMOs? Reflections on Regem 2....Pages 261-265
Back Matter....Pages 267-271