2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Lignocellulose Degradation by Insects and Their Gut Symbionts with Potential Applications to the Biofuels Industry

Lignocellulose Degradation by Insects and Their Gut Symbionts with Potential Applications to the Biofuels Industry

Organizers:

Jian-Zhong Sun , Kelli Hoover and Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes

Introductory Remarks

Cellulolytic associations of Sirex noctilio within the context of a multipartite symbiosis
Aaron Adams, University of Wisconsin; Kenneth Raffa, University of Wisconsin

Identification and characterization of cellulolytic enzymes from western corn rootworm larvae
Blair D. Siegfried, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Arnubio Valencia, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Matthew Moore, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Analiza Alaves, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lignocellulose degradation by the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis: Pathways and enzymes for wood degradation
Scott Geib, Pennsylvania State University; Ming Tien, Pennsylvania State University; Kelli Hoover, Penn State University

New insights into lignocellulose degradation by termite gut microbes
Jared Leadbetter, California Institute of Technology

Break

Functional genomics of lignocellulose digestion in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes
Michael E Scharf, University of Florida; Xuguo Zhou, University of Florida; Marsha Wheeler, University of Florida

Cloning lignocellulose genes from termite guts
Yongping Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Biological energy production from biomass by wood feeding termites
Jian-Zhong Sun, Mississippi State University; Yue-Qing Cao, Mississippi State University

Natural biorefinery discoveries in the lignocellulose degrading insect, Tipula abdominalis
Joy B. Doran Peterson, University of Geogia

Concluding Remarks

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