Microbial Ecotoxicology

1. INTRODUCTION

a. Pollution History (by Charles-François Mathis, Université de Bordeaux, France)

b. From Microbial Ecology to Microbial Ecotoxicology (by Andy Ball, RMIT University, Australia)

(by Philippe Garrigues; Directeur de l'Institut des Sciences Moléculaires - Bordeaux, France)

3. Ecosystemic services

(provided by microbial communities)

a. Hyporheic rehabilitation in rivers (by Jose Miguel Sanchez; Research Director, ECOLAB UMR 5245 CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France)

4. Microbial responses to pollution - Ecotoxicology

Introdu

5. Metabolic responses

Concepts (by Ji Dong GU, University of Hong Kong, China)

6. Genetic adaptation

Concepts (by Patricia Sobecky; Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs - University of Alabama, USA)

Case study (by William Hickey; University of Wisconsin Madison, USA)

7. Microbial community response

Diversity - function relationships (by Emma Johnston and Katherine Dafforn, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW, Australia)

Case study (by Anna Koukkou, Elpiniki Vandera, Eugenia Karabika, -

University of Ioannina Department of Chemistry Ioánnina, Greece)

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8. Ecological indicators of ecosystem recovery

Continental and marine environments

(by Jean-François Ghiglione - UMPC Banuyls Stephane Pesce IRSTEA Lyon & Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRA Dijon, France)

9. Microbial Biomarkers

Concept of biomarkers- tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Helena Guash; Universitat de Girona, Spain)

10. Microbial Biosensors

Concept of biosensors - tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Gerald Thouand; laboratoire de Génie des procédés - environnement - agro-alimentaire- GEPEA, Nantes, France)

Case study:

a. Metals (by Juan Carlos Gutiérrez; Universidad de Madrid, Spain)

11. Microbial Ecotoxicology: Looking to the Future (by Sergi Sabater, Univ. Girona - Insititute of Aquatic Ecol