Workshop on Biotechnology Applicable to the Mining and MetalRefining Industries and to the Fossil Fuel Processing Industries, to be held in Troy, New York on May 28-30, l985

这项提议的目的是举办一次讲习班，审查现有的和潜在的微生物工艺在金属溶液采矿、从矿石中提取金属以及从固体和液体含金属废物中提取以及矿物燃料的脱硫中使用现有和潜在的微生物工艺的机会。研讨会将为业界代表提供机会，介绍基础研究人员和应用研究人员以前没有考虑过的可能的生物技术解决方案的问题。对微生物过程感兴趣的科学家、政府和工业研究人员将参加会议。

The objective of this proposal is to organize a workshop to examine theopportunities for the use of available and potential microbial processes in the solution mining of metals, metal extraction from ores, and from solid and liquid metal-containing wastes, and the desulfurization of fossil fuels. The workshop will provide an opportunity for industrial representatives to present problems not previously considered by basic and applied researchers for possible biotechnological solutions. Attendance will be open to scientists andgovernment and industrial researchers who have interests in microbial processes.