Conference on Priorities in Bacterial Diversity Research; East Lansing, MI; June, 1992

微生物分类学家和生态学家将召开一次会议，讨论评估和理解细菌多样性的问题。会议的一个主要目标是确定细菌多样性研究需求的优先顺序。要讨论的主题包括从自然栖息地恢复细菌的困难，开发已知物种清单的挑战，从极端和偏远栖息地分离新物种，细菌的生物地理学，以及保护新栖息地及其原原生物群。与会者将讨论如何分析和传播有关新物种特征的数据。会议的建议将发表在对该领域感兴趣的科学家看到的国际期刊上。

A conference of microbial taxonomists and ecologists will be held to consider the problems of assessing and understanding the biodiversity of bacteria. A major goal of the conference is to set priorities on the research needs in bacterial diversity. Topics to be addressed include the difficulties of recovering bacteria from natural habitats, the challenges of developing an inventory of known species, the isolation of new species from extreme and remote habitats, the biogeography of bacteria, and the preservation of novel habitats, and their procaryobiota. The conferees will discuss how data on the characteristics of new species should be analyzed and disseminated. The recommendations from the conference will be published in international journals seen by scientists with an interest in this field.