"The Microbial World: Foundation of the Biosphere" Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology to be held November 3rd through 5th, 1995, Denver, CO

小行星9527411 美国微生物学会将召开一次主要科学家座谈会，以确定如何及时和迅速地着手处理了解微生物多样性这一紧迫而艰巨的任务。 需要特别注意的微生物多样性问题如下。 如何衡量微生物多样性？ 如何鼓励对知之甚少的门进行分类学研究？ 哪些活动最需要评估？ 微生物学家如何与植物学家和动物学家协调他们的研究活动？ 可以开发哪些新技术来加强我们对微生物多样性的研究？ 这次会议将汇集一批经过精心挑选的微生物生物学科学家，其中包括至少五名也参与生物多样性研究的植物学家和动物学家。 将植物学家和动物学家纳入这些讨论将有助于在这两组学科和微生物学家之间建立必要的桥梁。 此外，几位欧洲科学家也将参加会议，他们正在参与由国际生物科学联合会和欧洲经济共同体资助的微生物多样性方面的持续努力。座谈会的目的是编写一份白色报告，深入分析生物多样性研究中的这些重要问题，并就今后的行动计划提出建议。 会议的最后报告和建议将出版并分发给微生物界、工业界、关注生物多样性的决策者以及适当的联邦和国际机构。 ***

9527411 Staley The American Academy of Microbiology will convene a colloquium of leading scientists to determine how to proceed in a timely and expeditious manner to address the urgent and enormous task of understanding microbial diversity. Issues in microbial diversity that require particular attention are the following. How should microbial diversity be measured? How should taxonomic studies of poorly known phyla be encouraged? What activities are most important to assess? How can microbiologists coordinate their research activities with botanists and zoologists? What new technologies can be developed to enhance our study of microbial diversity? The meeting will bring together a highly select group of microbial biology scientists, including at least five botanists and zoologists also involved in biodiversity. The inclusion of botanists and zoologists in these discussions will help build necessary bridges between these two sets of disciplines and microbiologists. In addition, several European scientists will also be included in the proceedings who are participating in ongoing efforts in microbial diversity funded by the International Union of Biological Sciences and the European Economic Community. The objective of the colloquium is to develop a white paper report with an in-depth analyses of these important issues in biodiversity studies and with recommendations for a future plan of action. The final report and recommendations of the proceedings will be published and disseminated to the microbiological community, to industry, to policy makers who have concerns about biodiversity, and to the appropriate federal and international agencies. ***