Microbial Models: From Environmental to Industrial Sustainability

Tentative tables of contents:

1. Pseudomonas - Synthetic biology strategies for metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida.

Pablo I. Nikel - Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Cantoblanco-Madrid, Spain

2. Herbaspirillum - Potentiality of Herbaspirillum seropedicae as a platform for biofabrication of plastic.



Emanuel M. Souza - Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil

3. Azospirillum - The contribution of Azospirillum sp. in sustainable agriculture: learnings from the laboratory to the field.

Fabricio Cassan - Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal y de la Interacción Planta-Microorganismo, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Rio Cuarto, Argentina



4. Flavobacterium - The genus Flavobacterium in plantroot environments: ecological and applicative insights



Eddie Cytryn - Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, The Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel

5. Lactobacillus -.Lactobacillus in the dairy industry: From natural diversity to bio-preservation resources



Stella Reginensi - Unidad de Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay

6. Delftia - The sustainable use of Delftia in plant growth promotion and biorremediation.



Maria A. Morel - Molecular Microbiology, Institute Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay

7. Rhizobium - Naturally evolving rhizobia towards sustainability in agriculture.



Esperanza Martinez-Romero - Programa de Ecología Genómica y, Centro de Ciencias Génomicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos,

Dr. Susana Castro Sowinski is currently working as associate professor in Faculty of Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay. 

Her publications are: 

RESEARCH ARTICLES: 

1. Batista S, Castro S, Aguilar OM and Martinez-Drets G. 1992. Induction of C4-dicarboxylate transport genes by external stimuli in Rhizobium meliloti. Can. J. Microbiol. 38: 51-55. 

2. Batista S, Castro S, Ubalde MC and Martinez-Drets G. 1994. Effect of divalent cations on succinate transport in R. tropici, R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli and R. loti. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 10: 249 - 255.

3. Castro S and Cantera AMB. 1995. Rapid and inexpensive procedure for proteolytic activity determination. J. Biotech. Edu. 23: 42-43.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. Castro-Sowinski S and Okon, Y. Physiological features of Azospirillum in the rhizosphere. En: Biología del Suelo: transformaciones de la materia orgánica, usos y biodiversidad de los organismosedáficos.  Eds.: M. A. Monzón de

2. Asconegui, I. E. García de Salamone y S. S. Miyazaki. Editorial Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad de Buenos Aires. Primera edición. Pp 33-37. 

3. Castro-Sowinski S, Burdman S, Matan O and Okon Y. 2009. Natural functions of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates. En: Plastics from bacteria: natural functions and applications.  Microbiology monographs. Eds: Chen, Guo-Qiang. Editorial Springer.  Pp 39-56. ISBN: 978-3-642-03286-8.