Information Systems for Biotechnology

Background on these documents

Chapter 1. Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Biotechnology Risk Assessment: USEPA/USDA/Environmental Canada/AFAG Canada
M.A. Levin and J.S. Angle

Chapter 2. Risk Assessment Strategies
Environmental Risk Analysis
David R. MacKenzie

Environmental Health Risk Assessment: A Canadian Perspective
Michael J. Goddard

Chapter 3. Transfer of Genetic Material in Nature
Sexual Cycle And Potential For Gene Flow In Fungal Biological Control Agents
David O. TeBeest and Cindy R. Cisar

Conjugal Transfer of TN916in Model Soil Systems
Bradley J. Haack, Robert E. Andrews, and Thomas E. Loynachan

Reviewing the Cost of Resistance in Plants and Its Relevance to Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Joy Bergelson and Colin B. Purrington

Chapter 4. Genetic Stability and Expression
Effects of Stress on Bacteriophage Replication
T. A. Kokjohn, J. O. Schrader, J. J. Walker, and H. S. Schrader

Molecular Studies of Ultraviolet Radiation Effects on Marine Bacteria
Wade H. Jeffrey, David L. Mitchell, and Richard B. Coffin

Physiology and Molecular Genetics of Viable but Non-Culturable Microorganisms
M. A. R. Chowdhury, J. Ravel, R. T. Hill, A. Huq, R. R. Colwell

Stability of Disabled Viroid Sequences in Transgenic Plants:
Generation of Wild-Type Viroids via Sequence and Reversion and Recombination
Robert A. Owens, Rosemarie W. Hammond, and T.O. Diene

Fate and Microbial Transformation Potential of Plant-Derived Transgenes in Nonsterile Agricultural Soil
Franco Widmer and Ray Seidler

Chapter 5. Development of Risk Assessment Models
Predator Avoidance, Spawning and Foraging Ability of Transgenic Catfish
Rex A. Dunham

Use of Multigenerational Studies to Assess Genetic Stability, Fitness, and
Competitive Ability of Transgenic Japanese Medaka: I. Methodology
William M. Muir, Richard Howard, and Christopher A. Bidwell

Chapter 6. Assessing Effects of Field Trials
Microcosms for Examining the Survival of Recombinant Bacteria in Soil
J. Scott Angle, Morris A. Levin, Joel V. Gagliardi, and Marla S. McIntosh

Chapter 7. Environmental Effects of Genetically Engineered Organisms
Rhizopine Synthesis and Catabolism Genes for the Creation of
"Biased Rhizospheres" and as Marker System to Detect (Genetically Modified)
Microorganisms in the Soil - Construction of a minimal moc cassette -
Silvia Rossbach, Brian McSpadden, Deanna Kulpa, and Frans J. de Bruijn

Nontarget Testing of an Insect Control Fungus: Effects of Metarhizium Anisopliae
on Developing Embryos of the Inland Silverside Fish Menidia beryllina
Fred J. Genthner and Douglas P. Middaugh

Soil Microbial Activity and Plant/Microbe Symbioses as Indicators for
Ecological Effects of Bioremediation Biotechnology
W. F. Pfender, S. P. Maggard, and L. S. Watrud

Effect of Atrazine on 2,6-Dinitrotoluene Toxicity in Fischer 344 Rats
S. Elizabeth George and Robert W. Chadwick

Chapter 8. Monitoring Genetically Engineered Organisms
Methods for Monitoring the Environmental Fate of Genetically Engineered Baculoviruses
John P. Burand, Greg Dwyer, Vincent D'Amico and Joseph S. Elkinton

Biological Sensors for Assessment of Microbial Activity and Chemical Constituents of Natural Habitats
C.M. Hopkins, S.E. Lindow, and J.E. Loper

Rapid Detection of Targeted Airborne Microorganisms Using Polymerase Chain Reaction
Linda D. Stetzenbach, Abdiel J. Alvarez, and Mark P. Buttner

Fiber Optic Biosensor for Detection of Bacterial Transport in Saturated Geologic Media
Kim R. Rogers, Daya C. Wijesuria, and Frances S. Ligler

Starvation Genes, Promoters and Starvation Survival Fusion Mutants of Pseudomonas putida
Youngjun Kim and A. Matin

Detection in the Environment of Pesticidal Compounds Produced by Transgenic Plants
C. J. Palm, K. Donegan, D. Harris and R. J. Seidler

Survey of Airborne Bacteria at Four Diverse Locations in Oregon: Urban, Rural, Forest, and Coastal
Brenda T. Shaffer and Bruce Lighthart

Appendix A. Symposium Agenda
Speakers, affiliations and topics

Symposium Contributors
List of Contributors