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Actinobacteria within soils: capacities for mutualism, symbiosis and pathogenesis

2013; Oxford University Press; Volume: 342; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/1574-6968.12147

1574-6968

Hilde Schrempf,

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Actinobacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that present together the most dominant bacterial population within soils. While members of some families are under investigation mainly as rich sources for bioactive compounds, many aspects concerning their roles within their natural habitat including the interaction with different organisms are still underexplored. To set a forum to outline current data and to highlight new avenues for future and integrative research on Actinobacteria within soils: capacities for mutualism, symbiosis and pathogenesis, H. Schrempf together with D. Ortiz de Orue Lucana, University Osnabruck, organized a symposium in Munster, Germany from 25–28 October, 2012. The symposium was supported by funds from FEMS (Federation of European Microbiological Societies), VAAM (Vereinigung Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie; Germany), and Applied Genetics of Microorganisms, University of Osnabruck, Germany. About 120 junior and senior researches came from Australia, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and United Kingdom. Many talks, poster sessions, and discussions provoked intense exchange of knowledge and stimulated new roads for future research. The topics included actinobacterial strategies for survival and/or interactions with amebae, dynamics of microbial communities within soils, the capacity to interact with various other bacteria and fungi, symbiosis with certain plants, interactions with insects, plant pathogenic traits, and lessons deduced from genomic information, stress responses, and regulatory aspects. This special issue has been compiled to convey the importance of Actinobacteria to a wide range of micro-biologists. It comprises peer-reviewed minireviews and original papers of novel results from researchers who …