Editorial: Smelly fumes: volatile-mediated communication between bacteria and other organisms

TY - JOUR

T1 - Editorial: Smelly fumes: volatile-mediated communication between bacteria and other organisms

AU - Weisskopf, Laure

AU - Garbeva, P.V.

AU - Ryu, Choo-Min

AU - Raaijmakers, J.M.

N1 - ;Data Archiving: no data (editorial)

PY - 2016/2/23

Y1 - 2016/2/23

N2 - Volatiles are small (<300 Da), smelly molecules emitted by all organisms. They have very diverse roles for the producing organism (e.g., as infochemicals or antimicrobial compounds) and fulfill important ecosystem functions. While the importance of plant volatiles has been recognized for more than 30 years, research on microbial volatiles attracted attention only in the last decades. This special issue focuses on several new findings and recent developments in the field of microbial (fungal and bacterial) volatiles, their biological functions and chemical identification, which are highlighted in this editorial.

AB - Volatiles are small (<300 Da), smelly molecules emitted by all organisms. They have very diverse roles for the producing organism (e.g., as infochemicals or antimicrobial compounds) and fulfill important ecosystem functions. While the importance of plant volatiles has been recognized for more than 30 years, research on microbial volatiles attracted attention only in the last decades. This special issue focuses on several new findings and recent developments in the field of microbial (fungal and bacterial) volatiles, their biological functions and chemical identification, which are highlighted in this editorial.

KW - international

U2 - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02031

DO - 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02031

M3 - Article

SN - 1664-302X

VL - 7

JO - Frontiers in Microbiology

JF - Frontiers in Microbiology

M1 - 2031

ER -