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Topic: Molecular microbiology

Chairs: t.b.c.

14:00 – 14:30  Offensive role of the Bacillus extracellular matrix in driving metabolite-mediated dialogue and adaptive strategies with the fungus Botrytis  – Diego Romero (University of Malaga)

14:30 – 14:45  Chemical Dialogues: Volatiles in Fungal–Bacterial Interactions – Paolina Garbeva (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW))

14:45 – 15:00  Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi predate on bacteria? – Vasilis Kokkoris (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

15:00 – 15:15  Bacterial-fungal interactions: Bacillus subtilis and the sugarcane smut pathogen Sporisorium scitamineum – Yixu Wang (Leiden University)