Editorial Board for section 'Plant Microbe Interactions'
- Gut Microbiota Section
- Environmental Microbiology Section
- Food Microbiology Section
- Microbial Biotechnology Section
- Medical Microbiology Section
- Systems Microbiology Section
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Section
- Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance Section
- Public Health Microbiology Section
- Parasitology Section
- Plant Microbe Interactions Section
- Biofilm Section
- Virology Section
- Veterinary Microbiology Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members (32)

Interests: plant microbes; endophytes; rhizophagy cycle
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Interests: insect pathogenic fungi; fungal-plant interactions; environmental microbiology

Interests: plant/fungal interactions; mycotoxins; phycotoxins; mass spectrometry; chemical analysis

Interests: plant–microbe interactions; soil and plant microbiome; microbial diversity; extremophiles; PGPR; rhizosphere
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Interests: plant-microbe interactions; Pseudomonas; plant probiotics; bioremediation; motility; rhizosphere colonization
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Interests: plant-microbiome interactions; microbiome engineering; incorporating microbiome in ecosystem models
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Interests: plant pathology; Pseudomonas plant pathogens; bacterial plant pathogens; evolution of virulence in plant pathogens; bacterial tree diseases
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Interests: plant–pathogen interactions; biocontrol; endophytic fungi; green leaf volatiles (GLVs); biogenic volatile compounds (BVOCs); plant defense priming; plant hormones; phenomics; genome-editing in fungi; plant defense pathways; biodegradation of mycotoxins; mycotoxin prediction and modelling; bioassays to assess toxicity of trichothecenes and their derivatives
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Interests: plant-microbe interaction; stress physiology plants responses to biotic and abiotic stress; crop protection; biological control
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Interests: bacteria; phytoplasmas; plant diseases; detection; epidemiology
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Interests: food-associated bacteria; microbial ecology; soil microorganisms; plant-growth-promoting bacteria; bacterial-host interaction; plant-microbe interactions
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Interests: plant bacteriology; diagnostics for plant pathogenic bacteria; microbial ecosystems; biosecurity; bacterial diagnostics and genomics
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Interests: nitrogen fixation; drought or salt stress; phosphate solubilization; phytohormone delivery from soil bacteria; as rhizobia or endophytic bacteria; when associated with cereals or legumes
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Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial ecology; plant microbiology; plant pathology; biocontrol; rhizosphere; Agrobacterium; Pectobacterium; Dickeya; genomics; transcriptomics; Tn-Seq; reverse genetics; quorum-sensing
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Interests: plant virology; emergent plant diseases; virus taxonomy; plant–pathogen interactions; insect vectors
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Interests: Pseudomonas; rhizosphere; plant-microbe interactions; biocontrol; plant-growth promotion; rhizocompetence
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Interests: molecular and cellular aspects of plant–microbe interactions, mainly during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis; plant response to biotic stress; role of phytohormones in plant growth and in response to microbes; apocarotenoids
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Interests: environmental microbiology; plant-microbe interaction; mycorrhizal symbiosis; fungal biology; microbial genomics
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Interests: bacterial genetics; bacterial genomics; bacterial metabolism; plant pathogens and their virulence factors; signaling and transport through the envelope; regulation of gene expression; quorum sensing; Pectobacteriaceae; Dickeya; pectinases; plant cell wall degrading enzymes

Interests: Fusarium graminearum; phytopathogens; fungal sensing; signaling pathways; histone modification; plant-fungus interactions; plant immunity; mycotoxin
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Interests: legume-rhizobium symbiosis; (Sino)rhizobium genetics/genomics; plant genetics/genomics; symbiotic nodule development and functioning

2. Scientific Collaborator, Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Interests: evolution and physiology; microbial symbiosis; reproductive biology
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Interests: bacterial exopolysaccharides; bacterial adhesion; bacterial plant pathogens
Interests: ecosystem ecology; soil microbiology; ecotoxicology
Interests: symbiosis; microbial ecology; plant-microbe interactions
Interests: microbe interactions; plant-fungal nutrients; ectomycorrhizal fungi; Populus trichocarpa; eucalyptus grandis; arginine methyltransferases

Interests: bacterial virulence; histidine kinase; response regulator; two-component signal transduction system; predatory bacteria; transcription factor; ligand-receptor interaction
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Interests: endophytic fungi; secondary products
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Interests: industrial microbiology; bioreactors and fermentation processes; cell and enzyme immobilization; biotechnological production of enzymes, organic acids, biofuels; plant microbiome; plant-microbial interactions; microbial mineral dissolution; production and formulation of soil inoculants
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