“Behavior” of Fungi—A Themed Issue in Honor of Dr. Peter N. Lipke

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Edition of Pathogens is in honor of Dr. Peter N. Lipke, for his many contributions to our knowledge of the “behavior” of fungi. Early in his career, he elucidated mechanisms of Saccharomyces cerevisiae agglutination, a cell–cell interaction leading to sexual exchange. He focused on components of the cell wall and their roles in this very “social interaction”. Decades later, he turned his attention to Candida albicans. He has shown us how this even more social yeast aggregates by exploiting amyloid sequences in cell surface proteins. This discovery has led to knowledge of biofilm formation and consequent fungal adhesion to human proteins and tissues. This “sociologist” of yeasts is himself is a most congenial man. His many trainees join him and his wife, Anne (who ran his lab), and their many sons and daughters in a journey to understand different ways of belonging to biofilms and families. These studies include consequences of behavior in both small and large organisms. Consequences include benign ones like food and drink (bread, beer, and wine), as well as malign ones such as C. albicans infections.

Prof. Dr. Stephen A. Klotz
Guest Editor

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