Meeting report of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Symposium 'Viruses of Microbes II', Brussels, July 2012.

Pieter-Jan Ceyssens (1) , Abram Aertsen (2, 1) , David M Donovan (3) , Rob Lavigne (1, 4) , Matthew B Sullivan (5) , Laurent Debarbieux (6) , Mario Vaneechoutte (7)

1 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
2 Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe)
3 USDA-ARS : Agricultural Research Service
4 Laboratory of Gene Technology
5 University of Arizona
6 BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles
7 Department Research (LBR)

The Symposium aimed to bring together the bacterial virus and lower eukaryotic virus researchers, which is also the core aim for the establishment of the “International Society for Viruses of Microorganisms” (ISVM, http://www.isvm.org, chair Markus Weinbauer (CNRS, France)), which held its first general assembly. Also linked to the conference, the PHAGE non-profit organization (Phage for Human Application Group Europe, http://www.p-h-a-g-e.org/) advocates the potential use of phage therapy for human applications, and a special workshop was dedicated to this theme, reported elsewhere in this issue.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, Abram Aertsen, David M Donovan, Rob Lavigne, Matthew B Sullivan, et al.. Meeting report of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Symposium 'Viruses of Microbes II', Brussels, July 2012.. Research in Microbiology, 2013, 164 (7), pp.799-805. ⟨10.1016/j.resmic.2012.12.002⟩. ⟨pasteur-01539092⟩