VIBRIO 2014 meeting report

Didier Mazel (1) , Rita Colwell (2) , Karl Klose (3) , James Oliver (4) , Mags Crumlish (5) , Diane Mcdougald (6) , Michael J Bland (1) , Brian Austin (5)

1 PGB - Plasticité du Génome Bactérien - Bacterial Genome Plasticity
2 CBCB - Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology [Maryland]
3 UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio
4 UNC - University of North Carolina [Charlotte]
5 University of Stirling
6 UNSW - University of New South Wales [Sydney]

150 scientists from 26 countries assembled in the John McIntyre Centre at the University of Edinburgh from April 1–4 2014 for VIBRIO2014, a conference dedicated to the study of the biology and biotechnology of vibrios. These Gram-negative aquatic bacteria are widespread in the estuarine and coastal marine environments. They play an important role in marine ecology, e.g. petroleum degradation, and they are also associated with human [e.g. Vibrio cholerae the causal agent of cholera] and animal diseases [e.g. Vibrio anguillarum the cause of vibriosis in fish). In total, there were 54 oral and 72 poster presentations grouped in 7 sessions. After the official opening by the Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Rita Colwell delivered the keynote address, entitled: “Vibrios past, present and future”.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Didier Mazel, Rita Colwell, Karl Klose, James Oliver, Mags Crumlish, et al.. VIBRIO 2014 meeting report. Research in Microbiology, 2014, 165 (10), pp.857-864. ⟨10.1016/j.resmic.2014.10.009⟩. ⟨pasteur-01698403⟩