Section B : Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

This section deals with applied microbial research, basic microbial ecology, food microbiology and genetic and molecular investigations of microbial topics of practical value.

Spokesperson : Prof. Dr. ir Nico Boon, Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Universiteit Gent (UGent).

Other board members in that section :
M. Mergeay, I. George, D. Gillan, N. Leys, S. Lebeer, P. Monsieurs.