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).
• back chair: Prof. Frank Delvigne, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liège University (ULiège).

Other board members in that section :
Sarah Lebeer, Rob Van Houdt and Pieter-Jan Ceyssens