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Comment
. 2017 Jan 31:8:1.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00001. eCollection 2017.

Commentary: Microbial Small Talk: Volatiles in Fungal-Bacterial Interactions

Stéphane Hacquard  1
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Commentary: Microbial Small Talk: Volatiles in Fungal-Bacterial Interactions

Stéphane Hacquard. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: microbial interactions; microbiome; soil microbiology; volatile organic compounds.

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Role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in fungal-bacterial interactions. Soil fungi and or oomycetes secrete particular volatile blends that are influenced by the growth stage and the nutritional status of the microbe. As described by Schmidt et al. (2016), some of these VOCs (i.e., terpenes) can either promote or inhibit the motility of specific bacteria. In turn, it is well documented that soil bacteria can also produce VOCs that alter the growth and the reproductive fitness of soil or rhizospheric fungi/oomycetes. VOCs effect on bacterial motility is highlighted with the following symbols: + (positive), − (negative), = (no effect). These reciprocal interactions mediated by VOCs are likely important for structuring microbial communities at long distance.
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