AUTHOR=Schmidt Ruth , Etalo Desalegn W. , de Jager Victor , Gerards Saskia , Zweers Hans , de Boer Wietse , Garbeva Paolina TITLE=Microbial Small Talk: Volatiles in Fungal–Bacterial Interactions JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=6 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01495 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2015.01495 ISSN=1664-302X ABSTRACT=
There is increasing evidence that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in the interactions between fungi and bacteria, two major groups of soil inhabiting microorganisms. Yet, most of the research has been focused on effects of bacterial volatiles on suppression of plant pathogenic fungi whereas little is known about the responses of bacteria to fungal volatiles. In the current study we performed a metabolomics analysis of volatiles emitted by several fungal and oomycetal soil strains under different nutrient conditions and growth stages. The metabolomics analysis of the tested fungal and oomycetal strains revealed different volatile profiles dependent on the age of the strains and nutrient conditions. Furthermore, we screened the phenotypic responses of soil bacterial strains to volatiles emitted by fungi. Two bacteria,