A hundred spotlights on microbiology: how microorganisms shape our lives

Authors:

Didac Carmona-Gutierrez1, Katharina Kainz1, Andreas Zimmermann1, Sebastian J. Hofer1, Maria A. Bauer1, Christoph Ruckenstuhl1, Guido Kroemer2-4 and Frank Madeo1,5,6

doi: 10.15698/mic2022.04.773
Volume 9, pp. 72 to 79, published 04/04/2022.

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Affiliations:

1 Institute of Molecular Biosciences, NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

2 Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le cancer, Université de Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université, Inserm U1138, Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France.

3 Metabolomics and Cell Biology Platforms, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.

4 Institut du Cancer Paris CARPEM, Department of Biology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, AP-HP, Paris, France.

5 BioHealth Graz, Graz, Austria.

6 BioTechMed Graz, Graz 8010, Austria.

Keywords: 

infectious diseases, model organism, yeast, biotechnology, microbiome, microbiota, symbiosis, open access

Corresponding Author(s):

Frank Madeo, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, 8010 Graz; frank.madeo@uni-graz.at Didac Carmona-Gutierrez, Humboldtstrasse 50/EG, 8010 Graz; carmonag@uni-graz.at

Conflict of interest statement:

No competing financial interests exist.

Please cite this article as:

Didac Carmona-Gutierrez, Katharina Kainz, Andreas Zimmermann, Sebastian J. Hofer, Maria A. Bauer, Christoph Ruckenstuhl, Guido Kroemer and Frank Madeo (2022). A hundred spotlights on microbiology: how microorganisms shape our lives. Microbial Cell 9(4): 72-79. doi: 10.15698/mic2022.04.773

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Abstract:

Viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoal biology is of cardinal importance for the evolutionary history of life, ecology, biotechnology and infectious diseases. Various microbiological model systems have fundamentally contributed to the understanding of molecular and cellular processes, including the cell cycle, cell death, mitochondrial biogenesis, vesicular fusion and autophagy, among many others. Microbial interactions within the environment have profound effects on many fields of biology, from ecological diversity to the highly complex and multifaceted impact of the microbiome on human health. Also, biotechnological innovation and corresponding industrial operations strongly depend on microbial engineering. With this wide range of impact in mind, the peer-reviewed and open access journal Microbial Cell was founded in 2014 and celebrates its 100th issue this month. Here, we briefly summarize how the vast diversity of microbiological subjects influences our personal and societal lives and shortly review the milestones achieved by Microbial Cell during the last years.