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J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol (2011) 38:12 DOI 10.1007/s10295-010-0863-x
EDITORIAL
Introduction: special issue JIMB-BioMicroWorld 2009
James Gomes
Society for Industrial Microbiology 2010
In its brief history, the BioMicroWorld conference has grown in stature and is today recognized as one of the premier international conferences that promotes applied research in microbiology and microbial biotechnology across disciplines. Its III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial, and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld 2009) was held in Lisbon, Portugal, on December 24, 2009. The conference brought together engineers, scientists, and researchers in the elds of industrial microbiology, biotechnology, biological sciences, biochemical engineering, biodegradation, environmental sciences, and other related elds, to present their research and discuss the challenges in the theme areas of the conference. In total, 600 participants from 54 countries attended BioMicroWorld 2009. This special issue of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology contains a compilation of peer-reviewed papers from the conference.
Each day of the conference began with a plenary lecture by a renowned researcher followed by oral presentations from speakers around the world. The conference was organized into ve main sessions covering the following topics:(1) Environmental microbiology, geomicrobiology; (2) Agriculture, soil, forest microbiology; (3) Food microbiology; (4) Industrial...