title: The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12th March 2015).
abstract: Global change has caused a worldwide increase in reports of Vibrio-associated diseases with ecosystem-wide impacts on humans and marine animals. In Europe, higher prevalence of human infections followed regional climatic trends with outbreaks occurring during episodes of unusually warm weather. Similar patterns were also observed in Vibrio-associated diseases affecting marine organisms such as fish, bivalves and corals. Basic knowledge is still lacking on the ecology and evolutionary biology of these bacteria as well as on their virulence mechanisms. Current limitations in experimental systems to study infection and the lack of diagnostic tools still prevent a better understanding of Vibrio emergence. A major challenge is to foster cooperation between fundamental and applied research in order to investigate the consequences of pathogen emergence in natural Vibrio populations and answer federative questions that meet societal needs. Here we report the proceedings of the first European workshop dedicated to these specific goals of the Vibrio research community by connecting current knowledge to societal issues related to ocean health and food security.
authors: Unié Physiologie Fonctionnelle des Organismes Marins, Ifremer , Plouzané, France ; CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Paris 06 , Roscoff cedex, France.
authors: Frédérique
authors: F
authors: Le Roux
authors: Coastal Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research , List, Germany.
authors: K Mathias
authors: KM
authors: Wegner
authors: Cefas , Weymouth, UK.
authors: Craig
authors: C
authors: Baker-Austin
authors: Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Genoa , Genoa, Italy.
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Vezzulli
authors: Departamento de Microbioloxía e Parasitoloxía, Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors: Carlos R
authors: CR
authors: Osorio
authors: Estructura de Investigación Interdisciplinar en Biotecnología y Biomedicina, Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia , Valencia, Spain.
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Amaro
authors: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey , Guildford, UK.
authors: Jennifer M
authors: JM
authors: Ritchie
authors: UGent Aquaculture R&D Consortium, Ghent University , Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Defoirdt
authors: Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements, UMR 5244, CNRS, Ifremer, Université de Perpignan Via Domita, Université de Montpellier , Montpellier, France.
authors: Delphine
authors: D
authors: Destoumieux-Garzón
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Blokesch
authors: Département Génomes et Génétique, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Institut Pasteur , Paris, France.
authors: Didier
authors: D
authors: Mazel
authors: Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud , Orsay, France.
authors: Annick
authors: A
authors: Jacq
authors: Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University , Umeå, Sweden.
authors: Felipe
authors: F
authors: Cava
authors: Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark , Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
authors: Lone
authors: L
authors: Gram
authors: Geomar, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel , Kiel, Germany.
authors: Carolin C
authors: CC
authors: Wendling
authors: Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, National Reference Laboratory for Monitoring Bacteriological Contamination of Bivalve Molluscs , Berlin, Germany.
authors: Eckhard
authors: E
authors: Strauch
authors: Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Medical University of Vienna , Vienna, Austria.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Kirschner
authors: Institute of Food Hygiene, Free University Berlin , Berlin, Germany.
authors: Stephan
authors: S
authors: Huehn
keywords: animal model; aquaculture; bacterial disease; european network; genome plasticity; global warming; human health; interactions