Dr. Paolina Garbeva
Researcher
Microbial Ecology
Work experience (since completing PhD)
January 2015- present: Senior scientist
Period: January 2013- January 2015
Tenure track position within the Department of Microbial Ecology, NIOO-KNAW
VIDI personal grant (NWO)
Project title- The secrets of success: the best bacterial competitive strategies in the rhizosphere.
Period: April 2010 – April 2015
Postdoctoral researcher within the Department of Microbial Ecology, NIOO- KNAW
MEERVOUD personal grant (NWO)
Project title- Bacterial interactions in soil: the role of volatiles as infochemical and competitive tools.
Period: July 2006 – April 2010
Postdoctoral position within the group of Terrestrial Microbial Ecology, NIOO-KNAW
VENI personal grant (NWO)
Project title: Suppression of plant-pathogenic fungi as a result of inter-specific bacterial interactions.
Period: August 2005- June 2006
Postdoctoral position in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
Project title: Contribution of nitrifier denitrification to N2O and N2 emissions from soils.
Editorial board member
Editorial board member of FEMS Microbiology Letters since May 2009-present.
Editorial board member of Frontiers in Microbiology since September 2014-present
Research Topic Editor in Frontiers Microbiology Topic Title: “Smelly fumes: volatile-mediated communication between bacteria and other organisms”
Ad hoc referee of the following scientific journals:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Journal of Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Ecology Letters, Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Frontiers in Microbiology, ISME Journal, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Journal of Microbiological Methods, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Plant and Soil; PlosOne and Soil Biology & Biochemistry.
Aspasia (NWO) personal grant obtained in 2013
VIDI (NWO) personal grant obtained in 2012
MEERVOUD personal grant (NWO) obtained in November 2010
VENI (NWO) personal grant obtained in December 2005
IAC grant, The Netherlands obtained in 2000
“Bacterial interactions in soil: the role of volatiles as infochemical and competitive tools”
"The secrets of success: the best bacterial competitive strategies in the rhizosphere."
Publications in the last 10 years
Schmidt R, Cordovez V, de Boer W, Raaijmakers JM & P Garbeva (2015) Volatile affairs in microbial interactions. ISME Journal on line
GWH. Hol, P. Garbeva, CA. Hordijk, MPJ. Hundscheidet al., (2015) Non-random species loss in bacterial communities reduces antifungal volatile production. Ecology on line
Tyc O, Wolf AB & P. Garbeva (2015). The Effect of Phylogenetically Different Bacteria on the Fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens in Sand Microcosms. Plos One 10.
Tyc O, van den Berg M, Gerards S, van Veen JA, Raaijmakers JM, de Boer W & P. Garbeva (2014). Impact of interspecific interactions on antimicrobial activity among soil bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 5.
P. Garbeva, C. Hordijk, S. Gerards & De Boer, W. (2014).
Volatile-mediated interactions between phylogenetically different soil bacteria.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 5: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00289.
A. S. Bitzer, P. Garbeva & M.Silby (2014)
Draft Genome Sequence of Pedobacter sp. Strain V48, Isolated from a Coastal Sand Dune in the Netherlands.
Genome Announcements, 2 e00094-14-. ISSN 2169-8287.
P. Garbeva, C. Hordijk, S. Gerards & De Boer, W. (2014).
Volatiles produced by the mycophagous soil bacterium Collimonas.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 87: 639-649. doi: 10.1111/1574-6941.12252.
R. Mendes, P. Garbeva & J.M. Raaijmakers (2013).
The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plantpathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms.
FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 37: 634-663. doi: 10.1111/1574-6976.12028.
P. Garbeva, J.D. van Elsas & W. De Boer (2012).
Draft genome sequence of the antagonistic rhizosphere bacterium Serratia plymuthica strain PRI-2C.
Journal of Bacteriology, 194: 4119-4120. doi: 10.1128/jb.00679-12.
P. Garbeva, O. Tyc, M. N.P. Remus-Emsermann, A. van der Wal, M. Vos, M. W. Silby & W. de Boer (2011)
No apparent costs for facultative antibiotic production by the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1.
PloSOne, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027266
P. Garbeva, M. Silby, J. M. Raaijmakers, S. Levy & W. de Boer (2011)
Transcriptional and antagonistic responses of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 to phylogenetically different bacterial competitors.
The ISME Journal, 5: 973-985
P. Garbeva, A. J. Termorshuizen, G. Hol, G. A. Kowalchuk & Wietse de Boer (2011)
Fungistasis and general soil biostasis - A new synthesis.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43: 469-477
P. Garbeva & W. de Boer (2009)
Inter-specific interactions between carbon-limited soil bacteria affect behavior and gene expression.
Microbial Ecology, 58: 36-46
P. Garbeva, J.D. van Elsas & J.A. van Veen (2008)
Rhizosphere microbial community and its response to plant species and soil history.
Plant and Soil, 302: 1006-1015
P.Garbeva, EM Baggs EM & JM Prosser (2007)
Phylogeny of nitrite reductase (nirK) and nitric oxide reductase (norB) genes from Nitrosospira species isolated from soil.
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 266:83-89
S. Jafra, J. Przysowa, R Czajkowski, P. Garbeva & JM Van der Wolf (2006)
Detection and characterization of bacteria from the potato rhizosphere degrading N-acyl-homoserine lactone.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 52:1006-1015
P. Garbeva, J. Postma, J.A. van Veen & J.D. van Elsas (2006)
Effect of above-ground plant species composition on soil microbial community and diversity and it impact on suppression of Rhizoctonia solani AG3.
Environmental Microbiology, 8: 233-246
P. Garbeva, J.A. van Veen & J.D. van Elsas. (2004)
Microbial diversity in soil: selection of microbial populations by plant and soil type and implications for soil suppressiveness.
Annual Review Phytopathology, 42: 243-270
P. Garbeva, K. Voesenek & J.D. van Elsas. (2004)
Quantitative detection and diversity of the pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic locus in soil under different treatments.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 36: 1453-1463
P. Garbeva, J.A. van Veen & J.D. van Elsas. (2004)
Assessment of the diversity, and antagonism towards Rhizoctonia solani AG3, of Pseudomonas species in soil from different agricultural regimes.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 47: 51-64
- Ossowicki, A., Jafra, S., & Garbeva, P. V. (2017). The Antimicrobial Volatile Power of the Rhizospheric Isolate Pseudomonas donghuensis P482. PLoS One, 12(3), [174362]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174362
- Schmidt, R. L., de Jager, V. C. L., Zühlke, D., Wolff, C., Bernhardt, J., Cankar, K.,... Garbeva, P. V. (2017). Fungal volatile compounds induce production of the secondary metabolite Sodorifen in Serratia plymuthica PRI-2C. Scientific Reports, 7, [862 ]. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00893-3
- Schulz-Bohm, K., Tyc, O., Boer, W. D., Peereboom, N., Debets, F., Zaagman, N.,... Garbeva, P. (2017). Fungus-associated bacteriome in charge of their host behaviour. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 102, 38-48. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2016.07.011
- Schulz-Bohm, K., Geisen, S., Wubs, E. R. J., Song, C., De Boer, W., & Garbeva, P. V. (2017). The prey’s scent – volatile organic compound mediated interactions between soil bacteria and their protist predators. ISME Journal, 11, 817-820. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.144
- Tyc, O., Song, C., Dickschat, J., Vos, M., & Garbeva, P. V. (2017). The Ecological Role of Volatile and Soluble Secondary Metabolites Produced by Soil Bacteria. Trends in Microbiology, 25(4), 280-292. doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.12.002
- Tyc, O., de Jager, V. C. L., Van den Berg, M., Gerards, S., Janssens, T., Zaagman, N.,... Garbeva, P. V. (2017). Exploring bacterial interspecific interactions for discovery of novel antimicrobial compounds. Microbial Biotechnology, 10(4), 910-025. doi:10.1111/1751-7915.1273
- Rinkel, J., Rabe, P., Garbeva, P. V., & Dickschat, J. (2016). Lessons from 1,3-Hydride Shifts in Sesquiterpene Cyclizations. 55(43), 13593-13596. doi:10.1002/anie.201608042
- Schmidt, R., Etalo, D. N., de Jager, V. C. L., Gerards, S., Zweers, H., De Boer, W., & Garbeva, P. V. (2016). Microbial small talk: volatiles in fungal-bacterial interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [01495]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01495
- Tyc, O., Tomás-Menor, L., Garbeva, P. V., Barrajón-Catalán, E., & Micol, V. (2016). Validation of the AlamarBlue® assay as a fast screening method to determine the antimicrobial activity of botanical extracts. PLoS One, 11(12), [e0169090]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169090
- van Dam, N. M., Weinhold, A., & Garbeva, P. V. (2016). Calling in the Dark: the Role of Volatiles for Communication in the Rhizosphere. In Deciphering Chemical language of Plant Communication. (pp. 175-210). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-33498-1_8
- Weisskopf, L., Garbeva, P. V., Ryu, C-M., & Raaijmakers, J. M. (2016). Smelly fumes: volatile-mediated communication between bacteria and other organisms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, [2031]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.02031
- Hol, G., Garbeva, P., Hordijk, C., Hundscheid, M. P. J., Klein Gunnewiek, P. J. A., Van Agtmaal, M.,... De Boer, W. (2015). Non-random species loss in bacterial communities reduces antifungal volatile production. Ecology, 96(8), 2042-2048. doi:10.1890/14-2359.1
- Schmidt, R., Cordovez, V., De Boer, W., Raaijmakers, J., & Garbeva, P. (2015). Volatile affairs in microbial interactions. ISME Journal, 9, 2329-2335. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.42
- Schulz-Bohm, K., Zweers, H., De Boer, W., & Garbeva, P. (2015). A fragrant neighborhood: Volatile mediated bacterial interactions in soil. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [01212]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01212
- Song, C., Schmidt, R. L., de Jager, V. C. L., Krzyzanowska, D., Jongedijk, E., Cankar, K.,... Garbeva, P. V. (2015). Exploring the genomic traits of fungus-feeding bacterial genus Collimonas. BMC Genomics, 16, [1103]. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2289-3
- Tyc, O., Wolf, A., & Garbeva, P. (2015). The effect of phylogenetically different bacteria on the fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens in sand microcosms. PLoS One, 10(3), [e0119838]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119838
- Tyc, O., Zweers, H., De Boer, W., & Garbeva, P. V. (2015). Volatiles in inter-specific bacterial interactions. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, [2015.01412]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01412
- Bitzer, A. S., Garbeva, P. V., & Silby, M. W. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Pedobacter sp. Strain V48, Isolated from a Coastal Sand Dune in the Netherlands. Genome Announcements, 2(1), [e00094-14]. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00094-14
- Garbeva, P. V., Hordijk, C. A., Gerards, S., & De Boer, W. (2014). Volatiles produced by the mycophagous soil bacterium Collimonas. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 87(3), 639-649. doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12252
- Garbeva, P. V., Hordijk, C. A., Gerards, S., & De Boer, W. (2014). Volatile-mediated interactions between phylogenetically different soil bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, 289. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00289
- Tyc, O., Van den Berg, M., Gerards, S., Van Veen, J. A., Raaijmakers, J., De Boer, W., & Garbeva, P. (2014). Impact of interspecific interactions on antimicrobial activity among soil bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology: terrestrial microbiology, 5, [567]. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00567
- Mendes, R., Garbeva, P. V., & Raaijmakers, J. M. (2013). The rhizosphere microbiome: significance of plant beneficial, plant pathogenic, and human pathogenic microorganisms. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 37(5), 634-663. doi:10.1111/1574-6976.12028
- Garbeva, P. V., Van Elsas, J. D., & De Boer, W. (2012). Draft Genome Sequence of the Antagonistic Rhizosphere Bacterium Serratia plymuthica Strain PRI-2C. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(15), 4119-4120. doi:10.1128/JB.00679-12
- Garbeva, P. V., Tyc, O., Remus-Emsermann, M. N. P., Van der Wal, A., Vos, M., Silby, M. W., & De Boer, W. (2011). No apparent costs for facultative antibiotic production by the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1. PLoS One, 6(11), [e27266]. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027266
- Garbeva, P. V., Silby, M. W., Raaijmakers, J. M., Levy, S., & De Boer, W. (2011). Transcriptional and antagonistic responses of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 to phylogenetically different bacterial competitors. ISME Journal, 5(6), 973-985. doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.196
- Garbeva, P. V., Hol, W. H. G., Termorshuizen, A. J., Kowalchuk, G. A., & De Boer, W. (2011). Fungistasis and general soil biostasis - A new synthesis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43(3), 469-477. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.020
- Garbeva, P. V., & De Boer, W. (2009). Inter-specific interactions between carbon-limited soil bacteria affect behavior and gene expression. Microbial Ecology, 58(1), 36-46. doi:10.1007/s00248-009-9502-3
- Garbeva, P. V., van Elsas, J. D., & Van Veen, J. A. (2008). Rhizosphere microbial community and its response to plant species and soil history. Plant and Soil, 302(1-2), 19-32. doi:10.1007/s11104-007-9432-0
- Garbeva, P. V., Postma, J., Van Veen, J. A., & van Elsas, J. D. (2006). Effect of above-ground plant species on soil microbial community structure and its impact on suppression of Rhizoctonia solani AG3. Environmental Microbiology, 8(2), 233-246. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00888.x
- Garbeva, P. V. (2005). The significance of microbial diversity in agricultural soil for disease suppressiveness (PhD Thesis)
- Garbeva, P. V., Van Veen, J. A., & van Elsas, J. D. (2004). Microbail diversity in soil: selection of microbial populations by plant and soil type and implications for disease suppressiveness. Annual Review of Phytopathology, 42, 243-270. doi:10.1146/annurev.phyto.42.012604.135455
- Garbeva, P. V., Van Veen, J. A., & van Elsas, J. D. (2004). Assessment of the diversity, and antagonism towards Rhizoctonia solani AG3, of Pseudomonas species in soil from different agricultural regimes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 47(1), 51-64. doi:10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00234-4
- Garbeva, P. V., Voesenek, K., & van Elsas, J. D. (2004). Quantitative detection and diversity of the pyrrolnitrin biosynthetic locus in soil under different treatments. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 36(9), 1453-1463. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.03.009
- Garbeva, P. V., Van Veen, J. A., & Van Elsas, J. D. (2003). Predominant Bacillus spp. in agricultural soil under different management regimes detected via PCR-DGGE. Microbial Ecology, 45(3), 302-316. doi:10.1007/s00248-002-2034-8
- Van Elsas, J. D., Garbeva, P. V., & Salles, J. F. (2002). Effects of agronomical measures on the microbial deversity of soils as related to the suppression of soil-borne plant pathogens. Biodegradation, 13(1), 29-40. doi:10.1023/A:1016393915414
