Paul De Vos
Professor Dr. Paul De Vos is a microbiologist at the University of Ghent and head of the department of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Scientific career[1]
Prof. Paul De Vos is full professor at the University Ghent and has over 30 years experience in scientific research on bacterial taxonomy and fermentation. He is author/co-author of about 170 peer reviewed scientific papers. He is head of the department and one of the three full professors of the LM-UGent (60 staff members) and director of the BCCM/LMG bacteria collection (20 staff members). P. De Vos was partner/coordinator in various national/international (FWO, IWT, EU) projects.
The laboratory for Microbiology (LM-UGent) belongs to the Department of ‘Biochemistry and Microbiology‘ of the Faculty of Sciences at the University Ghent. The laboratory is well known for its expertise in bacterial taxonomy of a wide variety of bacteria amongst which also a vast number of plant-related/plant pathogenic bacteria.[2]
In close synergy with the LM-UGent, the BCCM/LMG bacteria collection operates as an ISO 9001:2000 certificated Biological Resource Centre with facilities for preservation and distribution of bacterial cultures. The BCCM/LMG bacteria collection currently holds >23.000 strains, representing more than 500 genera and 3.500 species, subspecies or pathovars with a quite complete coverage of plant pathogenic bacteria.[3]
Publications
A published credit of Paul de Vos is Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 3: The Firmicutes (Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2nd Edition). He is author of over 170 scientific papers.
Legacy
The bacterial genus Devosia is named after him.[4]