![]() ![]() ![]() Now that you have a better understanding about what mVOCs are, one or the other of you might come up with some ideas of how these volatiles might be of help in today's world. MVOCs in the Agricultural field - Mycofumigation So, the next time someone asks you what a biotechnologist does for a living you will definitely have some more topics to talk about than only CRISPR/CAS and we promise you, you will be the coolest person at that party (at least for us Bio - nerds). With that in mind, we would like to introduce to you some interesting, possibly future applications in the agricultural field, as well as in industry and in medicine. An excerpt of a list with plant effects of mVOCs from the work of Jorge Poveda can be seen in the following table: Unfortunately, the mechanisms involved in those interactions remain still unknown, but despite that, a lot of mVOCs and their effects on other organisms has been reported. To give a little example, the mVOCs of the genus Bacillus have shown a growth promoting effect on the plant A. They are known to be the natural communication tool between different organisms and therefore play an important role during their positive as well as their negative interaction. ![]() These volatile organic compounds are of microbial heritage and are byproducts of the primary and secondary metabolism. In this Blog we will be specifically talking about mVOCs. Those VOCs are emitted by many things of anthropogenic heritage and natural origin as well as by organisms ( Source). They consist of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes and organic acids and are easily distributed by air, due to their volatility ( Source). So VOCs have something to do with the scents and smells around us - for better or for worse. That is for example what you smell when some student in one of the rows behind you starts eating the smelly cheese you definitely dislike or what you can smell on a warm and rainy day that makes you all dreamy and nostalgic. VOCs in general are so called volatile organic compounds and are basically EVERYWHERE around us. That sounds almost as magical as another Harry Potter prequel, am I right? But first things first, in order to understand the topic and the possible future relevance, we need to briefly define the term mVOC, so let's get started. BUT if that is not the reason why you clicked on that title you can now look forward to an exciting article about so-called mVOCs and how they might be a better thing to put in your car tank than plant oil (seriously guys?) and how they can help to prolong the shelf life of the apple that you constantly say to yourself you're going to eat. First and foremost, no this is not one of those fanfiction prequels some of you hoped for (sad smiley). Ahoi fellow Bio - nerds and welcome to our short Blog about – “ Fantastic compounds and where to find them: the diversity of mVOCs and their biotechnological application”. ![]()
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