Member of the local organising committee and the scientific committee, Christophe Leboulanger (IRD, MARBEC) is co-organising EcotoxicoMic 2022, dedicated to microbial ecotoxicology. At the interface of several scientific fields such as ecology, microbiology, toxicology, soil physics, hydrology, chemistry, bioprocesses, agronomy, etc., microbial ecotoxicology requires a multidisciplinary approach to decipher the relationships between microorganisms and the contaminants to which they are exposed in their environment.
As early warning signs of chemical pressure in the environment, these microorganisms are good candidates for use as model organisms in environmental risk assessment. Furthermore, their ability to interact with contaminants makes microorganisms efficient agents of depollution that can be exploited in bioremediation.