Ghent University Academic Bibliography

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Mixing treated groundwater and surface water: A field study on odour challenges in the Flemish drinking water distribution network

Zoë Mol (UGent) , Christophe Walgraeve (UGent) , Rik De Pril, Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Thomas Pluym, Koen Joris, Katrien De Maeyer, Bart De Gusseme (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Herman Van Langenhove (UGent) , et al.

(2025) Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70.

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Degradation of gaseous hydrocarbons in aerated stirred bioreactors inoculated with Rhodococcus erythropolis : effect of the carbon source and SIFT-MS method development

Paula Alejandra Lamprea Pineda (UGent) , Kristof Demeestere (UGent) , Allan Augusto Alvarado Alvarado, Frank Devlieghere (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Herman Van Langenhove (UGent) and Christophe Walgraeve (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 147. p.268-281

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On the use of non-destructive testing for the measurement of self-healing in lime-based mortars

Franco Grosso Giordano (UGent) , Maxime Brunin, Nico Boon (UGent) and Nele De Belie (UGent)

(2025) MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS. p.1-5

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Why do lactic acid bacteria thrive in chain elongation microbiomes?

Barbara Ulčar (UGent) , Alberte Regueira López (UGent) , Maja Podojsteršek, Nico Boon (UGent) and Ramon Ganigué (UGent)

(2024) FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. 11.

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Methanogenic archaea quantification in the human gut microbiome with F420 autofluorescence-based flow cytometry

Yorick Minnebo (UGent) , Kim De Paepe (UGent) , Ruben Props, Tim Lacoere (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) and Tom Van de Wiele (UGent)

(2024) APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY (BASEL). 4(1). p.162-180

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Microbial drinking water monitoring now and in the future

Thomas Pluym (UGent) , Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Bart De Gusseme (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. 17(7).

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Oral biofilm composition, dissemination to keratinocytes, and inflammatory attenuation depend on probiotic and synbiotic strain specificity

Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , Naiera Zayed (UGent) , Katalina Lauwens, Mehraveh Saghi, Jakob Axelsson, Merve Kubra Aktan, Annabel Braem, Kenneth Simoens, Lotte Vanbrabant, Paul Proost, et al.

(2024) PROBIOTICS AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROTEINS.

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Addition of (bio)surfactants in the biofiltration of hydrophobic volatile organic compounds in air

Paula Lamprea Pineda (UGent) , Kristof Demeestere (UGent) , José Joaquin Gonzaléz Cortés (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Frank Devlieghere (UGent) , Herman Van Langenhove (UGent) and Christophe Walgraeve (UGent)

(2024) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. 353.

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Impact of operational conditions on drinking water biofilm dynamics and coliform invasion potential

Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Cristina García Timermans (UGent) , Josefien Van Landuyt (UGent) , Bart De Gusseme (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 90(5).

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Impact of temperature and water source on drinking water microbiome during distribution in a pilot-scale study

Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Thomas Pluym (UGent) , Laura Coene, Jozefien Schelfhout, Cristina García Timermans (UGent) , Bart De Gusseme (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) NPJ CLEAN WATER. 7(1).

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How well do antimicrobial mouth rinses prevent dysbiosis in an in vitro periodontitis biofilm model?

Naiera Zayed (UGent) , Rik Vertommen, Kenneth Simoens, Kristel Bernaerts, Nico Boon (UGent) , Mrinal Gaurav Srivastava, Annabel Braem, Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , Ana B. Castro and Wim Teughels

(2024) JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY. 95(9). p.880-891

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Detection of antibiotic residues in groundwater with a validated multiresidue UHPLC-MS/MS quantification method

Laurens Tuts (UGent) , Geertrui Rasschaert, Marc Heyndrickx (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Ralf Eppinger and Ilse Becue

(2024) CHEMOSPHERE. 352.

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Electrolyzed saline targets biofilm periodontal pathogens in vitro

Naiera Zayed (UGent) , H. Munjakovic, M. K. Aktan, K. Simoens, K. Bernaerts, Nico Boon (UGent) , A. Braem, F. Pamuk, M. Saghi, Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , et al.

(2024) JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH. 103(3). p.243-252

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Unlocking the mechanism of action : a cost-effective flow cytometry approach for accelerating antimicrobial drug development

Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Hanna De Baets (UGent) , Cristina García Timermans (UGent) , Wim Teughels and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 12(4).

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Molybdate delays sulphide formation in the sediment and transfer to the bulk liquid in a model shrimp pond

Funda Torun, Barbara Hostins, Peter De Schryver, Nico Boon (UGent) and Jo De Vrieze (UGent)

(2024) PEER COMMUNITY JOURNAL. 4.

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Aerosolization of micro- and nanoplastics via sea spray : investigating the role of polymer type, size, and concentration, and potential implications for human exposure

Silke Lambert (UGent) , Maaike Vercauteren (UGent) , Ana Isabel Catarino, Yunmeng Li (UGent) , Josefien Van Landuyt (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Gert Everaert, Maarten De Rijcke, Colin Janssen (UGent) and Jana Asselman (UGent)

(2024) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 351.

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Cooperative interactions between invader and resident microbial community members weaken the negative diversity-invasion relationship

Johanna Vandermaesen, Aisling Daly (UGent) , Panji Cahya Mawarda, Jan Baetens (UGent) , Bernard De Baets (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) and Dirk Springael

(2024) ECOLOGY LETTERS. 27(5).

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Production of biostable drinking water using a lab-scale biological trickling filter enriched with hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria

Jorien Favere, Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Mingsheng Jia (UGent) , Karel Folens (UGent) , Milan Verhoeven, Elien Balliu, Andreja Rajkovic (UGent) , Bart De Gusseme (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) NPJ CLEAN WATER. 7(1).

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Specialization of Alcanivorax species in colonizing diverse plastics

Valérie Mattelin (UGent) , Astrid Rombouts (UGent) , Josefien Van Landuyt (UGent) , Alberto Scoma and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 26(10).

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Probing long-term impacts : low-dose polystyrene nanoplastics exacerbate mitochondrial health and evoke secondary glycolysis via repeated and single dosing

Miao Peng (UGent) , Charlotte Grootaert (UGent) , Maaike Vercauteren (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Colin Janssen (UGent) , Andreja Rajkovic (UGent) and Jana Asselman (UGent)

(2024) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 58(23). p.9967-9979

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Improved growth of chain-elongating bacteria in the presence of lactic acid bacteria

Barbara Ulčar (UGent) , Monika Belak, Alberte Regueira López (UGent) , Tomaž Accetto, Nico Boon (UGent) and Ramon Ganigué (UGent)

(2024) 19th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Abstracts.

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Characterisation of biofilms found in poultry and pig farm drinking water systems

Ulric Van Rossum (UGent) , An Cools (UGent) , Niels Demaître, Geertrui Rasschaert, M. Beelen, Nico Boon (UGent) , Marc Heyndrickx (UGent) and Koen De Reu

(2024) EuroBioFilms 2024, Abstracts.

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Silent invaders : understanding biofilms in poultry and pig farm drinking water systems

Ulric Van Rossum (UGent) , Koen De Reu, Marc Heyndrickx (UGent) , Geertrui Rasschaert, Niels Demaître, An Cools (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) 28th Conference on Food Microbiology, Abstracts.

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Real-time flow cytometry to assess qualitative and quantitative responses of oral pathobionts during exposure to antiseptics

Ioanna Chatzigiannidou, Jasmine Heyse (UGent) , Ruben Props (UGent) , Peter Rubbens, Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Wim Teughels, Tom Van de Wiele (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM. 12(10).

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Bacterially enhanced plant-growing media for controlled environment agriculture

Thijs Van Gerrewey, Oscar Navarrete (UGent) , Maarten Vandecruys, Maaike Perneel (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) and Danny Geelen (UGent)

(2024) MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. 17(2).

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Tracing the dynamic ecology of microbial biofilms on steel with prolonged submersion in surface water

Karel Folens (UGent) , Valérie Mattelin (UGent) , Antonin Prévoteau (UGent) , Flor Stoops, Joeri Horvath, Geert Potters, Kris De Baere and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) CORROSION ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

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Beyond the surface : coupling water permeability assessments to X-ray micro-computed tomography for evaluation of self-healing on lime-based mortars

Franco Grosso Giordano (UGent) , Dulce Elizabeth Valdez Madrid (UGent) , Laurenz Schröer (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Veerle Cnudde (UGent) and Nele De Belie (UGent)

(2024) CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 431.

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The immunostimulatory activity of sea spray aerosols : bacteria and endotoxins activate TLR4, TLR2/6, NF-κB and IRF in human cells

Yunmeng Li (UGent) , Wyona Schütte (UGent) , Max Dekeukeleire (UGent) , Colin Janssen (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Jana Asselman (UGent) , Sarah Lebeer, Irina Spacova and Maarten De Rijcke

(2024) SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 927.

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Quantifying synthetic bacterial community composition with flow cytometry: efficacy in mock communities and challenges in co-cultures

Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Ioanna Chatzigiannidou, Wim Teughels and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) MSYSTEMS.

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Evaluating Self-Healing on Mortars by Coupling Water Permeability Assessments to X-ray Micro-Computed Tomography

Franco Grosso Giordano (UGent) , Dulce Elizabeth Valdez Madrid (UGent) , Laurenz Schröer (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Veerle Cnudde (UGent) and Nele De Belie (UGent)

(2024)

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3D visualization of cyanobacterial biofilms using micro-computed tomography with contrast-enhancing staining agents

Laurenz Schröer (UGent) , Tim Balcaen, Karel Folens (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Tim De Kock, Greet Kerckhofs and Veerle Cnudde (UGent)

(2024) TOMOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. 4.

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Enhanced imaging of biofilms in pore spaces with absorption and spectral CT

Laurenz Schröer (UGent) , Tim Balcaen, Karel Folens (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Jan Dewanckele, Tim De Kock, Greet Kerckhofs and Veerle Cnudde (UGent)

(2024) ICTMS 2024, 6th International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures, Abstracts.

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Immune receptor- and transcription factor-stimulatory activity of bacteria and endotoxin in sea spray aerosols on human cells

Yunmeng Li (UGent) , Wyona Schütte, Max Dekeukeleire, Colin Janssen (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Jana Asselman (UGent) , Sarah Lebeer, Irina Spacova, Maarten De Rijcke, [missing] Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium, et al.

(2024)

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Unlocking the Mechanism of Action: A Cost-Effective Flow Cytometry Approach for Accelerating Antimicrobial Drug Development

Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Hanna De Baets (UGent) , Cristina García Timermans (UGent) , Wim Teughels and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024)

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Bacterially-promoted carbonation of lime-based building materials

Franco Grosso Giordano (UGent) , Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro, Nele De Belie (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2024) SUBLime Conference 2024 : Towards the next generation of sustainable masonry systems : mortars, renders, plasters and other challenges. In MATEC Web of Conferences 403.

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Long-term sulphide mitigation through molybdate at shrimp pond bottoms

Funda Torun, Barbara Hostins, Peter De Schryver, Nico Boon (UGent) and Jo De Vrieze (UGent)

(2023)

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Mode of killing determines the necrotrophic response of oral bacteria

Naiera Zayed (UGent) , Joana Figueiredo, Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Kristel Bernaerts and Wim Teughels

(2023) JOURNAL OF ORAL MICROBIOLOGY. 15(1).

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Long-term biofiltration of gaseous N,N-dimethylformamide : operational performance and microbial diversity analysis at different conditions

Paula Lamprea Pineda (UGent) , Kristof Demeestere (UGent) , Manuel Toledo, Nico Boon (UGent) , Herman Van Langenhove (UGent) and Christophe Walgraeve (UGent)

(2023) JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 447.

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Insects in water towers : hibernating flies could compromise microbial drinking water quality

Amber Baele (UGent) , Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Katrien De Maeyer, Bart De Gusseme, Han Vervaeren, Pieter Spanoghe (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2023) FRONTIERS IN WATER. 5.

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PrsQ2, a small periplasmic protein involved in increased uranium resistance in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans

Kristel Mijnendonckx, Tom Rogiers, Francisco J. Gimenez del Rey, Mohamed L. Merroun, Adam Williamson (UGent) , Md Muntasir Ali, Daniel Charlier, Natalie Leys, Nico Boon (UGent) and Rob Van Houdt

(2023) JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 444(part A).

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Oral biofilm cryotherapy as a novel ecological modulation approach

Naiera Zayed (UGent) , J. Ghesquière, N.H.N. Kamarudin, K. Bernaerts, Nico Boon (UGent) , A. Braem, Wannes Van Holm (UGent) and W. Teughels

(2023) JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH. 102(9). p.1038-1046

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Enhanced removal of warfare agent tri-nitro-toluene by a Methylophaga-dominated microbiome

Kankana Kundu (UGent) , Josefien Van Landuyt (UGent) , Valérie Mattelin (UGent) , Bram Martin (UGent) , Marijke Neyts, Koen Parmentier and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2023) MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN. 190.

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Optimizing control strategies for urine nitrification : narrow pH control band enhances process stability and reduces nitrous oxide emissions

Valentin Faust (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) , Ramon Ganigué (UGent) , Siegfried E. Vlaeminck and Kai M. Udert

(2023) FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. 11.

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Opportunities in optical and electrical single-cell technologies to study microbial ecosystems

Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Valérie Mattelin (UGent) , Ruben van den Eeckhoudt, Cristina García Timermans (UGent) , Josefien Van Landuyt (UGent) , Yuting Guo, Irene Taurino, Filip Tavernier, Michael Kraft, Hira Khan (UGent) , et al.

(2023) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 14.

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Spatiotemporal monitoring of a periodontal multispecies biofilm model : demonstration of prebiotic treatment responses

Justien Ghesquiere, Kenneth Simoens, Erin Koos, Nico Boon (UGent) , Wim Teughels and Kristel Bernaerts

(2023) APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 89(10).

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Full-electric microfluidic platform to capture, analyze and selectively release single cells

Ruben Van den Eeckhoudt, An-Sofie Christiaens, Frederik Ceyssens, Vasileios Vangalis, Kevin J. Verstrepen, Nico Boon (UGent) , Filip Tavernier, Michael Kraft and Irene Taurino

(2023) LAB ON A CHIP. 23(19). p.4276-4286

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Probiotics for oral health: do they deliver what they promise?

Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , Katalina Lauwens, Pieter De Wever, Art Schuermans, Naiera Zayed (UGent) , Ferda Pamuk, Mehraveh Saghi, Pedro Fardim, Kristel Bernaerts, Nico Boon (UGent) , et al.

(2023) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 14.

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UV photonic-integrated-circuits-based structured illumination microscopy with a field of view larger than 100 μm2

Chupao Lin (UGent) , David Schaubroeck (UGent) , Roel Baets (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) and Nicolas Le Thomas (UGent)

(2023) IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS. 29(4).

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Antimicrobial potential of known and novel probiotics on in vitro periodontitis biofilms

Wannes Van Holm (UGent) , Rita Carvalho, Lize Delanghe, Tom Eilers, Naiera Zayed (UGent) , Fabian Mermans (UGent) , Kristel Bernaerts, Nico Boon (UGent) , Ingmar Claes, Sarah Lebeer, et al.

(2023) NPJ BIOFILMS AND MICROBIOMES. 9(1).

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Electrochemically assisted production of biogenic palladium nanoparticles for the catalytic removal of micropollutants in wastewater treatment plants effluent

Cindy Law, Kankana Kundu (UGent) , Luiza Bonin (UGent) , Lorena Peñacoba-Antona, Eduardo Bolea Fernandez (UGent) , Frank Vanhaecke (UGent) , Korneel Rabaey (UGent) , Abraham Esteve-Núñez, Bart De Gusseme (UGent) and Nico Boon (UGent)

(2023) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 128. p.203-212