Ghent University Academic Bibliography

Mediated electron transfer in five prevalent human oral microbial species

David Hernandez Villamor (UGent) , Aya Jeaidi (UGent) , Riet Boydens (UGent) , Korneel Rabaey (UGent) , Tom Van de Wiele (UGent) and Antonin Prévoteau (UGent)

(2026) BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY. 168.

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Accelerated adaptive laboratory evolution : a tool for evolutionary biotechnology

Luna Declerck (UGent) , Florent Bouchon (UGent) , Wouter Demeester (UGent) , Chiara Guidi (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2026) BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES. 86.

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Designer glycolysomes : colocalisation of glycolytic enzymes on a cellulosome-based synthetic protein scaffold

Marte Elias (UGent) , Kenan Meert (UGent) , Julie Vanderstraeten (UGent) , Babette Lamote (UGent) and Yves Briers (UGent)

(2025) MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. 18(4).

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Eliminating the tigecycline resistance RND efflux pump gene cluster tmexCD-toprJ in bacteria using CRISPR/Cas9

Lei Xu, Xiaoyu Lu, Yan Li, Patrick Butaye (UGent) , Shangshang Qin, Zhiqiang Wang and Ruichao Li

(2025) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS. 65(1).

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Sputtered iridium oxide electrodes optimization and implementation for impedimetric identification of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa biofilms

Francesco Grassi (UGent) , Charlotte Cums, Dieter Cuypers (UGent) , Rik Verplancke (UGent) , Thijs Vackier, David Schaubroeck (UGent) , Maxime Van Haeverbeke (UGent) , Hans Steenackers and Maaike Op de Beeck (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. 172(3).

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Impact of flushing procedures on drinking water biostability and invasion susceptibility in distribution systems

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

(2025) APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. 91(6).

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Tracking antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant E. coli in the aquatic environment linked to agriculture

Laurens Tuts (UGent) , Marc Heyndrickx (UGent) , Ilse Becue, Nico Boon (UGent) , Philippe De Maesschalck and Geertrui Rasschaert

(2025) ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 374.

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Biofilm detection in the food industry : challenges in identifying biofilm eps markers and analytical techniques with insights for Listeria monocytogenes

Tessa Tuytschaever (UGent) , Katleen Raes (UGent) and Imca Sampers (UGent)

(2025) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. 432.

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Protein flexibility drives sugar rotation and high substrate promiscuity in a GDP-sugar 4-epimerase

Carlos Alvarez Quispe (UGent) , Koen Beerens (UGent) , Andy-Mark W.H. Thunnissen, Xevi Biarnés, Antoni Planas and Tom Desmet (UGent)

(2025) COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL. 27. p.2375-2385

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Metabolic engineering strategies for enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production in Cupriavidus necator

Wim Hectors (UGent) , Tom Delmulle (UGent) and Wim Soetaert (UGent)

(2025) POLYMERS. 17(15).

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Flies and beetles-mediated transmission of pathogens in domestic pigs : a systematic review

Iryna Makovska, Ilias Chantziaras (UGent) , P. Dhaka, Laura Courtens (UGent) , L. Kox and Jeroen Dewulf (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF INSECTS AS FOOD AND FEED. 11(8). p.1339-1356

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Biofilm busters : exploring the antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties of essential oils against Salmonella Enteritidis

Mariem Somrani Achouri (UGent) , Juan-Pablo Huertas, Asunción Iguaz, Hajer Debbabi and Alfredo Palop

(2025) FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 31(6). p.547-553

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Bacteriophages in Pseudomonas aeruginosa evade the CRISPR-Cas I-F system by depletion of PAM sequences

Irene Ortega Sanz (UGent) , Alejandro Rubio and Antonio J. Pérez-Pulido

(2025) MICROBIAL GENOMICS. 11(6).

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Unravelling the regulatory network behind chitin degradation in Serratia marcescens

Wouter Demeester (UGent) , Brecht De Paepe (UGent) , Chiara Guidi (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2025) BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. 100(4). p.1698-1715

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Bioconversion of mushroom chitin-rich waste into valuable chitin oligosaccharides using a combined approach of biocatalysis and precision fermentation

Alex Windels (UGent) , Luna Declerck (UGent) , Sofie Snoeck, Wouter Demeester (UGent) , Chiara Guidi (UGent) , Tom Desmet (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY. 73(16). p.9769-9781

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Human pathogenic microorganisms in fresh produce production : lessons learned when plant science meets food safety

Xingchen Zhao, Leo Van Overbeek, Catherine M. Burgess, Nicola Holden, Fiona Brennan, Gro S. Johannessen, Ana Allende, Monica Höfte (UGent) , Bart Cottyn, Joel F. Pothier, et al.

(2025) JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION. 88(7).

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Membrane filtration reduces nutrient availability and invasion potential in drinking water systems, without affecting mature biofilms

Thomas Pluym (UGent) , Fien Waegenaar (UGent) , Karlien Dejaeger (UGent) , Marie Dhoore, Eline Mestdagh, Emile Cornelissen (UGent) , Nico Boon (UGent) and Bart De Gusseme (UGent)

(2025) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 16.

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Biological switches : past and future milestones of transcription factor-based biosensors

Brecht De Paepe (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2025) ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. 14(1). p.72-86

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The potential of plant secondary metabolites as bread mould inhibitors : exploring their individual and combined antifungal effect

Amber Lepoutre (UGent) , Els Debonne (UGent) , Wouter Van Genechten, Serena Martini, Patrick Van Dijck and Frank Devlieghere (UGent)

(2025) FOODS. 14(21).

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A human-like glutaminase-free asparaginase is highly efficacious in ASNS-low leukemia and solid cancer mouse xenograft models

Maaike Van Trimpont (UGent) , Amanda M. Schalk, Kenneth Hofkens (UGent) , Evelien Peeters (UGent) , Sara T'Sas (UGent) , Katrien Vandemeulebroecke (UGent) , Ying Su, Ashley De Loera, Alyssa Garcia, Hui Chen, et al.

(2025) CANCER LETTERS. 611.

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Expanding the quorum sensing toolbox : promoter libraries and hybrid promoter for dynamic genetic circuits

Jasmine De Baets (UGent) , Iréne Parmentier (UGent) , Brecht De Paepe (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2025) NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY. 90. p.97-113

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Physiological drivers of pks+ E. coli in colorectal cancer

Maude Jans (UGent) and Lars Vereecke (UGent)

(2025) TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 33(9). p.1003-1017

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The Achilles heel of protein biochemistry : insolubility of recombinant proteins : a case study about producing a rice enzyme

dr. ing. Tibo De Coninck (UGent) , Hannes Vanhaeren (UGent) and Els Van Damme (UGent)

(2025) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 26(18).

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Non-model bacteria as platforms for endogenous gene expression in synthetic biology

Jorien Poppeliers, Maarten Boon, Marjan De Mey (UGent) , Joleen Masschelein and Rob Lavigne

(2025) NATURE REVIEWS BIOENGINEERING.

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Microbiological hygiene and food safety assessment of urban aquaponic farming

Mathis Vermeersch (UGent) , Liesbeth Jacxsens (UGent) , Tara Baele (UGent) , Inge Van Damme (UGent) , Bavo Verhaegen, Nico Boon (UGent) and Mieke Uyttendaele (UGent)

(2025) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. 442.

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Functional and transcriptomic profiling of bovine circulating neutrophils during in vitro lipopolysaccharide challenge across different energetic states

Lei Xie (UGent) , Sanjana Malledevarahalli Chandrappa, Dario Sebastian Gonzalez Andueza, Hafez Sadeghi, Priit Karis (UGent) , Muhammad Hussnain Rashid (UGent) , Mehrnaz Niazi, Yuan Fan (UGent) , Kaixi Qiao (UGent) , Qiang Dong, et al.

(2025) JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE. 108(10). p.11353-11375

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Adaptive tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to chemical oxidants : comparative analysis of transcriptomic studies

Nagendran Rajalingam (UGent) and Sam Van Haute (UGent)

(2025) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY. 24(5).

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Comparative evaluation of microbiological quality and pathogen prevalence in fresh beef, pork, and chicken meat at retail from butcheries and supermarkets

Muhammad Zeeshan Zafar (UGent) , Marie Joossens (UGent) , Lore Heyvaert (UGent) and Kurt Houf (UGent)

(2025) JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. 136(11).

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Biosecurity implementation in poultry farms across Europe and neighboring countries : a systematic review

Ronald Vougat Ngom, Marta Leite, Giuditta Tilli, Andrea Laconi, Qamer Mahmood (UGent) , Jasna Prodanov-Radulović, Alberto Allepuz, Ilias Chantziaras (UGent) and Alessandra Piccirillo

(2025) FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE. 12.

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False positive hCG testing and upper urinary tract infection

Joris Delanghe (UGent) , Valerie Pede (UGent) , Sylvie Mulliez, Hilde Vanpoucke, Marijn Speeckaert (UGent) , Danielle Vandenweghe and Kris Gevaert (UGent)

(2025) HORMONE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATION. 46(3). p.147-153

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Radiotolerance of N-cycle bacteria and their transcriptomic response to low-dose space-analogue ionizing irradiation

Tom Verbeelen, Celia Alvarez Fernandez (UGent) , Thanh Huy Nguyen, Surya Gupta (UGent) , Baptiste Leroy, Ruddy Wattiez, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Natalie Leys, Ramon Ganigué (UGent) and Felice Mastroleo

(2024) ISCIENCE. 27(5).

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Impact of low-dose ozone nanobubble treatments on antimicrobial resistance genes in pond water

Qianjun Huang, Patrick Butaye (UGent) , Pok Him Ng, Ju Zhang, Wenlong Cai and Sophie St-Hilaire

(2024) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 15.

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Prevalence and serotype of poultry salmonellosis in Africa : a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tadele Kabeta Yadessa (UGent) , Tadele Tolosa Fulasa (UGent) , Luc Duchateau (UGent) , Filip Van Immerseel (UGent) and Gunther Antonissen (UGent)

(2024) AVIAN PATHOLOGY. 53(5). p.325-349

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Genome-wide patterns of selection–drift variation strongly associate with organismal traits across the green plant lineage

Kavitha Uthanumallian, Andrea Del Cortona, Susana M. Coelho, Olivier De Clerck (UGent) , Sebastian Duchene and Heroen Verbruggen

(2024) GENOME RESEARCH. 34(8). p.1130-1139

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Synthesis and screening of a library of Lewisx deoxyfluoro-analogues reveals differential recognition by glycan-binding partners

Kristian Hollingsworth, Antonio Di Maio, Sarah-Jane Richards, Jean-Baptiste Vendeville, David E. Wheatley, Claire E. Council, Tessa Keenan, Hélène Ledru, Harriet Chidwick, Kun Huang, et al.

(2024) NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 15(1).

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Studying target-engagement of anti-infectives by solvent-induced protein precipitation and quantitative mass spectrometry

Lorenzo Bizzarri, Dominik Steinbrunn, Thibaut Quennesson (UGent) , Antoine Lacour, Gabriella Ines Bianchino, Patricia Bravo, Philippe Chaignon, Jonas Lohse, Pascal Mäser, Myriam Seemann, et al.

(2024) ACS INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 10(12). p.4087-4102

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Average nucleotide identity and digital DNA-DNA hybridization analysis following PromethION nanopore-based whole genome sequencing allows for accurate prokaryotic typing

Nick Versmessen (UGent) , Marieke Mispelaere, Marjolein Vandekerckhove (UGent) , Cedric Hermans, Jerina Boelens (UGent) , Katleen Vranckx, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh (UGent) , Mario Vaneechoutte (UGent) , Paco Hulpiau (UGent) and Piet Cools (UGent)

(2024) DIAGNOSTICS. 14(16).

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One Health surveillance of colistin-resistant Enterobacterales in Belgium and the Netherlands between 2017 and 2019

Sien De Koster, Basil Britto Xavier, Christine Lammens, Natascha Perales Selva, Stefanie van Kleef-van Koeveringe, Samuel Coenen, Youri Glupczynski, Isabel Leroux-Roels (UGent) , Wouter Dhaeze, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, et al.

(2024) PLOS ONE. 19(2).

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Genomic mining of Vibrio parahaemolyticus highlights prevalence of antimicrobial resistance genes and new genetic markers associated with AHPND and tdh plus /trh plus genotypes

Marieke Vandeputte, Sieglinde Coppens, Peter Bossier (UGent) , Nick Vereecke and Daisy Vanrompay (UGent)

(2024) BMC GENOMICS. 25(1).

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Fundamentals and exceptions of the LysR-type transcriptional regulators

Wouter Demeester (UGent) , Brecht De Paepe (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2024) ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. 13(10). p.3069-3092

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Empirical carbapenems or piperacillin/tazobactam for infections in intensive care : an international retrospective cohort study

Nick Meier, Marie Warrer Munch, Anders Granholm, Anders Perner, Frederik Boetius Hertz, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Naomi E. Hammond, Qiang Li, Liesbet De Bus (UGent) , Jan De Waele (UGent) , et al.

(2024) ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 68(6). p.821-829

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The impact of indole and mucin on sporulation, biofilm formation and enterotoxin production in foodborne Clostridium perfringens

Chao Wang (UGent) , Tom Defoirdt (UGent) and Andreja Rajkovic (UGent)

(2024) JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. 135(4).

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Exploring the modulatory role of bovine lactoferrin on the microbiome and the immune response in healthy and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli challenged weaned piglets

Matthias Dierick, Ruben Ongena (UGent) , Daisy Vanrompay (UGent) , Bert Devriendt (UGent) and Eric Cox (UGent)

(2024) JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. 15(1).

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Orthogonal LoxPsym sites allow multiplexed site-specific recombination in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts

Charlotte Cautereels, Jolien Smets, Jonas De Saeger (UGent) , Lloyd Cool, Yanmei Zhu, Anna Zimmermann, Jan Steensels, Anton Gorkovskiy, Thomas B. Jacobs (UGent) and Kevin J. Verstrepen

(2024) NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 15(1).

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Proteins à la carte : riboproteogenomic exploration of bacterial N-terminal proteoform expression

Igor Fijalkowski (UGent) , Valdes Snauwaert (UGent) and Petra Van Damme (UGent)

(2024) MBIO. 15(4).

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Strain-level characterization of foodborne pathogens without culture enrichment for outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling

Florence Buytaers, Bavo Verhaegen (UGent) , Tom Van Nieuwenhuysen (UGent) , Nancy H. C. Roosens, Kevin Vanneste, Kathleen Marchal (UGent) and Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker

(2024) FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. 15.

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Impedimetric biofilm characterization with microelectrode arrays using equivalent electrical circuit features and ensemble classifiers

Maxime Van Haeverbeke (UGent) , Charlotte Cums, Thijs Vackier, Dries Braeken, Michiel Stock (UGent) , Hans Steenackers and Bernard De Baets (UGent)

(2024) CHEMOMETRICS AND INTELLIGENT LABORATORY SYSTEMS. 244.

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Towards a rational approach to promoter engineering : understanding the complexity of transcription initiation in prokaryotes

Cara Deal (UGent) , Lien De Wannemaeker (UGent) and Marjan De Mey (UGent)

(2024) FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS. 48(2).

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Open-endedness in synthetic biology : a route to continual innovation for biological design

Michiel Stock (UGent) and Thomas E. Gorochowski

(2024) SCIENCE ADVANCES. 10(3).

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Uterine microbial ecology and disease in cattle : a review

Ugur Comlekcioglu (UGent) , Sylwia Jezierska, Geert Opsomer (UGent) and Osvaldo Américo Bogado Pascottini (UGent)

(2024) THERIOGENOLOGY. 213. p.66-78