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List of works by Tom Defoirdt

A method for the specific detection of resident bacteria in brine shrimp larvae

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

A quorum sensing-disrupting brominated thiophenone with a promising therapeutic potential to treat luminescent vibriosis

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Alternatives to antibiotics for the control of bacterial disease in aquaculture

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Alternatives to antibiotics to control bacterial infections: luminescent vibriosis in aquaculture as an example

scientific article published on 24 August 2007

Amino acid-derived quorum sensing molecules controlling the virulence of vibrios (and beyond)

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Analysis of the evolution of microbial communities associated with different cultures of rotifer strains belonging to different cryptic species of the Brachionus plicatilis species complex

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Antivirulence therapy for animal production: filling an arsenal with novel weapons for sustainable disease control

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Bacillus sp. LT3 improves the survival of gnotobiotic brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) larvae challenged with Vibrio campbellii by enhancing the innate immune response and by decreasing the activity of shrimp-associated vibrios

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Bactericidal, quorum quenching and anti-biofilm nanofactories: a new niche for nanotechnologists.

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Can bacteria actively search to join groups?

scientific article published on September 30, 2010

Can bacteria evolve resistance to quorum sensing disruption?

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Cinnamaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde derivatives reduce virulence in Vibrio spp. by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the quorum sensing response regulator LuxR.

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Corrigendum to “Regulation of virulence factors by quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi” [Vet. Microbiol. 154 (2011) 124–129]

scholarly article published in Veterinary Microbiology

Detection and quantification of the human-specific HF183 Bacteroides 16S rRNA genetic marker with real-time PCR for assessment of human faecal pollution in freshwater

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Disruption of bacterial cell-to-cell communication by marine organisms and its relevance to aquaculture

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Does quorum sensing interference affect the fitness of bacterial pathogens in the real world?

scientific article published on 30 October 2018

Effects of feeding regime and probionts on the diverting microbial communities in rotifer Brachionus culture

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Effects of micro-algae commonly used in aquaculture on acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing

Effects of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) on Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) fingerlings performance and its gastrointestinal tract microbial community

scientific article published in January 2012

Expression and Quorum Sensing Regulation of Type III Secretion System Genes of Vibrio harveyi during Infection of Gnotobiotic Brine Shrimp

scientific article published on 4 December 2015

Expression of virulence genes in luminescent and nonluminescent isogenic vibrios and virulence towards gnotobiotic brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana).

scientific article published on 23 November 2010

Host-induced increase in larval sea bass mortality in a gnotobiotic challenge test with Vibrio anguillarum

scientific article published in April 2014

Impact of mucin, bile salts and cholesterol on the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum towards gnotobiotic sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae.

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Impact of the organic load on the efficacy of chlorine disinfection against acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Implications of Ecological Niche Differentiation in Marine Bacteria for Microbial Management in Aquaculture to Prevent Bacterial Disease

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

In vitro and in vivo expression of virulence genes in Vibrio isolates belonging to the Harveyi clade in relation to their virulence towards gnotobiotic brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana).

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

In vivo effects of single or combined N-acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing signals on the performance of Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae

Indole signalling and (micro)algal auxins decrease the virulence of Vibrio campbellii, a major pathogen of aquatic organisms

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Ingestion of bacteria overproducing DnaK attenuates Vibrio infection of Artemia franciscana larvae.

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

Isolation of AHL-degrading bacteria from micro-algal cultures and their impact on algal growth and on virulence of Vibrio campbellii to prawn larvae

scientific article published on 7 September 2015

Isolation of Vibrionaceae from wild blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) adults and their impact on blue mussel larviculture

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Light and transmission electron microscopy of Vibrio campbellii infection in gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana and protection offered by a yeast mutant with elevated cell wall glucan

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

Long-chain acylhomoserine lactones increase the anoxic ammonium oxidation rate in an OLAND biofilm

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Luminescence, virulence and quorum sensing signal production by pathogenic Vibrio campbellii and Vibrio harveyi isolates.

scientific article published on 7 December 2007

Microbiology and immunology of fish larvae

scholarly article by Olav Vadstein et al published May 2013 in Reviews in Aquaculture

N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading Bacillus strains isolated from aquaculture animals

Norepinephrine and dopamine increase motility, biofilm formation, and virulence of Vibrio harveyi

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Novel approach of using homoserine lactone-degrading and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacteria to protect Artemia from the pathogenic effects of Vibrio harveyi

PHB-degrading bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of aquatic animals as protective actors against luminescent vibriosis

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Photobacterium sanguinicancri sp. nov. isolated from marine animals.

scientific article published on 5 April 2016

Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacteria protect gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

Presence of typical and atypical virulence genes in vibrio isolates belonging to the Harveyi clade

scientific article published in September 2010

Production of acylated homoserine lactones by Aeromonas and Pseudomonas strains isolated from municipal activated sludge

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Quorum quenching bacteria protect Macrobrachium rosenbergii larvae from Vibrio harveyi infection

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Quorum sensing and quorum quenching in Vibrio harveyi: lessons learned from in vivo work

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Quorum sensing inhibitors: how strong is the evidence?

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Quorum sensing is required for full virulence of Vibrio campbellii towards tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) larvae

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Quorum sensing negatively regulates chitinase in Vibrio harveyi

scientific article published in July 2009

Quorum sensing positively regulates flagellar motility in pathogenic Vibrio harveyi

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Quorum sensing regulation of virulence gene expression in Vibrio harveyi in vitro and in vivo during infection of gnotobiotic brine shrimp larvae

scientific article published on 8 June 2011

Quorum sensing-disrupting brominated furanones protect the gnotobiotic brine shrimp Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio campbellii, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates

scientific article published in September 2006

Quorum sensing-disrupting compounds protect larvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii from Vibrio harveyi infection

Rearing water microbiomes in white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) larviculture assemble stochastically and are influenced by the microbiomes of live feed products

scientific article published on 10 November 2020

Regulation of virulence factors by quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi

scientific article published in July 2011

Relation between virulence of Vibrio anguillarum strains and response to the host factors mucin, bile salts and cholesterol

scientific article published on 22 April 2015

RpoS and indole signaling control the virulence of Vibrio anguillarum towards gnotobiotic sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae

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Short-chain fatty acids and poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoates: (New) Biocontrol agents for a sustainable animal production

scientific article published on 04 May 2009

Short-chain fatty acids protect gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii

Significance of microalgal-bacterial interactions for aquaculture

article published in 2013

Specific Antivirulence Activity, A New Concept for Reliable Screening of Virulence Inhibitors.

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Specific quorum sensing-disrupting activity (A QSI) of thiophenones and their therapeutic potential

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Stimulation of heterotrophic bacteria associated with wild-caught blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) adults results in mass mortality

The Vibrio campbellii quorum sensing signals have a different impact on virulence of the bacterium towards different crustacean hosts

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The apparent quorum-sensing inhibitory activity of pyrogallol is a side effect of peroxide production.

scientific article published in April 2013

The bacterial storage compound poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate protects Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii

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The basics of bio-flocs technology: The added value for aquaculture

The blue mussel inside: 3D visualization and description of the vascular-related anatomy of Mytilus edulis to unravel hemolymph extraction

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

The catecholamine stress hormones norepinephrine and dopamine increase the virulence of pathogenic Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio campbellii

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The effect of poly β-hydroxybutyrate on larviculture of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12th March 2015).

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The gnotobiotic brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) model system reveals that the phenolic compound pyrogallol protects against infection through its prooxidant activity

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

The impact of mutations in the quorum sensing systems of Aeromonas hydrophila, Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio harveyi on their virulence towards gnotobiotically cultured Artemia franciscana

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The impact of quorum sensing on the virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas salmonicida towards burbot (Lota lota L.) larvae

scientific article published on 14 March 2012

The natural furanone (5Z)-4-bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone disrupts quorum sensing-regulated gene expression in Vibrio harveyi by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the transcriptional regulator protein luxR.

scientific article published in October 2007

Ureolytic Activity and Its Regulation in Vibrio campbellii and Vibrio harveyi in Relation to Nitrogen Recovery from Human Urine

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Virulence of luminescent and non-luminescent isogenic vibrios towards gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana larvae and specific pathogen-free Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp

scientific article published on 30 January 2009