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List of works by Marc Heyndrickx

A 10-day vacancy period after cleaning and disinfection has no effect on the bacterial load in pig nursery units

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A qPCR assay to detect and quantify Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in cattle and on farms: a potential predictive tool for STEC culture-positive farms.

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A rapid monitoring assay for the detection of Salmonella spp. and Salmonella Senftenberg strain W775 in composts.

scientific article published in December 2007

A tolerogenic mucosal immune response leads to persistent Campylobacter jejuni colonization in the chicken gut.

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

Antibiotic use and resistance in animals: Belgian initiatives.

scientific article published on May 2016

Antimicrobial use in Belgian broiler production

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Bacillus cereus Adhesion to Simulated Intestinal Mucus Is Determined by Its Growth on Mucin, Rather Than Intestinal Environmental Parameters

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Bacillus farraginis sp. nov., Bacillus fortis sp. nov. and Bacillus fordii sp. nov., isolated at dairy farms.

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Bacillus galactosidilyticus sp. nov., an alkali-tolerant beta-galactosidase producer.

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Bacillus shackletonii sp. nov., from volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago

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Bacteriological contamination, dirt, and cracks of eggshells in furnished cages and noncage systems for laying hens: An international on-farm comparison

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Bacteriological evaluation of vaccination against Salmonella Typhimurium with an attenuated vaccine in subclinically infected pig herds

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Biofilm Formation in Milk Production and Processing Environments; Influence on Milk Quality and Safety

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Broad-spectrum β-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae of animal origin: molecular aspects, mobility and impact on public health

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Case report of Salmonella cross-contamination in a food laboratory.

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Characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococcus species from cows’ milk and environment based on bap, icaA, and mecA genes and phenotypic susceptibility to antimicrobials and teat dips

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Characterization of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases produced by Escherichia coli isolated from hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients: emergence of CTX-M-15-producing strains causing urinary tract infections

scientific article published in June 2010

Chitin Mixed in Potting Soil Alters Lettuce Growth, the Survival of Zoonotic Bacteria on the Leaves and Associated Rhizosphere Microbiology

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Cohort study for the presence of livestock-associated MRSA in piglets: effect of sow status at farrowing and determination of the piglet colonization age.

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Community shifts in a seeded 3-chlorobenzoate degrading membrane biofilm reactor: indications for involvement of in situ horizontal transfer of the clc-element from inoculum to contaminant bacteria.

scientific article published in February 2002

Comparative analysis of extended-spectrum-{beta}-lactamase-carrying plasmids from different members of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from poultry, pigs and humans: evidence for a shared {beta}-lactam resistance gene pool?

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Comparative analysis of the diversity of aerobic spore-forming bacteria in raw milk from organic and conventional dairy farms

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Comparative performance of different PCR assays for the identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli.

scientific article published on 4 January 2008

Comparison of Droplet Digital PCR and qPCR for the Quantification of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Bovine Feces

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Comparison of Six Chromogenic Agar Media for the Isolation of a Broad Variety of Non-O157 Shigatoxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Serogroups

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Comparison of competitive exclusion with classical cleaning and disinfection on bacterial load in pig nursery units

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Comparison of fingerprinting methods for typing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398.

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Comparison of sampling procedures and microbiological and non-microbiological parameters to evaluate cleaning and disinfection in broiler houses.

scientific article published on 13 February 2015

Culture-independent exploration of the teat apex microbiota of dairy cows reveals a wide bacterial species diversity

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Cyclic lipodepsipeptides produced by Pseudomonas spp. naturally present in raw milk induce inhibitory effects on microbiological inhibitor assays for antibiotic residue screening.

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Decontamination of Pangasius fish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) with chlorine or peracetic acid in the laboratory and in a Vietnamese processing company.

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Development, validation and application of an ultra high performance liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric method for the simultaneous detection and quantification of five different classes of veterinary antibiotics in swine manure.

scientific article published on 19 December 2015

Distribution of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species from milk and environment of dairy cows differs between herds

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Diversity of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and class C beta-lactamases among cloacal Escherichia coli Isolates in Belgian broiler farms

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecalis MB5259.

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Ecological diversification in the Bacillus cereus Group.

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Effect of Organic Acids on Salmonella Shedding and Colonization in Pigs on a Farm with High Salmonella Prevalence.

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Effect of egg washing on the cuticle quality of brown and white table eggs

scientific article published in October 2011

Effect of farm type on within-herd Salmonella prevalence, serovar distribution, and antimicrobial resistance.

scientific article published in May 2012

Effect of organic acids on Salmonella colonization and shedding in weaned piglets in a seeder model.

scientific article published in November 2012

Effect of residual doxycycline concentrations on resistance selection and transfer in porcine commensal Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Effect of the enrichment time and immunomagnetic separation on the detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, O145 and sorbitol positive O157 from artificially inoculated cattle faeces.

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Efficacy of electrolyzed oxidizing water and lactic acid on the reduction of Campylobacter on naturally contaminated broiler carcasses during processing

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Enteric pathogen survival varies substantially in irrigation water from Belgian lettuce producers.

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Evaluation of an attachment assay on lettuce leaves with temperature- and starvation-stressed Escherichia coli O157:H7 MB3885.

scientific article published in April 2014

Evaluation of group vaccination of sows and gilts against Salmonella Typhimurium with an attenuated vaccine in subclinically infected pig herds

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Evaluation of the microbiological safety and quality of Vietnamese Pangasius hypophthalmus during processing by a microbial assessment scheme in combination with a self-assessment questionnaire

Fatal family outbreak of Bacillus cereus-associated food poisoning.

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Genetic characteristics of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157, O26, O103, O111 and O145 isolates from humans, food, and cattle in Belgium.

scientific article published on 28 February 2013

Genetic diversity of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 : H7 recovered from human and food sources

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Genetic diversity of livestock-associated MRSA isolates obtained from piglets from farrowing until slaughter age on four farrow-to-finish farms

scientific article published on 13 September 2014

Genotyping of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni from retail chicken meat and humans with campylobacteriosis in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

scientific article published on 19 May 2006

Growth of Stressed Strains of Four Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Five Enrichment Broths

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Identification and characterization of a heat-resistant protease from Serratia liquefaciens isolated from Brazilian cold raw milk.

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Identification of lactobacilli isolated from the cloaca and vagina of laying hens and characterization for potential use as probiotics to control Salmonella Enteritidis.

scientific article published in April 2007

Impact of intestinal microbiota and gastrointestinal conditions on the in vitro survival and growth of Bacillus cereus

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

In situ ESBL conjugation from avian to human Escherichia coli during cefotaxime administration

scientific article published on 10 December 2010

In vivo broiler experiments to assess anti-Campylobacter jejuni activity of a live Enterococcus faecalis strain

scientific article published on 01 January 2013

Incidence and diversity of potentially highly heat-resistant spores isolated at dairy farms

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Incidence, diversity and characteristics of spores of psychrotolerant spore formers in various REPFEDS produced in Belgium.

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Incidence, diversity and toxin gene characteristics of Bacillus cereus group strains isolated from food products marketed in Belgium.

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Influence of pasteurization, brining conditions and production environment on the microbiota of artisan Gouda-type cheeses

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Influence of storage conditions on the growth of Pseudomonas species in refrigerated raw milk.

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Inhibition of Salmonella typhimurium by medium-chain fatty acids in an in vitro simulation of the porcine cecum.

scientific article published on 8 August 2009

Intra-species diversity and epidemiology varies among coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species causing bovine intramammary infections

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Isolation of a clonal population of Clostridium perfringens type A from a Belgian Blue calf with abomasal ulceration.

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Limited genetic diversity and gene expression differences between egg- and non-egg-related Salmonella Enteritidis strains.

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Long-term survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica on butterhead lettuce seeds, and their subsequent survival and growth on the seedlings.

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Longitudinal screening of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistance genes and zoonotic bacteria in soils fertilized with pig manure

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Metabolic and genetic profiling of clinical O157 and non-O157 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on 19 June 2007

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in pig farms and multispecies farms

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Microbial ecology of Vietnamese Tra fish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) fillets during processing.

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Model-based clustering of Escherichia coli O157:H7 genotypes and their potential association with clinical outcome in human infections

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Molecular identification of the microbiota of peeled and unpeeled brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during storage on ice and at 7.5 °C.

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Multiple typing for the epidemiological study of contamination of broilers with thermotolerant Campylobacter.

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

Mycotoxin production by pure fungal isolates analysed by means of an uhplc-ms/ms multi-mycotoxin method with possible pitfalls and solutions for patulin-producing isolates.

scientific article published on 5 November 2010

Novel differential and confirmation plating media for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes O26, O103, O111, O145 and sorbitol-positive and -negative O157.

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On-farm comparisons of different cleaning protocols in broiler houses.

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) gordonae (Pichinoty et al. 1986) Ash et al. 1994 is a later subjective synonym of Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) validus (Nakamura 1984) Ash et al. 1994: emended description of P. validus.

scientific article published in October 1995

Paenibacillus cineris sp. nov. and Paenibacillus cookii sp. nov., from Antarctic volcanic soils and a gelatin-processing plant

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Paenibacillus lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw and heat-treated milk.

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Persistent Salmonella Enteritidis environmental contamination on layer farms in the context of an implemented national control program with obligatory vaccination.

scientific article published in February 2012

Phage and MLVA typing of Salmonella enteritidis isolated from layers and humans in Belgium from 2000-2010, a period in which vaccination of laying hens was introduced

scientific article published on 23 November 2013

Polymerase chain reaction identification of Bacillus sporothermodurans from dairy sources.

scientific article published in January 2002

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Belgian Pork

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Prevalence and persistence of antimicrobial resistance in broiler indicator bacteria

scientific article published in March 2010

Pseudomonas spp. and Serratia liquefaciens as Predominant Spoilers in Cold Raw Milk

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Quantification methods for Bacillus cereus vegetative cells and spores in the gastrointestinal environment

scientific article published on 16 September 2010

Quantification of Campylobacter spp. in chicken carcass rinse by real-time PCR.

scientific article published in November 2008

Quantification of Yersinia enterocolitica in raw milk using qPCR.

scientific article published on 19 June 2012

Raman spectroscopic study of bacterial endospores.

scientific article published on 26 October 2007

Recent changes in Salmonella nomenclature: the need for clarification

scientific article published on 13 June 2005

Reduction of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis in colostrum: Development and validation of 2 methods, one based on curdling and one based on centrifugation.

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

Regulation of toxin production by Bacillus cereus and its food safety implications

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Research Note: Lyophilization of hyperimmune egg yolk: effect on antibody titer and protection of broilers against Campylobacter colonization

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Residues of chlortetracycline, doxycycline and sulfadiazine-trimethoprim in intestinal content and feces of pigs due to cross-contamination of feed

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Risk factors for ceftiofur resistance in Escherichia coli from Belgian broilers

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Routes for Campylobacter contamination of poultry meat: epidemiological study from hatchery to slaughterhouse

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Salmonella Gallinarum field isolates from laying hens are related to the vaccine strain SG9R.

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Screening for lactic acid bacteria capable of inhibiting Campylobacter jejuni in in vitro simulations of the broiler chicken caecal environment

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Seafood quality analysis: Molecular identification of dominant microbiota after ice storage on several general growth media

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Selection and transfer of an IncI1-tet(A) plasmid of Escherichia coli in an ex vivo model of the porcine cecum at doxycycline concentrations caused by cross-contaminated feed

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Selection, application and monitoring of Lactobacillus paracasei strains as adjunct cultures in the production of Gouda-type cheeses.

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

Sensitivity to disinfection of bacterial indicator organisms for monitoring the Salmonella Enteritidis status of layer farms after cleaning and disinfection.

scientific article published in June 2011

Sources other than unused sawdust can introduce Klebsiella pneumoniae into dairy herds

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Spoilage potential of Vagococcus salmoninarum in preservative-free, MAP-stored brown shrimp and differentiation from Brochothrix thermosphacta on streptomycin thallous acetate actidione agar.

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Study of mural painting isolates, leading to the transfer of 'Bacillus maroccanus' and 'Bacillus carotarum' to Bacillus simplex, emended description of Bacillus simplex, re-examination of the strains previously attributed to 'Bacillus [...]

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Survival and germination of Bacillus cereus spores without outgrowth or enterotoxin production during in vitro simulation of gastrointestinal transit

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Survival of enteric pathogens during butterhead lettuce growth: crop stage, leaf age, and irrigation.

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

The Biodiversity of the Microbiota Producing Heat-Resistant Enzymes Responsible for Spoilage in Processed Bovine Milk and Dairy Products.

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The combined effect of pasteurization intensity, water activity, pH and incubation temperature on the survival and outgrowth of spores of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus pumilus in artificial media and food products.

scientific article published on 21 April 2014

The importance of sample size in the determination of a flock-level antimicrobial resistance profile for Escherichia coli in broilers

scientific article published on 29 August 2011

The use of total aerobic and Gram-negative flora for quality assurance in the production chain of consumption eggs

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Toxinogenic and spoilage potential of aerobic spore-formers isolated from raw milk.

scientific article published on 26 November 2009

Validated empirical models describing the combined effect of water activity and pH on the heat resistance of spores of a psychrotolerant Bacillus cereus strain in broth and béchamel sauce.

scientific article published in October 2011

Validation of a method for simultaneous isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, and O145 from minced beef by an international ring-trial.

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

Validation of amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping for species identification of bovine associated coagulase-negative staphylococci

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Virulence properties of Campylobacter jejuni isolates of poultry and human origin

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Volatile compounds associated with Psychrobacter spp. and Pseudoalteromonas spp., the dominant microbiota of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during aerobic storage.

scientific article published on 24 August 2013