Researcher
Tom Defoirdt
- Keywords:Bacterial pathogens, antivirulence therapy, host-pathogen interactions, virulence factors and virulence regulation, virulence, Aquatic (marine) microbiology, gene regulation in bacteria, Blue biotechnology, Management of bacterial activity, vibrios, bacterial signalling and detection systems, Ecology and evolution of bacterial pathogens
- Disciplines:Aquaculture, Microbiology not elsewhere classified, Bacteriology
Affiliations
- Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Animal production (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2017 - Department of Biochemical and microbial technology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2003 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- Development of a peptide nucleic acids-based antisense technology to control bacterial disease by specifically blocking virulence genesFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Evaluation of the risk of resistance development against antivirulence therapyFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - projects
- BOF-ZAP-office in Blue biotechnology and antivirulence therapyFrom1 Oct 2017 → TodayFunding: BOF - ZAP BOF mandates
- The impact of bacteria-bacteria and host-bacteria signaling on larviculture of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergiiFrom1 Sep 2014 → 31 Aug 2016Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
1 - 10 of 49
- Bacterial and microalgal communities in carp polyculture systems : composition, affecting factors and further perspectives(2024)
Authors: Ngoc Minh Ngân Bùi, Jasmine Heyse, Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville, Tom Defoirdt, Ruben Props, Colin Shelley
- Quorum-sensing interference in vibrios(2023)
Authors: Shanshan Zhang, Qian Yang, Mieke Eggermont, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 1452 - 1466 - Indole signaling, a promising target to control vibriosis in aquaculture(2023)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
- Utilisation of probiotics for disease management in giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) : administration methods, antagonistic effects and immune response(2023)
Authors: Mirja Kaizer Ahmmed, Shuva Bhowmik, Fatema Ahmmed, Stephen G. Giteru, Shikder Saiful Islam, Mayssa Hachem, Md. Ashraf Hussain, Osman N. Kanwugu, Dominic Agyei, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 1321 - 1336 - Indole-3-acetic acid increases the survival of brine shrimp challenged with vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade(2023)
Authors: Shanshan Zhang, Jana Van Haesebroeck, Qian Yang, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 477 - 486 - Indole decreases the virulence of pathogenic vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade(2022)
Authors: Shanshan Zhang, Qian Yang, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 167 - 176 - Deciphering the virulent Vibrio harveyi causing spoilage in muscle of aquatic crustacean Litopenaeus vannamei(2022)
Authors: Lian Gan, Jianwei Zheng, Wei-Hua Xu, Jianhao Lin, Jingshu Liu, Yu Zhang, Zizhan Wu, Zhaolin Lv, Youming Jia, Qingqi Guo, et al.
- Quorum sensing regulation of virulence gene expression in Vibrio harveyi during its interaction with marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi(2021)
Authors: Gurpreet Kaur-Kahlon, Ballamoole Krishna Kumar, H. A. Darshanee Ruwandeepika, Tom Defoirdt, Indrani Karunasagar
Pages: 2507 - 2519 - Probiotics : their action against pathogens can be turned around(2021)
Authors: Lian Gan, Wei-Hua Xu, Yuanyan Xiong, Zhaolin Lv, Jianwei Zheng, Yu Zhang, Jianhao Lin, Jingshu Liu, Shijun Chen, Mengqiu Chen, et al.
- Mitochondrial toxicity of Clostridium perfringens supernatant in intestinal and hepatic cells(2021)
Authors: Chao Wang, Tom Defoirdt, Andreja Rajkovic
Number of pages: 1