Researcher
Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera
- Disciplines:Fisheries sciences, Animal biology
Affiliations
- Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → 24 Sep 2023 - Department of Animal production (Department)
Member
From25 Oct 2017 → 31 Dec 2017
Projects
1 - 1 of 1
- Use of mutant yeasts and their ß-glucans in bivalve aquaculture: a nutritional immunology approachFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
1 - 7 of 7
- Characterized extracts of the tropical red seaweed Acanthophora spicifera protect Ostrea edulis larvae against Vibrio coralliilyticus(2024)
Authors: Paul Guillen, Daniel Rodriguez-Pesantes, Pierfrancesco Motti, Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Xiaoting Zheng, Julia Nieto Wigby, Stanislaus Sonnenholzner, Sven Mangelinckx, Peter Bossier, Sofie Van Den Hende
- Effect of continuous dietary administration of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, Δmnn9, on Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) juveniles : immunological and histopathological findings after Vibrio coralliilyticus challenge(2023)
Authors: Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Peter Bossier, Dongdong Wang, Lobke De Bels, Wim Van Den Broeck, Nancy Nevejan, Annelies Declercq
- β-1,3-Glucan/chitin unmasking in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant, Δmnn9, promotes immune response and resistance of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to Vibrio coralliilyticus infection(2022)
Authors: Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Dongdong Wang, Peter Bossier, Nancy Nevejan
Pages: 470 - 479 - Dietary substitution of microalgae with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant, Δmnn9, for feeding Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) juveniles(2021)
Authors: Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Peter Bossier, Nancy Nevejan
- Dynamic immune response to vibriosis in Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas larvae during the infection process as supported by accurate positioning of GFP-tagged vibrio strains(2021)
Authors: Dongdong Wang, Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Lobke De Bels, Gilbert Van Stappen, Wim Van Den Broeck, Nancy Nevejan
- Can only one physiological trait determinate the adverse effect of green fluorescent protein (GFP) incorporation on Vibrio virulence?(2021)
Authors: Dongdong Wang, Gilbert Van Stappen, Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera, Peter Bossier, Nancy Nevejan
Pages: 7899 - 7912 - Use of cell wall-defective Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) : a nutritional and immunological approach
Authors: Alfredo Gabriel Loor Mera