Researcher
Anne Willems
- Keywords:microbial diversity, microbial ecology, plant-associated bacteria, Antarctica, rhizosphere, bacterial taxonomy, metagenomics, microbial phylogeny
- Disciplines:Bacteriology, Microbiomes, Ecology not elsewhere classified, Microbiology not elsewhere classified, Biochemistry and metabolism not elsewhere classified, Metagenomics, Microbiomics, Biogeochemical cycli
Affiliations
- Science Faculty Library (Administrative office)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Science Faculty Library (Administrative office)
Member
From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Department of Biochemistry and microbiology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 1996 → Today
Projects
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- Macroalgae-microbiome interactions: testing the holobiont concept in a changing environmentFrom1 Nov 2019 → 31 Jan 2024Funding: FWO fellowships
- Macroalgae-microbiome interactions: testing the holobiont concept in a changing environment.From1 Oct 2019 → 1 Nov 2019Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Establishing new legume-based farming systems in Northeast Thailand using drought-tolerance traits of wild legume and rhizobia populationsFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 May 2023Funding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Bacterial root endophytes to protect plants against cold temperaturesFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Exploration of legume-rhizobia diversity to select symbioses tolerant to water deficit under limiting phosphorus condition, MoroccoFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2020Funding: VLIR-UOS South Initiatives
- MICROMETABOLITE: Research Training Network on the Microbial Enhancement of Bioactive Secondary Metabolite Production in PlantsFrom1 May 2017 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: H2020 - Skills and Career Development (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) actions
- MICROBIAN: Diversity and function of microbials in the Sor Rondane Mountains, East AntarcticaFrom15 Dec 2016 → 15 Sep 2021Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- The Algal Microbiome: Friends and FoesFrom1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2018Funding: H2020-EU.1.3.- EXCELLEN SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
- Entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria to control fruit flies (Bactrocera invadens) in mango cultivation in Benin.From1 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2017Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- The nitrogen footprint in coastal ecosystems: role of denitrifying bacteria and their interactions with meiofauna.From1 Oct 2013 → 17 Jun 2014Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
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- Highly divergent CRESS DNA and picorna-like viruses associated with bleached thalli of the green seaweed Ulva(2023)
Authors: Luna van der Loos, Lander De Coninck, Roland Zell, Sebastian Lequime, Anne Willems, Olivier De Clerck, Jelle Matthijnssens, Erik F. Y. Hom
- Polar lake microbiomes have distinct evolutionary histories(2023)
Authors: Bjorn Tytgat, Elie Verleyen, Maxime Sweetlove, Koen Van den Berge, Eveline Pinseel, Dominic A. Hodgson, Steven L. Chown, Koen Sabbe, Annick Wilmotte, Anne Willems, et al.
- Unravelling the bacterial community composition of Valerianella locusta, a cold tolerant plant(2023)
Authors: Sonia García Méndez, Antoine Persyn, Caroline De Tender, Sofie Goormachtig, Anne Willems
Pages: 500 - 514 - Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic–Baltic Sea gradient(2023)
Authors: Luna van der Loos, Sofie D'hondt, Aschwin H. Engelen, Henrik Pavia, Gunilla B. Toth, Anne Willems, Florian Weinberger, Olivier De Clerck, Sophie Steinhagen
Pages: 6260 - 6277 - Phylogenomics reveals insights into the functional evolution of the genus Agrobacterium and enables the description of Agrobacterium divergens sp. nov(2023)
Authors: Henry David Naranjo Benavides, Liesbeth Lebbe, Margo Cnockaert, Florent Lassalle, Chin Chin Too, Anne Willems
- Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions(2022)
Authors: . Ho Manh Tuong, Sonia García Méndez, Michiel Vandecasteele, Anne Willems, Dexian Luo, Stien Beirinckx, Sofie Goormachtig
Pages: 547 - 571 - Root-associated bacteria modulate the specialised metabolome of Lithospermum officinale L.(2022)
Authors: Alicia Varela Alonso, Henry David Naranjo Benavides, Angélique Rat, Nebojsa Rodic, I Nannou, Christina, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou, Andreana N. Assimopoulou, Stephane Declerck, Philipp Rödel, Carolin Schneider, et al.
- Mesorhizobium ventifaucium sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium escarrei sp. nov., two novel root-nodulating species isolated from Anthyllis vulneraria(2022)
Authors: Roba Mohamad, Anne Willems, Antoine Le Quere, Marjorie Pervent, Maurine Bonabaud, Emeric Dubois, Jean-Claude Cleyet-Marel, Brigitte Brunel
- Rothia mucilaginosa is an anti-inflammatory bacterium in the respiratory tract of patients with chronic lung disease(2022)
Authors: Charlotte Rigauts, Juliana Aizawa, Steven Taylor, Geraint B. Rogers, Matthias Govaerts, Paul Cos, Lisa Ostyn, Sarah Sims, Eva Vandeplassche, Mozes Sze, et al.
- Physiological, biochemical and morphological tolerance mechanisms of faba bean (Vicia fabaL.) to the combined stress of water deficit and phosphorus limitation(2022)
Authors: Khawla Oukaltouma, Ahmed El Moukhtari, Yahya Lahrizi, Bouchra Makoudi, Mohammed Mouradi, Mohamed Farissi, Anne Willems, Ahmed Qaddoury, Faouzi Bekkaoui, Cherki Ghoulam
Pages: 1632 - 1646