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:Bacteriology, Sustainable fishery management, Aquaculture, Microbiology not elsewhere classified
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 - 6 of 6
- Evaluation of the risk of resistance development against antivirulence therapyFrom1 Jan 2019 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- Determination of structure-activity relations of indoles with respect to virulence-inhibitory activity in bacterial pathogensFrom1 Jan 2019 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- 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
- In vivo detection of virulence gene expression of vibrios during infection of aquaculture organisms with reverse transcriptase realtime PCRFrom1 Jan 2012 → 31 Dec 2014Funding: FWO research grant KAN
- Quorum sensing disruption in luminescent vibriosFrom1 Oct 2007 → 30 Sep 2011Funding: FWO fellowships, BOF - Other initiatives
Publications
1 - 10 of 92
- Indole decreases the virulence of pathogenic vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade(2022)
Authors: Shanshan Zhang, Qian Yang, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 167 - 176 - Indole decreases the virulence of the bivalve model pathogens Vibrio tasmaniensis LGP32 and Vibrio crassostreae J2-9(2022)
Authors: Shanshan Zhang, Qian Yang, Songzhe Fu, Colin Janssen, Mieke Eggermont, Tom Defoirdt
Number of pages: 1 - The impact of the multichannel quorum sensing systems of Vibrio tasmaniensis and Vibrio crassostreae on virulence towards blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) larvae(2022)
Authors: Shikder Saiful Islam, Shanshan Zhang, Mieke Eggermont, Maxime Bruto, Frederique Le Roux, Tom Defoirdt
Number of pages: 1 - Rearing water microbiomes in white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) larviculture assemble stochastically and are influenced by the microbiomes of live feed products(2021)
Authors: Jasmine Heyse, Ruben Props, Pantipa Kongnuan, Peter De Schryver, Geert Rombaut, Tom Defoirdt, Nico Boon
Pages: 281 - 298 - 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.
Number of pages: 1 - 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 - Insights into a pyruvate sensing and uptake system in Vibrio campbellii and its importance for virulence(2021)
Authors: Stephanie Going, Ana Florencia Gasperotti, Qian Yang, Tom Defoirdt, Kirsten Jung
Number of pages: 1 - One health pathogen surveillance demonstrated the dissemination of gut pathogens within the two coastal regions associated with intensive farming(2021)
Authors: Qingyao Wang, Yixiang Zhang, Qian Yang, Songzhe Fu, Baocheng Qu, Tom Defoirdt
Number of pages: 1 - 3D visualisatie en anatomiebeschrijving van de blauwe mossel : de beste plaatsen om mosselbloed af te nemen onthuld.(2020)
Authors: Mieke Eggermont, Pieter Cornillie, Manuel Dierick, Dominique Adriaens, Nancy Nevejan, Peter Bossier, Wim Van Den Broeck, Patrick Sorgeloos, Tom Defoirdt, Annelies Declercq
Number of pages: 1 - 3D mussel model in aquaculture(2020)
Authors: Mieke Eggermont, Pieter Cornillie, Manuel Dierick, Dominique Adriaens, Nancy Nevejan, Peter Bossier, Wim Van Den Broeck, Patrick Sorgeloos, Tom Defoirdt, Annelies Declercq
Number of pages: 1