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
11 - 20 of 49
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi causing Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) in Penaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) isolated from Malaysian shrimp ponds(2019)
Authors: Sarmila Muthukrishnan, Tom Defoirdt, M. Y. Ina-Salwany, Fatimah Md Yusoff, Mohamed Shariff, Siti Izera Ismail, I. Natrah
- Amino acid-derived quorum sensing molecules controlling the virulence of vibrios (and beyond)(2019)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
- Quorum sensing is required for full virulence of Vibrio campbellii towards tiger grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) larvae(2019)
Authors: Noorashikin Md. Noor, Tom Defoirdt, Norfarrah Alipiah, Murni Karim, Hassan Daud, Ikhsan Natrah
Pages: 489 - 495 - Impact of the organic load on the efficacy of chlorine disinfection against acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus(2018)
Authors: Jana De Bodt, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 1609 - 1612 - Quorum-sensing systems as targets for antivirulence therapy(2018)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 313 - 328 - Virulence-inhibitory activity of the degradation product 3-hydroxybutyrate explains the protective effect of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate against the major aquaculture pathogen Vibrio campbellii(2018)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt, Thi Mai Anh Nguyen, Peter De Schryver
- Does quorum sensing interference affect the fitness of bacterial pathogens in the real world?(2018)
Authors: Yiying Liu, Qiwei Qin, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 3918 - 3926 - Isolation of Vibrionaceae from wild blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) adults and their impact on blue mussel larviculture(2017)
Authors: Mieke Eggermont, Peter Bossier, Gde Sasmita Julyantoro Pande, Ali Md Rayhan, Nipa Gupta, Shikder Saiful Islam, Elsie Yumo, Nancy Nevejan, Patrick Sorgeloos, Bruno Gomez-Gil, et al.
- The impact of catecholamine sensing on the virulence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus causing acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)(2017)
Authors: Nguyen Thao Suong, Nguyen Van Hao, Nguyen Van Sang, Nguyen Dinh Hung, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tinh, Le Hong Phuoc, Doan Van Cuong, Nguyen Thanh Luan, Do Viet Phuong, To Thi Thom, et al.
Pages: 190 - 195 - Bactericidal, quorum quenching and anti-biofilm nanofactories: a new niche for nanotechnologists(2017)
Authors: Brahma N Singh, Prateeksha Prateeksha, Dalip K Upreti, Braj Raj Singh, Tom Defoirdt, Vijai K Gupta, Ana Olivia De Souza, Harikesh Bahadur Singh, João CM Barreira, Isabel CFR Ferreira, et al.
Pages: 525 - 540