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
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- 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
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- Specific antivirulence activity, a new concept for reliable screening of virulence inhibitors(2016)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 527 - 529 - Implications of ecological niche differentiation in marine bacteria for microbial management in aquaculture to prevent bacterial disease(2016)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
- Photobacterium sanguinicancri sp. nov. isolated from marine animals(2016)
Authors: Bruno Gomez-Gil, Ana Roque, Guiomar Rotllant, Jesus L Romalde, Alejandra Doce, Mieke Eggermont, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 817 - 825 - Expression and quorum sensing regulation of type III secretion system genes of Vibrio harveyi during infection of Gnotobiotic brine shrimp(2015)
Authors: HA Darshanee Ruwandeepika, Indrani Karunasagar, Peter Bossier, Tom Defoirdt
- The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11-12th March 2015)(2015)
Authors: Frédérique LeRoux, K Mathias Wegner, Craig Baker-Austin, Luigi Vezzulli, Carlos R Osorio, Carmen Amaro, Jennifer M Ritchie, Tom Defoirdt, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón, Melanie Blokesch, et al.
- Stimulation of heterotrophic bacteria associated with wild-caught blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) adults results in mass mortality(2014)
Authors: Mieke Eggermont, Anissa Tamanji, Nancy Nevejan, Peter Bossier, Patrick Sorgeloos, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 136 - 138 - Significance of microalgal-bacterial interactions for aquaculture(2014)
Authors: Fatin MI Natrah, Peter Bossier, Patrick Sorgeloos, Fatimah Md Yusoff, Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 48 - 61 - Virulence mechanisms of bacterial aquaculture pathogens and antivirulence therapy for aquaculture(2014)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
Pages: 100 - 114 - Antivirulence therapy for animal production : filling an arsenal with novel weapons for sustainable disease control(2013)
Authors: Tom Defoirdt
- Effects of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) on Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) fingerlings performance and its gastrointestinal tract microbial community(2012)
Authors: Ebrahim Hossein Najdegerami, Ngoc Tran Tiet, Tom Defoirdt, Massimo Marzorati, Patrick Sorgeloos, Nico Boon, Peter Bossier
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