Publications
To culture or not to culture Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: As the increased consumption of ready-to-eat meat alternatives is a fairly recent trend, little is known about the composition and dynamics of the microbiota present on such products. Such information is nonetheless valuable in view of spoilage and food safety prevention. Even though refrigeration and modified-atmosphere-packaging (MAP) can extend the shelf-life period, microbial spoilage can still occur in these products. In the ...
A comparative study on culture conditions and routine expansion of amniotic fluid-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Amniotic fluid (AF) cell populations will be applied in perinatology. We aimed to test the feasibility of large-scale cell expansion.
STUDY METHODS: We determined the best out of three published expansion protocols for mesenchymal progenitors (AF samples, n = 4) in terms of self-renewal ability. Characterization was performed based on morphology, surface marker analysis, cytogenetic stability, and differentiation potential. ...
Isolation, cloning and cultivation of Trypanosoma danilewskyi strain FCc 1 in different culture media Institute of Tropical Medicine
Manual liquid culture on simple Middlebrook 7H9 or MGIT for the diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of liquid culture on simple Middlebrook 7H9 to the one of manual mycobacterial growth indicator tube (MGIT) and solid culture on Ogawa for the diagnosis of smear-negative tuberculosis (SN-TB) in a high-burden, resource-constrained setting.
METHODS: Sputum samples from patients with clinical suspicion of SN-PTB admitted to two-third-level hospitals in Lima between September 2005 and May 2008 were ...