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Anne Willems

Anne Willems

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
22048
World Ranking
1279
National Ranking
37

Anne Willems publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anne Willems sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 333 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Anne Willems D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anne Willems sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Anne Willems is a researcher affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, focusing on various aspects of agricultural, biological, and environmental sciences. The body of work spans several interrelated fields and subfields, with particular emphasis on plant science, ecology, molecular biology, oceanography, and biomaterials.

Their research covers a range of main topics including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Polar Research and Ecology

Anne Willems has contributed to several recent papers, demonstrating a focus on microbial activity in environmental and plant-related contexts. Notable publications include:

  • Rothia mucilaginosa is an anti-inflammatory bacterium in the respiratory tract of patients with chronic lung disease, 2021, European Respiratory Journal
  • Endophytic Bacteria From the Roots of the Medicinal Plant Alkanna tinctoria Tausch (Boraginaceae): Exploration of Plant Growth Promoting Properties and Potential Role in the Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Electrospun wound dressings containing bioactive natural products: physico-chemical characterization and biological assessment, 2021, Biomaterials Research
  • Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic-Baltic Sea gradient, 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • Comparative Microbiomics of Tephritid Frugivorous Pests (Diptera: Tephritidae) From the Field: A Tale of High Variability Across and Within Species, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Science Advances

Anne Willems collaborates regularly with several authors in related research areas. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Olivier De Clerck
  • Luna M. van der Loos
  • Angélique Rat
  • Sophie Steinhagen
  • Sofie D'hondt

Best Publications

  • The Phylogeny of the Genus Clostridium: Proposal of Five New Genera and Eleven New Species Combinations

    M. D. Collins;P. A. Lawson;A. Willems;J. J. Cordoba

  • Methylotrophic Methylobacterium bacteria nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes.

    Abdourahmane Sy;Eric Giraud;Philippe Jourand;Nelly Garcia

  • Polyphasic Taxonomy in the Genus Burkholderia Leading to an Emended Description of the Genus and Proposition of Burkholderia vietnamiensis sp. nov. for N2-Fixing Isolates from Rice in Vietnam

    Monique Gillis;Tran Van Van;René Bardin;Mart Goor

  • Polyphasic Taxonomy of Rhizobia: Emendation of the Genus Sinorhizobium and Description of Sinorhizobium meliloti comb. nov., Sinorhizobium saheli sp. nov., and Sinorhizobium teranga sp. nov.

    Philippe De Lajudie;Anne Willems;Bruno Pot;Dirk Dewettinck

  • Advantages of multilocus sequence analysis for taxonomic studies: a case study using 10 housekeeping genes in the genus Ensifer (including former Sinorhizobium).

    Miet Martens;Peter Dawyndt;Renata Coopman;Monique Gillis

  • A New Species of Devosia That Forms a Unique Nitrogen-Fixing Root-Nodule Symbiosis with the Aquatic Legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) Druce

    Raul Rivas;Encarna Velázquez;Anne Willems;Nieves Vizcaíno

  • Burkholderia tuberum sp. nov. and Burkholderia phymatum sp. nov., Nodulate the Roots of Tropical Legumes

    Peter Vandamme;Johan Goris;Wen-Ming Chen;Paul de Vos

  • Hydrogenophaga, a new genus of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria that includes Hydrogenophaga flava comb. nov. (formerly Pseudomonas flava), Hydrogenophaga palleronii (formerly Pseudomonas palleronii), Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava (formerly Pseudomonas pseudoflava and Pseudomonas carboxydoflava), and Hydrogenophaga taeniospiralis (formerly Pseudomonas taeniospiralis)

    A. Willems;J. Busse;M. Goor;B. Pot

  • Bradyrhizobium canariense sp. nov., an acid-tolerant endosymbiont that nodulates endemic genistoid legumes (Papilionoideae: Genisteae) from the Canary Islands, along with Bradyrhizobium japonicum bv. genistearum, Bradyrhizobium genospecies alpha and Bradyrhizobium genospecies beta.

    Pablo Vinuesa;Milagros León-Barrios;Claudia Silva;Anne Willems

  • Multilocus sequence analysis of Ensifer and related taxa.

    Miet Martens;Manuel Delaere;Renata Coopman;Paul De Vos

  • Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp nov

    Martha E. Trujillo;Anne Willems;Adriana Abril;Ana-María Planchuelo

  • DNA-DNA hybridization study of Bradyrhizobium strains

    A Willems;F Doignon-Bourcier;J Goris;R Coopman

  • NOTES: Comamonadaceae, a New Family Encompassing the Acidovorans rRNA Complex, Including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969)

    A. Willems;J. De Ley;M. Gillis;K. Kersters

  • Transfer of Several Phytopathogenic Pseudomonas Species to Acidovorax as Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae subsp. nov., comb. nov., Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, Acidovorax avenae subsp. cattleyae, and Acidovorax konjaci

    A. Willems;M. Goor;S. Thielemans;M. Gillis

  • Methylobacterium nodulans sp nov., for a group of aerobic, facultatively methylotrophic, legume root-nodule-forming and nitrogen-fixing bacteria

    Philippe Jourand;Eric Giraud;Gilles Béna;Abdoulaye Sy

  • Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov

    P de Lajudie;A Willems;G Nick;F Moreira

  • What we can learn from sushi: a review on seaweed–bacterial associations

    Joke Hollants;Frederik Leliaert;Olivier De Clerck;Anne Willems

  • Acidovorax, a new genus for Pseudomonas facilis, Pseudomonas delafieldii, E. Falsen (EF) group 13, EF group 16, and several clinical isolates, with the species Acidovorax facilis comb. nov., Acidovorax delafieldii comb. nov., and Acidovorax temperans sp. nov.

    A. Willems;E. Falsen;B. Pot;E. Jantzen

  • Burkholderia fungorum sp. nov. and Burkholderia caledonica sp. nov., two new species isolated from the environment, animals and human clinical samples.

    Tom Coenye;Severine Laevens;Anne Willems;Maria Ohlen

  • The taxonomy of rhizobia: an overview

    Anne Willems

  • Allorhizobium undicola gen. nov., sp. nov., nitrogen-fixing bacteria that efficiently nodulate Neptunia natans in Senegal

    P de Lajudie;E Laurent-Fulele;A Willems;U Torck

Frequent Co-Authors

Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis Ghent University
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Matthew D. Collins
Matthew D. Collins University of Reading
Bernard Dreyfus
Bernard Dreyfus Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Raúl Rivas
Raúl Rivas University of Salamanca
Frederik Leliaert
Frederik Leliaert Ghent University
Olivier De Clerck
Olivier De Clerck Ghent University
Encarna Velázquez
Encarna Velázquez University of Salamanca
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University

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