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Bart Theelen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work often focuses on specialized subfields such as Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Food Science.

Theelen has contributed to topics primarily related to fungal biology and infectious diseases, with considerable work on Nail Diseases and Treatments, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Antifungal Resistance and Susceptibility, and broader studies on Fungal Infections. Other areas of interest include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies, and Biofuel Production and Bioconversion.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • "Malassezia spp. Yeasts of Emerging Concern in Fungemia" (2020), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Evaluation of Molecular Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles, and Molecular Mechanisms of Antifungal Resistance of Iranian Candida parapsilosis Species Complex Blood Isolates" (2020), Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Phylogenomics, divergence times and notes of orders in Basidiomycota" (2024), Fungal Diversity
  • "Delimiting species in Basidiomycota: a review" (2021), Fungal Diversity
  • "Mitogenomics and mitochondrial gene phylogeny decipher the evolution of Saccharomycotina yeasts" (2022), Genome Biology and Evolution

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Teun Boekhout
  • Ferry Hagen
  • Anastasia C. Christinaki
  • Vassili N. Kouvelis
  • Joseph Heitman

Theelen's research is commonly published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Medical Mycology, Annals of Microbiology, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and Fungal Diversity.

Best Publications

  • Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex.

    Ferry Hagen;Kantarawee Khayhan;Bart Theelen;Anna Kolecka

  • Dectin-1 is an extracellular pathogen sensor for the induction and processing of IL-1β via a noncanonical caspase-8 inflammasome

    Sonja I Gringhuis;Tanja M Kaptein;Brigitte A Wevers;Bart Theelen

  • Hybrid genotypes in the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

    Teun Boekhout;Bart Theelen;Mara Diaz;Jack W. Fell

  • Reclassification of the Candida haemulonii Complex as Candida haemulonii (C. haemulonii Group I), C. duobushaemulonii sp. nov. (C. haemulonii Group II), and C. haemulonii var. vulnera var. nov.: Three Multiresistant Human Pathogenic Yeasts

    E. Cendejas-Bueno;A. Kolecka;A. Alastruey-Izquierdo;B. Theelen

  • Malassezia ecology, pathophysiology, and treatment.

    Bart Theelen;Claudia Cafarchia;Georgios Gaitanis;Ioannis Dimitrios Bassukas

  • Fast, Noninvasive Method for Molecular Detection and Differentiation of Malassezia Yeast Species on Human Skin and Application of the Method to Dandruff Microbiology

    Christina M. Gemmer;Yvonne M. DeAngelis;Bart Theelen;Teun Boekhout

  • Phylogenetic classification of yeasts and related taxa within Pucciniomycotina.

    Q.-M. Wang;A.M. Yurkov;M. Göker;H.T. Lumbsch

  • Genus-Wide Comparative Genomics of Malassezia Delineates Its Phylogeny, Physiology, and Niche Adaptation on Human Skin.

    Guangxi Wu;He Zhao;Chenhao Li;Menaka Priyadarsani Rajapakse

  • Multigene phylogeny and taxonomic revision of yeasts and related fungi in the Ustilaginomycotina

    Q.-M. Wang;D. Begerow;M. Groenewald;X.-Z. Liu

  • Two new lipid-dependent Malassezia species from domestic animals.

    F. Javier Cabañes;Bart Theelen;Gemma Castellá;Teun Boekhout

  • Selective C-Rel activation via Malt1 controls anti-fungal T(H)-17 immunity by dectin-1 and dectin-2.

    Sonja I. Gringhuis;Brigitte A. Wevers;Tanja M. Kaptein;Toni M. M. van Capel

  • Phylogeny of tremellomycetous yeasts and related dimorphic and filamentous basidiomycetes reconstructed from multiple gene sequence analyses

    X.-Z. Liu;Q.-M. Wang;B. Theelen;M. Groenewald

  • Multidrug-Resistant Trichosporon asahii Infection of Nongranulocytopenic Patients in Three Intensive Care Units

    Dana G. Wolf;Rama Falk;Moshe Hacham;Bart Theelen

  • Identification and Typing of Malassezia Species by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and Sequence Analyses of the Internal Transcribed Spacer and Large-Subunit Regions of Ribosomal DNA

    Aditya K. Gupta;Teun Boekhout;Bart Theelen;Richard Summerbell

  • C-type lectin Langerin is a beta-glucan receptor on human Langerhans cells that recognizes opportunistic and pathogenic fungi

    Marein A.W.P. de Jong;Lianne E.M. Vriend;Bart Theelen;Maureen E. Taylor

  • Fungal engagement of the C-type lectin mincle suppresses dectin-1-induced antifungal immunity

    Brigitte A. Wevers;Tanja M. Kaptein;Esther M. Zijlstra-Willems;Bart Theelen

  • Identification and typing of Malassezia yeasts using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLPTm), random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)

    Bart Theelen;Massimiliano Silvestri;Eveline Guého;Alex van Belkum

  • Bandoniozyma gen. nov., a Genus of Fermentative and Non-Fermentative Tremellaceous Yeast Species

    Patricia Valente;Teun Boekhout;Melissa Fontes Landell;Juliana Crestani

  • Cold-adapted yeasts from Antarctica and the Italian Alps-description of three novel species: Mrakia robertii sp. nov., Mrakia blollopis sp. nov. and Mrakiella niccombsii sp. nov.

    Skye Robin Thomas-Hall;Benedetta Turchetti;Pietro Buzzini;Eva Branda

  • Cryptococcus neoformans Shows a Remarkable Genotypic Diversity in Brazil

    M. T. Barreto de Oliveira;T. Boekhout;T. Boekhout;B. Theelen;F. Hagen

Frequent Co-Authors

Teun Boekhout
Teun Boekhout University of Amsterdam
Ferry Hagen
Ferry Hagen Utrecht University
Marizeth Groenewald
Marizeth Groenewald Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Jacques F. Meis
Jacques F. Meis Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis
Jos Houbraken
Jos Houbraken Utrecht University
Kevin D. Hyde
Kevin D. Hyde Mae Fah Luang University
Ronald P. de Vries
Ronald P. de Vries Utrecht University
Aristea Velegraki
Aristea Velegraki National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Wieland Meyer
Wieland Meyer Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro

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