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Frédéric Delbac is affiliated with Clermont-Auvergne University in France. Their research primarily spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields, including Parasitology, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics, Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Gut Microbiota and Health, and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Frédéric Delbac include:

  • Honeybee gut microbiota dysbiosis in pesticide/parasite co-exposures is mainly induced by Nosema ceranae, 2020, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • AhR/IL-22 pathway as new target for the treatment of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, 2022, Gut Microbes
  • Toxicity of the Pesticides Imidacloprid, Difenoconazole and Glyphosate Alone and in Binary and Ternary Mixtures to Winter Honey Bees: Effects on Survival and Antioxidative Defenses, 2022, Toxics
  • Fecal dysbiosis associated with colonic hypersensitivity and behavioral alterations in chronically Blastocystis-infected rats, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Ricin B lectin-like proteins of the microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Anncaliia algerae are involved in host-cell invasion, 2021, Parasitology International

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated extensively include Hicham El Alaoui, Marie Diogon, Ivan Wawrzyniak, Éric Peyretaillade, and Philippe Poirier.

The regular publication venues for their work comprise SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Scientific Reports, Microorganisms, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Children of Senegal River Basin show the highest prevalence of Blastocystis sp. ever observed worldwide

    Dima El Safadi;Dima El Safadi;Lobna Gaayeb;Dionigia Meloni;Amandine Cian

  • Blastocystis, an unrecognized parasite: an overview of pathogenesis and diagnosis:

    Ivan Wawrzyniak;Philippe Poirier;Eric Viscogliosi;Meloni Dionigia

  • Colonization with the enteric protozoa Blastocystis is associated with increased diversity of human gut bacterial microbiota

    Christophe Audebert;Gaël Even;Amandine Cian;Dima El Safadi

  • Genome sequence of the stramenopile Blastocystis, a human anaerobic parasite

    Michaël Roussel;Michaël Roussel;Benjamin Noel;Ivan Wawrzyniak;Ivan Wawrzyniak

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Blastocystis sp. in Various Animal Groups from Two French Zoos and Evaluation of Potential Zoonotic Risk

    Amandine Cian;Dima El Safadi;Dima El Safadi;Marwan Osman;Marwan Osman;Romain Moriniere

  • Blastocystis is associated with decrease of fecal microbiota protective bacteria: comparative analysis between patients with irritable bowel syndrome and control subjects.

    Céline Nourrisson;Céline Nourrisson;Julien Scanzi;Bruno Pereira;Christina NkoudMongo

  • Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Protozoan Infections with Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Blastocystis and Dientamoeba among Schoolchildren in Tripoli, Lebanon.

    Marwan Osman;Marwan Osman;Dima El Safadi;Dima El Safadi;Amandine Cian;Sadia Benamrouz;Sadia Benamrouz

  • Molecular epidemiology of human Blastocystis isolates in France.

    Laetitia Souppart;Giovanna Sanciu;Amandine Cian;Ivan Wawrzyniak

  • Prevalence, risk factors for infection and subtype distribution of the intestinal parasite Blastocystis sp. from a large-scale multi-center study in France

    Dima El Safadi;Amandine Cian;Céline Nourrisson;Bruno Pereira

  • Subtype analysis of Blastocystis isolates from symptomatic patients in Egypt

    Laetitia Souppart;Hanaa Moussa;Amandine Cian;Giovanna Sanciu

  • Molecular subtyping of Blastocystis sp. isolates from symptomatic patients in Italy

    Dionigia Meloni;Dionigia Meloni;Giovanna Sanciu;Giovanna Sanciu;Philippe Poirier;Hicham El Alaoui

  • Honeybee gut microbiota dysbiosis in pesticide/parasite co-exposures is mainly induced by Nosema ceranae

    Laurianne Paris;Elodie Peghaire;Anne Moné;Marie Diogon

  • Effects of the gut parasite Nosema ceranae on honey bee physiology and behavior.

    Laurianne Paris;Hicham El Alaoui;Frédéric Delbac;Marie Diogon

  • On proteins of the microsporidian invasive apparatus: complete sequence of a polar tube protein of Encephalitozoon cuniculi

    Frédéric Delbac;Pierre Peyret;Guy Méténier;Danielle David

  • The Honeybee Gut Microbiota Is Altered after Chronic Exposure to Different Families of Insecticides and Infection by Nosema ceranae

    Régis Rouzé;Anne Moné;Frédéric Delbac;Luc Belzunces

  • Molecular epidemiology of Blastocystis in Lebanon and correlation between subtype 1 and gastrointestinal symptoms.

    Dima El Safadi;Dionigia Meloni;Philippe Poirier;Marwan Osman

  • The role of microsporidian polar tube protein 4 (PTP4) in host cell infection.

    Bing Han;Bing Han;Valérie Polonais;Valérie Polonais;Tatsuki Sugi;Rama Yakubu

  • AhR/IL-22 pathway as new target for the treatment of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome symptoms

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  • Characterization of two cysteine proteases secreted by Blastocystis ST7, a human intestinal parasite

    Ivan Wawrzyniak;Catherine Texier;Catherine Texier;Philippe Poirier;Philippe Poirier;Eric Viscogliosi

  • Genetic diversity analysis of Blastocystis subtypes from both symptomatic and asymptomatic subjects using a barcoding region from the 18S rRNA gene

    Tahereh Rezaei Riabi;Hamed Mirjalali;Ali Haghighi;Mohammad Rostami Nejad

  • Disruption of oxidative balance in the gut of the western honeybee Apis mellifera exposed to the intracellular parasite Nosema ceranae and to the insecticide fipronil

    Laurianne Paris;Michaël Roussel;Bruno Pereira;Frédéric Delbac

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Barnich
Nicolas Barnich University of Clermont Auvergne
Didier Debroas
Didier Debroas University of Clermont Auvergne
Arnaud Couloux
Arnaud Couloux French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Mohammad Reza Zali
Mohammad Reza Zali Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Benoit Chassaing
Benoit Chassaing Georgia State University
Eric Viscogliosi
Eric Viscogliosi Institut Pasteur

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