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Frederik Leliaert

Frederik Leliaert

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
9203
World Ranking
4035
National Ranking
55

Overview

Frederik Leliaert is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research portfolio primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Their work integrates several subfields, including Oceanography, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science.

Their research themes cover diverse topics with special emphasis on Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Diatoms and Algae Research, Identification and Quantification in Food, and Algal biology and biofuel production.

Many of Frederik Leliaert's publications have appeared in various scientific journals and platforms. The most frequent venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Research Ideas and Outcomes
  • Biodiversity Information Science and Standards
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Journal of Phycology

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Adaptation to Extreme Antarctic Environments Revealed by the Genome of a Sea Ice Green Alga," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Diversity of Sulfated Polysaccharides From Cell Walls of Coenocytic Green Algae and Their Structural Relationships in View of Green Algal Evolution," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Metadata standards and practical guidelines for specimen and DNA curation when building barcode reference libraries for aquatic life," 2021, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
  • "Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)," 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators who have co-authored publications with Frederik Leliaert include Olivier De Clerck, Luna M. van der Loos, Sofie D'hondt, Jessica Knoop, and Carme Blanco-Gavaldà. The collaboration with Olivier De Clerck is notably extensive, featuring 29 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Phylogeny and Molecular Evolution of the Green Algae

    Frederik Leliaert;David R. Smith;Hervé Moreau;Matthew D. Herron

  • DNA- based species delimitation in algae

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Pieter Vanormelingen;Frederique Steen

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

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

  • Limits to gene flow in a cosmopolitan marine planktonic diatom

    Griet Casteleyn;Frederik Leliaert;Thierry Backeljau;Ann-Eline Debeer

  • Algal taxonomy: a road to nowhere?

    Olivier De Clerck;Michael D. Guiry;Frederik Leliaert;Yves Samyn

  • Research note: Identity of the Qingdao algal bloom

    Frederik Leliaert;Xiaowen Zhang;Naihao Ye;Erik-jan Malta

  • A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae

    Heroen Verbruggen;Matt Ashworth;Steven T. LoDuca;Caroline Vlaeminck

  • Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms

    Wim Vyverman;Elie Verleyen;Annick Wilmotte;Dominic A. Hodgson

  • Insights into the Evolution of Multicellularity from the Sea Lettuce Genome

    Olivier De Clerck;Shu Min Kao;Kenny A. Bogaert;Jonas Blomme

  • Hidden levels of phylodiversity in Antarctic green algae: further evidence for the existence of glacial refugia

    Aaike De Wever;Frederik Leliaert;Elie Verleyen;Pieter Vanormelingen

  • Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae): A cosmopolitan diatom species?

    Griet Casteleyn;Victor A. Chepurnov;Frederik Leliaert;David G. Mann

  • Evolution and Cytological Diversification of the Green Seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)

    Ellen Cocquyt;Heroen Verbruggen;Frederik Leliaert;Olivier De Clerck

  • Molecular phylogeny of the Tylenchina and evolution of the female gonoduct (Nematoda: Rhabditida).

    Wim Bert;Frederik Leliaert;Andy R. Vierstraete;Jacques R. Vanfleteren

  • Into the deep: new discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny.

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Frederick W. Zechman

  • A revised classification of the dictyoteae (dictyotales, phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence analyses

    Olivier De Clerck;Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Christopher E. Lane

  • Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines

    Dioli Ann Payo;Dioli Ann Payo;Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Heroen Verbruggen;Sofie D'hondt

  • Macroecology meets macroevolution: evolutionary niche dynamics in the seaweed Halimeda

    Heroen Verbruggen;Lennert Tyberghein;Klaas Pauly;Caroline Vlaeminck

  • Lack of phylogeographic structure in the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa suggests global dispersal

    Ineke van Gremberghe;Frederik Leliaert;Joachim Mergeay;Joachim Mergeay;Pieter Vanormelingen

  • DNA taxonomy in morphologically plastic taxa: algorithmic species delimitation in the Boodlea complex (Chlorophyta: Cladophorales).

    Frederik Leliaert;Heroen Verbruggen;Brian Wysor;Olivier De Clerck

  • Who is in there? Exploration of endophytic bacteria within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta).

    Joke Hollants;Olivier Leroux;Frederik Leliaert;Helen Decleyre

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier De Clerck
Olivier De Clerck Ghent University
Heroen Verbruggen
Heroen Verbruggen University of Melbourne
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
John J. Bolton
John J. Bolton University of Cape Town
Ann Vanreusel
Ann Vanreusel Ghent University
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Klaas Vandepoele
Klaas Vandepoele Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
Wim Vyverman
Wim Vyverman Ghent University
Aschwin H. Engelen
Aschwin H. Engelen University of Algarve
Koen Sabbe
Koen Sabbe Ghent University

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