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Ilse Cleenwerck

Ilse Cleenwerck

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Microbiology

D-Index
54
Citations
9901
World Ranking
3977
National Ranking
86

Overview

Ilse Cleenwerck is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans important subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Insect Science, Food Science, and Pharmacology.

Their work primarily focuses on topics such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ilse Cleenwerck include:

  • Peter Vandamme
  • Luc Cornet
  • Denis Baurain
  • Anneleen D. Wieme
  • Miia Pasanen

The scientist has published in several recurring venues, including:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Microorganisms
  • Environmental Microbiome
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Representative recent publications by Ilse Cleenwerck include:

  • "Pectobacterium parvum sp. nov., having a Salmonella SPI-1-like Type III secretion system and low virulence" (2020) in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Description of Komagataeibacter melaceti sp. nov. and Komagataeibacter melomenusus sp. nov. Isolated from Apple Cider Vinegar" (2020) in Microorganisms
  • "Phylogenomic Analyses of Snodgrassella Isolates from Honeybees and Bumblebees Reveal Taxonomic and Functional Diversity" (2022) in mSystems
  • "Consistent Prebiotic Effects of Carrot RG-I on the Gut Microbiota of Four Human Adult Donors in the SHIME® Model despite Baseline Individual Variability" (2021) in Microorganisms
  • "Novel acetic acid bacteria from cider fermentations: Acetobacter conturbans sp. nov. and Acetobacter fallax sp. nov" (2020) in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • Staphylococcus pseudintermedius sp. nov., a coagulase-positive species from animals.

    Luc A. Devriese;Marc Vancanneyt;Margo Baele;Mario Vaneechoutte

  • Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of Ralstonia solanacearum and Ralstonia syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii subsp. nov., R. solanacearum phylotype IV strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis subsp. nov., banana blood disease bacterium strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. celebesensis subsp. nov. and R. solanacearum phylotype I and III strains as Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum sp. nov.

    Irda Safni;Ilse Cleenwerck;Paul De Vos;Mark Fegan

  • The taxonomy of Enterobacter sakazakii: proposal of a new genus Cronobacter gen. nov. and descriptions of Cronobacter sakazakii comb. nov. Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. sakazakii, comb. nov., Cronobacter sakazakii subsp. malonaticus subsp. nov., Cronobacter turicensis sp. nov., Cronobacter muytjensii sp. nov., Cronobacter dublinensis sp. nov. and Cronobacter genomospecies 1

    Carol Iversen;Carol Iversen;Angelika Lehner;Niall Mullane;Eva Bidlas

  • Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA)

    Carrie Louise Brady;Ilse Cleenwerck;S.N. Venter;Marc Vancanneyt

  • Dynamics and biodiversity of populations of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria involved in spontaneous heap fermentation of cocoa beans in Ghana.

    Nicholas Camu;Tom De Winter;Kristof Verbrugghe;Ilse Cleenwerck

  • Re-examination of the genus Acetobacter, with descriptions of Acetobacter cerevisiae sp. nov. and Acetobacter malorum sp. nov.

    Ilse Cleenwerck;K Vandemeulebroecke;Daniëlle Janssens;Jean Swings

  • Identification of lactobacilli by pheS and rpoA gene sequence analyses

    Sabri M. Naser;Peter Dawyndt;Bart Hoste;Dirk Gevers

  • Lactobacillus diolivorans sp nov., a 1,2-propanediol-degrading bacterium isolated from aerobically stable maize silage

    J. Krooneman;F. Faber;A.C. Alderkamp;S.J.H.W. Ouden Elferink

  • Dickeya solani sp. nov., a pectinolytic plant pathogenic bacterium isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    Jan M. van der Wolf;Els H. Nijhuis;Malgorzata J. Kowalewska;Gerry S. Saddler

  • Genetic characterization of strains named as Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae leads to a taxonomic revision of the X. axonopodis species complex

    E. C. Constantin;I. Cleenwerck;M. Maes;S. Baeyen

  • Carnobacterium divergens and Carnobacterium maltaromaticum as spoilers or protective cultures in meat and seafood: phenotypic and genotypic characterization.

    Birgit Groth Laursen;Lene Bay;Ilse Cleenwerck;Marc Vancanneyt

  • Natural association of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus and diazotrophic Acetobacter peroxydans with wetland rice.

    Ramachandran Muthukumarasamy;Ilse Cleenwerck;Gopalakrishnan Revathi;Muthaiyan Vadivelu

  • Pantoea vagans sp. nov., Pantoea eucalypti sp. nov., Pantoea deleyi sp. nov. and Pantoea anthophila sp. nov.

    Carrie L. Brady;Stephanus N. Venter;Ilse Cleenwerck;Katrien Engelbeen

  • Polyphasic taxonomy of acetic acid bacteria: an overview of the currently applied methodology.

    Ilse Cleenwerck;Paul De Vos

  • Leuconostoc holzapfelii sp nov., isolated from Ethiopian coffee fermentation and assessment of sequence analysis of housekeeping genes for delineation of Leuconostoc species

    Katrien De Bruyne;Ulrich Schillinger;Lily Caroline;Benjamin Boehringer

  • Paracoccus zeaxanthinifaciens sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium

    Alan Berry;Danielle Janssens;Markus Hümbelin;Jan P. M. Jore

  • Arcobacter mytili sp. nov., an indoxyl acetate-hydrolysis-negative bacterium isolated from mussels.

    Luis Collado;Ilse Cleenwerck;Stefanie Van Trappen;Paul De Vos

  • Acinetobacter parvus sp. nov., a small-colony-forming species isolated from human clinical specimens.

    Alexandr Nemec;Lenie Dijkshoorn;Ilse Cleenwerck;Thierry De Baere

  • Cellulose synthesis by Komagataeibacter rhaeticus strain P 1463 isolated from Kombucha.

    Pavels Semjonovs;Maija Ruklisha;Longina Paegle;Madara Saka

  • Validation of the (GTG)5-rep-PCR fingerprinting technique for rapid classification and identification of acetic acid bacteria, with a focus on isolates from Ghanaian fermented cocoa beans

    Luc De Vuyst;Nicholas Camu;Tom De Winter;Katrien Vandemeulebroecke

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Marc Vancanneyt
Marc Vancanneyt Ghent University
Luc De Vuyst
Luc De Vuyst Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Bart Hoste
Bart Hoste Ghent University
Teresa A. Coutinho
Teresa A. Coutinho University of Pretoria
Fabiano L. Thompson
Fabiano L. Thompson Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Roger Stephan
Roger Stephan University of Zurich

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