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67
Citations
20473
World Ranking
8093
National Ranking
146

Overview

J. De Ley was affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research contributed to fields spanning Medicine, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Nursing. The scientist's subfields of study included Pharmacology, Plant Science, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The primary topics explored in their work involved Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, GABA and Rice Research, as well as Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques.

De Ley's scholarly output included the publication titled Chemical identification and optimization of the 4-aminophenol colorimetric test for the differentiation between hemp-type and marijuana-type cannabis plant samples in 2023, which appeared in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Their collaboration network featured several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Maíra Kerpel dos Santos
  • Alexander Acosta
  • Ryan Capote
  • Bakhtawar Tabassam
  • Martin Quirke

The Journal of Forensic Sciences was a notable venue where De Ley published work. Other venues were not documented in the available data.

Throughout their research career, De Ley focused on analytical techniques relevant to forensic and biochemical contexts, particularly emphasizing differentiation methods for cannabis plant types. Their interdisciplinary approach integrated aspects of plant science, pharmacology, and nutritional studies.

Best Publications

  • The quantitative measurement of DNA hybridization from renaturation rates.

    J. De Ley;H. Cattoir;A. Reynaerts

  • Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov.

    P. Vandamme;E. Falsen;R. Rossau;B. Hoste

  • The Determination of Molecular Weight of Bacterial Genome DNA from Renaturation Rates

    M. Gillis;J. De Ley;M. De Cleene

  • Azoarcus gen. nov., Nitrogen-Fixing Proteobacteria Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth), and Description of Two Species, Azoarcus indigens sp. nov. and Azoarcus communis sp. nov.

    Barbara Reinhold-Hurek;Thomas Hurek;Monique Gillis;Bart Hoste

  • Acetobacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Acetic Acid Bacterium Associated with Sugarcane

    M. Gillis;K. Kersters;B. Hoste;D. Janssens

  • 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

  • Azospirillum halopraeferens sp. nov., a Nitrogen-Fixing Organism Associated with Roots of Kallar Grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth)

    Barbara Reinhold;Thomas Hurek;Istvan Fendrik;Bruno Pot

  • A Biochemical Test for Crown Gall Bacteria

    M. J. Bernaerts;J. De Ley

  • Identification and grouping of bacteria by numerical analysis of their electrophoretic protein patterns.

    K. Kersters;J. De Ley

  • Intra- and Intergeneric Similarities of Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons

    P. De Vos;J. De Ley

  • Transfer of Pseudomonas maltophilia Hugh 1981 to the Genus Xanthomonas as Xanthomonas maltophilia (Hugh 1981) comb. nov.

    J. Swings;P. De Vos;M. Van den Mooter;J. De Ley

  • 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

  • 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

  • Proposal to recognize the family Aeromonadaceae fam. nov.

    R. R. Colwell;M. T. Macdonell;J. De Ley

  • Bordetella avium sp. nov., Isolated from the Respiratory Tracts of Turkeys and Other Birds

    K. Kersters;K.-H. Hinz;A. Hertle;P. Segers

  • Intra- and Intergeneric Similarities of the Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons of Acetobacter and Gluconobacter

    M. Gillis;J. De Ley

  • Evaluation of membrane filter methods for DNA-DNA hybridization.

    J. De Ley;R. Tijtgat

  • Intra- and Intergeneric Similarities of Agrobacterium Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Cistrons

    J. De Smedt;J. De Ley

  • Taxonomy of Moraxellaceae fam. nov., a New Bacterial Family To Accommodate the Genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, and Psychrobacter and Related Organisms

    R. Rossau;A. Van Landschoot;M. Gillis;J. De Ley

Frequent Co-Authors

P. De Vos
P. De Vos Ghent University
Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis Ghent University
Jean Swings
Jean Swings Ghent University
Marc Heyndrickx
Marc Heyndrickx Ghent University
Enevold Falsen
Enevold Falsen University of Gothenburg
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Bart Hoste
Bart Hoste Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Magne Bisgaard
Magne Bisgaard Bisgaard Consulting

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