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Overview

Lenie Dijkshoorn is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific focus on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Ecology as subfields.

Their published work concentrates on themes such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Identification and Quantification in Food.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • David R. Arahal
  • Magne Bisgaard
  • Henrik Christensen
  • Dominique Clermont
  • Birgitta Duim

Dijkshoorn has contributed to publications chiefly within the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.

Recent papers by this researcher include:

  • Minutes of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes online discussion on the proposed use of gene sequences as type for naming of prokaryotes, and outcome of vote (2020) in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • The best of both worlds: a proposal for further integration of Candidatus names into the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (2024) in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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  • Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

    A. van Belkum;P.T. Tassios;L. Dijkshoorn;S. Haeggman

  • The population structure of Acinetobacter baumannii: expanding multiresistant clones from an ancestral susceptible genetic pool.

    Laure Diancourt;Virginie Passet;Alexandr Nemec;Lenie Dijkshoorn

  • Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis: the State of an Art

    P. H. M. Savelkoul;H. J. M. Aarts;J. de Haas;L. Dijkshoorn

  • Standardization and Interlaboratory Reproducibility Assessment of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis-Generated Fingerprints of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Harald Seifert;Lucilla Dolzani;Raffaela Bressan;Tanny van der Reijden

  • Distribution of Acinetobacter species on human skin: comparison of phenotypic and genotypic identification methods.

    H Seifert;L Dijkshoorn;P Gernersmidt;N Pelzer

  • Identification of Acinetobacter genomic species by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis.

    M. Vaneechoutte;L. Dijkshoorn;I. Tjernberg;Abdeslam Elaichouni

  • Species-Level Identification of Isolates of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii Complex by Sequence Analysis of the 16S-23S rRNA Gene Spacer Region

    Hsien Chang Chang;Yu Fang Wei;Lenie Dijkshoorn;Mario Vaneechoutte

  • Comparison of outbreak and nonoutbreak Acinetobacter baumannii strains by genotypic and phenotypic methods

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  • Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU).

    Alexandr Nemec;Lenka Krizova;Martina Maixnerova;Tanny J.K. van der Reijden

  • Diversity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes and their association with class 1 integrons among strains of pan-European Acinetobacter baumannii clones.

    Alexandr Nemec;Lucilla Dolzani;Sylvain Brisse;Peterhans van den Broek

  • Identification of a new geographically widespread multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone from European hospitals.

    Helke van Dessel;Lenie Dijkshoorn;Tanny van der Reijden;Nancy Bakker

  • Multicenter study using standardized protocols and reagents for evaluation of reproducibility of PCR-based fingerprinting of Acinetobacter spp.

    Hj Grundmann;Kj Towner;L Dijkshoorn;P Gernersmidt

  • Validation of partial rpoB gene sequence analysis for the identification of clinically important and emerging Acinetobacter species.

    Vijay A. K. B. Gundi;Lenie Dijkshoorn;Sophie Burignat;Didier Raoult

  • Distribution and in-vitro transfer of tetracycline resistance determinants in clinical and aquatic Acinetobacter strains

    L. Guardabassi;L. Dijkshoorn;J.-M. Collard;J.E. Olsen

  • Acinetobacter ursingii sp. nov. and Acinetobacter schindleri sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens.

    A Nemec;T De Baere;I Tjernberg;M Vaneechoutte

  • Differential roles of CD14 and toll-like receptors 4 and 2 in murine Acinetobacter pneumonia.

    Sylvia Knapp;Catharina W. Wieland;Sandrine Florquin;Ralph Pantophlet

  • Horizontal Gene Transfer in a Polyclonal Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

    Jubelle K. Valenzuela;Lee Thomas;Lee Thomas;Sally R. Partridge;Tanny van der Reijden

  • Discrimination of Acinetobacter Genomic Species by AFLP Fingerprinting

    Paul Janssen;Kees Maquelin;Renata Coopman;Ingela Tjernberg

  • Adherence of Acinetobacter baumannii strains to human bronchial epithelial cells.

    Je Chul Lee;Henk Koerten;Peterhans van den Broek;Henry Beekhuizen

  • The Success of Acinetobacter Species; Genetic, Metabolic and Virulence Attributes

    Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg;Anton Y. Peleg;Anna de Breij;Mark D. Adams;Gustavo M. Cerqueira

  • Acinetobacter beijerinckii sp. nov. and Acinetobacter gyllenbergii sp. nov., haemolytic organisms isolated from humans.

    Alexandr Nemec;Martin Musílek;Martina Maixnerová;Thierry De Baere

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Vaneechoutte
Mario Vaneechoutte Ghent University
Sylvain Brisse
Sylvain Brisse Institut Pasteur
Renato Fani
Renato Fani University of Florence
Peter H. Nibbering
Peter H. Nibbering Leiden University Medical Center
Harald Seifert
Harald Seifert University of Cologne
Helmut Brade
Helmut Brade BOKU University
Jordi Vila
Jordi Vila University of Barcelona
Birgitta Duim
Birgitta Duim Utrecht University
Paul H. M. Savelkoul
Paul H. M. Savelkoul Maastricht University
Geert Huys
Geert Huys KU Leuven

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