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Peter Bossier

Peter Bossier

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Microbiology

D-Index
80
Citations
25101
World Ranking
1153
National Ranking
30

Overview

Peter Bossier is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium, focusing research within the fields of immunology, microbiology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans 84 publications related to Immunology and Microbiology, 60 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and 48 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Subfields of interest include Immunology, Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, and Ecology.

Bossier's research topics are oriented around aquatic organisms and their health, with particular attention to disease management and nutrition in aquaculture. Key topics include aquaculture disease management and microbiota, aquaculture nutrition and growth, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, bacterial studies focusing on Vibrio species, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, aquatic life and conservation, and physiological and biochemical adaptations.

Frequent publication venues for Bossier's work include Aquaculture, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Immunology, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, and Aquaculture Reports.

Regular coauthors contributing substantially to Bossier's research output include Daisy Vanrompay, Kartik Baruah, Nancy Nevejan, Parisa Norouzitallab, and Yulaine Corrales Barrios.

Several notable papers by Bossier and collaborators include:

  • Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND): Virulence, Pathogenesis and Mitigation Strategies in Shrimp Aquaculture, 2021, Toxins
  • Structure-Functional Activity Relationship of β-Glucans From the Perspective of Immunomodulation: A Mini-Review, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Purple bacteria as added-value protein ingredient in shrimp feed: Penaeus vannamei growth performance, and tolerance against Vibrio and ammonia stress, 2020, Aquaculture
  • Trained immunity and perspectives for shrimp aquaculture, 2020, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Biofloc-Based Enhanced Survival of Litopenaeus vannamei Upon AHPND-Causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus Challenge Is Partially Mediated by Reduced Expression of Its Virulence Genes, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen removal techniques in aquaculture for a sustainable production

    Roselien Crab;Yoram Avnimelech;Tom Defoirdt;Peter Bossier

  • Biofloc technology in aquaculture: Beneficial effects and future challenges

    Roselien Crab;Tom Defoirdt;Peter Bossier;Willy Verstraete

  • Alternatives to antibiotics for the control of bacterial disease in aquaculture

    Tom Defoirdt;Patrick Sorgeloos;Peter Bossier

  • Effect of dietary components on the gut microbiota of aquatic animals. A never‐ending story?

    E. Ringø;Z. Zhou;J.L.G. Vecino;S. Wadsworth

  • Heat shock proteins (chaperones) in fish and shellfish and their potential role in relation to fish health: a review.

    RJ Roberts;C Agius;C Saliba;Peter Bossier

  • Vibrio anguillarum as a fish pathogen: virulence factors, diagnosis and prevention.

    Ingeborg Frans;Chris Michiels;Peter Bossier;Kris Willems

  • Alternatives to antibiotics to control bacterial infections: luminescent vibriosis in aquaculture as an example

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Patrick Sorgeloos;Willy Verstraete

  • The effect of different carbon sources on the nutritional value of bioflocs, a feed for Macrobrachium rosenbergii postlarvae

    Roselien Crab;Bram Chielens;Mathieu Wille;Peter Bossier

  • Complete Dna-Sequence Of Yeast Chromosome-Xi

    B. Dujon;D. Alexandraki;B. André;W. Ansorge

  • Columnaris disease in fish: a review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions

    Annelies Maria Declercq;Freddy Haesebrouck;Wim Van den Broeck;Peter Bossier

  • Probiotics in aquaculture of China : Current state, problems and prospect

    Zizhong Qi;Xiao-Hua Zhang;Nico Boon;Peter Bossier

  • Cinnamaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde derivatives reduce virulence in Vibrio spp. by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the quorum sensing response regulator LuxR

    Gilles Brackman;Tom Defoirdt;Carol Miyamoto;Peter Bossier

  • Disruption of bacterial quorum sensing: an unexplored strategy to fight infections in aquaculture

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Peter Bossier;Willy Verstraete

  • The size of biofloc determines the nutritional composition and the nitrogen recovery by aquaculture animals

    Julie Ekasari;Julie Ekasari;Deasy Angela;Setiyo Hadi Waluyo;Taufiq Bachtiar

  • Immune response and disease resistance of shrimp fed biofloc grown on different carbon sources.

    Julie Ekasari;Julie Ekasari;Muhammad Hanif Azhar;Enang H. Surawidjaja;Sri Nuryati

  • Can bacteria evolve resistance to quorum sensing disruption

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Peter Bossier

  • Biofloc technology application in aquaculture to support sustainable development goals.

    Peter Bossier;Julie Ekasari

  • Significance of microalgal–bacterial interactions for aquaculture.

    Fatin M. I. Natrah;Peter Bossier;Patrick Sorgeloos;Fatimah Md. Yusoff

  • Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) increases growth performance and intestinal bacterial range-weighted richness in juvenile European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax

    Peter De Schryver;Amit Kumar Sinha;Amit Kumar Sinha;Prabesh Singh Kunwar;Kartik Baruah

  • Beta-glucans as immunostimulant in vertebrates and invertebrates.

    S Soltanian;E Stuyven;E Cox;P Sorgeloos

  • Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences

    Guy Smagghe;Els Damme;Walter Steurbaut;Peter Bossier

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Sorgeloos
Patrick Sorgeloos Ghent University
Tom Defoirdt
Tom Defoirdt Ghent University
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Indrani Karunasagar
Indrani Karunasagar Nitte University
Hans Nauwynck
Hans Nauwynck Ghent University
Thomas H. MacRae
Thomas H. MacRae Dalhousie University
Olav Vadstein
Olav Vadstein Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bart Lievens
Bart Lievens KU Leuven

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