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Peter Vandamme

Peter Vandamme

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Microbiology
Belgium
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
132
Citations
72003
World Ranking
73
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Peter Vandamme is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has an extensive body of research work primarily situated within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly contributions encompass 141 publications in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 123 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Insect Science, Food Science, and Ecology. The scientist has developed expertise in topics such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant and Animal Studies, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Vandamme are:

  • A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae (2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY)
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria (2020, Nature Microbiology)
  • The Ever-Expanding Pseudomonas Genus: Description of 43 New Species and Partition of the Pseudomonas putida Group (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses (2021, Global Change Biology)
  • gcType: a high-quality type strain genome database for microbial phylogenetic and functional research (2020, Nucleic Acids Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Vandamme include:

  • Margo Cnockaert (33 joint publications)
  • Charlotte Peeters (26 joint publications)
  • Anneleen D. Wieme (21 joint publications)
  • Denis Michez (19 joint publications)
  • Guy Smagghe (18 joint publications)

Publications have appeared extensively in venues such as:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (24 publications)
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology (8 publications)
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • DNA–DNA hybridization values and their relationship to whole-genome sequence similarities

    Johan Goris;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Joel A. Klappenbach;Tom Coenye

  • A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae.

    Jinshui Zheng;Stijn Wittouck;Elisa Salvetti;Charles M A P Franz

  • Polyphasic taxonomy, a consensus approach to bacterial systematics.

    P Vandamme;B Pot;M Gillis;P de Vos

  • Re-evaluating prokaryotic species

    Dirk Gevers;Frederick M. Cohan;Jeffrey G. Lawrence;Brian G. Spratt

  • Dysbiosis of the faecal microbiota in patients with Crohn's disease and their unaffected relatives

    Marie Joossens;Geert Huys;Margo Cnockaert;Vicky De Preter

  • Cutting a gordian knot: Emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom nov (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978).

    Jf Bernardet;Paul Segers;Marc Vancanneyt;F Berthe

  • Diversity and significance of Burkholderia species occupying diverse ecological niches

    Tom Coenye;Peter Vandamme

  • 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

  • DNA-Based Diagnostic Approaches for Identification of Burkholderia cepacia Complex, Burkholderia vietnamiensis, Burkholderia multivorans,Burkholderia stabilis, and Burkholderia cepacia Genomovars I and III

    Eshwar Mahenthiralingam;Jocelyn Bischof;Sean K. Byrne;Christopher Radomski

  • Ralstonia taiwanensis sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa species and sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient.

    W M Chen;S Laevens;T M Lee;T Coenye

  • PCR-Based Assay for Differentiation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Other Pseudomonas Species Recovered from Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Theodore Spilker;Tom Coenye;Peter Vandamme;John J. LiPuma

  • Occurrence of multiple genomovars of Burkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis patients and proposal of Burkholderia multivorans sp. nov.

    Peter Vandamme;B Holmes;Marc Vancanneyt;Tom Coenye

  • Taxonomy of the genus Cupriavidus: a tale of lost and found

    Peter Vandamme;Tom Coenye

  • Taxonomy and Identification of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex

    Tom Coenye;Peter Vandamme;John R. W. Govan;John J. LiPuma

  • Introduction to the Proteobacteria

    Karel Kersters;Paul De Vos;Monique Gillis;Jean Swings

  • Analysis of electrophoretic whole organism protein fingerprints

    Bruno Pot;Peter Vandamme;Karel Kersters

  • Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Arcobacter with Arcobacter butzleri comb. nov. and Arcobacter skirrowii sp. nov., an aerotolerant bacterium isolated from veterinary specimens

    P. Vandamme;M. Vancanneyt;B. Pot;L. Mels

  • New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen-nov, and Empedobacter nom-rev.

    Peter Vandamme;Jf Bernardet;Paul Segers;Karel Kersters

  • Legume symbiotic nitrogen fixation by beta-proteobacteria is widespread in nature.

    Wen-Ming Chen;Lionel Moulin;Cyril Bontemps;Cyril Bontemps;Peter Vandamme

  • Burkholderia phytofirmans sp. nov., a novel plant-associated bacterium with plant-beneficial properties

    A. Sessitsch;T. Coenye;A.V. Sturz;P.A. Vandamme

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University
Luc De Vuyst
Luc De Vuyst Vrije Universiteit Brussel
John J. LiPuma
John J. LiPuma University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Geert Huys
Geert Huys KU Leuven
Marc Vancanneyt
Marc Vancanneyt Ghent University
Karel Kersters
Karel Kersters Ghent University
Freddy Haesebrouck
Freddy Haesebrouck Ghent University
Enevold Falsen
Enevold Falsen University of Gothenburg
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam Cardiff University
Ilse Cleenwerck
Ilse Cleenwerck Ghent University

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