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Tjakko Abee is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, where they focus on research within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their expertise spans several subfields including biotechnology, molecular biology, food science, nutrition and dietetics, and ecology.

Their main research topics include Listeria monocytogenes in food safety, microbial inactivation methods, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, probiotics and fermented foods, essential oils and antimicrobial activity, and microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

Recent notable publications by Tjakko Abee include:

  • Resisting disinfectants, 2022, Communications Medicine
  • Extracellular vesicle formation in Lactococcus lactis is stimulated by prophage-encoded holin-lysin system, 2022, Microbial Biotechnology
  • Lichenysin Production by Bacillus licheniformis Food Isolates and Toxicity to Human Cells, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Bacterial Microcompartments Coupled with Extracellular Electron Transfer Drive the Anaerobic Utilization of Ethanolamine in Listeria monocytogenes, 2021, mSystems
  • Genomic characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated during mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) production and processing, 2021, International Journal of Food Microbiology

Tjakko Abee frequently publishes in several scientific journals, showing a strong connection to these recurring venues:

  • International Journal of Food Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Food Research International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their collaborative network often includes co-authors who have contributed intensively to shared research. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Heidy M.W. den Besten
  • Eddy J. Smid
  • Sjef Boeren
  • Marcel H. Tempelaars
  • M.H. Zwietering

Best Publications

  • Bacteriocins: modes of action and potentials in food preservation and control of food poisoning.

    Tjakko Abee;Lothar Krockel;Colin Hill

  • Microbial stress response in minimal processing

    Tjakko Abee;Jeroen A. Wouters

  • Assessment of viability of microorganisms employing fluorescence techniques

    P Breeuwer;T Abee

  • The Cellular Target of Histatin 5 on Candida albicans Is the Energized Mitochondrion

    Eva J. Helmerhorst;Pieter Breeuwer;Wim van 't Hof;Els Walgreen-Weterings

  • Biofilm formation and dispersal in Gram-positive bacteria

    Tjakko Abee;Akos T. Kovacs;Oscar P. Kuipers;Stijn van der Veen

  • Pediocin PA-1, a Bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici PAC1.0, Forms Hydrophilic Pores in the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Target Cells

    Michael L. Chikindas;Maria J. García-Garcerá;Arnold J.M. Driessen;Aat M. Ledeboer

  • Characterization of uptake and hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate and carboxyfluorescein diacetate by intracellular esterases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which result in accumulation of fluorescent product.

    P Breeuwer;J L Drocourt;N Bunschoten;M H Zwietering

  • Multiparametric Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting for the Assessment of Viable, Injured, and Dead Bifidobacterium Cells during Bile Salt Stress

    Kaouther Ben Amor;Pieter Breeuwer;Patrick Verbaarschot;Frank M. Rombouts

  • Membranes as a target for stress adaptation.

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  • Air-Liquid Interface Biofilms of Bacillus cereus: Formation, Sporulation, and Dispersion

    Janneke G. E. Wijman;Patrick P. L. A. de Leeuw;Roy Moezelaar;Marcel H. Zwietering

  • A Novel Method for Continuous Determination of the Intracellular pH in Bacteria with the Internally Conjugated Fluorescent Probe 5 (and 6-)-Carboxyfluorescein Succinimidyl Ester.

    P. Breeuwer;J.L. Drocourt;F.M. Rombouts;T. Abee

  • Physiological activity of Campylobacter jejuni far below the minimal growth temperature.

    Wilma C. Hazeleger;Jeroen A. Wouters;Frank M. Rombouts;Tjakko Abee

  • Genetic Diversity of Viable, Injured, and Dead Fecal Bacteria Assessed by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting and 16S rRNA Gene Analysis

    Kaouther Ben-Amor;Hans Heilig;Hauke Smidt;Elaine E. Vaughan

  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles and Their Impact on Health and Disease

    Yue Liu;Kyra A. Y. Defourny;Eddy J. Smid;Tjakko Abee

  • Mechanism of action of the peptide antibiotic nisin in liposomes and cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes.

    F H Gao;T Abee;W N Konings

  • Identification of Sigma Factor σB-Controlled Genes and Their Impact on Acid Stress, High Hydrostatic Pressure, and Freeze Survival in Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e

    Henrike H. Wemekamp-Kamphuis;Jeroen A. Wouters;Patrick P. L. A. de Leeuw;Torsten Hain

  • Physiological function of exopolysaccharides produced by Lactococcus lactis

    Petronella J Looijesteijn;Lionel Trapet;Eric de Vries;Tjakko Abee

  • Mixed species biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes and Lactobacillus plantarum show enhanced resistance to benzalkonium chloride and peracetic acid.

    Stijn van der Veen;Tjakko Abee

  • Lacticin 3147, a broad-spectrum bacteriocin which selectively dissipates the membrane potential

    O. McAuliffe;M.P. Ryan;R.P. Ross;C. Hill

  • Development of a Standard Test To Assess the Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Cells to Disinfectants

    Suzanne B. I. Luppens;Martine W. Reij;Rob W. L. van der Heijden;Frank M. Rombouts

  • Mode of Action of Nisin Z against Listeria monocytogenes Scott A Grown at High and Low Temperatures

    Tjakko Abee;Frank M. Rombouts;Jeroen Hugenholtz;Gilles Guihard

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel H. Zwietering
Marcel H. Zwietering Wageningen University & Research
Eddy J. Smid
Eddy J. Smid Wageningen University & Research
Frank M. Rombouts
Frank M. Rombouts Wageningen University & Research
Willem M. de Vos
Willem M. de Vos Wageningen University & Research
Oscar P. Kuipers
Oscar P. Kuipers University of Groningen
Roland J. Siezen
Roland J. Siezen Radboud University
Willem van Schaik
Willem van Schaik University of Birmingham
Colin Hill
Colin Hill University College Cork
Jos Boekhorst
Jos Boekhorst Wageningen University & Research
Cormac G. M. Gahan
Cormac G. M. Gahan University College Cork

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