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Tom Defoirdt

Tom Defoirdt

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Microbiology

D-Index
49
Citations
13424
World Ranking
4520
National Ranking
94

Overview

Tom Defoirdt is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium. Their research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these areas, their work particularly emphasizes subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Ecology, and Aquatic Science.

The scientist's research topics predominantly cover aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Vibrio bacteria research studies, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, gut microbiota and health, microbial community ecology and physiology, invertebrate immune response mechanisms, and aquaculture nutrition and growth.

Tom Defoirdt has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Aquaculture
  • Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • Gut Microbes

Recent research papers by Tom Defoirdt illustrate their ongoing work in aquatic microbiology and bacterial interactions, including:

  • "Rearing water microbiomes in white leg shrimp ( Litopenaeus vannamei ) larviculture assemble stochastically and are influenced by the microbiomes of live feed products", 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • "The blue mussel inside: 3D visualization and description of the vascular-related anatomy of Mytilus edulis to unravel hemolymph extraction", 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Indole decreases the virulence of pathogenic vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade", 2021, Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • "Quorum-sensing interference in vibrios", 2023, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "The impact of the multichannel quorum sensing systems of Vibrio tasmaniensis and Vibrio crassostreae on virulence towards blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) larvae", 2021, Aquaculture

Defoirdt frequently collaborates with a range of coauthors, including:

  • Qian Yang
  • Mieke Eggermont
  • Shan Zhang
  • J. Heyse
  • Ruben Props

Best Publications

  • The basics of bio-flocs technology: The added value for aquaculture

    P. De Schryver;R. Crab;T. Defoirdt;N. Boon

  • 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

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

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Patrick Sorgeloos;Willy Verstraete

  • Quorum-Sensing Systems as Targets for Antivirulence Therapy

    Tom Defoirdt

  • 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

  • Detection and quantification of the human‐specific HF183 Bacteroides 16S rRNA genetic marker with real‐time PCR for assessment of human faecal pollution in freshwater

    Sylvie Seurinck;Tom Defoirdt;Willy Verstraete;Steven D. Siciliano

  • Early mortality syndrome outbreaks: a microbial management issue in shrimp farming?

    Peter De Schryver;Tom Defoirdt;Patrick Sorgeloos

  • Can bacteria evolve resistance to quorum sensing disruption

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Peter Bossier

  • Significance of microalgal–bacterial interactions for aquaculture.

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

  • The bacterial storage compound poly-β-hydroxybutyrate protects Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii

    Tom Defoirdt;Dirk Halet;Han Vervaeren;Nico Boon

  • Quorum sensing and quorum quenching in Vibrio harveyi : lessons learned from in vivo work

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Patrick Sorgeloos;Willy Verstraete

  • Short-chain fatty acids and poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates: (New) Biocontrol agents for a sustainable animal production

    Tom Defoirdt;Nico Boon;Patrick Sorgeloos;Willy Verstraete

  • The application of bioflocs technology to protect brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi.

    Roselien Crab;A Lambert;Tom Defoirdt;Peter Bossier

  • Quorum sensing inhibitors: how strong is the evidence?

    Tom Defoirdt;Gilles Brackman;Tom Coenye

  • Microbiology and immunology of fish larvae

    Olav Vadstein;Øivind Bergh;François-Joel Gatesoupe;Jorge Galindo-Villegas

  • The emergence of Vibrio pathogens in Europe: ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis (Paris, 11–12th March 2015)

    Frédérique Le Roux;Frédérique Le Roux;K. Mathias Wegner;Craig Baker-Austin;Luigi Vezzulli

  • The natural furanone (5Z)-4-bromo-5-(bromomethylene)-3-butyl-2(5H)-furanone disrupts quorum sensing-regulated gene expression in Vibrio harveyi by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the transcriptional regulator protein luxR

    Tom Defoirdt;Carol M. Miyamoto;Thomas K. Wood;Edward A. Meighen

  • Quorum sensing-disrupting brominated furanones protect the gnotobiotic brine shrimp Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio campbellii, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates.

    Tom Defoirdt;Roselien Crab;Thomas K. Wood;Patrick Sorgeloos

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Bossier
Peter Bossier Ghent University
Patrick Sorgeloos
Patrick Sorgeloos Ghent University
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Indrani Karunasagar
Indrani Karunasagar Nitte University
Siegfried E. Vlaeminck
Siegfried E. Vlaeminck University of Antwerp
Tom Van de Wiele
Tom Van de Wiele Ghent University
Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University
Frédérique Le Roux
Frédérique Le Roux French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University

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