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Dr Gillan, David

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Previous institutes (2)
Publications (53)
Projects (3)
Datasets (2)

Université de Mons; Unité de Protéomique et et Microbiologie, more

Université Libre de Bruxelles; Faculté des Sciences; Département de Biologie des Organismes; Centre Interuniversitaire de Biologie Marine (ULB - UMH); Unité de Biologie Marine (BIOMAR), more

Function: Post-doc

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Echinoderms as tools and targets for marine environmental studies (effects of pollution by heavy metals and PCBs; impact of sand extraction), more
Microbial diversity and metal fluxes in contaminated North Sea sediments, more
Systematics and phylogeny of echinoderms and of their symbiotes, more

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RAMS: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams on yyyy-mm-dd, more
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Gillan, David C., and Bruno Danis. 2007. The archaebacterial communities in Antarctic bathypelagic sediments. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 54 (16-17) (August): 1682-1690., more

A1 Publications (35) [show]
Delroisse, J.; Van Wayneberghe, K.; Flammang, P.; Gillan, D.; Gerbaux, P.; Opinã, N.; Todinanahary, G.G.B.; Eeckhaut, I. (2020). Epidemiology of a SKin Ulceration Disease (SKUD) in the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra with a review on the SKUDs in Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). NPG Scientific Reports 10(1): 22150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78876-0, more Lourino-Cabana, B; Billon, G; Lesven, L; Sabbe, K.; Gillan, D.C.; Gao, Y.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W. (2014). Monthly variation of trace metals in North Sea sediments. From experimental data to modeling calculations. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 87(1-2): 237-246. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.053, more Roosa, S.; Wattiez, R.; Prygiel, E.; Lesven, L.; Billon, G.; Gillan, D.C. (2014). Bacterial metal resistance genes and metal bioavailability in contaminated sediments. Environ. Pollut. 189: 143-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.02.031, more Roosa, S.; Vander Wauven, C.; Billon, G.; Matthijs, S.; Wattiez, R.; Gillan, D.C. (2014). The Pseudomonas community in metal-contaminated sediments as revealed by quantitative PCR: a link with metal bioavailability. Research in Microbiology 165(8): 647-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2014.07.011, more Plotieau, T.; Lavitra, T.; Gillan, D.C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2013). Bacterial diversity of the sediments transiting through the gut of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea; Echinodermata). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(12): 3087-3101. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2297-2, more Gao, Y.; Leermakers, M.; Pede, A.; Magnier, A.; Sabbe, K.; Louriño Cabana, B.; Billon, G.; Baeyens, W.; Gillan, D.C. (2012). Response of diffusive equilibrium in thin films (DET) and diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) trace metal profiles in sediments to phytodetritus mineralisation. Environ. Chem. 9(1): 41-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EN11075, more Gillan, D.C.; Pede, A.; Sabbe, K.; Gao, Y.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Louriño Cabana, B.; Billon, G. (2012). Effect of bacterial mineralization of phytoplankton-derived phytodetritus on the release of arsenic, cobalt and manganese from muddy sediments in the Southern North Sea. A microcosm study. Sci. Total Environ. 419: 98-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.034, more Gillan, D.C.; Baeyens, W.; Bechara, R.; Billon, G.; Denis, K.; Grosjean, P.; Leermakers, M.; Lesven, L.; Pede, A.; Sabbe, K.; Gao, Y. (2012). Links between bacterial communities in marine sediments and trace metal geochemistry as measured by in situ DET/DGT approaches. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 64(2): 353-362. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.001, more Mauffret, A.; Gillan, D.C.; Eriksson, K.M.; Rottiers, A.; Blasco, J.; Temara, A. (2011). LAS degradability by marine biofilms derived from seawater in Spain and Sweden. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 74(5): 1250-1256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.02.016, more Becker, P.; Gillan, D.C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2009). Characterization of the bacterial community associated with body wall lesions of Tripneustes gratilla (Echinoidea) using culture-independent methods. J. Invertebr. Pathol. 100(2): 127-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2008.11.002, more Gao, Y.; Lesven, L.; Gillan, D.C.; Sabbe, K.; Billon, G.; De Galan, S.; Elskens, M.; Baeyens, W.; Leermakers, M. (2009). Geochemical behavior of trace elements in sub-tidal marine sediments of the Belgian coast. Mar. Chem. 117(1-4): 88-96. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2009.05.002, more Mauffret, A.; Rottiers, A.; Federle, T.; Gillan, D.C.; Hampel, M.; Blasco, J.; Temara, A. (2009). Colonized beads as inoculum for marine biodegradability assessment: application to Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate. Environ. Int. 35(6): 885-892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2009.03.007, more Becker, P.; Gillan, D. C.; Eeckhaut, I. (2007). Microbiological study of the body wall lesions of the echinoid Tripneustes gratilla. Dis. Aquat. Org. 77(1): 73-82. dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao01821, more Brandt, A.; Gooday, A.J.; Brandão, S.N.; Brix, S.; Brökeland, W.; Cedhagen, T.; Choudhury, M.; Cornelius, N.; Danis, B.; De Mesel, I.; Diaz, R.J.; Gillan, D.C.; Ebbe, B.; Howe, J.A.; Janussen, D.; Kaiser, S.; Linse, K.; Malyutina, M.; Pawlowski, J.; Raupach, M.; Vanreusel, A. (2007). First insights into the biodiversity and biogeography of the Southern Ocean deep sea. Nature (Lond.) 447(7142): 307-311. dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature05827, more Coteur, G.; Mellroth, P.; De Lefortery, C.; Gillan, D.; Dubois, P.; Communi, D.; Steiner, H. (2007). Peptidoglycan recognition proteins with amidase activity in early deuterostornes (Echinodermata). Dev. Comp. Immunol. 31(8): 790-804. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2006.11.006, more Gillan, D.C.; Danis, B. (2007). The archaebacterial communities in Antarctic bathypelagic sediments. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 54(16-17): 1682-1690. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.002, more Gillan, D.C.; Pernet, P. (2007). Adherent bacteria in heavy metal contaminated marine sediments. Biofouling (Print) 23(1): 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927010601108725, more da Silva, S.G.; Gillan, D.C.; Dubilier, N.; De Ridder, C. (2006). Characterization by 16S rRNA gene analysis and in situ hybridization of bacteria living in the hindgut of a deposit-feeding echinoid (Echinodermata). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(5): 1209-1213. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014202, more Georgiades, E.T.; Danis, B.; Gillan, D.C.; Dubois, P.; Temara, A.; Holdway, D.A. (2006). Effect of crude oil contaminated sediment exposure on cytochrome P450 enzymes in the Australian asteroid Coscinasterias muricata. Chemosphere 65(10): 1869-1877. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.071, more Coteur, G.; Gillan, D. C.; Pernet, Ph.; Dubois, Ph. (2005). Alteration of cellular immune responses in the seastar Asterias rubens following dietary exposure to cadmium. Aquat. Toxicol. 73(4): 418-421. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2005.04.003, more Gillan, D.C.; Danis, B.; Pernet, P.; Joly, G.; Dubois, P. (2005). Structure of sediment-associated microbial communities along a heavy-metal contamination gradient in the marine environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(2): 679-690. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1128/AEM.71.2.679-690.2005, more Becker, P.; Gillan, D.; Lanterbecq, D.; Jangoux, M.; Rasolofonirina, R.; Rakotovao, J.; Eeckhaut, I. (2004). The skin ulceration disease in cultivated juveniles of Holothuria scabra (Holothuroidea, Echinodermata). Aquaculture 242(1-4): 13-30. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2003.11.018, more Gillan, D.C. (2004). The effect of an acute copper exposure on the diversity of a microbial community in North Sea sediments as revealed by DGGE analysis - the importance of the protocol. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 49(5-6): 504-513. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.03.003, more Gillan, D.C.; Ribesse, J.; De Ridder, C. (2004). The iron-encrusted microbial community of Urothoe poseidonis (Crustacea, Amphipoda). J. Sea Res. 52(1): 21-32. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2003.08.009, more Gillan, D.C.; De Ridder, C. (2004). Iron encrustation of the bivalve Montacuta ferruginosa. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(6): 1213-1214. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404010677h, more Gillan, D.C.; Dubilier, N. (2004). Novel epibiotic Thiothrix bacterium on a marine amphipod. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(6): 3772-3775. dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.6.3772-3775.2004, more Coteur, G.; Pernet, P.; Gillan, D.; Joly, G.; Maage, A.; Dubois, P. (2003). Field contamination of the starfish Asterias rubens by metals. Part 1: short- and long-term accumulation along a pollution gradient. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22(9): 2136-2144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1897/02-489, more Coteur, G.; Gillan, D.; Joly, G.; Pernet, P.; Dubois, P. (2003). Field contamination of the starfish Asterias rubens by metals. Part 2: effects on cellular immunity. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22(9): 2145-2151. https://dx.doi.org/10.1897/02-490, more Boulvain, F.; De Ridder, C.; Mamet, B.; Preat, A.; Gillan, D. (2001). Iron microbial communities in Belgian Frasnian carbonate mounds. Facies 44: 47-59. dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02668166, more Gillan, D.C.; De Ridder, C. (2001). Accumulation of a ferric mineral in the biofilm of Montacuta ferruginosa (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Biomineralization, bioaccumulation, and inference of paleoenvironments. Chem. Geol. 177(3-4): 371-379. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00420-4, more Gillan, D. C.; Cadee, G.C. (2000). Iron-encrusted diatoms and bacteria epibiotic on Hydrobia ulvae (Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). J. Sea Res. 43(1): 83-91. dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(99)00041-6, more Gillan, D.C.; Warnau, M.; De Vrind-De Jong, E.W.; Boulvain, F.; Préat, A.; de Ridder, C. (2000). Iron oxidation and deposition in the biofilm covering Montacuta ferruginosa (Mollusca, bivalvia). Geomicrobiol. J. 17(2): 141-150. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490450050023818, more Gillan, D.C.; Speksnijder, A.G.C.L.; Zwart, G.; de Ridder, C. (1998). Genetic diversity of the biofilm covering Montacuta ferruginosa (Mollusca, Bivalvia) as evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and cloning of PCR-Amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rRNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64(9): 3464-3472, more Temara, A.; Skei, J.M.; Gillan, D.; Warnau, M.; Jangoux, M.; Dubois, Ph. (1998). Validation of the asteroid Asterias rubens (Echinodermata) as a bioindicator of spatial and temporal trends of Pb, Cd, and Zn contamination in the field. Mar. Environ. Res. 45(4-5): 341-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(98)00026-9, more Gillan, D.C.; De Ridder, C. (1997). Morphology of a ferric iron-encrusted biofilm forming on the shell of a burrowing bivalve (Mollusca). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 12(1): 1-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame012001, more
Book chapters (10) [show]
Gillan, D.C.; Pede, A.; Sabbe, K.; Gao, Y.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Cabana, B.L.; Billon, G. (2012). Effect of bacterial mineralization of phytoplankton-derived phytodetritus on the release of arsenic, cobalt and manganese from muddy sediments in the Southern North Sea. A microcosm study, in: Pede, A. Diversity and dynamics of protist communities in subtidal North Sea sediments in relation to metal pollution and algal bloom deposition. pp. 79-102, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.C.; Gao, Y.; Billon, G.; Leermakers, M.; Verstraete, T.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2012). Impact of phytoplankton bloom deposition and concomitant metal fluxes on the composition and activity of benthic microbial communities in subtidal marine sediments: A microcosm study, in: Pede, A. Diversity and dynamics of protist communities in subtidal North Sea sediments in relation to metal pollution and algal bloom deposition. pp. 103-132, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.C.; Verstraete, T.; Baré, J.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2012). Short-term response of active microeukaryotic communities to arsenic contamination in silty and sandy subtidal coastal marine sediments, in: Pede, A. Diversity and dynamics of protist communities in subtidal North Sea sediments in relation to metal pollution and algal bloom deposition. pp. 133-157, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.C.; Gao, Y.; Lesven, L.; Verstraete, T.; Baeyens, W.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K.; Billon, G. (2012). Microbial eukaryote diversity and community structure in relation to natural stressors and trace metal pollutants in subtidal coastal marine sediments (North Sea, Belgium), in: Pede, A. Diversity and dynamics of protist communities in subtidal North Sea sediments in relation to metal pollution and algal bloom deposition. pp. 15-49, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.C.; Billon, G.; Lesven, L.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Verstraete, T.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2012). Effects of spring phytoplankton bloom deposition on seasonal dynamics and vertical distribution of microbial eukaryotes in a silty, metal-contaminated sediment in the Southern North Sea, in: Pede, A. Diversity and dynamics of protist communities in subtidal North Sea sediments in relation to metal pollution and algal bloom deposition. pp. 51-77, more Préat, A.; Delpomdor, F.; Kolo, K.; Gillan, D.C.; Prian, J.P. (2011). Stromatolites and Cyanobacterial Mats in Peritidal Evaporative Environments in the Neoproterozoic of Bas-Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) and South Gabon, in: Tewari, V. et al. STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 18: pp. pp 43-63. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0397-1_3, more Préat, A.R.; de Jong, J.T.M.; De Ridder, C.; Gillan, D.C. (2011). Possible Fe isotope fractionation during microbiological processing in ancient and modern marine environments, in: Tewari, V. et al. STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 18: pp. 651-673. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0397-1_29, more Gillan, D.C. (2003). The study of a recent iron-encrusted biofilm in the marine environment, in: Krumbein, W.E. et al. Fossil and Recent biofilms: a natural history of life on Earth. pp. 241-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8_15, more Dubois, Ph.; Chambost, Y.; Coteur, G.; Danis, B.; Dutrieux, S.; Feldstein, T.; Gillan, D.; Joly, G.; Pernet, Ph.; Radenac, G.; Warnau, M.; Jangoux, M.; Gosselin, P.; Postiau, P.; Flammang, P.; Wantier, P. (2002). Impact des métaux lourds et polychlorobiphényles associés aux sédiments sur les organismes de Mer du Nord = De invloed van zware metalen en polychloorbifenylen geassocieerd aan sedimenten op organismen in de Noordzee, in: Duurzaam Beheer van de Noordzee: presentatie van de onderzoeksresultaten, 21-22/01/2002. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee", , more Gillan, D.C.; de Ridder, C. (1995). The microbial community associated with Montacuta ferruginosa, a commensal bivalve of the echinoid Echinocardium cordatum, in: Emson, R.H. et al. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Research 1995: Proceedings of the 4th Echinoderm Colloquium London April 1995. pp. 71-76, more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Pede, A.; Gillan, D.; Gao, Y.; Billon, G.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Rousseau, V.; Verstraete, T.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2011). Impact of phytoplankton bloom deposition on microbial communities and metal fluxes in contaminated North Sea sediments: A microcosm study, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 64, more Préat, A.; de Jong, J.; De Ridder, C.; Gillan, D.; Martire, L. (2011). Why is 'red marble' red: could Fe-isotopes shed light on this question through the study of the Italian Ammonitico Rosso and recent organisms?, in: Geoitalia 2011. VIII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra. pp. 236, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.; Gao, Y.; Billon, G.; Lesven, L.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2009). Spatial and seasonal variation in microbial diversity in marine subtidal sediments in relation to sediment geochemistry and heavy metal pollution, in: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009: A Cruise Through Nice Waters, 25-30 January 2009, Nice, France. pp. 203, more Pede, A.; Gillan, D.; Gao, Y.; Billon, G.; Lesven, L.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.F.J.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2009). Patterns in microbial diversity in North Sea sediments; correlations with specific sediment characteristics and heavy metal pollution, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 57, more Baeyens, W.; Bechara, R.; Billon, G.; Dubois, P.; Fischer, J.-C.; Gao, Y.; Gillan, D.; Leermakers, M.; Lesven, L.; Pede, A.; Sabbe, K. (2008). Preliminary results of potential correlations between geochemical parameters, metals contamination and microbial diversity in North Sea sediments, in: Namiesnik, J. et al. (Ed.) 35th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, ISEAC 35: book of abstracts. pp. 141, more
Reports (3) [show]
Gillan, D.C.; Sabbe, K.; Pede, A.; Billon, G.; Lesven, L.; Gao, Y.; Leermakers, M.; Baeyens, W.; Louriño Cabana, B. (2012). Microbial diversity and metal fluxes in contaminated North Sea sediments MICROMET. Belgian Science Policy Office: Brussels. 107 pp., more Gillan, D.; Dubois, P.; Sabbe, K.; Pede, A.; Baeyens, W.; Leermakers, M.; Gao, Y.; Billon, G.; Lesven, L.; Fischer, J.-C. (2009). Microbial Diversity and Metal Fluxes in Contaminated North Sea Sediments MICROMET. Final Report phase I. Belgian Science Policy: Brussels. 54 pp., more Dubois, P.; Coteur, G.; Gosselin, P.; Wantier, P.; Danis, B.; Chambost, Y.; Gillan, D.; Joly, G.; Pernet, P.; Radenac, G.; Dutrieux, S.; Postiaux, P.; Cotret, O.; Teyssie, J.-L.; Fowler, S.W.; Villeneuve, J.-P.; Cattini, C.; Bustamante, P.; Flammang, R.; Jangoux, M.; Warnau, M. (2004). Impact des métaux lourds et des polychlorobiphényles sur les organismes de Mer du Nord. Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I): Programme "Sustainable Management of the North Sea" = Plan voor wetenschappelijke ondersteuning van een beleid gericht op duurzame ontwikkeling (PODO I): Programma "Duurzaam beheer van de Noordzee". Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid = Belgian Science Policy = Politique Scientifique Fédérale: Brussel. 60 pp., more