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Prof. Dr Willems, Anne
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Institutes (2)	Top \| Institutes \| Publications \| Projects \| Datasets
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biochemie en Microbiologie; Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, more Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 51 03 E-mail: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium, more

Projects (6)

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Antarctic Microbial Biodiversity: The importance of geographical and ecological factors, more
Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species, more
Biotic interactions across size classes as structuring factors for marine benthic ecosystem functioning, more
Diatom-bacteria associations and interactions in intertidal phototrophic biofilms, more
Endosymbiotische bacteriën in coenocytische groenwieren. Verkenning van een partnerschap., more
The Algal Microbiome: Friends and Foes, more

Datasets (4)

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Peeters K (2020): Heterotrophic bacterial diversity in aquatic microbial mat communities from Antarctica. v1.0. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=heterotrophic_bacterial_isolates_in_antarctica_microbial_mats&v=1.0, more
Sweetlove M, Tytgat B, Verleyen E, Willems A, Wurzbacher C, Nillson H, Wilmotte A, Vyverman W (2019): Microbial communities (Bacteria, Eukaryotes and Fungi) in Arctic, Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic lacustrine biofilms. v1.1. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=microbial_bacteria_fungi_and_eukaryotes_in_arctic_antarctic_and_subantarctic_lacustrine_biofilms&v=1.1, more
Tytgat B, Vrleyen E, Obbels D, Peeters K, De Wever A, D'hondt S, De Meyer T, van Criekinge W, Vyverman W, Willems A (2018): Bacterial Diversity Assessment in Antarctic Terrestrial and Aquatic Microbial Mats. v1.1. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=bacterial_diversity_antarctica_microbial_mats&v=1.1, more
Tytgat B, Vyverman W, Willems A, Verleyen E (2018): Bacteria (16S) in Antarctic terrestrial soils of the Sor Rondane Mountains. v1.4. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=bacteria_antarctic_terrestrial_soils&v=1.4, more

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A1 Publications (53) [show]
van der Loos, L.M.; De Wilde, C.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O.; Steinhagen, S. (2024). The cultivated sea lettuce (Ulva) microbiome: Successional and seasonal dynamics. Aquaculture 585: 740692. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.740692, more van der Loos, L.M.; D'hondt, S.; Engelen, A.H.; Pavia, H.; Toth, G.B.; Willems, A.; Weinberger, F.; De Clerck, O.; Steinhagen, S. (2023). Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic-Baltic Sea gradient. Mol. Ecol. 32(23): 6260-6277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16462, more van der Loos, L.M.; De Coninck, L.; Zell, R.; Lequime, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O.; Matthijnssens, J. (2023). Highly divergent CRESS DNA and picorna-like viruses associated with bleached thalli of the green seaweed Ulva. Microbiology Spectrum 11(5): 1-25. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00255-23, more Filek, K.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A.; Chaerle, P.; Vyverman, W.; Žižek, M.; Bosak, S. (2022). More than just hitchhikers: a survey of bacterial communities associated with diatoms originating from sea turtles. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 98(10): fiac104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac104, more Stock, W.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2022). Selection constrains lottery assembly in the microbiomes of closely related diatom species. ISME Commun. 2(1): 11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00091-x, more Morrissey, K.L.; Ivesa, L.; Delva, S.; D'hondt, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Impacts of environmental stress on resistance and resilience of algal-associated bacterial communities. Ecol. Evol. 11(21): 15004-15019. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8184, more Rat, R.; Naranjo, H.D.; Lebbe, L.; Cnockaert, M.; Krigas, N.; Grigoriadou, K.; Maloupa, E.; Willems, A. (2021). Roseomonas hellenica sp. nov., isolated from roots of wild-growing Alkanna tinctoria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44(3): 126206. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126206, more Tahon, G.; Gök, D.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A. (2021). Description and functional testing of four species of the novel phototrophic genus Chioneia gen. nov., isolated from different East Antarctic environments. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 44(6): 126250. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126250, more Tahon, G.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A. (2021). Spirosoma utsteinense sp. nov. isolated from Antarctic ice-free soils from the Utsteinen region, East Antarctica. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 71(3): 004754. https://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004754, more van der Loos, L.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Characterizing the Ulva microbiome with long-reads from nanopore sequencing. Phycologia 60(S1): 38-38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1922050, more van der Loos, L.M.; D'hondt, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Characterizing algal microbiomes using long-read nanopore sequencing. Algal Research 59: 102456. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102456, more Tahon, G.; Lebbe, L.; De Troch, M.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A. (2020). Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from salt-water sediment and first insights in the genomes of Leeuwenhoekiella species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 70(3): 1706-1719. https://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003959, more Giraldo, J.B.; Stock, W.; Dow, L.; Roef, L.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; Kroth, P.G.; Vyverman, W.; Michiels, M. (2019). Influence of the algal microbiome on biofouling during industrial cultivation of Nannochloropsis sp. in closed photobioreactors. Algal Research 42: 101591. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101591, more Koedooder, C.; Stock, W.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; De Troch, M.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2019). Diatom-bacteria interactions modulate the composition and productivity of benthic diatom biofilms. Front. Microbiol. 10: 1255. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01255, more Morrissey, K.L.; Çavas, L.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2019). Disentangling the influence of environment, host specificity and thallus differentiation on bacteria communities in siphonous green seaweeds. Front. Microbiol. 10: 717. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00717, more Stock, F.; Syrpas, M.; van Creveld, S.G.; Backx, S.; Blommaert, L.; Dow, L.; Stock, W.; Ruysbergh, E.; Lepetit, B.; Bailleul, B.; Sabbe, K.; De Kimpe, N.; Willems, A.; Kroth, P.G.; Vardi, A.; Vyverman, W.; Mangelinckx, S. (2019). N-acyl homoserine lactone derived tetramic acids impair photosynthesis in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. ACS Chemical Biology 14(2): 198-203. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.8b01101, more Stock, W.; Blommaert, L.; De Troch, M.; Mangelinckx, S.; Willems, A.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2019). Host specificity in diatom-bacteria interactions alleviates antagonistic effects. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 95(11): fiz171. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz171, more Tahon, G.; Tytgat, B.; Lebbe, L.; Carlier, A.; Willems, A. (2018). Abditibacterium utsteinense sp. nov., the first cultivated member of candidate phylum FBP, isolated from ice-free Antarctic soil samples. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 41(4): 279-290. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2018.01.009, more Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Leliaert, F.; Derycke, S.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2018). The effect of bio-irrigation by the polychaete Lanice conchilega on active denitrifiers: distribution, diversity and composition of nosZ gene. PLoS One 13(2): e0192391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192391, more Morrissey, K.L.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2017). Exploring bacterial diversity in invasive green algae. Phycologia 56(Supplement 4): 131-131, more Stock, F.; van Creveld, S.G.; Syrpas, M.; Philipp, B.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; Vyverman, W. (2017). Chemical communication on a microscale - discovering additional roles of N-Acyl homoserine lactones in diatom bacteria interactions. Phycologia 56(Supplement 4): 181-181, more Decleyre, H.; Heylen, K.; Tytgat, B.; Willems, A. (2016). Highly diverse nirK genes comprise two major clades that harbour ammonium-producing denitrifiers. BMC Genom. 17(155): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2465-0, more Mancuso, F.P.; D'Hondt, S.; Willems, A.; Airoldi, L.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Diversity and temporal dynamics of the epiphytic bacterial communities associated with the canopy-forming seaweed Cystoseira cornpressa (Esper) Gerloff and Nizamuddin. Front. Microbiol. 7: 11 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00476, more Obbels, D.; Verleyen, E.; Mano, M.-J.; Namsaraev, Z.; Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Fernandez-Carazo, R.; De Wever, A.; D'Hondt, S.; Ertz, D.; Elster, J.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; Wilmotte, A.; Vyverman, W. (2016). Bacterial and eukaryotic biodiversity patterns in terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 92(6): 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw041, more Tahon, G.; Tytgat, B.; Willems, A. (2016). Diversity of phototrophic genes suggests multiple bacteria may be able to exploit sunlight in exposed soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. Front. Microbiol. 7(2026): 17 pp. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02026, more Tahon, G.; Tytgat, B.; Stragier, P.; Willems, A. (2016). Analysis of cbbL, nifH, and pufLM in soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica, reveals a large diversity of autotrophic and phototrophic bacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 71(1): 131-149. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-015-0704-6, more Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Sweetlove, M.; D’Hondt, S.; Clercx, P.; Van Ranst, E.; Peeters, K.; Roberts, S.; Namsaraev, Z.; Wilmotte, A.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2016). Bacterial community composition in relation to bedrock type and macrobiota in soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 92(9): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw126, more Decleyre, H.; Heylen, K.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). Dissimilatory nitrogen reduction in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary: small scale heterogeneity and novel nitrate-to-ammonium reducers. Front. Microbiol. 6(1124): 13 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01124, more Decleyre, H.; Heylen, K.; Sabbe, K.; Tytgat, B.; Deforce, D.; Van Nieuwerburgh, F.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). A doubling of microphytobenthos biomass coincides with a tenfold increase in denitrifier and total bacterial abundances in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary. PLoS One 10(5): e0126583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126583, more Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Van Gansbeke, D.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2015). The link between microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling in marine sediments is modulated by macrofaunal bioturbation. PLoS One 10(6): e0130116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130116, more Stock, W.; Heylen, K.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2014). Interactions between benthic copepods, bacteria and diatoms promote nitrogen retention in intertidal marine sediments. PLoS One 9(10): e111001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111001, more Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Obbels, D.; Peeters, K.; De Wever, A.; D'Hondt, S.; De Meyer, T.; Van Criekinge, W.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2014). Bacterial diversity assessment in Antarctic terrestrial and aquatic microbial mats: a comparison between bidirectional pyrosequencing and cultivation. PLoS One 9(6): e97564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097564, more Cnudde, C.; Moens, T.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Substrate-dependent bacterivory by intertidal benthic copepods. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(2): 327-341. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2091-6, more Cnudde, C.; Sanchez Clavano, C.J.; Moens, T.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Structural and functional patterns of active bacterial communities during aging of harpacticoid copepod fecal pellets. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 71(1): 25-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01663, more Cnudde, C.; Moens, T.; Hoste, B.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Limited feeding on bacteria by two intertidal benthic copepod species as revealed by trophic biomarkers. Environmental Microbiology Reports 5(2): 301-309. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12018, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Permanent residents or temporary lodgers: characterizing intracellular bacterial communities in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1754): 8 pp. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2659, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). Host specificity and coevolution of Flavobacteriaceae endosymbionts within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 67(3): 608-614. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.025, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2013). What we can learn from sushi: a review on seaweed-bacterial associations. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 83(1): 1-16. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01446.x, more Leliaert, F.; Hollants, J.; Verbruggen, H.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2012). Diversity and evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria in the siphonous green alga Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 48: S10-S10, more Peeters, K.; Verleyen, E.; Hodgson, D.A.; Convey, P.; Ertz, D.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2012). Heterotrophic bacterial diversity in aquatic microbial mat communities from Antarctica. Polar Biol. 35(4): 543-554. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1100-4, more Chimetto, L.; Cleenwerck, I.; Moreira, A.; Brocchi, M.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; Thompson, F. (2011). Vibrio variabilis sp. nov. and Vibrio maritimus sp. nov., isolated from Palythoa caribaeorum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61: 3009-3015. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.026997-0, more Chimetto, L.; Cleenwerck, I.; Brocchi, M.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; Thompson, F. (2011). Marinomonas brasilensis sp. nov., isolated from the coral Mussismilia hispida, and reclassification of Marinomonas basaltis as a later heterotypic synonym of Marinomonas communis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61: 1170-1175. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.024661-0, more Chimetto, L.; Cleenwerck, I.; Brocchi, M.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; Thompson, F. (2011). Marinobacterium coralli sp. nov., isolated from mucus of coral (Mussismilia hispida). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61: 60-64. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.021105-0, more Chimetto, L.A.; Cleenwerck, I.; Alves Jr, N.; Silva, B.S.; Brocchi, M.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; Thompson, F.L. (2011). Vibrio communis sp. nov., isolated from the marine animals Mussismilia hispida, Phyllogorgia dilatata, Palythoa caribaeorum, Palythoa variabilis and Litopenaeus vannamei. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61(2): 362-368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.019729-0, more Cnudde, C.; Willems, A.; Van Hoorde, K.; Vyverman, W.; Moens, T.; De Troch, M. (2011). Effect of food preservation on the grazing behavior and on the gut flora of the harpacticoid copepod Paramphiascella fulvofasciata. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 407(1): 63-69. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.007, more Hollants, J.; Decleyre, H.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2011). Life without a cell membrane: challenging the specificity of bacterial endophytes within Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). BMC Microbiol. 11(255): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-255, more Hollants, J.; Leroux, O.; Leliaert, F.; Decleyre, H.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2011). Who is in there? Exploration of endophytic bacteria within the siphonous green seaweed Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). PLoS One 6(10): e26458. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026458, more Chimetto, L.A.; Cleenwerck, I.; Thompson, C.; Brocchi, M.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; Thompson, F. (2010). Photobacterium jeanii sp. nov., isolated from corals and zoanthids. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 60: 2843-2848. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.019968-0, more De Troch, M.; Cnudde, C.; Willems, A.; Moens, T.; Vanreusel, A. (2010). Bacterial colonization on fecal pellets of harpacticoid copepods and on their diatom food. Microb. Ecol. 60(3): 581-591. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-010-9669-7, more Hollants, J.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2010). How endo- is endo-? Surface sterilization of delicate samples: A Bryopsis (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) case study. Symbiosis 51(1): 131-138. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13199-010-0068-0, more Vyverman, W.; Verleyen, E.; Wilmotte, A.; Hodgson, D.A.; Willems, A.; Peeters, K.; Van de Vijver, B.; De Wever, A.; Leliaert, F.; Sabbe, K. (2010). Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms. Polar Science 4(2): 103-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.006, more Leliaert, F.; Hollants, J.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2009). Diversity of bacterial endosymbionts in siphonous and siphonocladalean green algae. Phycologia 48(4): 74, more Peix, A.; Rivas, R.; Trujillo, M.E.; Vancanneyt, M.; Velázquez, E.; Willems, A. (2005). Reclassification of Agrobacterium ferrugineum LMG 128 as Hoeflea marina gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 1163-1166. dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63291-0, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Berrada, I.; Willems, A.; De Vos, P.; El Fahime, E.; Swings, J.; Bendaou, N.; Melloul, M.; Amar, M. (2012). Diversity of culturable moderately halophilic and halotolerant bacteria in a marsh and two salterns a protected ecosystem of Lower Loukkos (Morocco). Afr. J. Microbiol. Res. 6(10): 2419-2434. dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJMR-11-1490, more
Book chapters (5) [show]
Cnudde, C.; Moens, T.; Hoste, B.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Limited feeding on bacteria by two intertidal benthic copepod species as revealed by trophic biomarkers, in: Cnudde, C. Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. pp. 91-105, more Cnudde, C.; Moens, T.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Substrate-dependent bacterivory by intertidal benthic copepods, in: Cnudde, C. Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. pp. 71-89, more Cnudde, C.; Sanchez Clavano, C.J.; Moens, T.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2013). Structural and functional patterns of active bacterial communities during aging of harpacticoid copepod fecal pellets, in: Cnudde, C. Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. pp. 107-126, more Cnudde, C.; Willems, A.; Van Hoorde, K.; Vyverman, W.; Moens, T.; De Troch, M. (2013). Effect of food preservation on the grazing behaviour and on the gut flora of the harpacticoid copepod Paramphiascella fulvofasciata, in: Cnudde, C. Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. pp. 149-160, more Cnudde, C.; Stock, W.; Willems, A.; Rigaux, A.; De Troch, M.; Moens, T. (2013). Spatio-temporal variation in harpacticoid copepod assemblages and of their food sources in an estuarine intertidal zone, in: Cnudde, C. Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. pp. 25-50, more
Abstracts (23) [show]
Shaikh, H.M.; Willems, A.; Brussaard, C.P.D.; De Rijcke, M. (2023). Chasing viruses: An ‘omics dive into viral diversity of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 1 March 2023, Bruges. VLIZ Special Publication, 90: pp. 14, more Gök Duygu, D.; Tahon, G.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A. (2020). Discovering the unknown: new Antarctic bacterial genus explored, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 94, more Deprez, T.; Bossier, P.; Cattrijsse, A.; Chiers, K; De Clerck, O.; Decostere, A.; Deneudt, K.; De Troch, M.; Hernandez, F.; Mascart, T.; Moens, T.; Tkint, T.; Vanstappen, G.; Verstraeten, T.; Willems, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2017). EMBRC.be - The Belgian node of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 28, more Stock, W.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; De Troch, M.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2017). The importance of the little things: bacteria-diatom interactions in intertidal mudflats, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 3 March 2017. VLIZ Special Publication, 79: pp. 82, more Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Van den Berge, K.; D'hondt, S.; Obbels, D.; Pinseel, E.; Hodgson, D.A.; Sabbe, K.; Wilmotte, A.; Clement, L.; Willems, A.; Vyverman, W. (2017). Biogeography and macroevolution in the Arctic and Antarctic lacustrine microbiomes, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 193, more Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Sweetlove, M.; Van de Vijver, B.; Van den Berge, K.; D'hondt, S.; Obbels, D.; Pinseel, E.; Hodgson, D.; Imura, S.; Sabbe, K.; Wilmotte, A.; Clement, L.; Willems, A.; The ANTDIAT consortium; Vyverman, W. (2017). Multi-domain evidence for fine-scale bioregionalisation patterns in the Antarctic lacustrine microbiome, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 194, more Willems, A.; Tahon, G.; Tytgat, B. (2017). Diversity of phototrophic bacteria in terrestrial samples from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 351, more Wilmotte, A.; Durieu, B.; Lara, Y.; Obbels, D.; Pessi, I.S.; Pinseel, E.; Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Van De Putte, A.; Van De Vijver, B.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2017). Diversity and biogeography of microorganisms in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 199, more Wilmotte, A.; Willems, A.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Velázquez, D.; Quesada, A.; Laughinghouse IV, H.D.; Kleinteich, J.; Pearce, D.A.; Elster, J.; Hughes, K. (2017). A strategy to protect reference sites for future microbiology research in Antarctica, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 448, more Deprez, T.; Artois, T.; Bossier, P.; Cattrijsse, A.; Chiers, K.; De Clerck, O.; Decostere, A.; Deneudt, K.; De Troch, M.; Hernandez, F.; Mascart, T.; Moens, T.; Plovie, A.; tkint, T.; Van Stappen, G.; Verstraeten, T.; Willems, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). EMBRC.be – The Belgian node of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 129, more Sabbe, K.; Stock, W.; De Boever, F.; Koedooder, C.; Choi, P.; Burrick, M.; Mangelinckx, S.; Willems, A.; Vyverman, W. (2016). Diatom-bacteria interactions in marine intertidal biofilms: nature, constraints and specificity, in: Pienitz, R. et al. (Ed.) IDS 2016: 24th International Diatom Symposium, Quebec, Canada, 21-26 August 2016: Program & Abstracts . pp. 128, more Stock, F.; Vyverman, W.; Mangelinckx, S.; Willems, A.; Vanhaecke, L. (2016). Hello from the other side - Interkingdom crosstalk between bacteria and diatoms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 106, more Stock, W.; Grace Bondoc, K.; Vyverman, W.; Pohnert, G.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S. (2016). Diatom-bacteria interactions: symbiosis on the move, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Scientist Day. Brugge, Belgium, 12 February 2016. VLIZ Special Publication, 75: pp. 107, more Yazdani Foshtomi, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Leliaert, F.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2016). The interaction between macro and micro-organisms affects biogeochemical cycles in coastal sediments, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 38, more Heylen, K.; Decleyre, H.; Sabbe, K.; Tytgat, B.; Van Colen, C.; Willems, A. (2015). Microphytobenthos increases denitrifier and total bacterial abundances in intertidal sediments of a temperate estuary, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 73, more Stock, W.; De Boever, F.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; De Troch, M.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2015). Favouritism and secret crosstalk in diatom-bacteria relations, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 125, more Yazdani, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2015). Effect of natural populations of the ecosystem engineering polychaete, Lanice conchilega, on abundance and diversity of nitrifying and denitrifying organisms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 20 February 2015. VLIZ Special Publication, 71: pp. 150, more Stock, W.; Heylen, K.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2014). Copepods promote nitrogen retention in estuarine sediments, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 101, more Yazdani, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2014). Direct and indirect effects of macrofaunal functional diversity and bacterial and archaeal community characteristics determine benthic nitrogen cycling in coastal marine sediments, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 132, more Yazdani, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2013). The effect of macrofaunal functional diversity on density and diversity of nitrifying and denitrifying organisms, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 15 February 2013. VLIZ Special Publication, 63: pp. 112, more Yazdani, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2012). Linking microbial and macrofaunal diversity with benthic ecosystem functioning of the Belgium parts of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts - VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day. Brugge, Belgium, 24 February 2012. VLIZ Special Publication, 55: pp. 112-113, more Hollants, J.; Leroux, O.; Leliaert, F.; De Clerck, O.; Willems, A. (2011). The art nouveau of biology: exhibiting seaweed-bacterial symbioses, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Marine Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 25 February 2011: book of abstracts. pp. 38, more De Troch, M.; Cnudde, C.; Willems, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2008). Bacterial communities on copepod faecal pellets: biodiversity, factors and functions, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more
Other publications (6) [show]
Filek, K.; Lebbe, L.; Willems, A.; Chaerle, P.; Vyverman, W.; Žižek, M.; Bosak, S. (2022). More than just hitchhikers: a survey of bacterial communities associated1 with diatoms originating from marine reptiles. bioRxiv 2022: 1-27. https://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.19.488760, more Morrissey, K.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Functional diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria in marine green algae. Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 12 February 2016. Phycology Research Group, University of Ghent: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Stock, W.; Bondoc, K.G.; Vyverman, W.; Pohnert, G.; Willems, A.; Mangelinckx, S.; De Troch, M.; Sabbe, K. (2016). Diatom-bacteria interactions: symbiosis on the move. Poster at the VLIZ Marine Scientist Day 12 February 2016. Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Stock, W.; Heylen, K.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; De Troch, M. (2014). Copepods promote nitrogen retention in estuarine sediments: Complex interactions across the oxic-anoxic interface. Poster at the VLIZ Young Scientist's Day 7 March 2014. Ghent University, Marine Biology Section/Ghent University, Laboratory of Microbiology: Gent. 1 poster pp., more Verleyen, E.; Obbels, D.; De Wever, A.; Souffreau, C.; Vanormelingen, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Peeters, K.; Tytgat, B.; Willems, A.; Ertz, D.; Van de Vijver, B.; Mano, M.-J.; De Carvalho Maalouf, P.; Fernandez-Carazo, R.; Namsaraev, Z.; Wilmotte, A. (2013). Uit het oog, uit het hart? Antarctische microbiële diversiteit als criterium voor natuurbehoud. Sci. connect. (Ned. ed.) 41: 44-47, more Yazdani, M.; Braeckman, U.; Derycke, S.; Sapp, M.; Willems, A.; Vincx, M.; Vanaverbeke, J. (2012). Linking microbial and macrofaunal diversity with benthic ecosystem functioning of the Belgium parts of the North Sea. Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group: Gent. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor (7) [show]
Van der Loos, L. (2024). Ulva-microbial interactions linked to the environment: Variation and acclimation. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Ghent. 200 pp., more Gök, D. (2020). Description and functional testing of four species of the novel phototrophic genus Flavaurantimonas gen. nov., isolated from different east Antarctic environments. MSc Thesis. University of Antwerp/Ghent University/Free University of Brussels (VUB): Antwerp/Ghent/Brussels. 56 pp., more Yazdani Foshtomi, M. (2017). Linking microbial communities and macrofauna functional diversity with benthic ecosystem functioning in shallow coastal sediments, with an emphasis on nitrifiers and denitrifiers. PhD Thesis. Ghent University: Gent. 234 pp., more Cnudde, C. (2013). Trophic ecology of intertidal harpacticoid copepods, with emphasis on their interactions with bacteria = Trofische ecologie van intertidale harpacticoide copepoden, met de nadruk op hun interacties met bacteriën. PhD Thesis. Ghent University (UGent): Gent. ISBN 9789090278285. 209 pp., more Stock, W. (2013). Effects of copepods, diatoms and their interactions on denitrification in marine sediments: an experimental approach. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Faculteit Wetenschappen: Gent. 36 pp., more Hollants, J. (2012). Endophytic bacteria within the green siphonous seaweed Bryopsis: Exploration of a partnership. PhD Thesis. Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University: Gent. ISBN 978-94-6197-046-6. 178 pp., more Cnudde, C. (2007). Mariene coprofagie: belang van fecale pellets voor de voedselopname van Paramphiascella fulvofasciata (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Wetenschappen. Vakgroep Biologie: Gent. 108 pp., more

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