Tom Defoirdt

Tom Defoirdt

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 50

Europe-Belgium

About Tom Defoirdt

Tom Defoirdt, With an exceptional h-index of 50 and a recent h-index of 38 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiteit Gent, specializes in the field of quorum sensing, virulence, virulence factors, Vibrio, aquaculture.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The impact of indole and mucin on sporulation, biofilm formation, and enterotoxin production in foodborne Clostridium perfringens

Indole signaling, a promising target to control vibriosis in aquaculture

Indole‐3‐acetic acid increases the survival of brine shrimp challenged with vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade

Bacterial and microalgal communities in carp polyculture systems: Composition, affecting factors and further perspectives

Utilisation of probiotics for disease management in giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): Administration methods, antagonistic effects and immune …

Quorum‐sensing interference in vibrios

Indole decreases the virulence of the bivalve model pathogens Vibrio tasmaniensis LGP32 and Vibrio crassostreae J2-9

The impact of the multichannel quorum sensing systems of Vibrio tasmaniensis and Vibrio crassostreae on virulence towards blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) larvae

Tom Defoirdt Information

University

Position

research professor

Citations(all)

13047

Citations(since 2020)

6545

Cited By

9303

hIndex(all)

50

hIndex(since 2020)

38

i10Index(all)

91

i10Index(since 2020)

77

Email

University Profile Page

Universiteit Gent

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Tom Defoirdt Skills & Research Interests

quorum sensing

virulence

virulence factors

Vibrio

aquaculture

Top articles of Tom Defoirdt

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The impact of indole and mucin on sporulation, biofilm formation, and enterotoxin production in foodborne Clostridium perfringens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Chao Wang

Tom Defoirdt

Andreja Rajkovic

2024/4

Indole signaling, a promising target to control vibriosis in aquaculture

Tom Defoirdt

2023/5/18

Indole‐3‐acetic acid increases the survival of brine shrimp challenged with vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade

Journal of Fish Diseases

Shanshan Zhang

Jana Van Haesebroeck

Qian Yang

Tom Defoirdt

2023/5

Bacterial and microalgal communities in carp polyculture systems: Composition, affecting factors and further perspectives

Bui Ngoc Minh Ngan

Jasmine Heyse

Jérôme Delamare-Deboutteville

Tom Defoirdt

Ruben Props

...

2023/12/23

Utilisation of probiotics for disease management in giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii): Administration methods, antagonistic effects and immune …

Mirja Kaizer Ahmmed

Shuva Bhowmik

Fatema Ahmmed

Stephen G Giteru

Shikder Saiful Islam

...

2023/12

Quorum‐sensing interference in vibrios

Shanshan Zhang

Qian Yang

Mieke Eggermont

Tom Defoirdt

2023/9

Indole decreases the virulence of the bivalve model pathogens Vibrio tasmaniensis LGP32 and Vibrio crassostreae J2-9

Scientific Reports

Shanshan Zhang

Qian Yang

Songzhe Fu

Colin R Janssen

Mieke Eggermont

...

2022/4/6

The impact of the multichannel quorum sensing systems of Vibrio tasmaniensis and Vibrio crassostreae on virulence towards blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) larvae

Aquaculture

Shikder Saiful Islam

Shanshan Zhang

Mieke Eggermont

Maxime Bruto

Frédérique Le Roux

...

2022

Indole analogues decreasing the virulence of Vibrio campbellii towards brine shrimp larvae

Microbial Biotechnology

Shanshan Zhang

Qian Yang

Tom Defoirdt

2022/12

Indole and mucin regulating sporulation, biofilm formation and virulence gene expression of foodborne Clostridium perfringens

Chao Wang

Tom Defoirdt

Andreja Rajkovic

2022

Halogenated indoles decrease the virulence of Vibrio campbellii in a gnotobiotic brine shrimp model

Microbiology Spectrum

Shanshan Zhang

Qian Yang

Tom Defoirdt

2022/10/26

Effects of Caco-2 cells or indole/mucin on clostridium perfringens toxin production

Chao Wang

Tom Defoirdt

Evelien Dierick

Evy Goossens

Filip Van Immerseel

...

2022

Indole decreases the virulence of pathogenic vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Shanshan Zhang

Qian Yang

Tom Defoirdt

2022/1/1

Deciphering the virulent Vibrio harveyi causing spoilage in muscle of aquatic crustacean Litopenaeus vannamei

Scientific Reports

Lian Gan

Jianwei Zheng

Wei-Hua Xu

Jianhao Lin

Jingshu Liu

...

2022/9/29

One health pathogen surveillance demonstrated the dissemination of gut pathogens within the two coastal regions associated with intensive farming

Gut pathogens

Qingyao Wang

Yixiang Zhang

Qian Yang

Songzhe Fu

Baocheng Qu

...

2021/12

Quorum sensing regulation of virulence gene expression in Vibrio harveyi during its interaction with marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Gurpreet Kaur-Kahlon

Ballamoole Krishna Kumar

HA Ruwandeepika

Tom Defoirdt

Indrani Karunasagar

2021

Insights into a Pyruvate Sensing and Uptake System in Vibrio campbellii and Its Importance for Virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Stephanie Göing

Ana Florencia Gasperotti

Qian Yang

Tom Defoirdt

Kirsten Jung

2021/9/23

Rearing water microbiomes in white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) larviculture assemble stochastically and are influenced by the microbiomes of live feed …

Environmental microbiology

Jasmine Heyse

Ruben Props

Pantipa Kongnuan

Peter De Schryver

Geert Rombaut

...

2021/1

Probiotics: their action against pathogens can be turned around

Scientific Reports

Lian Gan

Wei-Hua Xu

Yuanyan Xiong

Zhaolin Lv

Jianwei Zheng

...

2021/6/24

Microbiomes of live feed products have an important contribution to the rearing water microbiomes in Litopenaeus vannamei larviculture

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

Heyse Jasmine

Props Ruben

Kongnuan Pantipa

De Schryver Peter

Rombaut Geert

...

2021/3/3

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