Weckx Stefan

Weckx Stefan

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

H-index: 36

Europe-Belgium

About Weckx Stefan

Weckx Stefan, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 30 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, specializes in the field of Food biotechnology, bioinformatics, microbial genomics, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics.

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

The microbial and metabolite composition of Gouda cheese made from pasteurized milk is determined by the processing chain

Decarboxylase activity of the non-starter lactic acid bacterium Loigolactobacillus rennini gives crack defects in Gouda cheese through the production of γ …

The rotation of primary starter culture mixtures results in batch-to-batch variations during Gouda cheese production

An in-depth multiphasic analysis of the chocolate production chain, from bean to bar, demonstrates the superiority of Saccharomyces cerevisiae over Hanseniaspora opuntiae as …

Brytella acorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium from sour beverages

Yeast strains do have an impact on the production of cured cocoa beans, as assessed with Costa Rican Trinitario cocoa fermentation processes and chocolates thereof

Optimization of cacao beans fermentation by native species and electromagnetic fields

Genome-based characterization of a plasmid-associated micrococcin P1 biosynthetic gene cluster and virulence factors in Mammaliicoccus sciuri IMDO-S72

Weckx Stefan Information

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Citations(all)

4901

Citations(since 2020)

2938

Cited By

2924

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

30

i10Index(all)

60

i10Index(since 2020)

53

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Weckx Stefan Skills & Research Interests

Food biotechnology

bioinformatics

microbial genomics

metagenomics

metatranscriptomics

Top articles of Weckx Stefan

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The microbial and metabolite composition of Gouda cheese made from pasteurized milk is determined by the processing chain

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Hannes Decadt

Stefan Weckx

Luc De Vuyst

2024/2/16

Decarboxylase activity of the non-starter lactic acid bacterium Loigolactobacillus rennini gives crack defects in Gouda cheese through the production of γ …

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Hannes Decadt

Louise Vermote

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Stefan Weckx

Luc De Vuyst

2024/1/17

The rotation of primary starter culture mixtures results in batch-to-batch variations during Gouda cheese production

Frontiers in Microbiology

Hannes Decadt

Stefan Weckx

Luc De Vuyst

2023/2/16

An in-depth multiphasic analysis of the chocolate production chain, from bean to bar, demonstrates the superiority of Saccharomyces cerevisiae over Hanseniaspora opuntiae as …

Food Microbiology

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Dario Van de Voorde

Emmy Tuenter

Valérie Lemarcq

Davy Van de Walle

...

2023/2/1

Brytella acorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel acetic acid bacterium from sour beverages

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Atena Sadat Sombolestani

Dries Bongaerts

Eliza Depoorter

Ilse Cleenwerck

Anneleen D Wieme

...

2023/9/1

Yeast strains do have an impact on the production of cured cocoa beans, as assessed with Costa Rican Trinitario cocoa fermentation processes and chocolates thereof

Frontiers in Microbiology

Dario Van de Voorde

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Carlos Eduardo Hernandez

Stefan Weckx

Luc De Vuyst

2023/8/9

Optimization of cacao beans fermentation by native species and electromagnetic fields

Heliyon

Tania María Guzmán-Armenteros

Luis Alejandro Ramos-Guerrero

Luis Santiago Guerra

Stefan Weckx

Jenny Ruales

2023/4/1

Genome-based characterization of a plasmid-associated micrococcin P1 biosynthetic gene cluster and virulence factors in Mammaliicoccus sciuri IMDO-S72

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

David Van der Veken

Charlie Hollanders

Marko Verce

Chris Michiels

Steven Ballet

...

2022/2/22

To culture or not to culture: careful assessment of metabarcoding data is necessary when evaluating the microbiota of a modified-atmosphere-packaged vegetarian meat alternative …

Bmc Microbiology

Evelyne Duthoo

Koen De Reu

Frédéric Leroy

Stefan Weckx

Marc Heyndrickx

...

2022/1/25

Steering Cocoa Fermentation, a Fine-Scale Follow-up of Mixed-Strain Starter Cultures

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Carlos Hernández Aguirre

Stefan Weckx

Luc De Vuyst

2022

Phylogenomics of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae cocoa strain reveals adaptation to a West African fermented food population

Iscience

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Marko Verce

Luc De Vuyst

Stefan Weckx

2022/11/18

Metagenetics versus metagenomics, a dual approach to reach strain-level resolution for starter culture monitoring.

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Hannes Decadt

Luc De Vuyst

Stefan Weckx

2022

Microbiomes associated with the surfaces of Northern Argentinian fruits show a wide species diversity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Louise Vermote

Marko Verce

Fernanda Mozzi

Luc De Vuyst

Stefan Weckx

2022/7/11

To culture or not to culture: Carefull assessment of metabarcoding data is necessary when evaluating the microbiota of a modified-atmosphere-packaged vegetarian meat …

Koen De Reu

Geertrui Rasschaert

Frédéric Leroy

S Weckx

Marc Heyndrickx

...

2022

Traditional fermented foods from ecuador: A Review with a Focus on Microbial Diversity

Luis Santiago Guerra

Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos

Stefan Weckx

Jenny Ruales

2022/6/23

The microbiota of modified-atmosphere-packaged cooked charcuterie products throughout their shelf-life period, as revealed by a complementary combination of culture-dependent …

Microorganisms

Evelyne Duthoo

Geertrui Rasschaert

Frédéric Leroy

Stefan Weckx

Marc Heyndrickx

...

2021/6/4

A combined metagenomics and metatranscriptomics approach to unravel Costa Rican cocoa box fermentation processes reveals yet unreported microbial species and functionalities

Frontiers in microbiology

Marko Verce

Jorn Schoonejans

Carlos Hernandez Aguirre

Ramon Molina-Bravo

Luc De Vuyst

...

2021/2/16

Next-generation sequencing to enhance the taxonomic resolution of the microbiological analysis of meat and meat-derived products

Emiel Van Reckem

Luc De Vuyst

Stefan Weckx

Frederic Leroy

2021/2/1

Curing of cocoa beans: fine-scale monitoring of the starter cultures applied and metabolomics of the fermentation and drying steps

Frontiers in Microbiology

Cristian Díaz-Muñoz

Dario Van de Voorde

Andrea Comasio

Marko Verce

Carlos Eduardo Hernandez

...

2021/1/11

High-throughput amplicon sequencing to assess the impact of processing factors on the development of microbial communities during spontaneous meat fermentation

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Emiel Van Reckem

Ewout Claeys

Christina Charmpi

Ana Sosa Fajardo

David Van der Veken

...

2021/9/16

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Stefaan De Smet

Universiteit Gent

H-index: 44
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Peter De Rijk

Universiteit Antwerpen

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