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De Vos Paul
Huys Geert
Vandamme Peter
Willems Anne
 
 
De Vos Paul
Address: K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35
                9000 Gent
                Belgium

Email: Paul.DeVos@UGent.be
Tel : (+32) 9 264.51.10
Fax: (+32) 9 264.50.92
Research activities :

General research interests that fall under my supervision are bacterial biodiversity, evolution and taxonomy, identification and detection. The current research projects in this respect are linked with bacteria involved in the Nitrogen cycle (denitrification and nitrification); the role of aerobic sporeformers (Bacillus and related organisms) in a variety of niches; the presence and role of plantpathogenic pseudomonads/xanthomonads.
Projects :

  1. Quantification and management of the microbial diversity in ecosystems (GOA-BOF, University Ghent) (finished 01/01/2009)

  2. Characterisation, ecology and epidemiology of plant pathogenic pseudomonads of leaf crops (lettuce and leek) (IWT- Landbouwkundig onderzoek) (finished 30/09/2008)

  3. Genomic detection of selected Bacillus s.l. representatives during gelatine production (IWT) (finished 30/06/2008)

  4. Improvement of the identification potential of fluorescent pseudomonads: a molecular approach (Federal Office for Scientific Policy) (finished 30/09/2008)

  5. Electrochemical control of biofilm-forming micro-organisms: screening, identification, and design of new knowledge-based technologies (FP6 - EA-BIOFILMS) (finished 30/09/2008)

  6. BCCM/LMG Bacteria collection (Federal Office for Scientific Policy)

  7. Double Blind Study on the identification of pseudomonads (Health Canada)

  8. Effect of preservation on the psychrophilic Pseudomonas microbiota in raw farm milk (IWT, landbouwkundig onderzoek)

  9. Democratic governance a reflexive theory of collective action

  10. Roadmap towards a prokaryotic genomic taxonomy (FWO post-Doc)

  11. Improved genomic identification of lactic acid and acetic acid bacteria (Federal Office for Scientific Policy)

  12. Bacterial species: from new concept to new definition (FWO-Vlaanderen)

  13. Development of public collections of diatoms, polar cyanobacteria, and mycobacteria in Belgium (Federal Office for Scientific Policy)

  14. Prototype of a distributed FAME information system for improved identifications of Prokaryotes (Federal Office for Scientific Policy)
Teaching :

General Microbiology
      Bachelor 3 Biotechnology & Biochemistry

Microbial Biotechnology
      Master 1 Biotechnology & Biochemistry

Applied Microbiology
      Master 2 Biology, cluster Functional Biology

Curriculum :

Employment

2008-present: Full professor (LM-UGent, Ghent University, Belgium).
2000-2008: Research professor (BOF-ZAP) (LM-UGent, Ghent University, Belgium).
1998-2000: Research Director (SRF)
1997-1990: Research Associate (SRF)
1986-1989: Senior Research Assistant (SRF)
1980-1985: Scientific researcher UGent
1975-1980: Assistant at the Laboratory for microbiology (Director Prof. De Ley).
1973-1974: I.W.O.N.L doctoral student grants (LM-UGent, Ghent University, Belgium).
Education

1989: Higher Aggregate: Shifts of the oxidation-reduction balances of fermentations by saccharolytic clostridia and Rhodobacter sulfidophilus.
1987: Four month stay at the TUDelft as post-Doc, Laboratory for microbiology (Prof. Gijs Kuenen).
1980: PhD in sciences, group Zoology, Physiology and biochemistry section, at the Ghent University (Belgium)
Title of the dissertation: A new classification of the genus Pseudomonas based on DNA-rRNA hybridisations.
Selected papers :

  1. Wittebolle, L., Marzorati, M, Clement, L., Balloi, A., Daffonchio, D., Heylen, K., De Vos, P., Verstraete, W. and Boon, N. 2009. Initial community evennnes favours functionality under selective stress. Nature 458: 623-626.

  2. Reekmans, R., Stevens, P., Vervust, T. and De Vos, P. (2009). An alternative real-time PCR Method to detect the Bacillus cereus group in naturally contaminated food gelatine: a comparison study. Letters in Applied Microbiology 48: 97-104.

  3. Slabbinck, B., Dawyndt, P., Martens, M., B. De Baets, De Vos, P. 2008. TaxonGap: a visualisation tool for intra- and inter-species variation among individual biomarkers. Bioinformatics, 24 (6): 866-867.

  4. Guinebretière M.H., Thompson F.L., Sorokin A., Normand P., Dawyndt P., Ehlingh-Shulz M., Svensson B., Sanchis V., Nguyen-The C., Heyndrickx M. and De Vos P. 2008. Ecological diversity in the Bacillus cereus Group. Environ. Microbiol. 10 (4): 851-865.

  5. Heylen K., Gevers D., Vanparys B., Wittebolle L., Geets J., Boon N., De Vos P. 2006. The incidence of nirS and nirK and their genetic heterogeneity in cultivated denitrifiers. Environ Microbiol 8:2012-2021.

  6. Gevers, D., P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, A. Willems, M. Vancanneyt, J. Swings & P. De Vos. 2006. Stepping stones towards a new prokaryotic taxonomy. Phil Trans R Soc B 361:DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1915.

  7. Hutsebaut D., Vandroemme J., Heyrman J., Dawyndt P., Vandenabeele P., Moens L., De Vos P. 2006. Raman microspectroscopy as an identification tool within the phylogenetically homogeneous 'Bacillus subtilis'-group Syst. Appl. Microbiol 29:650-660.

  8. Heyrman, J., B. Vanparys, N. A. Logan, A. Balcaen, M. Rodriguez-Diaz, A. Felske, and P. De Vos. 2004. Bacillus novalis sp. nov., Bacillus vireti sp. nov., Bacillus soli sp. nov., Bacillus bataviensis sp. nov. and Bacillus drentensis sp. nov., from the Drentse a Grasslands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:47-57.

  9. De Clerck, E., T. Vanhoutte, T. Hebb, J. Geerinck, J. Devos, and P. De Vos. 2004. Isolation, characterization, and identification of bacterial contaminants in semifinal gelatin extracts. Appl Environ Microbiol 70:3664-3672.

  10. Heyrman, J., N. A. Logan, H. J. Busse, A. Balcaen, L. Lebbe, M. Rodriguez-Diaz, J. Swings, and P. De Vos. 2003. Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus Salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:501-511.

  11. Felske, A. D., J. Heyrman, A. Balcaen, and P. De Vos. 2003. Multiplex Pcr Screening of Soil Isolates for novel Bacillus-related lineages. J Microbiol Methods 55:447-458.

  12. Goris, J., W. Dejonghe, E. Falsen, E. De Clerck, B. Geeraerts, A. Willems, E. M. Top, P. Vandamme, and P. De Vos. 2002. Diversity of transconjugants that acquired plasmid Pjp4 or Pemt1 after inoculation of a donor strain in the a- and B-horizon of an agricultural soil and description of Burkholderia hospita sp. nov. and Burkholderia terricola sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 25:340-352.

  13. Vandamme, P., B. Pot, M. Gillis, P. De Vos, K. Kersters, and J. Swings. 1996. Polyphasic taxonomy, a consensus approach to bacterial systematics. Microbiol Reviews 60: 407-438

  14. Vanbrabant, J., P. De Vos, M. Vancanneyt, J. Liessens, W. Verstraete and K. Kersters. 1993. Isolation and identification of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria from an autohydrogenotrophic pilot-plant for denitrification of drinking water. Syst Appl Microbiol 16:471-482.

  15. P. De Vos , and J. De Ley. 1983. Intra- and intergeneric similarities of Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistrons. Int J Syst Bacteriol 33: 487-509.
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