Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Publications

Highlighted publications

Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies

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Nature - ISSN 1476-4687-613:7945 (2023) p. 639-649
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    Katherine M. Kennedy, Marcus C. de Goffau, Maria Elisa Perez-Munoz, Marie-Claire Arrieta, Fredrik Backhed, Peer Bork, Thorsten Braun, Frederic D. Bushman, Joel Dore, Willem M. de Vos, Ashlee M. Earl, Jonathan A. Eisen, Michal A. Elovitz, Stephanie C. Ganal-Vonarburg, Michael G. Ganzle, Wendy S. Garrett, Lindsay J. Hall, Mathias W. Hornef, Curtis Huttenhower, Liza Konnikova, Sarah Lebeer, Andrew J. Macpherson, Ruth C. Massey, Alice Carolyn McHardy, Omry Koren, Trevor D. Lawley, Ruth E. Ley, Liam O'Mahony, Paul W. O'Toole, Eric G. Pamer, Julian Parkhill, Jeroen Raes, Thomas Rattei, Anne Salonen, Eran Segal, Nicola Segata, Fergus Shanahan, Deborah M. Sloboda, Gordon C.S. Smith, Harry Sokol, Tim D. Spector, Michael G. Surette, Gerald W. Tannock, Alan W. Walker, Moran Yassour, Jens Walter

A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus : description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae

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International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - ISSN 1466-5026-70:4 (2020) p. 2782-2858
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    Jinshui Zheng, Stijn Wittouck, Elisa Salvetti, Charles M.A.P. Franz, Hugh M.B. Harris, Paola Mattarelli, Paul W. O’Toole, Bruno Pot, Peter Vandamme, Jens Walter, Koichi Watanabe, Sander Wuyts, Giovanna E. Felis, Michael G. Gänzle, Sarah Lebeer

Recent publications

Improving menstrual and vaginal health for all (IMVAHA) : protocol for a randomised cross-over trial assessing the impact of menstrual products on the vaginal microbiome of women aged 18–35 years in Cameroon, Peru and Switzerland

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BMJ open - ISSN 2044-6055-16:4 (2026) p. 1-11
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Heterogeneity of the urban soil microbiome and associations with physicochemical soil characteristics

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Web Ecology - ISSN 2193-3081-26:1 (2026) p. 35-45
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Chimpanzees are not more aggressive than bonobos but target sexes differently

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Science Advances - ISSN 2375-2548-12:11 (2026) p. 1-13
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Vitamin B2 at the crossroads of vaginal microbial metabolism and mucosal immunity

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Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Department of Bioscience Engineering, 2026,XXXI, 411 p.
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