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A selection of recent joint A1 papers by the consortium members.Article that are available online can be consulted by clicking on the pdf icon.

Abatzopoulos, T.J., Agh, N., Van Stappen, G., Razavi Rouhani, S.M., and Sorgeloos, P. (2006). Artemia sites in Iran. Journal of Marine Biol. Association UK, 86:299-307.
Abatzopoulos, T.J.; Baxevanis, A.D.; Triantaphyllidis, G.V.; Criel, G.; Pador, E.L.; Van Stappen, G.; and Sorgeloos, P. (2006). Quality evaluation of Artemia urmiana Günther ( Urmia Lake, Iran) with special emphasis on its particular cyst characteristics (International Study on Artemia LXIX). Aquaculture 254: 442-454
  Agh, N., Abatzopoulos, T., Kappas, E., Van Stappen, G., Razavi Rouhani, S. and Sorgeloos, P.-2007. Coexistence of sexual and parthenogenetic Artemia populations in lake Urmia and neighbouring lagoons. Intl Rev. Hydrobiol., 92(1): 48-60.
  Austin B., Austin D., Sutherland R., Thompson F. and Swings J. (2005). Pathogenicity of vibrios to rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss , Walbaum) and Artemia nauplii . Environ Microbiol , 7(9), 1488-1495
  Baruah, K., Norouzitallab, P. and Sorgeloos, P.(2006) Seaweeds : an ideal component for wastewater treatment for use in aquaculture. Aquaculture Europe 31 (4): 3-6
  Camargo , W.N., Durant, G.C., Radat, O.C., Hernandez, L.C., Linerot, J.-C. L., Muellet, I.M. and Sorgeloos, P. (2005). Determination of biological and physicochemical parameters of Artemia franciscana strains in hypersaline environments for aquaculture in the Colombian Caribbean . Saline Systems 1(9): 1-11.
  Crab, R., Avnimelech, Y., Defoirdt, T., Bossier, P. and Verstraete, W. (2007). Nitrogen removal techniques in aquaculture for a sustainable production. Aquaculture, in press.
  Davis , J.A., Wille, M., Hecht, T. and Sorgeloos, P. (2005). Optimal first feed organism for South African mud crab Scylla serrata (Forskål) larvae. Aquaculture International, 13: 187-201.
  Davis , J.A., Wille, M., Hecht, T. and Sorgeloos, P. (2005). Optimal time for weaning South African Scylla serrata (Forskål) larvae from rotifers to Artemia . Aquaculture International, 13: 201-216.
  Dawyndt P., Thompson F.L., Austin B., Swings J., Koski T. and Gyllenberg M. (2005). Application of sliding-window discretization and minimization of stochastic complexity for the analysis of fAFLP genotyping fingerprint patterns of Vibrionaceae Int J Syst Evol Microbiol , 55(1), 57-66
  De Clercq, P., Arijs, Y., Van Meir, T., Van Stappen, G., Sorgeloos, P., Dewettinck, K., Rey, M., Grenier, S. and Febvay, G. (2005). Nutritional value of brine shrimp cysts as a factitious food for Orius laevigatus (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Biocontrol Science and Technology, 15(5): 467-479
  Defoirdt, T., Boon, N., Sorgeloos, P., Verstraete, W. and Bossier, P . (2007). Alternatives to antibiotics to control bacterial infections- luminescent vibriosis in aquaculture as an example. Trends in Biotechnology, in press.
  Defoirdt, T., Bossier, P., Sorgeloos, P. and Verstraete, W. (2005). The impact of mutations in the quorum sensing systems of Aeromonas hydrophila , Vibrio anguillarum and Vibrio harveyi on their virulence towards axenically cultured Artemia franciscana. Environmental Microbiology 7(8): 1239-1247.
  Defoirdt, T., Crab, R., Wood, T.K., Sorgeloos, P., Verstraete, W. and Bossier, P. (2006). Quorum sensing-disrupting brominated furanones protect the gnotobiotic brine shrimp Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio campbellii and Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 6419-6423.
  Defoirdt, T., Halet, D., Sorgeloos, P., Bossier, P. and Verstraete, W. (2006). Short-chain fatty acids protect gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii. Aquaculture 261(2 ): 804-808
  Defoirdt, T., Halet, D., Vervaeren, H., Boon, N., Van de Wiele, T., Sorgeloos, P., Bossier, P. and Verstraete, W. (2007). The bacterial storage compound poly-?-hydroxybutyrate protects Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii. Environmental Microbiology , 9: 445-452
  Defoirdt, T., Halet, D., Vervaeren, H., Boon, N., Van De Wiele, T., Sorgeloos, P., Bossier, P.and Verstraete, W.(2006). The bacterial storage compound poly-β-hydroxybutyrate protects Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii. Environmental Microbiology, 9(2): 445-452.
  Defoirdt, T., Miyamoto, C.M., Wood, T.K., Meighen, E.A., Sorgeloos, P., Verstraete, W. and Bossier, P. (2007) Brominated furanones disrupt quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi by decreasing the DNA-binding activity of the response regulator protein LuxR. Environmental Microbiology, in press.
  Dooms, S ., Papakostas, S ., Hoffman, S ., Delbare, D ., Dierckens, K ., Triantafyllidis, A ., De Wolf, T. , Vadstein, O. , Abatzopoulos, T.J. , Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P,. ( 2007). Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) as a tool for the characterisation of Brachionus sp strains. Aquaculture 262 : 29-40
  El-Magsodi, M.O., El-Ghebli, H.M., Hamza, M., Van Stappen, G., and Sorgeloos, P.-2005. Characterization of Libyan Artemia from Abu Kammash Sabkha. Libyan Journal of Marine Science, 10:19-30.
  Escobedo-Bonilla C. M. , Wille, M., Alday Sanz, V. ; Sorgeloos, P., Pensaert M. B. and Nauwynck H. J. (2005) In vivo titration of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) in specific pathogen-free Litopenaeus vannamei by intramuscular and oral routes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 66, 163-170
  Escobedo-Bonilla, C., Audoorn, L., Wille, M., Alday-Sanz, V., Sorgeloos, P., Pensaert, M. and Nauwynck, H.(2006). Standardized white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) inoculation procedures for intramuscular or oral routes. Diseases of Aquatic organisms, 68: 181-188.
  Escobedo-Bonilla, C., Wille, M., Alday-Sanz, V., Sorgeloos, P., Pensaert, M. and Nauwynck, H.(2007) Pathogenesis of a Thai strain of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in juvenile, specific pathogen-free Litopenaeus vannamei. Diseases of Aquatic organisms, 74:85-94.
  Gajardo, G., Sorgeloos, P., Beardmore, J.(2006). Inland hypersaline lakes and the brine shrimp. Artemia as simple models for biodiversity analysis at the population level. Saline Systems, 2: 14.
  Grommen, R., Dauw, L. and Verstraete, W. (2005) Elevated salinity selects for a less diverse ammonia-oxidizing population in aquarium biofilters. Fems Microbiology Ecology 52, 1-11.
  Grommen, R., Verhaege, M. and Verstraete, W. (2006) Removal of nitrate in aquaria by means of electrochemically generated hydrogen gas as electron donor for biological denitrification. Aquacultural Engineering 34, 33-39.
  Halet, D., Defoirdt, T., Van Damme, P., Vervaeren, H., Forrez, I., Van de Wiele, T., Boon, N., Sorgeloos, P., Bossier, P. and Verstraete, W. (2007). Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacteria protect gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana from pathogenic Vibrio campbellii. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 60:363-369.
  Han, K., Geurden, I., Van der Meeren, P., Bai, S.C.and Sorgeloos, P. (2005). Particle size distribution in two lipid emulsions used for the enrichment of Artemia nauplii as a function of their preparation method and storage time. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 36(2): 196-202
  Huys G., Bartie K.., Cnockaert M., Dang Thi Hoang Oanh, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Somsiri T., Chinabut S., Yusoff F. Md, Shariff M., Giacomini M., Teale A. and J. Swings. 2007. Biodiversity of chloramphenicol-resistant mesophilic heterotrophs from Southeast Asian aquaculture environments. Research in Microbiology 158 :228-235
  Huys G., Cnockaert M., Bartie K., Dang Thi Hoang Oanh, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Somsiri T., Chinabut S.,.Md. Yussoff F, Shariff M., Giacomini M., Bertone S., Swings J.and Teale., A. (2005). Intra- and interlaboratory performance of antibiotic disk-diffusion susceptibility testing of bacterial control strains of relevance for monitoring aquaculture environments. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 66:197-204
  Iglesias, J., Sanchez, F.J., Bersano, J.G.F., Carrasco, J.F., Dhont, J. Fuentes, L., Liinares, F., Munoz, J.L., Okumura, S., Roo, J., Van Der Meeren, T., Vidal, E.A.G., Villanueva, R.(2007). Rearing of Octopus vulgaris paralarvae : Present status, bottlenecks and trends. Aquaculture, 266 :1-15.
  Ji, Y., Sui, L.Y., Wu, X.G., Cheng, Y.X., Wille, M. and Sorgeloos, P. (2006). Effects of different diets on reproductive performance and HUFA composition of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) broodstock during second spawning. Journal of Fishery Sciences of China 13(1): 92-99.
  Marques, A., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2006). Immunostimulatory nature of beta-glucans and baker’s yeast in gnotobiotic Artemia challenge tests. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 20(5): 682-692.
  Marques, A., Dinh, T., Ioakeimidis, C., Huys, G., Swings, J., Verstraete , W., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2005). Effects of bacteria on Artemia cultured in different gnotobiotic environments.   Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(8): 4307-4317
  Marques, A., Dinh, T., Ioakeimidis, C., Huys, G., Swings, J., Verstraete, W., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2005) Effects of bacteria on Artemia Franciscana cultured in different gnotobiotic environments. Applied and environmental microbiology, Aug 2005: 4307-4317.
  Marques, A., Ollevier, F., Verstraete, W., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2006). Gnotobiotically grown aquatic animals: opportunities to investigate host-microbe interactions . Journal of Applied Microbiology 100(5): 903-918.
  Marques, A., Thanh, T.H., Verstraete, W., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2006). Use of selected bacteria and yeast to protect g notobiotic Artemia against different pathogens. Journal of Experimental Marine biology and Ecology 334(1): 20-30.
  Marques, A., Toi H.T., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2006). Use of microalgae and bacteria to enhance protection of gnotobiotic Artemia against different pathogens. Aquaculture, 258: 116-126.
  Nematollahi A., Decostere A., Ducatelle R., Haesebrouck F. and Pasmans F. (2005). Development of a gut perfusion model as an alternative to the use of live fish. Laboratory Animals, 39 (2): 194-199.
  Nematollahi A., Pasmans F., Haesebrouck F. and Decostere A. (2005). Early interactions of Flavobacterium psychrophilum with macrophages of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 64 (1): 23-28.
  Nematollahi A., Pasmans F., Van den Broeck W., Ducatelle R., Haesebrouck F., and Decostere A. (2005). Association of Flavobacterium psychrophilum strains with intestinal explants of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 67 (1-2): 67-72.
  Ngo, T.T.T., Kang, S.G., Kang, D.H., Sorgeloos, P.and Choi, K..S. (2006). Effect of culture depth on the proximate compostion and reproduction of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas from Gosing Bay, Korea. Aquaculture 253: 712-720.
  Nguyen, T.N., Nguyen, N.P., Dierckens, K., Bossier, P., and Sorgeloos, P. (2006). Gnotobiotically grown rotifer Brachionus plicatilis sensu strictu as a tool for evaluation of microbial functions and nutritional value of different food types. Aquaculture 253(1-4): 421-432.
  Olsen, S.O., Scholderer, J., Brunsø, K., and Verbeke, W. (2007). Exploring the relationship between convenience and fish consumption: a cross-cultural study. Appetite , 49: 84-91.
  Papakostas, S., Dooms, S., Christodoulou, M., Triantafyllidis, A., Kappas, I., Dierckens, K., Bossier, P., Sorgeloos, P. and Abatzopoulos, T.J. (2006). Identification of cultured Brachionus rotifers based on RFLP and SSCP screening. Marine biotechnology 8(5): 547-559
  Papakostas, S., Dooms, S., Triantafyllidis, A., Deloof, D., Kappas, I., Dierckens, K., De Wolf, T., Bossier, P., Vadstein, O., Kui, S., Sorgeloos, P. and Abatzopoulos, T.J. (2006). Evaluation of DNA methodologies in identifying Brachionus species used in European hatcheries. Aquaculture 255(1-4): 557-564
  Pieniak, Z., Verbeke, W., Brunsø, K. and Olsen, S.O. (2006). Consumer knowledge and interest in information about fish. In: Luten, J.B., Jacobsen, C., Bekaert, K., Sæbo, A. and OEhlenschläger, J. (eds.), Seafood research from fish to dish: Quality, safety and processing of wild and farmed fish , pp 229-239. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, ISBN 90 8686 005 2.
  Pieniak, Z., Verbeke, W., Scholderer, J., Brunsø, K. and Olsen, S.O. (2007). European consumers’ use of and trust in information sources about fish. Food Quality and Preference , 18: 1050-1063.
  Pieniak, Z., Verbeke, W., Vermeir, I., Brunsø, K. and Olsen, S.O. (2007). Consumer interest in fish information and labelling: exploratory insights. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing , 19 (2/3), 117-141.
  Qiu, Z., Bossier, P., Wang, X., Bojikova-Fournier, S. and MacRae, T.H. (2006). Diversity, structure and expression of the gene for p26, a small heat shock protein from Artemia . Genomics 88: 230-240.
  Rahman, M., G. Huys, M. Rahman, M.J. Albert, I. Kühn & R. Möllby. 2007. Persistence, transmission, and virulence characteristics of Aeromonas strains in a duckweed aquaculture-based hospital sewage water recycling plant in Bangladesh. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 : 1444–1451
  Rahman, M.M., Corteel, M., Dantas-Lima, J.J., Wille, M., Alday Sanz, V., Pensaert, M.B., Sorgeloos P. and Nauwynck, H.J. (2007). Impact of daily fluctuations of optimum (27 °C) and high water temperature (33 °C) on Penaeus vannamei juveniles infected with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Aquaculture 269: 107-113
  Rahman, M.M., Corteel, M., Wille, M., Alday Sanz, V., Pensaert, M.B., Sorgeloos P. and Nauwynck, H.J. (2007). The effect of raising water temperature to 33 C in Penaeus vannamei juveniles at different stages of infection with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). Aquaculture , in press.
  Rahman, M.M., Escobedo-Bonilla, C.M., Corteel, M., Dantas-Lima, J.J., Wille, M., Alday Sanz, V., Pensaert, M.B., Sorgeloos P. and Nauwynck, H.J. (2006). Effect of high water temperature (33 °C) on the clinical and virological outcome of experimental infections with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in specific pathogen-free (SPF) Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture 261(3):842-849
  Rueda-Jasso, R.A., Conceicao , L.E.C., De Coen, W., Rees, J.-F. and Sorgeloos, P. (2005) Diet and weaning age affect the growth and condition of Dover sole (Solea solea L.). Ciencias Marinas 31(7): 477-489
  Sioen, I., Bilau, M., Verdonck, F., Verbeke, W., Willems, J.L., De Henauw, S. and Van Camp, J. (2007). Probabilistic intake assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and omega-3 fatty acids through seafood consumption. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research , in press.
  Soltanian, S., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P (2007) Influence of different yeast cell-wall mutants on performance and protection against pathogenic bacteria (Vibrio campbellii) in gnotobiotically-grown Artemia. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 23: 141-153
  Soltanian, S., François, J.M. Dhont, J. Arnouts,  S., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2007).  Enhanced disease resistance in Artemia by application of commercial β-glucans sources and chitin in a gnotobiotic Artemia challenge test. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, in press
  Soltanian, S., Thai, T.Q., Dhont, J., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2007). The protective effect against Vibrio campbellii in Artemia nauplii by pure β-glucan and isogenic yeast cells differing in β-glucan and chitin content operated with a source-dependent time lag. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, in press
  Somsiri T., Oanh D.T.H., Chinabut S., Phuong N.T., Shariff M., Yusoff F.Md., Bartie K., Giacomini M., Robba M., Bertone S., Huys G. and Teale A. (2006). A simple device for sampling pond sediment. Aquaculture 258:650-654.
  Thompson F.L., Gevers D., Thompson C.C., Dawyndt P., Naser S., Hoste B., Munn C.B. and Swings J. (2005) Phylogeny and molecular identification of vibrios on the basis of multilocus sequence analysis Appl Environ Microbiol , 71(9), 5107-5115
  Thompson F.L., Thompson C.C., Naser S., Hoste B., Vandemeulebroecke K., Munn C., Bourne D. and Swings J. (2005). Photobacterium rosenbergii sp. nov. and Enterovibrio coralii sp. nov., vibrios associated with coral bleaching. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol , 55(2), 913-917
  Tinh, N.T.N,  Linh, N.D., Wood, T.K, Dierckens, K., Sorgeloos, P. and  Bossier, P. (2007). Interference with the quorum sensing systems in a Vibrio harveyi strain alters the growth rate of gnotobiotically cultured rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Journal of Applied Microbiology 103: 194–203.
  Tinh, N.T.N., Asanka Gunasekara, R.A.Y.S., Boon, N., Dierckens, K., Sorgeloos, P. and  Bossier, P. (2007).  N-acyl homoserine lactone degrading microbial enrichment cultures isolated from Penaeus vannamei shrimp gut and their probiotic properties in Brachionus plicatilis cultures. FEMS Microbial Ecology; in press
  Tobback, E., Decostere, A., Hermans, K., Haesebrouck, F. and Chiers, K. 2007. Yersinia ruckeri infections in salmonid fish. Journal of Fish Diseases, 30 (5): 257-268.
  Vanhonacker, F., Verbeke, W. and Sioen, I. (2006). Consumer perception about ethical and sustainability issues of fish. In: Kaiser, M. and Lien, M. (eds.), Ethics and the politics of food , pp.464-469. Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers, ISBN 90 8686 008 7.
  Vanparys B., Heylen K., Lebbe L. and De Vos P. (2005). Devosia limi sp. nov., isolated from a nitrifying inoculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol , 55(5),1997-2000.
  Vanparys B., Heylen K., Lebbe L. and De Vos P. (2005). Pedobacter caeni sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a nitrifying inoculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol , 55(3), 1315-1318.
  Vanparys B., Heylen K., Lebbe L., and De Vos P. (2006). Pseudomonas peli sp. nov. and Pseudomonas borbori sp. nov., isolated from a nitrifying inoculum . Int J Syst Evol Microbiol , 56(8), 1875-1881.
  Verbeke, W. & Vackier, I. (2005). Individual determinants of fish consumption: application of the theory of planned behaviour. Appetite , 44(1), 67-82.
  Verbeke, W. and Brunsø, K. (2006). Consumer awareness, perceptions and behaviour towards farmed versus wild fish. In: Thomson, K.J. and Venzi, L. (eds.), The economics of aquaculture with respect to fisheries , pp. 237-251. Viterbo: Tripolitographia Quatrini A&F.
  Verbeke, W., Sioen, I., Brunsø, K., De Henauw, S. and Van Camp, J. (2007). Consumer perception versus scientific evidence of farmed and wild fish: exploratory insights in Belgium. Aquaculture International , 15: 121-136.
  Verbeke, W., Sioen, I., Pieniak, Z., Van Camp, J., and De Henauw, S. (2005). Consumer perception versus scientific evidence about health benefits and safety risks from fish consumption. Public Health Nutrition , 8(4), 422-429.
  Verbeke, W., Vanhonacker, F., Sioen, I., Van Camp, J. and De Henauw, S. (2007). Perceived importance of fish ethics and sustainability: a consumer behavior perspective. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment , in press.
  Verbeke, W., Vermeir, I. and Brunsø, K. (2007). Consumer evaluation of fish quality as basis for fish market segmentation. Food Quality and Preference , 18: 651-661.
  Verhaegen Y., D. Adriaens, T. De Wolf, P. Dhert & P. Sorgeloos (2007) - Deformities in larval gilthead seabream ( Sparus aurata ): a qualitative and quantitative analysis using geometric morphometrics. Aquaculture 28: 156-168. 
  Yang, Ji, Sui, Li-Ying; Wu, Xu-Gan, Cheng, Yong-Xu, Wille, M. and Sorgeloos, P. (2006). Effects of different diets on reproductive performance and HUFA composition of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) broodstock during second spawning. Journal of Fishery Sciences of China, 13: 1.
  Yeong Y.S., Pineda, C., MacRae, T.H., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2007).  Exposure of gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana larvae to abiotic stress promotes heat shock protein 70 synthesis and enhances resistance to pathogenic Vibrio campbellii. Cell Stress and Chaperones; in press
  Yeong, Y.S., Van Damme, E.J.M., Sorgeloos, P. and Bossier, P. (2007). Non-lethal heat shock protects gnotobiotic Artemia franciscana larvae against virulent Vibrios. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 22(4 ): 318-326

 

 
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