Persons formerly associated with this organization (12)
Calusinska, Magdalena
D'Amico, Salvino
De Carvalho Maalouf, Pedro
Godin-Roulling, Amandine
Lara, Yannick
Mano, Marie-José
Morin, Nicolas
Negro, Sonia
Pessi, Igor
Piette, Florence
Taton, Arnaud
Velázquez, David
Abstract:
The BCCM/ULC public culture collection of cyanobacteria is a member of the Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms and has received an ISO9001 certification for the public deposits and distribution. It is also part of the Belgian node of the European Research Infrastructure of microbial collections: MIRRI-ERIC. In addition to deposits and distributions of strains, it proposes other services like trainings or molecular characterisations of cyanobacteria. There are marine cyanobacterial strains in the collection.
The marine research is mainly conducted in the group Cyanobacterial Diversity, Phylogeny and Biogeography (e.g. Planktonic cyanobacteria forming toxic blooms in surface waters and Biogeography of polar cyanobacteria (Antarctic and Arctic)). A. Wilmotte is also involved in the environmental protection of the Antarctic, being member of the Belgian delegation to the Antarctic Treaty.
Pessi, I.S.; Popin, R.V.; Durieu, B.; Lara, Y.; Tytgat, B.; Savaglia, V.; Roncero-Ramos, B.; Hultman, J.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Wilmotte, A. (2023). Novel diversity of polar Cyanobacteria revealed by genome-resolved metagenomics. Microbial Genomics 9(7): 001056. https://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001056, more
Abdallah, M.F.; Van Hassel, W.H.R.; Andjelkovic, M.; Wilmotte, A.; Rajkovic, A. (2021). Cyanotoxins and food contamination in developing countries: review of their types, toxicity, analysis, occurrence and mitigation strategies. Toxins 13(11): 786. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins13110786, more
Savaglia, V.; Matula, C.V.; Quartino, M.L.; Francione, M.V.; Zacher, K. (2019). Physiological response to irradiance, temperature and co-cultivation in Antarctic engineering brown algae (Desmarestia menziesii and D. anceps). Polar Biol. 42(11): 2031-2044. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02578-1, more
Hughes, K.A.; Constable, A.; Frenot, Y.; López-Martínez, J.; McIvor, E.; Njåstad, B.; Terauds, A.; Liggett, D.; Roldan, G.; Wilmotte, A.; Xavier, J.C. (2018). Antarctic environmental protection: strengthening the links between science and governance. Environ. Sci. Policy 83: 86-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.02.006, more
Dagnino-Leone, J.; Figueroa, M.; Mella, C.; Vorphal, M.A.; Kerff, F.; Vasquez, A.J.; Bunster, M.; Martinez-Oyanedel, J. (2017). Structural models of the different trimers present in the core of phycobilisomes from Gracilaria chilensis based on crystal structures and sequences. PLoS One 12(5): e0177540. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177540, more
Furmaniak, M.A.; Misztak, A.E.; Franczuk, M.D.; Wilmotte, A.; Waleron, M.; Waleron, K.F. (2017). Edible cyanobacterial genus Arthrospira: actual state of the art in cultivation methods, genetics, and application in medicine. Front. Microbiol. 8: 21. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02541, more
Locht, R.; Dehareng, D.; Leyh, B. (2017). The vacuum UV photoabsorption spectrum of the geminal dichloroethylene (1,1-C2H2Cl2) in the 5–20 eV range. A vibrational analysis of the valence and Rydberg states. Journal of Physics Communications 1(4): 045013. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1088/2399-6528/aa93a3, more
Obbels, D.; Verleyen, E.; Mano, M.-J.; Namsaraev, Z.; Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Fernandez-Carazo, R.; De Wever, A.; D'Hondt, S.; Ertz, D.; Elster, J.; Sabbe, K.; Willems, A.; Wilmotte, A.; Vyverman, W. (2016). Bacterial and eukaryotic biodiversity patterns in terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the Sør Rondane Mountains, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 92(6): 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw041, more
Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Sweetlove, M.; D’Hondt, S.; Clercx, P.; Van Ranst, E.; Peeters, K.; Roberts, S.; Namsaraev, Z.; Wilmotte, A.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2016). Bacterial community composition in relation to bedrock type and macrobiota in soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 92(9): 13 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw126, more
Godin-Roulling, A.; Schmidpeter, P.A.M.; Schmid, F.X.; Feller, G. (2015). Functional adaptations of the bacterial chaperone trigger factor to extreme environmental temperatures. Environ. Microbiol. 17(7): 2407-2420. dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12707, more
Laughinghouse, D; Muller, M; Adey, H; Lara, Y.; Young, R; Johnson, G (2015). Evolution of the northern rockweed, Fucus distichus, in a regime of glacial cycling: implications for benthic algal phylogenetics. PLoS One 10(12): e0143795. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143795, more
Papa, R; Selan, L; Parrilli, E; Tilotta, M; Sannino, F; Feller, G.; Tutino, L; Artini, M (2015). Anti-biofilm activities from marine cold adapted bacteria against Staphylococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front. Microbiol. 6: 10 pp. dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01333, more
Storme, J.-Y.; Golubic, S.; Wilmotte, A.; Kleinteich, J.; Velázquez, D.; Javaux, E.J. (2015). Raman characterization of the UV-protective pigment gloeocapsin and its role in the survival of Cyanobacteria. Astrobiol. 15(10): 843-857. dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1292, more
Fernandez-Carazo, R.; Verleyen, E.; Hodgson, D.A.; Roberts, S.J.; Waleron, K.; Vyverman, W.; Wilmotte, A. (2013). Late Holocene changes in cyanobacterial community structure in maritime Antarctic lakes. J. Paleolimnol. 50(1): 15-31. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10933-013-9700-3, more
Struvay, C.; Negro, S.; Matagne, A.; Feller, G. (2013). Energetics of protein stability at extreme environmental temperatures in bacterial trigger factors. Biochemistry (Wash.) 52(17): 2982-2990. dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi4002387, more
Miklaszewska, M.; Waleron, M.; Morin, N.; Calusinska, M.; Wilmotte, A.; De Marsac, N.T.; Rippka, R.; Waleron, K. (2012). Elucidation of the gas vesicle gene clusters in cyanobacteria of the genus Arthrospira (Oscillatoriales, Cyanophyta) and correlation with ITS phylogeny. Eur. J. Phycol. 47(3): 233-244. dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2012.692817, more
Piette, F.; Leprince, P.; Feller, G. (2012). Is there a cold shock response in the Antarctic psychrophile Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis? Extremophiles 16(4): 681-683. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-012-0456-x, more
Santos, H.F.; Carmo, F.L.; Leite, D.C.A.; Jesus, H.E.; De Carvalho Maalouf, P.; Almeida, C.; Soriano, A.U.; Altomari, D.; Suhett, L.; Vólaro, V.; Valoni, E.; Francisco, M.; Vieira, J.; Rocha, R.; Sardinha, B.L.; Mendes, L.B.; João, R.R.; Lacava, B.; Jesus, R.F.; Sebastian, G.V.; Pessoa, A.; Van Elsas, J.D.; Rezende, R.P.; Pires, D.O.; Duarte, G.; Castro, C.B.; Rosado, A.S.; Peixoto, R.S. (2012). Comparison of different protocols for the extraction of microbial DNA from reef corals. Braz. J. Microbiol. 43(2): 517-527. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822012000200012, more
Struvay, C.; Feller, G. (2012). Optimization to low temperature activity in psychrophilic enzymes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13(9): 11643-11665. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms130911643, more
Piette, F.; Struvay, C.; Feller, G. (2011). The protein folding challenge in psychrophiles: facts and current issues. Environ. Microbiol. 13(8): 1924-1933. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02436.x, more
Piette, F.; D'Amico, S.; Mazzucchelli, G.; Danchin, A.; Leprince, P.; Feller, G. (2011). Life in the cold: a proteomic study of cold-repressed proteins in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(11): 3881-3883. dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02757-10, more
Wilmes, B.; Kock, H.; Glagla, S.; Albrecht, D.; Voigt, B.; Markert, S.; Gardebrecht, A.; Bode, R.; Danchin, A.; Feller, G.; Hecker, M.; Schweder, T. (2011). Cytoplasmic and periplasmic signatures of exponentially growing cells of the psychrophilic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(4): 1276-1283. https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01750-10, more
Chauvigné, F.; Tingaud-Sequeira, A.; Agulleiro, M.J.; Calusinska, M.; Gómez, A.; Finn, R.N.; Cerdà, J. (2010). Functional and evolutionary analysis of flatfish gonadotropin receptors reveals cladal- and lineage-level divergence of the teleost glycoprotein receptor family. Biol. Reprod. 82(6): 1088-1102. dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.109.082289, more
Piette, F.; D'Amico, S.; Struvay, C.; Mazzucchelli, G.; Renaut, J.; Tutino, M.L.; Danchin, A.; Leprince, P.; Feller, G. (2010). Proteomics of life at low temperatures: trigger factor is the primary chaperone in the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. Mol. Microbiol. 76(1): 120-132. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07084.x, more
Verleyen, E.; Sabbe, K.; Hodgson, D.A.; Grubisic, S.; Taton, A.; Cousin, S.; Wilmotte, A.; De Wever, A.; Van der Gucht, K.; Vyverman, W. (2010). Structuring effects of climate-related environmental factors on Antarctic microbial mat communities. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 59(1): 11-24 + suppl. mat. dx.doi.org/10.3354/ame01378, more
Vyverman, W.; Verleyen, E.; Wilmotte, A.; Hodgson, D.A.; Willems, A.; Peeters, K.; Van de Vijver, B.; De Wever, A.; Leliaert, F.; Sabbe, K. (2010). Evidence for widespread endemism among Antarctic micro-organisms. Polar Science 4(2): 103-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2010.03.006, more
Delfosse, V.; Girard, E.; Birck, C.; Delmarcelle, M.; Delarue, M.; Poch, O.; Schultz, P.; Mayer, C. (2009). Structure of the archaeal Pab87 peptidase reveals a novel self-compartmentalizing protease family. PLoS One 4(3): e4712. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004712, more
Waleron, M.; Waleron, K.; Vincent, W.F.; Wilmotte, A. (2007). Allochthonous inputs of riverine picocyanobacteria to coastal waters in the Arctic Ocean. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 59(2): 356-365. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00236.x, more
Taton, A.; Grubisic, S.; Ertz, D.; Hodgson, D.A.; Piccardi, R.; Biondi, N.; Tredici, M.R.; Mainini, M.; Losi, D.; Marinelli, F.; Wilmotte, A. (2006). Polyphasic study of Antarctic cyanobacterial strains. J. Phycol. 42(6): 1257-1270. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00278.x, more
Sabbe, K.; Hodgson, D.A.; Verleyen, E.; Taton, A.; Wilmotte, A.; Vanhoutte, K.; Vyverman, W. (2004). Salinity, depth and the structure and composition of microbial mats in continental Antarctic lakes. Freshwat. Biol. 49(3): 296-319. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01186.x, more
Malissard, M.; Duez, C.; Guinand, M.; Vacheron, M.-J.; Michel, G.; Marty, N.; Joris, B.; Thamm, I.; Ghuysen, J.-M. (1993). Sequence of a gene encoding a (poly ManA) alginate lyase active on Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 110(1): 101-106. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06302.x, more
Durieu, B.; Pessi, I.S.; De Carvalho Maalouf, P.; Lambion, A.; Lara, Y.; Wilmotte, A. (2017). Biogeographic patterns and genomic adaptation of benthic cyanobacteria in Antarctic lakes, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 223, more
Lara, Y.; Pessi, I.S.; Durieu, B.; Lepoint, G.; Wilmotte, A.; Michel, L. (2017). In search of marine Antarctic cyanobacteria, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 58, more
Pessi, I.S.; Laughinghouse IV, H.D.; Rybalka, N.; Friedl, T.; Boy, J.; Wilmotte, A. (2017). Succession of microbial photoautotrophs along a soil chronosequence in maritime Antarctica, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 235, more
Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Van den Berge, K.; D'hondt, S.; Obbels, D.; Pinseel, E.; Hodgson, D.A.; Sabbe, K.; Wilmotte, A.; Clement, L.; Willems, A.; Vyverman, W. (2017). Biogeography and macroevolution in the Arctic and Antarctic lacustrine microbiomes, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 193, more
Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Sweetlove, M.; Van de Vijver, B.; Van den Berge, K.; D'hondt, S.; Obbels, D.; Pinseel, E.; Hodgson, D.; Imura, S.; Sabbe, K.; Wilmotte, A.; Clement, L.; Willems, A.; The ANTDIAT consortium; Vyverman, W. (2017). Multi-domain evidence for fine-scale bioregionalisation patterns in the Antarctic lacustrine microbiome, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 194, more
Wilmotte, A.; Durieu, B.; Lara, Y.; Obbels, D.; Pessi, I.S.; Pinseel, E.; Sweetlove, M.; Tytgat, B.; Van De Putte, A.; Van De Vijver, B.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2017). Diversity and biogeography of microorganisms in microbial mats of Antarctic lakes, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 199, more
Wilmotte, A.; Lara, Y.; Durieu, B.; Renard, R.; Beets, K.; Pessi, I.S.; Cornet, L.; Simons, V.; Baurain, D.; Javaux, E; Jacques, P. (2017). The BCCM/ULC collection to conserve the biodiversity and study the secondary metabolites of Antarctic cyanobacteria, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 244, more
Wilmotte, A.; Billi, D.; Fagliarone, C.; Verseux, C.; Mosca, C.; Baqué, M. (2017). Unravelling the secret of the resistance of desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis to desiccation and radiation, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 352, more
Wilmotte, A.; Willems, A.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Velázquez, D.; Quesada, A.; Laughinghouse IV, H.D.; Kleinteich, J.; Pearce, D.A.; Elster, J.; Hughes, K. (2017). A strategy to protect reference sites for future microbiology research in Antarctica, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 448, more
Xavier, J.C.; Liggett, D.; Roldan, G.; Wilmotte, A.; Hughes, K.A. (2017). Linking Antarctic science with environmental protection policies: Do scientists and policy-makers speak the same language?, in: Van de Putte, A. (Ed.) Book of Abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017. pp. 441, more
Storme, J.-Y.; Golubic, S.; Wilmotte, A.; Kleinteich, J.; Velázquez, D.; Javaux, E.J. (2016). Raman characterization of the UV-protective pigment gloeocapsin- potential biosignatures of early Earth records, in: Baele, J.-M. et al.Proceedings of the 5th International Geologica Belgica Congress: 26–29 January 2016 – Mons, Belgium. pp. 163, more
Verleyen, E.; Obbels, D.; De Wever, A.; Souffreau, C.; Vanormelingen, P.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W.; Peeters, K.; Tytgat, B.; Willems, A.; Ertz, D.; Van de Vijver, B.; Mano, M.-J.; De Carvalho Maalouf, P.; Fernandez-Carazo, R.; Namsaraev, Z.; Wilmotte, A. (2013). Uit het oog, uit het hart? Antarctische microbiële diversiteit als criterium voor natuurbehoud. Sci. connect. (Ned. ed.) 41: 44-47, more
AMBIO: Antarctic Microbial Biodiversity: The importance of geographical and ecological factors, more
BBLOOMS2: Cyanobacterial blooms: toxicity, diversity, modelling and management, more
BBLOOMS: Algal blooms: Emerging Problems for Health and Sustainable Use of Surface Waters, more
BE_POLES: Belgian Polar Research Cluster
BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
HOLANT: Holocene climate variability and ecosystem change in coastal East and Maritime Antarctica, more
LAQUAN: Late Quaternary climate history of coastal Antarctic environments: a multi-proxy approach, more
Micromat: Biodiversity of microbial mats in Antarctica
Use of molecular tools (16S rRNA, fingerprints, DGGE, hybridizations) for a polyphasic approach to the taxonomy and ecology of cultured, preserved and on-site cyanobacteria
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Pessi, I.S.; Popin, R.V.; Durieu, B.; Lara, Y.; Tytgat, B.; Savaglia, V.; Roncero-Ramos, B.; Hultman, J.; Verleyen, E.; Vyverman, W.; Wilmotte, A. (2023). Novel diversity of polar Cyanobacteria revealed by genome-resolved metagenomics. Microbial Genomics 9(7): 001056.