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  1. Method for fluorescent marker swapping and its application in Steinernema nematode colonization studies

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  2. Extensive Genetic Variability Linked to IS26Insertions in thefljBPromoter Region of Atypical Monophasic Variants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  3. Long-Term Persistence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Entomopathogenic Nematodes

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2015, PLOS

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  4. Molecular typing of monophasic Salmonella 4,[5]:i:- strains isolated in Belgium (2008–2011)

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  5. Phage and MLVA Typing ofSalmonellaEnteritidis Isolated from Layers and Humans in Belgium from 2000-2010, A Period in which Vaccination of Laying Hens was Introduced

    Article • Zoonoses and Public Health, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau, Prof. Dr. Marc Heyndrickx

  6. In Vitro and In Vivo Infectious Potential of Coxiella burnetii: A Study on Belgian Livestock Isolates

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  7. Antibacterial activity of a lectin‐like B urkholderia cenocepacia protein

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  8. Selection and Characterization of a Candidate Therapeutic Bacteriophage That Lyses the Escherichia coli O104:H4 Strain from the 2011 Outbreak in Germany

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Pierre Wattiau, Prof. em. Mario Vaneechoutte

  9. Molecular Characterization of Salmonella Enteritidis: Comparison of an Optimized Multi-Locus Variable-Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis (MLVA) and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, October 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Pierre Wattiau, Prof. Dr. Marc Heyndrickx

  10. Bacillus anthracis

    Article • April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  11. Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Ignacio Moriyon, Dr Pierre Wattiau

  12. Methodologies for Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Subtyping: Gold Standards and Alternatives

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  13. B. anthracis in a wool-processing factory: seroprevalence and occupational risk

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, August 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  14. Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Single-Tube Test for Robust Molecular Identification of All Currently Described Brucella Species

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  15. Q Fever in Woolsorters, Belgium

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  16. A non-invasive fluorescent staining procedure allows Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy based imaging of Mycobacterium in multispecies biofilms colonizing and degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  17. Immunologic Response of Unvaccinated Workers Exposed to Anthrax, Belgium

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  18. Characterization of Pathogenic and Resistant Genome Repertoire Reveals Two Clonal Lines in Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Paratyphi B (+)-Tartrate Positive

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, May 2009, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  19. Bioaugmentation for enhanced toluene biodegradation

    Article • Bioresource Technology, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau, Dr Yarlagadda Venkata Nancharaiah

  20. Comparison of Classical Serotyping and PremiTest Assay for Routine Identification of Common Salmonella enterica Serovars

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  21. Brucella suis identification and biovar typing by real-time PCR

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  22. Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Bacillus anthracis Strains Isolated in an Active Wool-Cleaning Factory

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  23. Evaluation of the Premi®Test Salmonella, a commercial low-density DNA microarray system intended for routine identification and typing of Salmonella enterica

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  24. Isolation of Morganella morganii from a domestic rabbit with bronchopneumonia

    Article • Veterinary Record, October 2007, BMJ

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  25. Characterization of Cultures Enriched from Acidic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil for Growth on Pyrene at Low pH

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  26. Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Related Bacteria by Multiple-Locus Sequence Typing-Derived PCR and Real-Time PCR

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  27. Differential Responses of Eubacterial, , and Communities in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Contaminated Soil to Artificially Induced Changes in PAH Profile

    Article • Journal of Environmental Quality, January 2007, American Society of Agronomy

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  28. Long-term exposure to elevated zinc concentrations induced structural changes and zinc tolerance of the nitrifying community in soil

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  29. Real-time PCR typing of single nucleotide polymorphism in DNA containing inverted repeats

    Article • BioTechniques, November 2006, Future Science

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  30. Distribution of the Mycobacterium community and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) among different size fractions of a long-term PAH-contaminated soil

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2006, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  31. Virulence-associated traits in avian Escherichia coli: Comparison between isolates from colibacillosis-affected and clinically healthy layer flocks

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  32. Occurrence and community composition of fast-growing Mycobacterium in soils contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  33. Streptomycin as a selective agent to facilitate recovery and isolation of introduced and indigenous Sphingomonas from environmental samples

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2004, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  34. Acinetobacter diversity in environmental samples assessed by 16S rRNA gene PCR–DGGE fingerprinting

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  35. Electrokinetic Transport of PAH-Degrading Bacteria in Model Aquifers and Soil

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, September 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  36. Carbon Source-Induced Modifications in the Mycolic Acid Content and Cell Wall Permeability of Rhodococcus erythropolis E1

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  37. Dual Labeling of Pseudomonas putida with Fluorescent Proteins for In Situ Monitoring of Conjugal Transfer of the TOL Plasmid

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  38. Elucidation of the metabolic pathway of fluorene and cometabolic pathways of phenanthrene, fluoranthene, anthracene and dibenzothiophene by Sphingomonas sp. LB126

    Article • Research in Microbiology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  39. Influence of the growth substrate on the mycolic acid profiles of mycobacteria

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2002, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  40. Use of the pAL5000 replicon in PAH-degrading mycobacteria: application for strain labelling and promoter probing

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  41. Microbial Aspects in Bioremediation of Soils Polluted by Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  42. A transcriptional luxAB reporter fusion responding to fluorene in Sphingomonas sp. LB126 and its initial characterisation for whole-cell bioreporter purposes

    Article • Research in Microbiology, December 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  43. Fluorene degradation by Sphingomonas sp. LB126 proceeds through protocatechuic acid: a genetic analysis

    Article • Research in Microbiology, December 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  44. A PCR test to identify Bacillus subtilis and closely related species and its application to the monitoring of wastewater biotreatment

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  45. Isolation of Adherent Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Degrading Bacteria Using PAH-Sorbing Carriers

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  46. Corynebacterium simulans sp. nov., a non-lipophilic, fermentative Corynebacterium

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  47. Bacterial Monitoring of a Crude Oil-Contaminated Soil Undergoing Laboratory-Scale Bioremediation

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  48. Catheter-related bacteremia due to Tsukamurella pulmonis

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, January 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  49. Customized secretion chaperones in pathogenic bacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 1996, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  50. Individual chaperones required for Yop secretion by Yersinia.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1994, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Pierre Wattiau, Thomas Michiels

  51. Response from Wattiau and Cornelis

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, August 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  52. SycE, a chaperone-like protein of Yersinia enterocolitica involved in the secretion of YopE

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 1993, Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  53. Monitoring and purification of gluconic galactonic acids produced during fermentation of whey hydrolysate by Gluconobacter oxydans

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, May 1990, Elsevier

    Dr Pierre Wattiau

  54. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms as Targets for DNA-Based Identification and Typing of Biosafety Level 3 Bacteria

    Article • Wiley

    Dr Pierre Wattiau