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  1. A GFP promoter fusion library for the study ofSalmonellabiofilm formation and the mode of action of biofilm inhibitors

    Article • Biofouling, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  2. Genome Sequence of the Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Namur Strain 05-2929, Lacking the Salmonella Atypical Fimbrial Operon

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  3. MLVA as a Tool for Public Health Surveillance of Human Salmonella Typhimurium: Prospective Study in Belgium and Evaluation of MLVA Loci Stability

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  4. Lipoteichoic acid is an important microbe-associated molecular pattern of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  5. Identification and characterization of 4-[4-(3-phenyl-2-propen-1-yl)-1-piperazinyl]-5H-pyrimido[5,4-b]indole derivatives asSalmonellabiofilm inhibitors

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, July 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  6. Salmonella biofilms: An overview on occurrence, structure, regulation and eradication

    Article • Food Research International, March 2012, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  7. Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Cell Wall Hydrolase Activity of the Major Secreted Protein of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  8. How to Deal with the Upcoming Challenges in GMO Detection in Food and Feed

    Article • Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  9. The major secreted protein Msp1/p75 is O-glycosylated in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker, Prof dr Els J.M. Van Damme

  10. Functional Analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Pili in Relation to Adhesion and Immunomodulatory Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  11. Lessons from probiotic–host interaction studies in murine models of experimental colitis

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, July 2011, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  12. Structure–activity relationship of 2-hydroxy-2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidinium salts and 2N-substituted 4(5)-aryl-2-amino-1H-imidazoles as inhibitors of biofilm formation by Salmonella Typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, June 2011, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  13. Functional Characterization of a Mucus-Specific LPXTG Surface Adhesin from Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  14. ChemInform Abstract: Concise and Diversity‐Oriented Route Toward Polysubsituted 2‐Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2011, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  15. Gene expression analysis of monospecies Salmonella Typhimurium biofilms using Differential Fluorescence Induction

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2011, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  16. FISH analysis of Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract of different hosts

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  17. Silver-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Amino-imidazole Alkaloids

    Article • Synfacts, January 2011, Thieme Publishing Group

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  18. A community effort towards a knowledge-base and mathematical model of the human pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium LT2

    Article • BMC Systems Biology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  19. FISH analysis of Lactobacillus biofilms in the gastrointestinal tract of different hosts

    Article • Letters in Applied Microbiology, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  20. Structure−Activity Relationship of 4(5)-Aryl-2-amino-1H-imidazoles, N1-Substituted 2-Aminoimidazoles and Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidinium Salts as Inhibitors of Biofilm Formation by Salmonella Typhimurium and Pseudomonas aerugi...

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  21. The small regulatory RNA molecule MicA is involved in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium biofilm formation

    Article • BMC Microbiology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  22. Adaptation factors of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

    Article • Beneficial Microbes, November 2010, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  23. Concise and Diversity‐Oriented Route toward Polysubstituted 2‐Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2010, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  24. Concise and Diversity‐Oriented Route toward Polysubstituted 2‐Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2010, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  25. Impact of lipoteichoic acid modification on the performance of the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in experimental colitis

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Immunology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  26. Exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG form a protective shield against innate immune factors in the intestine

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, August 2010, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  27. Characterization of MabA, a modulator ofLactobacillus rhamnosusGG adhesion and biofilm formation

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  28. The AI-2-dependent regulator LsrR has a limited regulon in Salmonella Typhimurium

    Article • Cell Research, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  29. Structure–activity relationship of brominated 3-alkyl-5-methylene-2(5H)-furanones and alkylmaleic anhydrides as inhibitors of Salmonella biofilm formation and quorum sensing regulated bioluminescence in Vibrio harveyi

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, July 2010, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  30. Host interactions of probiotic bacterial surface molecules: comparison with commensals and pathogens

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  31. Integration of ‘omics’ data: does it lead to new insights into host–microbe interactions?

    Article • Future Microbiology, February 2010, Future Medicine

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  32. Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  33. 2D proteome analysis initiates new Insights on the SalmonellaTyphimurium LuxS protein

    Article • BMC Microbiology, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  34. Nurturing scientific mutualism: A report from the ‘Young Microbiologists Mini‐Symposium on microbe signalling, organisation and pathogenesis’

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2009, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  35. Stretching polysaccharides on live cells using single molecule force spectroscopy

    Article • Nature Protocols, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  36. Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  37. The proteome of Salmonella Typhimurium grown under in vivo‐mimicking conditions

    Article • PROTEOMICS, January 2009, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  38. DISTILLER: a data integration framework to reveal condition dependency of complex regulons in Escherichia coli

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  39. Genes and Molecules of Lactobacilli Supporting Probiotic Action

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, December 2008, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  40. Brominated Furanones Inhibit Biofilm Formation by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  41. Small Molecules for Interference with Cell-Cell-Communication Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, September 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  42. Detection, Localization, and Conformational Analysis of Single Polysaccharide Molecules on Live Bacteria

    Article • ACS Nano, August 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  43. Impact of luxS and Suppressor Mutations on the Gastrointestinal Transit of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  44. A simple structured model for growth and AI-2 mediated cell-cell communication of Salmonella Typhimurium

    Article • June 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  45. Bacterial networking

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  46. Adherence factors of Lactobacillus in the human gastrointestinal tract

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  47. Impact of Environmental and Genetic Factors on Biofilm Formation by the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  48. Identification and characterization of starter lactic acid bacteria and probiotics from Columbian dairy products

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, September 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  49. Delineation of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium HilA Regulon through Genome-Wide Location and Transcript Analysis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  50. Functional Analysis of d-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

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

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  51. Functional Analysis of luxS in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Reveals a Central Metabolic Role Important for Growth and Biofilm Formation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  52. Synthesis of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Analogues Reveals Strong Activators of SdiA, the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LuxR Homologue

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  53. Integration of omics data: how well does it work for bacteria?

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2006, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  54. Flow Cytometric Testing of Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Response to Defensins

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2006, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  55. Strong antimicrobial activity of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG against Salmonella typhimurium is due to accumulation of lactic acid

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  56. Let LuxS speak up in AI-2 signaling

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, March 2006, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  57. Influence of genetic background on transformation and expression of Green Fluorescent Protein in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

    Article • Oral Microbiology and Immunology, August 2005, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  58. Microarray Analysis and Motif Detection Reveal New Targets of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium HilA Regulatory Protein, Including hilA Itself

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2005, ASM Journals

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  59. Comparison of the PhoPQ Regulon in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker, Professor Ferric C Fang

  60. Chemical Synthesis of (S)-4,5-Dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione, a Bacterial Signal Molecule Precursor, and Validation of Its Activity in Salmonella typhimurium

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 2005, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  61. Synthesis of Vinyl 1,2‐Diketones.

    Article • ChemInform, August 2004, Wiley

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  62. Synthesis of vinyl 1,2-diketones

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, May 2004, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker

  63. Genome-specific higher-order background models to improve motif detection

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, February 2003, Elsevier

    Sigrid De Keersmaecker