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
Author(s)
    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
Author(s)
    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

Effectiveness of the XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 hospitalisation among adults aged ≥ 65 years during the BA.2.86/JN.1 predominant period, VEBIS hospital study, Europe, November 2023 to May 2024.

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Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses - ISSN 1750-2659-19:3 (2025) p. 1-7
Author(s)
    Liliana Antunes, Madelyn Rojas-Castro, Marcos Lozano, Iván Martínez-Baz, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Maria-Louise Borg, Beatrix Oroszi, Margaret Fitzgerald, Ralf Dürrwald, Ligita Jancoriene, Ausenda Machado, Goranka Petrović, Mihaela Lazar, Lenka Součková, Sabrina Bacci, Jennifer Howard, Nuno Verdasca, Luca Basile, Jesús Castilla, Silke Ternest, Aušra Džiugytė, Gergő Túri, Roisin Duffy, Carolin Hackmann, Monika Kuliese, Verónica Gomez, Zvjezdana Lovrić Makarić, Alexandru Marin, Petr Husa, Nathalie Nicolay, Angela M.C. Rose, Hilde Jansens, Sien De Koster, Veerle Matheeussen, Thomas Demuyser

Marine bacteria in sea spray aerosols and their potential immunological effects on human health

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Antwerp, University of Antwerp, Ghent University & Flanders Marine Institute, 2025,xx, 245 p.
Author(s)
    Yunmeng Li, Maarten De Rijcke, Sarah Lebeer, Jana Asselman

Green space at school and attention in primary school children in Belgium : a stratified matched case-control study

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Urban forestry & urban greening - ISSN 1618-8667-105 (2025) p. 1-10
Author(s)
    Raf Aerts, Hans Van Calster, Melike Ozen, Rafiqa Benchrih, Sophie Heyman, Edith Swerts, Arlien Wuyts, Liesa Lammens, Els Lommelen, Michael Leone, Saskia Wanner, Harmony Brulein, Antoine Groslambert, Linda Vanmeersche, Marie Legein, Wenke Smets, Irina Spacova, Eva M. De Clercq, Sarah Lebeer, Anna Leonard, Sophie O. Vanwambeke, Hans Keune