Publications

Gevers, D., Huys, G., Devlieghere, F., Uyttendaele, M., Debevere, J. & Swings, J. (2000) Isolation and identification of antibiotic resistant lactic acid bacteria from pre-packed sliced meat products. System. Appl. Microbiol. 23, 279-284.

Gevers, D., Huys, G. & Swings, J. (2001) Applicability of rep- PCR fingerprinting for identification of Lactobacillus species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 205 (1), 31-36

Huys, G., Gevers, D., Temmerman, R., Cnockaert, M., Denys, R., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R., McGann, P., Hiney, M., Smith, P. & Swings, J. (2001) Comparison of the antimicrobial tolerance of oxytetracycline-resistant heterotrophic bacteria isolated from hospital sewage and freshwater fishfarm water in Belgium. System. Appl. Microbiol. 24 (1), 122-130.

Gevers, D., Huys, G. & Swings, J. (2003) In vitro conjugal transfer of tetracycline resistance from Lactobacillus isolates to other Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 225(1), 125-130.

Gevers, D., Masco, L., Baert, L., Huys, G., Debevere, J. & Swings, J. (2003) Prevalence and diversity of tetracycline resistant lactic acid bacteria and their tet genes along the process line of fermented dry sausages. System. Appl. Microbiol. 26, 277-283.

Neysens, P., Messens, W., Gevers, D., Swings, J. & De Vuyst, L. (2003) Biphasic kinetics of growth and bacteriocin production with Lactobacillus amylovorus DCE471 occur under stress conditions. Microbiol. 149, 1073-1082.

Gevers, D., Danielsen, M., Huys, G. & Swings, J. (2003) Molecular characterization of tet (M) genes in Lactobacillus isolates from different types of fermented dry sausage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69(2), 1270- 1275.

Masco, L., Huys, G., Gevers, D., Verbrugghen, L. & Swings, J. (2003) Identification of Bifidobacterium species using rep-PCR fingerprinting. System. Appl. Microbiol. 26(4),557-563

Gevers, D., Vandepoele, K., Simillion, C. & Van de Peer, Y. (2004) Gene duplication and biased functional retention of paralogs in bacterial genomes. Trends Microbiol.12(4),148-154

De Clerck, E, Gevers, D., De Ridder, K & De Vos, P. (2004) Screening of bacterial contamination during gelatine production by means of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, focussed on Bacillus and related endosporeforming genera. J. Appl. Microbiol. 96(6),1333-1341

De Clerck, E, Gevers, D., Sergeant, K, Rodriguez-Diaz, M, Herman, L, Logan, N.A., Van Beeumen, J. & De Vos, P. (2004) Bacillus fumarioli, an Antarctic organism now isolated from gelatine: a comparative study. Res. Microbiol. 155(6),483-490

Naser, S., Thompson, F.L., Hoste, B., Gevers, D., Vandemeulebroecke, K., Cleenwerck, I., Thompson, C.C., Vancanneyt, M. & Swings, J. (2005). Phylogeny and Identification of Enterococcus Species Using atpA Gene Sequences. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43(5): 2224-2230.

Thompson, F.L., Gevers, D., Thompson, C.C., Dawyndt, P., Naser, S., Hoste, B. & Swings, J. (2005) Phylogeny and molecular identification of vibrios based on multilocus sequence analysis.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71, 5107-5115.

Naser, S., Thompson, F.L., Hoste, B.,Gevers, D., Dawyndt, P., Vancanneyt, M. & Swings, J. (2005) Application of multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) for rapid identification of Enterococcus species based on rpoA and pheS genes. Microbiol. 151(Pt 7): 2141-2150.

Gevers, D., Cohan, F.M., Lawrence, J.G., Spratt, B.G., Coenye, T., Feil, E.J., Stackebrandt, E., Van de Peer, Y., Vandamme, P., Thompson, F.L. & Swings, J. (2005) Opinion paper: Reevaluating prokaryotic species. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 3, 733-739.

Fabiano L. Thompson, Karl E. Klose, the AVIB group. (2006). Meeting report - Vibrio2005: the first International conference on the biology of Vibrios. J. Bacteriol. 188, 4592-4596

Gevers, D., Dawyndt, P., Vandamme, P. Willems, A, Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J., and De Vos, P. (2006). Stepping stones towards a new prokaryotic taxonomy. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. (in press).

Heylen, K., Gevers, D., Vanparys, B., Wittebolle, L., Geets, J., Boon, N., and De Vos, P. (2006). The incidence of nirS and nirK and their genetic heterogeneity in cultivated denitrifiers. Environ. Microbiol 8, 2012-2021.

Jacobsen, L., Andersen, S.R., Hammer, K., Huys, G., Gevers, D. & Wilcks, A. (2006). Horizontal transfer of tetM and ermB resistance plasmids from food strains of Lactobacillus plantarum to Enterococcus faecalis in the gastrointestinal tract of gnotobiotic rats. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (online since Oct 2nd)

Reviews

Coenye, T.*, Gevers, D.*, Van de Peer Y., Vandamme P. & Swings, J. (2005) Review: Towards a prokaryotic genomic taxonomy. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 29: 147-167. *both authors contributed equally

Book Chapters

Gevers, D. (2005). The impact of gene duplication in vibrios genomes. Invited book chapter in ´The Biology of Vibrios´. Editors: Thompson, F.L., Austin, B. & Swings, J. ASM press.

Gevers, D. & Coenye, T. (2005). Phylogenetic and genomic analysis. Invited book chapter in ´ASM Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3th edition´. Editors: Garland, J.L. & O’Connell, S. ASM press (in press)

Gomez-Gil, B., Thompson, F.L., Sawabe, T., Vicente, A., Coelho, A., Gevers, D., Swings, J. (2005) The Genus Vibrio. in ‘The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, 3rd edition, release 3.x’, Editors: M. Dworkin et al.,  Springer-Verlag, New York (http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/books/10125/) (in press)