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Centre for Protein Engineering (ULG-CIP)
http://labos.ulg.ac.be/cip/
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.

Standard name: Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines
Parent institute: Université de Liège; Faculty of Sciences (ULG), more

Address:
Quartier Agora
Allée du 6 Août, 13
4000 Liège
Belgium 		 
Type: Scientific
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  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article Margesin, R.; Feller, G. (2010). Biotechnological applications of psychrophiles. Environ. Technol. 31(8-9): 835-844. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593331003663328, more
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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
  • Peer reviewed article 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, more
  • 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, more
  • 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, more