IMIS - Marine Research Groups

Mrs D'Hondt, Sofie
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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Fycologie, more

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Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Laboratorium voor Protistologie en Aquatische Ecologie (PAE), more

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Tytgat B, Vrleyen E, Obbels D, Peeters K, De Wever A, D'hondt S, De Meyer T, van Criekinge W, Vyverman W, Willems A (2018): Bacterial Diversity Assessment in Antarctic Terrestrial and Aquatic Microbial Mats. v1.1. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=bacterial_diversity_antarctica_microbial_mats&v=1.1, more
Vieira, Christophe et al. (2021), Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes, Dryad, Dataset,, more

A1 Publications (37) [show]
Delva, S.; de la Hoz, C.F.; Bafort, Q.; D'hondt, S.; Shabaka, S.; Hamdy Rashedy, S.; Sherwood, A.R.; Guy-Haim, T.; Israel, A.; De Clerck, O. (2024). Tracing the introduction of Dictyota acutiloba (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in the Mediterranean Sea, with a reassessment of its geographic distribution. Eur. J. Phycol. 59(1): 38-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2023.2214184, more Amadei Martínez, L.; Sabbe, K.; Dasseville, R.; Daveloose, I.; Verstraete, T.; D'Hondt, S.; Azémar, F.; Sossou, A.C.; Tackx, M.; Maris, T.; Meire, P.; Vyverman, W. (2023). Long-term phytoplankton dynamics in the Zeeschelde estuary (Belgium) are driven by the interactive effects of de-eutrophication, altered hydrodynamics and extreme weather events. Sci. Total Environ. 860: 160402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160402, more van der Loos, L.M.; D'hondt, S.; Engelen, A.H.; Pavia, H.; Toth, G.B.; Willems, A.; Weinberger, F.; De Clerck, O.; Steinhagen, S. (2023). Salinity and host drive Ulva-associated bacterial communities across the Atlantic-Baltic Sea gradient. Mol. Ecol. 32(23): 6260-6277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16462, more Vieira, C.; De Clerck, O.; De Ramon N’Yeurt, A.; D'Hondt, S.; Millet, L.; Kim, M.S.; Payri, C.; Zubia, M. (2023). Diversity, systematics and biogeography of French Polynesian Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Eur. J. Phycol. 58(2): 226-253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2092216, more Vieira, C.; Kim, M.S.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; Payri, C.; D’Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2023). Marine flora of French Polynesia: an updated list using DNA barcoding and traditional approaches. Biology-Basel 12(8): 1124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12081124, more Liu, X.; Blomme, J.; Bogaert, K.A.; D'Hondt, S.; Wichard, T.; Deforce, D.; Van Nieuwerburgh, F.; De Clerck, O. (2022). Transcriptional dynamics of gametogenesis in the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis identifies an RWP-RK transcription factor linked to reproduction. BMC Plant Biol. 22(1): 19. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03361-3, more Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D'Hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364, more Vieira, C.; Schils, T.; Kawai, H.; D’hondt, S.; Paiano, M.O.; Sherwood, A.R.; De Clerck, O.; Zubia, M. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Newhousia (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) and the description of N. sumayensis sp. nov. from Guam. Phycologia 61(3): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2022.2034364, more Bilcke, G.; Osuna-Cruz, C.M.; Silva, M.S.; Poulsen, N.; D'hondt, S.; Bulankova, P.; Vyverman, W.; De Veylder, L.; Vandepoele, K. (2021). Diurnal transcript profiling of the diatom Seminavis robusta reveals adaptations to a benthic lifestyle. Plant J. 107(1): 315-336. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15291, more Morrissey, K.L.; Ivesa, L.; Delva, S.; D'hondt, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Impacts of environmental stress on resistance and resilience of algal-associated bacterial communities. Ecol. Evol. 11(21): 15004-15019. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8184, more Tran, L.-A.T.; Bafort, Q.; Steen, F.; Garreta, A.G.; D'Hondt, S.; Miller, K.A.; Vranken, S.; Zuljevíc, A.; Smith, J.E.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Dictyota cyanoloma (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae), a newly introduced brown algal species in California. J. Phycol. 57(1): 370-378. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/jpy.13100, more van der Loos, L.M.; D'hondt, S.; Willems, A.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Characterizing algal microbiomes using long-read nanopore sequencing. Algal Research 59: 102456. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102456, more Vieira, C.; Steen, F.; D'hondt, S.; Bafort, Q.; Tyberghein, L.; Fernández-García, C.; Wysor, B.; Tronholm, A.; Mattio, L.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; Saunders, G.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade‐specific evolutionary processes. J. Biogeogr. 48(4): 703-715. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14047, more Vieira, C.; Rasoamanendrika, F.A.; Zubia, M.; Bolton, J.J.; Anderson, R.J.; Engelen, A.H.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Payri, C.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the western Indian Ocean: diversity and biogeography. S. Afr. J. Bot. 142: 230-246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2021.06.015, more Vieira, C.; N'Yeurt, A.D.R.; D'Hondt, S.; Tran, L.-A.T.; Van den Spiegel, D.; Kawai, H.; De Clerck, O. (2021). Marine macroalgal biodiversity of northern Madagascar: morpho-genetic systematics and implications of anthropic impacts for conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 30(5): 1501-1546. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10531-021-02156-0, more Blommaert, L.; Vancaester, E.; Huysman, M.J.J.; Osuna-Cruz, C.M.; D'hondt, S.; Lavaud, J.; Lepetit, B.; Winge, P.; Bones, A.M.; Vandepoele, K.; Vyverman, W.; Sabbe, K. (2020). Light regulation of LHCX genes in the benthic diatom Seminavis robusta. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 192. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3389/fmars.2020.00192, more Del Cortona, A.; Jackson, C.J.; Bucchini, F.; Van Bel, M.; D'hondt, S.; Skaloud, P.; Delwiche, C.F.; Knoll, A.H.; Raven, J.A.; Verbruggen, H.; Vandepoele, K.; De Clerck, O.; Leliaert, F. (2020). Neoproterozoic origin and multiple transitions to macroscopic growth in green seaweeds. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117(5): 2551-2559. https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910060117, more Vieira, C.; Henriques, F.; D'Hondt, S.; Neto, A.I.; Almada, C.H.; Kaufmann, M.; Sansón, M.; Sangil, C.; De Clerck, O. (2020). Lobophora (Dictyotales) species richness, ecology and biogeography across the north-eastern Atlantic archipelagos and description of two new species. J. Phycol. 56(2): 346-357. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12956, more Vieira, C.; Morrow, K.; D'Hondt, S.; Camacho, O.; Engelen, A.H.; Payri, C.E.; De Clerck, O. (2020). Diversity, ecology, biogeography, and evolution of the prevalent brown algal genus Lobophora in the Greater Caribbean Sea, including the description of five new species. J. Phycol. 56(3): 592-607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12986, more De Clerck, O.; Kao, S.-M.; Bogaert, K.A.; Blomme, J.; Foflonker, F.; Kwantes, M.; Vancaester, E.; Vanderstraeten, L.; Aydogdu, E.; Boesger, J.; Califano, G.; Charrier, B.; Clewes, R.; Del Cortona, A.; D’Hondt, S.; Fernandez-Pozo, N.; Gachon, C.M.; Hanikenne, M.; Lattermann, L.; Leliaert, F.; Liu, X.; Maggs, C.A.; Popper, Z.A.; Raven, J.A.; Van Bel, M.; Wilhelmsson, P.K.I.; Bhattacharya, D.; Coates, J.C.; Rensing, S.A.; Van Der Straeten, D.; Vardi, A.; Sterck, L.; Vandepoele, K.; Van de Peer, Y.; Wichard, T.; Bothwell, J.H. (2018). Insights into the evolution of multicellularity from the sea lettuce genome. Curr. Biol. 28(18): 2921-2933.e5. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.015, more Leliaert, F.; Payo, D.A.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Schils, T.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Saunders, G.W.; Kamiya, M.; Sherwood, A.R.; Lin, S.-M.; Huisman, J.M.; Le Gall, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Mattio, L.; Zubia, M.; Spokes, T.; Vieira, C.; Payri, C.E.; Coppejans, E.; D'hondt, S.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2018). Patterns and drivers of species diversity in the Indo-Pacific red seaweed Portieria. J. Biogeogr. 45(10): 2299-2313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13410, more Mancuso, F.P.; D'Hondt, S.; Willems, A.; Airoldi, L.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Diversity and temporal dynamics of the epiphytic bacterial communities associated with the canopy-forming seaweed Cystoseira cornpressa (Esper) Gerloff and Nizamuddin. Front. Microbiol. 7: 11 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00476, more 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 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 Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.J.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.J.; Bolton, J.J.; Sansón, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Leliaert, F.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2016). Shedding new light on old algae: matching names and sequences in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae). Taxon 65(4): 689-707. https://dx.doi.org/10.12705/654.1, more Vieira, C.; Camacho, O.; Wynne, M.; Mattio, L.; Anderson, R.; Bolton, J.; Sanson, M.; D'Hondt, S.; Fredericq, S.; Payri, C.; De Clerck, O. (2015). Matching names and clades in the brown algal genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae): an effort to integrate type specimens in modern taxonomy. Eur. J. Phycol. 50(Supplement 1): 29-29, more Fuciková, K.; Leliaert, F.; Cooper, E.D.; Skaloud, P.; D'hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Gurgel, C.F.D.; Lewis, L.A.; Lewis, P.O.; Lopez-Bautista, J.M.; Delwiche, C.F.; Verbruggen, H. (2014). New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Front. Ecol. Environ. 2: 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063, more Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; López-Bautista, J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2014). The forgotten genus Pseudoderbesia (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 35(3): 207-219. http://dx.doi.org/10.7872/crya.v35.iss3.2014.207, more Tytgat, B.; Verleyen, E.; Obbels, D.; Peeters, K.; De Wever, A.; D'Hondt, S.; De Meyer, T.; Van Criekinge, W.; Vyverman, W.; Willems, A. (2014). Bacterial diversity assessment in Antarctic terrestrial and aquatic microbial mats: a comparison between bidirectional pyrosequencing and cultivation. PLoS One 9(6): e97564. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097564, more Vieira, C.; D'Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O.; Payri, C.E. (2014). Toward an inordinate fondness for stars, beetles and Lobophora? Species diversity of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) in New Caledonia. J. Phycol. 50(6): 1101-1119. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12243, more Lipinska, A.P.; D'Hondt, S.; Van Damme, E.J.M.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Uncovering the genetic basis for early isogamete differentiation: a case study of Ectocarpus siliculosus. BMC Genom. 14. dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-909, more Payo, D.A.; Leliaert, F.; Verbruggen, H.; D'hondt, S.; Calumpong, H.P.; De Clerck, O. (2013). Extensive cryptic species diversity and fine-scale endemism in the marine red alga Portieria in the Philippines. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 280(1753). dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2660, more D'hondt, B.; D’Hondt, S.; Bonte, D.; Brys, R.; Hoffmann, M. (2012). A data-driven simulation of endozoochory by ungulates illustrates directed dispersal. Ecol. Model. 230: 114-122. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.01.014, more Leliaert, F.; D'hondt, S.; Tyberghein, L.; Verbruggen, H.; De Clerck, O. (2011). Atypical development of Chaetomorpha antennina in culture (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 59(2): 91-97. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00604.x, more Casteleyn, G.; Evans, K.M.; Backeljau, T.; D'hondt, S.; Chepurnov, V.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2009). Lack of population genetic structuring in the marine planktonic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (Bacillariophyceae) in a heterogeneous area in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(6): 1149-1158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1157-6, more Gillard, J.; Devos, V.; Huysman, M.J.J.; De Veylder, L.; D’Hondt, S.; Martens, C.; Vanormelingen, P.; Vannerum, K.; Sabbe, K.; Chepurnov, V.A.; Inzé, D.; Vuylsteke, M.; Vyverman, W. (2008). Physiological and transcriptomic evidence for a close coupling between chloroplast ontogeny and cell cycle progression in the pennate diatom Seminavis robusta. Plant Physiol. 148(3): 1394-1411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.108.122176, more Derycke, S.; Hendrickx, F.; Backeljau, T.; D’Hondt, S.; Camphijn, L.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary. Aquat. Toxicol. 82(2): 110-119. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.02.002, more
Book chapter [show]
Derycke, S.; Hendrickx, F.; Backeljau, T.; D’Hondt, S.; Camphijn, L.; Vincx, M.; Moens, T. (2007). Effects of sublethal abiotic stressors on population growth and genetic diversity of Pellioditis marina (Nematoda) from the Westerschelde estuary, in: Derycke, S. Patronen en processen in de genetische structuur van twee mariene nemarodentaxa Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): een moleculaire, morfologische en experimentele benadering = Patterns and processes in the genetic structure of two marine nematode taxa (Rhabditis (Pellioditis) marina and Halomonhystera disjuncta): a molecular, morphology and experimental approach. pp. 158-177, more
Abstracts (4) [show]
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 Zervas, D.; Lee, K.M.; D'Hondt, S.; De Clerck, O. (2014). Diversification of Mediterranean Cystoseira (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) using a RAD-Seq approach, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – VLIZ Young Scientists’ Day. Brugge, Belgium, 7 March 2014. VLIZ Special Publication, 67: pp. 133, more Vanormelingen, P.; Evans, K.M.; Mann, D.G.; D'Hondt, S.; Verstraete, T.; Debeer, A-E.; Sabbe, K.; Vyverman, W. (2012). Genotypic diversity and differentiation among benthic freshwater diatom populations as revealed by microsatellite analysis, in: Sabbe, K. et al. (Ed.) Twenty-second International Diatom Symposium, Aula Academica, Ghent, 26-31 August 2012. Abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 58: pp. 112, more

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