Publications and communications of Annick Wilmotte

Roncero Ramos, B., Savaglia, V., Durieu, B., Van De Vreken, I., Richel, A., & Wilmotte, A. (2024). Ecophysiological and genomic approaches to cyanobacterial hardening for restoration. Journal of Phycology, 1-18. doi:10.1111/jpy.13436

Savaglia, V., Lambrechts, S., Tytgat, B., Vanhellemont, Q., Elster, J., Willems, A., Wilmotte, A., Verleyen, E., & Vyverman, W. (06 February 2024). Geology defines microbiome structure and composition in nunataks and valleys of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1316633. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1316633

Pertierra, L., Varliero, G., Barbosa, A., Biersma, E., Convey, P., Chown, S., Cowan, D., De Los Rios, A., Escribano-Alvarez, P., Fontaneto, D., Fraser, C., Harris, M., Hughes, K., Griffiths, H., le Roux, P., Liu, X., Lynch, H., Majewska, R., Martinez, P., ... Greve, M. (01 February 2024). TerrANTALife 1.0 Biodiversity data checklist of known Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater life forms. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12. doi:10.3897/bdj.12.e106199

Tytgat, B., Verleyen, E., Sweetlove, M., Van Den Berge, K., Pinseel, E., Hodgson, D., Chown, S., Sabbe, K., Wilmotte, A., Willems, A., & Vyverman, W. (17 November 2023). Polar lake microbiomes have distinct evolutionary histories. Science Advances, 9 (46), 1-14. doi:10.1126/sciadv.ade7130

Roncero Ramos, B., Savaglia, V., Canton, Y., & Wilmotte, A. (October 2023). Biological soil crusts from the Sør Rondane Mountains and their influence on soil stability and fertility [Paper presentation]. XVI Congreso Nacional de la AEET, Almeria, Spain.

Cornet, L., Durieu, B., Baert, F., D'hooge Elisabeth, Collignon, D., Meunier, L., Lupo, V., Cleenwerck, I., Daniel, H.-M., Rigouts, L., Sirjacobs, D., Declerck, S., Vandamme, P., Wilmotte, A., Baurain, D., & Becker, P. (September 2023). The GEN-ERA toolbox: unified and reproducible workflows for research in microbial genomics [Paper presentation]. ECCO XLI – 2023, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Kanjer, L., Vaz, M., Wilmotte, A., & Bosak, S. (September 2023). BLUE-GREEN TRAVELERS: CULTIVATION OF CYANOBACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH SEA TURTLES [Poster presentation]. Cyano2023 - 8th Early Career Researcher Symposium on Cyanobacteria, Kassel, Germany.

Picone Dorian, Luchena, M., Cornet, L., Becker, P., Wilmotte, A., & Vaz, M. (September 2023). Evaluation of the bioactive potential of polar cyanobacterial strains from BCCM/ULC [Poster presentation]. ECCO XLI – 2023, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Savaglia, V., Durieu, B., Roncero Ramos, B., Lambrechts, S., Tytgat, B., Van Hellemont, Q., Elster, J., Verleyen, E., Willems, A., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (September 2023). Drivers of the terrestrial cyanobacterial community composition in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica [Poster presentation]. ECCO XLI - 2023, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Savaglia, V., Roncero Ramos, B., & Wilmotte, A. (September 2023). Contrasting strategies to resist dehydration of a pair of Nostoc commune strains from aquatic and terrestrial habitats of Antarctica [Poster presentation]. ECCO XLI - 2023, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Wilmotte, A. (September 2023). ONCE UPON A TIME: CYANOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN HERBARIA SPECIMENS [Poster presentation]. ECCO XLI - 2023, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Martinho de Brito, M., Bundeleva, I., Marin, F., Vennin, E., Wilmotte, A., Plasseraud, L., & Visscher, P. T. (03 August 2023). Properties of exopolymeric substances (EPSs) produced during cyanobacterial growth: potential role in whiting events. Biogeosciences, 20 (15), 3165-3183. doi:10.5194/bg-20-3165-2023

Chaerle, P., & Wilmotte, A. (August 2023). Microalgal culture collections: their roles and challenges in the 21th century [Paper presentation]. 8th European Phycological Congress, Brest, France.

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. (July 2023). Novel diversity of polar Cyanobacteria revealed by genome-resolved metagenomics. Microbial Genomics, 9 (7), 001056. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001056

Boulenger, A., Frémal, M., Vaz, M., Wilmotte, A., Lepoint, G., Marengo, M., & Gobert, S. (2023). Diversity of endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the roots of Posidonia oceanica: Implications for restoration [Poster presentation]. 11e congrès de l'Association Francophone d'Ecologie Microbienne (AFEM).

Cornet Luc, Vaz, M., Beets, K., Simons, V., & Wilmotte, A. (2023). BCCM/ULC: a Public Culture Collection to conserve ex situ the cyanobacterial diversity and taxonomic reference strains [Poster presentation]. 15th International Conference on Culture Collections, Braga, Portugal.

Cornet, L., Durieu, B., Baert, F., D'hooge, E., Colignon, D., Meunier, L., Lupo, V., Cleenwerck, I., Daniel, H.-M., Rigouts, L., Sirjacobs, D., Declerck, S., Vandamme, P., Wilmotte, A., Baurain, D., & Becker, P. (28 December 2022). The GEN-ERA toolbox: unified and reproducible workflows for research in microbial genomics. GigaScience, 12. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giad022

Lee, J. R., Terauds, A., Carwardine, J., Shaw, J. D., Fuller, R. A., Possingham, H. P., Chown, S. L., Convey, P., Gilbert, N., Hughes, K. A., McIvor, E., Robinson, S. A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Bergstrom, D. M., Biersma, E. M., Christian, C., Cowan, D. A., Frenot, Y., Jenouvrier, S., ... Chadès, I. (December 2022). Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity. PLoS Biology, 20 (12), 3001921. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001921

Savaglia, V., Roncero Ramoz Beatriz, Verleyen Elie, & Wilmotte, A. (09 October 2022). Different resistance mechanisms to desiccation of a pair of Nostoc sp. strains from aquatic and terrestrial habitats of Antarctica [Poster presentation]. 9th Int. Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany.

Vaz, M., Savaglia, V., Ahn Anne-Catherine, Beets Kim, Simons Véronique, Silva-Stenico Maria Estrella, Fiore Marli, & Wilmotte, A. (October 2022). BCCM/ULC: a Public Culture Collection to conserve ex situ the polar cyanobacterial diversity and taxonomic reference strains [Poster presentation]. Int. Conference on Polar and Alpine Microbiology, Potsdam, Germany.

Savaglia, V., Tytgat Bjorn, Durieu, B., Lambrechts Sam, Willems Anne, Van De Putte Anton, Vanhellemont Quinten, Van De Vyver Bart, Verleyen Elie, Vyverman Wim, & Wilmotte, A. (August 2022). Which factors are shaping the microbial diversity in the inland high-altitude biotopes of the Western Sør Rondane Mountains (Eastern Antarctica, ACBR6)? [Poster presentation]. Visioconference SCAR 2022 "Antarctica in a changing world".

Wilmotte, A., Savaglia, V., Durieu, B., Tytgat, B., Lambrechts, S., Willems, A., Van De Putte, A., Van Hellemont, Q., Van De Vijver, B., Verleyen, E., & Vyverman, W. (01 August 2022). The science-policy link in practice: how to propose an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA)? [Paper presentation]. Virtual SCAR 2022 'Antarctica in a changing world', India.

Van Hassel, W., Ahn, A.-C., Huybrechts, B., Masquelier, J., Wilmotte, A., & Andjelkovic, M. (27 July 2022). LC-MS/MS Validation and Quantification of Cyanotoxins in Algal Food Supplements from the Belgium Market and Their Molecular Origins. Toxins, 14 (8), 513. doi:10.3390/toxins14080513

Vaz, M., Savaglia, V., Beets, K., Ahn, A.-C., Simons Véronique, Stenico, M.-E., Fiore Marli, & Wilmotte, A. (15 June 2022). BCCM/ULC: a source of cyanobacterial diversity for taxonomic, genomic and applied research [Poster presentation]. InBios Day, Liège, Belgium.

de Brito, M. M., Bundeleva, I., Marin, F., Vennin, E., Wilmotte, A., Plasseraud, L., & Visscher, P. T. (16 May 2022). Effect of Culture pH on Properties of Exopolymeric Substances from Synechococcus PCC7942: Implications for Carbonate Precipitation. Geosciences, 12 (5), 210. doi:10.3390/geosciences12050210

Van Hassel, W., Huybrechts, B., Masquelier, J., Wilmotte, A., & Andjelkovic, M. (08 April 2022). Development, Validation and Application of a Targeted LC-MS Method for Quantification of Microcystins and Nodularin: Towards a Better Characterization of Drinking Water. Water, 14 (8), 1195. doi:10.3390/w14081195

Soares, F., Trovão, J., Ahn, A.-C., Wilmotte, A., Cardoso, S., Tiago, I., & Portugal, A. (08 February 2022). Introducing Petrachlorosaceae fam. nov., Petrachloros gen. nov. and Petrachloros mirabilis sp. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) isolated from a Portuguese UNESCO monument. Journal of Phycology, 58, 219–233. doi:10.1111/jpy.13241

Van Hassel, W., Andjelkovic, M., Durieu, B., Marroquin, V. A., Huybrechts, B., Masquelier, J., & Wilmotte, A. (16 January 2022). A Summer of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Belgian Waterbodies: Microcystin Quantification and Molecular Characterizations. Toxins, 14 (1), 61. doi:10.3390/toxins14010061

Imhoff, J. F., & Wilmotte, A. (2022). International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tübingen, Germany. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72 (1), 5211. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005211

Imhoff, J. F., & Wilmotte, A. (2022). International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the closed online Meeting from 9-27 August 2021. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72 (1), 5212. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005212

Ahn, A.-C., Beets, K., Berthold, D., Laughinghouse, D., & Wilmotte, A. (20 July 2021). BCCM/ULC: A PUBLIC CULTURE COLLECTION AS RESERVOIR OF CYANOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND TAXONOMIC REFERENCE STRAINS [Poster presentation]. 75th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America.

Wilmotte, A., Becker, P., Chaerle, P., Vyverman, W., Ahn, A.-C., Rigouts, L., Bosschaerts, M., Daniel, H.-M., Hellemans, A., Olbrechts, A., & Van De Perre, V. (July 2021). Public Deposits In Biological Resource Centres Is An Essential Part Of Fair Science [Poster presentation]. World Microbe Forum.

Wilmotte, A., Pessi, I. S., Velazquez, D., durieu, B., Lara, Y., & Laughinghouse, H. D. (July 2021). A WINDOW TO THE PAST: CYANOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN HERBARIA SPECIMENS [Paper presentation]. 75th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America, online, United States.

Cornet, L., Ahn, A.-C., Wilmotte, A., & Baurain, D. (2021). ORPER: A Workflow for Constrained SSU rRNA Phylogenies. Genes, 12 (11). doi:10.3390/genes12111741

Wilmotte, A. (2020). Où publier en Open Access ? Éviter les dérives [Paper presentation]. Webinaire: PUBLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES ET OPEN ACCESS LES PRATIQUES DES AUTEURS, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Roncero Ramos, B., Savaglia, V., & Wilmotte, A. (16 October 2020). Physiological performance under high salinity conditions of Nostoc commune from hot and cold deserts [Paper presentation]. BSM Symposium “Microbiology at the 2020 horizon”, Belgium.

Van Hassel, W., Huybrecht, B., Andjelkovic, M., Burlion, N., & Wilmotte, A. (08 September 2020). C yanobacterial blooms in Wallonia during the summer of 2019 [Poster presentation]. 11TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA - Online event, Porto, Portugal.

Wilmotte, A., Pessi, I. S., Velazquez, D., Durieu, B., & Laughinghouse IV, H. (08 September 2020). Past cyanobacteria biodiversity in herbarium collections: a time travel to a lost world? [Paper presentation]. 11TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA - Online event, Porto, Portugal.

Ahn, A.-C., Beets, K., Durieu, B., Simons, V., & Wilmotte, A. (September 2020). Conservation and charactersation exploration of extremophilic Cyanobacteria by the BCCM/ULC collection of Cyanobacteria [Poster presentation]. 11TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON THE BIOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIA - Online event, Porto, Portugal.

Ahn, A.-C., Beets, K., Durieu, B., Simons, V., & Wilmotte, A. (August 2020). Conservation and characterisation of Polar Cyanobacteria by the BCCM/ULC collection [Paper presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Koyama, H., Wada, T., Kudoh, S., Imura, S., Kvíderová, J., Verleyen, E., Wilmotte, A., & Elster, J. (August 2020). Diversity of cyanobacteria and microalgae in coastal terrestrial ecosystems, Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica [Poster presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Savaglia, V., Lambrechts, S., Durieu, B., Vanhellemont, Q., Tytgat, B., Verleyen, E., Willems, A., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (August 2020). Understanding the microbiome diversity through a combination of remote sensing and close-range field observation techniques in the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica [Paper presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Wada, T., Koyama, H., Kudoh, S., Imura, S., Kviderova, J., Simek, M., Verleyen, E., Wilmotte, A., & Elster, J. (August 2020). Diversity and ecological role of cyanobacterial benthic microbial mats in five lakes, Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica [Poster presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Wilmotte, A., Pessi, I. S., Velazquez, D., & Laughinghouse IV, H. (August 2020). Past cyanobacterial biodiversity in polar regions [Paper presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Wilmotte, A., Savaglia, V., Durieu, B., Lambrechts, S., Willems, A., Vanhellemont, Q., Van de putte, A., Van De Vijver, B., Tytgat, B., Verleyen, E., & Vyverman, W. (August 2020). MICROBIAN : Microbial diversity in the Sør Rondane Mountains in a context of climate change [Poster presentation]. SCAR 2020 Open Science Conference Online, Hobart, Australia.

Becker, P., Bosschaerts, M., Chaerle, P., Daniel, H.-M., Hellemans, A., Olbrechts, A., Rigouts, L., Wilmotte, A., & Hendrickx, M. (November 2019). Public Microbial Resource Centers: Key Hubs for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) Microorganisms and Genetic Materials. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85 (21), 01444-19. doi:10.1128/AEM.01444-19

Ahn, A.-C., Cornet, L., Beets, K., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (18 October 2019). Biodiversity of Cyanobacteria and associated microbiome in the BCCM/ULC Culture Collection [Poster presentation]. 2019 Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology, Bruxelles, Belgium.

BEcker, P., Chaerle, P., Hendrickx, M., Vyverman, W., Ahn, A.-C., Bosschaerts, M., Daniel, H. M., Hellemans, A., Olbrechts, A., Rigouts, L., & Wilmotte, A. (18 October 2019). A plea to preserve microbial diversity in public microbial resource centres [Poster presentation]. 2019 Symposium of the Belgian Society for Microbiology, “Microbes without Frontiers”, Brussels, Belgium.

Pushkareva, E., Wilmotte, A., Laska, K., & Elster, J. (October 2019). Comparison of Microphototrophic Communities Living in Different Soil Environments in the High Arctic. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 393. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00393

Wilmotte, A. (24 September 2019). Global situation in polar ecology and challenges in science we are dealing with at present [Paper presentation]. 60th conference of the Czech Phycological Society, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.

Wilmotte, A., Beets, K., Simons, V., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., & Baurain, D. (27 August 2019). BCCM/ULC : genomic research on Polar cyanobacteria. European Journal of Phycology, 54 (sup1), 31-117. doi:10.1080/09670262.2019.1626627

Becker, P., Chaerle, P., Hendrickx, M., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (August 2019). A plea to preserve microalgae and cyanobacterial diversity in public microbial resource centres [Poster presentation]. 7th European Phycological Congress (EPC7), Zagreb, Croatia. doi:10.1080/09670262.2019.1626628

Ahn, A.-C., Beets, K., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Simons, V., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (13 June 2019). Cyanobacteria of Polar Regions: Focus of the BCCM/ULC Culture Collection [Poster presentation]. ECCO 2019 XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the European Culture Collections' Organisation, Turin, Italy.

Van de Putte, A., André, F., & Wilmotte, A. (08 May 2019). How is the science-based stewardship of the Southern Ocean organized and could it be applied to the Arctic Ocean? [Paper presentation]. 51st International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics : Polar Ocean facing changes, Liège, Belgium.

Wilmotte, A., Erkinaro, J., Pedros Alio, C., Piepenburg, D., Xavier, J., Frenot, Y., Velazquez, D., Badhe, R., & Savela, H. (2019). Footprints on changing polar ecosystems Processes, threats, responses and opportunities for future generations. In N. Biebow, A. Quesada, ... D. Vaughan (Eds.), The EU-PolarNet White Papers (Represented by Coordinator Antje Boetius (Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute), pp. 20-27). Bremerhaven, Germany: EU-PolarNet.

Demoulin, C.* , Lara, Y.* , Cornet, L., François, C., Baurain, D., Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (2019). Cyanobacteria evolution: Insight from the fossil record. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 140, 206-223. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.05.007

Pessi, I. S., Puschkareva, E., Lara, Y., Borderie, F., Wilmotte, A., & Elster, J. (January 2019). Marked Succession of Cyanobacterial Communities Following Glacier Retreat in the High Arctic. Microbial Ecology, 77, 136-147. doi:10.1007/s00248-018-1203-3

Wilmotte, A., Beets, K., & Sweetlove, M. (2019). BCCM/ULC Cyanobacteria culture collection at the University of Liège (ISO9001 certified). Version 1.5. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Occurrence dataset. (1.5). ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/237081. doi:10.15468/jrcrb7

Xavier, J. C., Mateev, D., Capper, L., Wilmotte, A., & Walton, D. W. H. (2019). Education and Outreach by the Antarctic Treaty Parties, Observers and Experts under the framework of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative meetings. Polar Record, 1-4. doi:10.1017/S003224741800044X

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (18 December 2018). Adaptations to extreme conditions: the strategy of the Antarctic cyanobacterium ULC007 [Paper presentation]. Annual meeting of the FRS-FNRS Contact Group “Astrobiology: from stars and planets to extreme life”, Liège, Belgium.

Lara, Y., Wilmotte, A., Sivonen, K., De Bellis, G., Kuuppo, P., Ventura, S., Montarani, B., Henderson, P., Hoffmann, L., Zalewski, M., & Komárek, J. (2018). Metadata compilation for the MIDI-CHIP dataset. Freshwater Metadata Journal. doi:10.15504/fmj.2018.37

Almanza, V., Wilmotte, A., Laughinghouse IV, H., Pedreros, P., & Urrutia, R. (October 2018). Diversity, optimal conditions and tolerance of planktonic cyanobacteria to different environmental conditions in Chile, South America [Paper presentation]. 18th International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA 2018), Nantes, France.

Wilmotte, A., Santoro, M., Beets, K., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Simons, V., Silva-Stenico, E., De Fiore, M., Cornet, L., & Baurain, D. (October 2018). Ex-situ conservation and exploration of polar cyanobacteria in the BCCM/ULC Collection [Poster presentation]. BSM 2018 Annual Symposium "Microbes in the spotlight", Brussels, Belgium.

Lara, Y., & Wilmotte, A. (2018). The MIDICHIP database.

Wilmotte, A. (September 2018). Pourquoi tout ce qui vit doit mourir un jour? Kingkong magazine, 2 (fall/winter).

Hughes, K., Xavier, J. C., Liggett, D., Roldan, G., & Wilmotte, A. (June 2018). How Can My Research Data Be Useful for Conservation and Policy-making? [Poster presentation]. POLAR 2018 'Where the Poles come together', Davos, Switzerland.

Vincent, W., & Wilmotte, A. (June 2018). Conservation Issues in the High Arctic and Pole-to-Pole Comparisons [Paper presentation]. POLAR 2018 'Where the Poles come together', Davos, Switzerland.

Wilmotte, A., Beets, K., Simons, V., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., & Laughinghouse IV, H. (June 2018). Ex-situ Conservation of Polar Cyanobacteria in the BCCM/ULC Collection [Poster presentation]. POLAR 2018 'Where the Poles come together', Davos, Switzerland.

Hughes, K., Constable, A., Frenot, Y., Lopez-Martinez, J., McIvor, E., Njåstad, B., Terauds, A., Liggett, D., Roldan, G., Wilmotte, A., & Xavier, J. C. (May 2018). Antarctic environmental protection: strengthening the links between science and governance. Environmental Science and Policy, 83, 86-95. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2018.02.006

Santoro, M., Chaerle, P., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Beets, K., Chepurnova, O., Simons, V., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (May 2018). Keeping microalgae safe and available [Poster presentation]. Algal Research for Policy-Making and Biotech Symposium, Oban, United Kingdom.

Lara, Y., Beets, K., Simons, V., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Santoro, M., Laughinghouse IV, H., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (March 2018). Polar cyanobacteria in the BCCM/ULC collection : diversity and characterization [Poster presentation]. COST Life Origin Final Workshop, Bertinoro, Italy.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Pessi, I., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (March 2018). The survival toolkit of the Antarctic cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007 [Paper presentation]. COST Life Origin Final Workshop, Bertinoro, Italy.

Cornet, L., Bertrand, A., Hanikenne, M., Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., & Baurain, D. (2018). Metagenomic assembly of new (sub)polar Cyanobacteria and their associated microbiome from non-axenic cultures. Microbial Genomics, 4. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.000212

Cornet, L., Meunier, L., Van Vlierberghe, M., Léonard, R., Durieu, B., Lara, Y., Misztak, A., Sirjacobs, D., Javaux, E., Philippe, H., Wilmotte, A., & Baurain, D. (2018). Consensus assessment of the contamination level of publicly available cyanobacterial genomes. PLoS ONE, 13 (7), 0200323. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0200323

Cornet, L., Wilmotte, A., Javaux, E., & Baurain, D. (2018). A constrained SSU-rRNA phylogeny reveals the unsequenced diversity of photosynthetic Cyanobacteria (Oxyphotobacteria). BMC Research Notes, 11 (1), 435. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-3543-y

Kleinteich, J., Puddick, J., Wood, S. A., Hildebrand, F., Laughinghouse IV, H., Pearce, D. A., Dietrich, D. R., & Wilmotte, A. (2018). Toxic Cyanobacteria in Svalbard: Chemical Diversity of Microcystins Detected Using a Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Precursor Ion Screening Method. Toxins, 10 (147), 1-15. doi:10.3390/toxins10040147

Pessi, I. S., Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Maalouf, P., Verleyen, E., & Wilmotte, A. (2018). Community structure and distribution of benthic cyanobacteria in Antarctic lacustrine microbial mats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94 (5), 042. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy042

Savaglia, V., Namsraev, Z., Mano, M.-J., & Wilmotte, A. (2018). Highest diversity of cyanobacterial on granite substrates in the Sør Rondane Mountains [Poster presentation]. POLAR 2018 Conference - Where the Poles come together.

Furmaniak, M., Misztak, A., Franczuk, M., Wilmotte, A., Waleron, M., & Waleron, K. (18 December 2017). Edible cyanobacterial genus Arthrospira: actual state of the art in cultivation methods, genetics and application in medicine. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2541. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02541

Kleinteich, J., Golubic, S., Pessi, I. S., Velázquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Radtke, G., Lee, S.-J., Javaux, E., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2017). Cyanobacterial Contribution to Travertine Deposition in the Hoyoux River System, Belgium. Microbial Ecology, 74, 33-53. doi:10.1007/s00248-017-0937-7

Lara, Y., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Molecular dataset from the European project MIDI-CHIP ( EVK2-CT-1999-00026).

Wilmotte, A., Durieu, B., Lara, Y., Obbels, D., Stelmach Pessi, I., 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 A. Van de Putte (Ed.), Book of abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017 (pp. 199). SCAR.

Wilmotte, A. (30 June 2017). Antarctic cyanobacteria: from diversity to genomics [Paper presentation]. MARINE MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES Symposium in honour of Professor Lucas Stal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Billi, D., Fagliarone, Verseux, C., Mosca, C., Baqué, M., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Unravelling the secret of the resistance of desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis to desiccation and radiation. In A. Van de Putte, Book of abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017 (pp. 352). SCAR.

Wilmotte, A., Willems, A., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., Velazquez, D., Quesada, A., Laughinghouse, 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 A. Van de Putte (Ed.), Book of abstracts: XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium, 10-14 July 2017 (pp. 448). Cambridge, United Kingdom: SCAR.

Lara, Y., Durieu, B., Cornet, L., Verlaine, O., Rippka, R., Stelmach Pessi, I., Misztak, A., Joris, B., Javaux, E., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Draft genome sequence of the axenic strain Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007, a cyanobacterium isolated from Lake Bruehwiler (Larsemann Hills, Antarctica). Genome Announcements, 01546-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01546-16

Lara, Y., De Wever, A., Verniers, G., Pirlot, S., Viroux, L., Leporcq, B., Vanormelingen, P., Van Wichelen, J., Van der Gucht, K., Peretyatko, A., Tessier, S., Lambion, A., Reilly, M., Menzel, D., Wojnicz, A., Codd, G., Triest, L., Vyverman, W., Descy, J.-P., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Metadata compilation for the B-BLOOMS2 dataset: Cyanobacterial bloom monitoring. Freshwater Metadata Journal, 28, 1-8. doi:10.15504/fmj.2017.28

Lara, Y., & Wilmotte, A. (2017). Molecular dataset from BELSPO project B-BLOOMS 2.

Hughes, K. A., Liggett, D., Roldan, G., Wilmotte, A., & Xavier, J. C. (August 2016). Narrowing the science/policy gap for environmental management. Antarctic Science, 28 (5), 325. doi:10.1017/S0954102016000407

Crahay, C., Renard, M., Day, J. G., & Wilmotte, A. (21 June 2016). Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria in the BCCM/ULC collection: experimental set-up of protocols [Paper presentation]. Workshop - Advances in cryopreservation methods for microorganisms and plants-GGBN Conference 2016.

Crahay, C., Chepurnova, O., Day, J. G., Wilmotte, A., & Vyverman, W. (June 2016). Development of improved preservation techniques for cyanobacterial and diatom strains in the BCCM collections [Poster presentation]. GGBN Conference 2016.

Baurain, D., Wilmotte, A., & Frère, J.-M. (2016). Gram-Negative Bacteria: "Inner" vs. "Cytoplasmic" or "Plasma Membrane": A Question of Clarity rather than Vocabulary. Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology, 8 (4), 325-326. doi:10.4172/1948-5948.1000305

Pearce, D., Alekhina, I., Terauds, Wilmotte, A., Quesada, A., Edwards, A., Dommergue, A., Sattler, B., Adams, B., Magalhães, C. M., Chu, W.-L., Lau, M., Cary, C. S., Smith, D. J., Wall, Eguren, G., Matcher, Bradley, J., De Vera, J.-P. P., ... Vincent, W. (2016). Aerobiology over Antarctica – a new initiative for atmospheric ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00016

Storme, J.-Y., Golubic, S., Wilmotte, A., Kleinteich, J., Velazquez, D., & Javaux, E. (21 August 2015). Raman characterization of the UV-protective pigment gloeocapsin and its role in the survival of cyanobacteria [Paper presentation]. Goldschmit 2015.

Crahay, C., Renard, M., Mari, M., Day, J. G., & Wilmotte, A. (03 August 2015). Development of cryopreservation methods for long-term preservation of cyanobacterial strains in the BCCM/ULC collection [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Lara, Y., Verlaine, O., Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Rippka, R., Renard, M., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., & Wilmotte, A. (03 August 2015). Genome sequencing of an endemic filamentous Antarctic cyanobacterium [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Laughinghouse, H. D., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., & Wilmotte, A. (03 August 2015). A next-generation approach to assess the cyanobacterial diversity and biogeography in the High Arctic (Svalbard) [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Wilmotte, A., Golubic, S., Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., & Javaux, E. (03 August 2015). Contribution of cyanobacteria to the building of travertines in a calcareous stream [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Wilmotte, A., Renard, M., Lara, Y., Cornet, L., Baurain, D., Waleron, M., & Waleron, K. (03 August 2015). The BCCM/ULC collection : a Biological Ressource Center for polar cyanobacteria [Poster presentation]. 15th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tubingen, Germany.

Wilmotte, A., & Lara, Y. (03 July 2015). Basics on cyanobacterial genetics [Paper presentation]. Advanced course on Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins, Madrid, Spain.

Hughes, K., Cowan, D., & Wilmotte, A. (25 February 2015). Protection of Antarctic microbial communities–‘out of sight, out of mind’. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6 (151), 1-6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00151

Kleinteich, J., Stelmach Pessi, I., Velazquez, D., Javaux, E., Storme, J.-Y., Darchambeau, F., Borges, A., Compère, P., Golubic, S., & Wilmotte, A. (February 2015). Cyanobacteria - the constructors of travertines? [Paper presentation]. 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting 'Aquatic Sciences: global and regional perspectives - North meets South', Grenada, Spain.

Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Monsieurs, P., Mathy, G., Leys, N., Franck, F., Joris, B., Thonart, P., Hiligsmann, S., & Wilmotte, A. (2015). Genome-wide transcriptional analysis suggests hydrogenase- and nitrogenase-mediated hydrogen production in Clostridium butyricum CWBI 1009. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8 (27), 1-16. doi:10.1186/s13068-015-0203-5

Pushkareva, E., Stelmach Pessi, I., Wilmotte, A., & Elster, J. (2015). Cyanobacterial community composition in Arctic soil crusts at different stages of development. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91 (12), 143. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv143

Verleyen, E., Namsaraev, Z., Ertz, D., Tytgat, B., Obbels, D., Sweetlove, M., Elster, J., De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Mano, M.-J., Imura, S., Van De Vijver, B., Wilmotte, A., Willems, A., & Vyverman, W. (2015). BELGIAN MICROBIAL DIVERSITY PROJECT IN ANTARCTICA (BELDIVA) (EA/00/05). (EA/00/05). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Science Policy Office.

Deprez, K., Vanormelingen, P., Crahay, C., Wilmotte, A., Day, J. G., & Vyverman, W. (18 November 2014). PRESPHOTO – a project to improve the preservation of cyanobacteria and diatom cultures [Poster presentation]. Belgian Society for microbiology meeting November 18, 2014 - Cell Signaling in Host-Microbe Interactions.

Cornet, L., Javaux, E., Wilmotte, A., Hervé, P., & Baurain, D. (03 November 2014). A Phylogenomic analysis of the origin of plastids [Paper presentation]. IUAP Planet TOPERS meeting, Liège, Belgium.

Golubic, S., & Wilmotte, A. (November 2014). The phycologist Pierre Compère: his contribution to cyanobacterial studies. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 147 (3), 307-310. doi:10.5091/plecevo.2014.1044

Imhoff, J., & Wilmotte, A. (November 2014). International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 11 August 2009, Montreal, Canada. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64, 3907–3909. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.069955-0

Franck, F., Remacle, C., Wilmotte, A., Joris, B., Thonart, P., & Hiligsmann, S. (2014). Summary of ARC Final Report – MicroH2 - A collaborative project on algal and bacterial H2 production. ULg - Université de Liège.

Hughes, K., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., Obbels, D., Willems, A., Stelmach Pessi, I., Laughinghouse IV, H., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2013). Human impacts on Antarctic ecosystems: do not forget the microorganisms! [Paper presentation]. 11th SCAR Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain.

Mano, M.-J., Namsaraev, Z., Obbels, D., verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., Elster, J., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2013). Biodiversity studies in Open-Top Chambers in continental Antarctica [Poster presentation]. 11th SCAR Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain.

Wilmotte, A., Renard, M., Ould Amer, Y., Lara, Y., Laughinghouse, H. D., Calusinska, M., Silva-Stenico, M. E., Genuario, D., Fiore, M., Waleron, M., & Waleron, K. (July 2013). Study and conservation of Antarctic cyanobacterial diversity in the BCCM/ULC collection [Poster presentation]. 11th SCAR Biology Symposium (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research), Barcelona, Spain.

Lara, Y., Lambion, A., Menzel, D., Codd, G., & Wilmotte, A. (28 May 2013). A cultivation-independent approach for the genetic and cyanotoxin characterization of colonial cyanobacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 69, 135-143. doi:10.3354/ame01628

Fernandez-Carazo, R., Verleyen, E., Hodgson, D. A., Roberts, S. J., Waleron, K., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (March 2013). Late Holocene changes in cyanobacterial community structure in maritime Antarctic lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology, 50, 15-31. doi:10.1007/s10933-013-9700-3

De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Lambion, A., Gillard, B., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (31 October 2012). Antarctic cyanobacterial diversity: how important are the geographical and ecological factors? [Paper presentation]. XXI ALAM Congresso Latinoamericano de Microbiologia, Santos, Brazil.

Mano, M.-J., De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Verleyen, E., Obbels, D., De Wever, A., Namsaraev, Z., Willems, A., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2012). Out of sight, out of mind ? How does the Antarctic Treaty consider the microscopic organisms? [Paper presentation]. SCAR Open Science Conference "POLICY ADVICE IN A CHANGING WORLD", Portland OR, United States.

Mano, M.-J., De Carvalho, P., Verleyen, E., Obbels, D., De Wever, A., Namsaraev, Z., Willems, A., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2012). Out of sight, out of mind ? Diversity of microscopic organisms as an overlooked criterion for conservation purposes [Paper presentation]. XXXII SCAR OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE "Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World", Portland, OR, United States.

Mano, M.-J., Namsaraev, Z., Fernandez, R., Ertz, D., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2012). Diversity of the cyanobacterial communities from the Sør Rondane Mountains (Eastern Antarctica) [Poster presentation]. XXXII SCAR OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE "Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World", Portland, OR, United States.

Mano, M.-J., Namsaraev, Z., Gorodetskaya, I., Elster, J., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2012). Climate change simulation in continental Antarctica using Open-Top Chambers [Poster presentation]. XXXII SCAR OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE "Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World", Portland, OR, United States.

Obbels, D., De Carvalho Maalouf, P., De Wever, A., Peeters, K., Willems, A., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (July 2012). Antarctic Microbial BIOdiversity : the importance of geographical versus ecological factors [Poster presentation]. XXXII SCAR OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE "Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing World", Portland, OR, United States.

Rigouts, L., Vanormelingen, P., Vyverman, W., Wilmotte, A., & Detongre, O. (June 2012). THREE NEW BCCM PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ON DIATOMS, MYCOBACTERIA AND CYANOBACTERIA [Poster presentation]. ECCO XXXI – Closing the gap between science and society, Braga, Portugal.

De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Lambion, A., Gillard, B., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (May 2012). Antarctic cyanobacterial diversity: how important are the geographical and ecological factors? [Paper presentation]. 8e Journées Scientifiques du CNFRAA, Brest, France.

Fernandez-Carazo, R., Namsaraev, Z., Mano, M.-J., Ertz, D., & Wilmotte, A. (2012). Cyanobacterial diversity for an anthropogenic impact assessment in the Sor Rondane Mountains area, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 24 (3), 229-242. doi:10.1017/S0954102011000824

Masset, J., Calusinska, M., Hamilton, C., Hiligsmann, S., Joris, B., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (2012). Fermentative hydrogen production from glucose and starch using pure strains and artificial co-cultures ofClostridium spp. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 5 (35), 1-15.

Vyverman, W., Hodgson, D. A., Wilmotte, A., De Batist, M., Sterken, M., Heirman, K., Roberts, S. J., Fernandez-Carazo, R., Tavernier, I., Sabbe, K., Van der Gucht, K., De Groot, L., & Verleyen, E. (2012). HOLOCENE CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND ECOSYSTEM CHANGES IN COASTAL EAST AND MARITIME ANTARCTICA “HOLANT” (SD/CA/01). (SD/CA/01). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Science Policy Office.

Wilmotte, A., Vyverman, W., Willems, A., Verleyen, E., Peeters, K., Obbels, D., Souffreau, C., & De Carvalho Maalouf, P. (2012). Antarctic Microbial Biodiversity: the Importance of Geographical and Ecological factors “AMBIO” (SD/BA/01). (SD/BA/01). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Science Policy Office.

Lepot, K., Deremiens, Namsaraev, Z., Compère, P., Gérard, E., Verleyen, E., Tavernier, Hodgson, Wilmotte, A., & Javaux, E. (07 April 2011). Organo-mineral imprints in fossil cyanobacterial mats of an Antarctic lake [Poster presentation]. European Geoscience Union EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Lambion, A., Gillard, B., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (February 2011). Antarctic cyanobacterial diversity: how important are the geographical and ecological factors? [Paper presentation]. Biosystematics, Berlin, Germany.

Wilmotte, A., Waleron, K., Waleron, M., Namsaraev, Z., Simon, P., Renard, M., Vincent, W., Castenholz, R., Marinelli, F., Elster, J., & Komarek, J. (February 2011). A collection of polar cyanobacteria to contribute to the inventory of the biodiversity and discover the biotechnological potential [Poster presentation]. BioSystematics, Berlin, Germany.

Janssen, P., Morin, N., Mergeay, M., Leroy, B., Wattiez, R., Vallaeys, T., Waleron, K., Waleron, M., Wilmotte, A., Quillardet, P., Tandeau de Marsac, N., Talla, E., & Zhang, C.-C. (May 2010). Genome Sequence of the Edible Cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp. PCC 8005. Journal of Bacteriology, 192 (9), 2465–2466. doi:10.1128/JB.00116-10

Calusinska, M., Happe, T., Joris, B., & Wilmotte, A. (2010). The surprising diversity of clostridial hydrogenases: a comparative genomic perspective. Microbiology, 156, 1575-1588. doi:10.1099/mic.0.032771-0

Fernandez Carazo, R., & Wilmotte, A. (2010). Fossil cyanobacterial DNA from sediment cores at Beak Island (Antarctic Peninsula): challenges for a molecular approach. In H. Decleir, C. De Broyer, F. Dehairs, J.-L. Tison, A. Vanreusel, ... A. Wilmotte (Eds.), CONTACTFORUM Belgian IPY symposium. The contribution of Belgian Research to the achievements of the International Polar Year 2007-2009 (pp. 98-100). Brussels, Belgium: KVAB.

Hamilton, C.* , Hiligsmann, S.* , Beckers, L., Masset, J., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (2010). Optimisation of culture conditions for biological hydrogen production by Citrobacter freundii CWBI952 in batch, sequenced-batch and semicontinuous operating mode. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35, 1089-1098. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.10.073

Morin, N., Vallaeys, T., Hendrickx, L., Leys, N., & Wilmotte, A. (2010). An efficient DNA isolation protocol for filamentous cyanobacteria of the genus Arthrospira. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 80, 148-154. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2009.11.012

Namsaraev, Z., Mano, M.-J., Fernandez Carazo, R., & Wilmotte, A. (2010). Biogeography of terrestrial cyanobacteria from Antarctic ice-free areas. Annals of Glaciology, 51 (56), 171-177. doi:10.3189/172756411795931930

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. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 59, 11-24. doi:10.3354/ame01378

Hamilton, C., Calusinska, M., Masset, J., Hiligsmann, S., Beckers, L., Wilmotte, A., & Thonart, P. (16 December 2009). Investigation of hydrogenase molecular markers to optimize hydrogen production from organic waste and agro-food industries effluents.

De Carvalho Maalouf, P., Lambion, A., Zakhia, F., & Wilmotte, A. (11 December 2009). Cyanobacterial 
molecular 
diversity 
and distribution 
in 
microbial 
mats from 
antarctic 
lakes [Poster presentation]. Analyzing complex microbial communities and their host microbe interactions, Brussels, Belgium.

Calusinska, M., Savichtcheva, O., Masset, J., Hamilton, C., Thonart, P., & Wilmotte, A. (September 2009). Application of molecular techniques to monitor biohydrogen production by different bacterial consortia (Clostridium spp.) in a bioreactor [Poster presentation]. 14th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona, Spain.

Fernandez Carazo, R., Namsaraev, Z., Ertz, D., Mano, M.-J., & Wilmotte, A. (27 July 2009). Baseline data on cyanobacterial diversity near the new Princess Elizabeth Antarctic research station.

Fernandez Carazo, R., Waleron, K., Hodgson, D., Verleyen, E., Vyverman, W., & Wilmotte, A. (27 July 2009). Exploring the Holocene through fossil cyanobacterial sequences from Antarctic lake sediments.

Wilmotte, A. (2009). Darwin en Antarctique: diversité et phylogénie. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 78, 326-334.

Wilmotte, A., Fernandez-Carazo, R., Zakhia, F., Simon, P., Taton, A., Hodgson, D., & Verleyen, E. (2009). The biodiversity of cyanobacteria in Antarctic microbial mats [Paper presentation]. SGM Autumn meeting 'Putting microbes to work', Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Fernandez Carazo, R., Hodgson, D., & Wilmotte, A. (31 August 2008). Fossil cyanobacterial sequences in Antarctic lake sediments [Poster presentation]. 7th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, České Budějovice, Czechia.

Fernandez Carazo, R., Hodgson, D., & Wilmotte, A. (31 August 2008). Cyanobacterial diversity in the Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica) [Poster presentation]. 7th European Workshop on the Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria, České Budějovice, Czechia.

Biondi, N., Tredici, M., Taton, A., Wilmotte, A., Hodgson, D., Losi, D., & Marinelli, F. (July 2008). Cyanobacteria from benthic mats of Antarctic lakes as a source of new bioactivities. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 105 (1), 105-115. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03716.x

Wilmotte, A. (July 2008). A COLLECTION OF POLAR CYANOBACTERIA FOR THE EXPLORATION OF DIVERSITY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS [Paper presentation]. SCAR Open Science Conference, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Boutte, C., Mankiewicz-Boczek, J., Komarkova, J., Grubisic, S., Izydorczyk, K., Wautelet, F., Jurczak, T., Zalewski, M., & Wilmotte, A. (16 June 2008). Diversity of planktonic cyanobacteria and microcystin occurrence in Polish water bodies investigated using a polyphasic approach. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 51, 223–236. doi:10.3354/ame01194

Wilmotte, A., Descy, J.-P., & Vyverman, W. (2008). Algal blooms: emerging problem for health and sustainable use of surface waters. (D/2008/1191/9). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Science Policy.

van Gremberghe, I., Van Wichelen, J., Van der Gucht, K., Vanormelingen, P., D'hondt, S., Boutte, C., Wilmotte, A., & Vyverman, W. (February 2008). Covariation between zooplankton community composition and cyanobacterial community dynamics in Lake Blaarmeersen (Belgium). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 63, 222 - 237. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00422.x

Fernandez Carazo, R., Ertz, D., & Wilmotte, A. (11 October 2007). Cyanobacterial diversity at Utsteinen: The impact of the “zero emission” research station in Antarctica [Poster presentation]. 11th Bioforum, Liège, Belgium.

Sivonen, K., Rantala, A., Rouhiainen, L., Fewer, D., Rajaniemi, P., Wilmotte, A., Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Balthasart, P., De Bellis, G., Rizzi, E., Frosini, A., Castiglioni, B., Ventura, S., & Mugnai, M. (15 March 2007). Methods for detecting toxic and non-toxic cyanobacteria.

Waleron, M., Waleron, K., Vincent, W. F., & Wilmotte, A. (February 2007). Allochthonous inputs of riverine picocyanobacteria to coastal waters in the Arctic Ocean. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 59 (2), 356-365. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00236.x

Vyverman, W., Wilmotte, A., Verleyen, E., Schmoker, C., Sabbe, K., Cousin, S., De Groot, L., Waleron, K., Balthasart, P., Taton, A., & Lemaire, C. (2007). LATE QUATERNARY CLIMATE HISTORY OF COASTAL ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENTS: A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH (LAQUAN) (EV/01). (D/2007/1191/9). Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Science Policy Office.

Fernandez Carazo, R., Hodgson, D., & Wilmotte, A. (2006). Cyanobacterial diversity and distribution in the very extreme environments of the Pensacola Mountains (82°S, Antarctica) [Paper presentation]. Ecole doctorale « Biodiversité, Ecologie et Evolution » PhD students’ day, Gembloux, Belgium.

Taton, A., Grubisic, S., Ertz, D., Hodgson, D. A., Piccardi, R., Biondi, N., Tredici, M. R., Mainini, M., Losi, D., Marinelli, F., & Wilmotte, A. (December 2006). Polyphasic study of Antarctic cyanobacterial strains. Journal of Phycology, 42 (6), 1257-1270. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00278.x

Fernandez Carazo, R., Lassence, C., Taton, A., Vincent, W., Storms, V., Marinelli, F., & Wilmotte, A. (2006). A Belgian collection of polar cyanobacterial: novel diversity and pharmaceutical screening of isolates [Paper presentation]. Novel Compounds and strategies to combat pathogenic microorganisms, Brussels, Belgium.

Taton, A., Grubisic, S., Balthasart, P., Hodgson, D. A., Laybourn-Parry, J., & Wilmotte, A. (August 2006). Biogeographical distribution and ecological ranges of benthic cyanobacteria in East Antarctic lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 57 (2), 272-289. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00110.x

Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Balthasart, P., & Wilmotte, A. (June 2006). Testing of primers for the study of cyanobacterial molecular diversity by DGGE. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65 (3), 542-550. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2005.09.017

Komarek, J., Taton, A., Sulek, J., Wilmotte, A., Kastovska, K., & Elster, J. (February 2006). Ultrastructure and taxonomic position of two species of the cyanobacterial genus Schizothrix. Cryptogamie Algologie, 27 (1), 53-62.

SIVONEN, K., RANTALA, A., Rouhianen, L., Fewer, D., Rajaniemi, P., Wilmotte, A., Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Balthasart, P., De Bellis, G., Rizzi, E., Frosini, A., Castiglioni, B., Ventura, S., & Mugnai, M. (02 December 2004). (WO/2004/104211) METHOD FOR DETECTING TOXIC AND NON-TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA.

Castiglioni, B., Rizzi, E., Frosini, A., Sivonen, K., Rajaniemi, P., Rantala, A., Mugnai, M. A., Ventura, S., Wilmotte, A., Boutte, C., Grubisic, S., Balthasart, P., Consolandi, C., Bordoni, R., Mezzelani, A., Battaglia, C., & De Bellis, G. (December 2004). Development of a universal microarray based on the ligation detection reaction and 16S rRNA gene polymorphism to target diversity of cyanobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (12), 7161-7172. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.12.7161-7172.2004

Sabbe, K., Hodgson, D. A., Verleyen, E., Taton, A., Wilmotte, A., Vanhoutte, K., & Vyverman, W. (March 2004). Salinity, depth and the structure and composition of microbial mats in continental Antarctic lakes. Freshwater Biology, 49 (3), 296-319. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01186.x

Taton, A., Grubisic, S., Brambilla, E., De Wit, R., & Wilmotte, A. (September 2003). Cyanobacterial diversity in natural and artificial microbial mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo dry valleys, Antarctica): A morphological and molecular approach. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69 (9), 5157-5169. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.9.5157-5169.2003

Castiglioni, B., Rizzi, E., Frosini, A., Mugnai, M. A., Ventura, S., Sivonen, K., Rajaniemi, P., Rantala, A., Wilmotte, A., Boutte, C., Consolandi, C., Bordoni, R., Mezzelani, A., Busti, E., Bernardi, L. R., Battaglia, C., & De Bellis, G. (December 2002). Application of an universal DNA microarray to cyanobacterial diversity assessment. Minerva Biotecnologica, 14 (3-4), 253-257.

Baurain, D., Renquin, L., Grubisic, S., Scheldeman, P., Belay, A., & Wilmotte, A. (April 2002). Remarkable conservation of internally transcribed spacer sequences of Arthrospira ("Spirulina") (Cyanophyceae, Cyanobacteria) strains from four continents and of recent and 30-year-old dried samples from Africa. Journal of Phycology, 38 (2), 384-393. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01010.x

Wilmotte, A., Demonceau, C., Goffart, A., Hecq, J.-H., Demoulin, V., & Crossley, A. C. (2002). Molecular and pigment studies of the picophytoplankton in a region of the Southern Ocean (42-54 degrees S, 141-144 degrees E) in March 1998. Deep-Sea Research. Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49 (16), 3351-3363. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00087-5

Wilmotte, A., & Herdman, M. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships among the cyanobacteria based on 16S rRNA sequences. In G. M. Garrity & R. W. Castenholz (Eds.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Volume One : The Archaea and the Deeply Branching and Phototrophic Bacteria (pp. 487-493). United States: Williams & Wilkins.

Scheldeman, P., Baurain, D., Bouhy, R., Muhling, M., Whitton, B. A., Belay, A., & Wilmotte, A. (15 March 1999). Arthrospira ('Spirulina') strains from four continents are resolved into only two clusters, based on amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of the internally transcribed spacer. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 172 (2), 213-22. doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00017-8

Dillon, J., & Wilmotte, A. (1996). Polyphasic characterisation of phototrophs from a microbial mat in Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh, Massachusetts, USA. Woods Hole, United States: Marine Biological Laboratories.

Wilmotte, A., Van Der Auwera, G., & De Wachter, R. (1993). Structure of the 16 S ribosomal RNA of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis HTF (‘Mastigocladus laminosus HTF’) strain PCC75 18, and phylogenetic analysis. FEBS Letters, 317, 96-100. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(93)81499-P

Hoffmann, L., Talarico, L., & Wilmotte, A. (1990). PRESENCE OF CU-PHYCOERYTHRIN IN THE MARINE BENTHIC BLUE-GREEN-ALGA OSCILLATORIA CF CORALLINAE. Phycologia, 29, 19-26. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-29-1-19.1

Wilmotte, A., Goffart, A., & Demoulin, V. (1988). Studies of marine epiphytic algae, Calvi Corsica. I. Determination of minimal sampling areas for microscopic algal epiphytes. European Journal of Phycology, 23, 251 - 258.

Wilmotte, A., & Stam, W. T. (1984). Genetic relationships among cyanobacterial strains originally designated as 'Anacystis nidulans' and some other Synechococcus strains. Journal of General Microbiology, 130, 2737-2740. doi:10.1099/00221287-130-10-2737