Bram Beckers
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Recent Articles
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Cseko K, Beckers B, Keszthelyi D, Helyes Z
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
. 2019 Apr;
12(2).
PMID: 30935063
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have long been recognized to be accompanied by pain resulting in high morbidity. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) ion channels located...
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Thijs S, Sillen W, Truyens S, Beckers B, Van Hamme J, van Dillewijn P, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2018 Aug;
9:1134.
PMID: 30123233
Military activities have worldwide introduced toxic explosives into the environment with considerable effects on soil and plant-associated microbiota. Fortunately, these microorganisms, and their collective metabolic activities, can be harnessed for...
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Thijs S, Op De Beeck M, Beckers B, Truyens S, Stevens V, Van Hamme J, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2017 Apr;
8:494.
PMID: 28400755
Bacterial taxonomic community analyses using PCR-amplification of the 16S rRNA gene and high-throughput sequencing has become a cornerstone in microbiology research. To reliably detect the members, or operational taxonomic units...
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Beckers B, Op De Beeck M, Weyens N, Boerjan W, Vangronsveld J
Microbiome
. 2017 Feb;
5(1):25.
PMID: 28231859
Background: The plant microbiome represents one of the key determinants of plant health and productivity by providing a plethora of functional capacities such as access to low-abundance nutrients, suppression of...
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Beckers B, Op De Beeck M, Thijs S, Truyens S, Weyens N, Boerjan W, et al.
Front Microbiol
. 2016 Jun;
7:650.
PMID: 27242686
Next-generation sequencing technologies have revolutionized the methods for studying microbial ecology by enabling high-resolution community profiling. However, the use of these technologies in unraveling the plant microbiome remains challenging. Many...
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Beckers B, Op De Beeck M, Weyens N, Van Acker R, Van Montagu M, Boerjan W, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2016 Jan;
113(8):2312-7.
PMID: 26755604
Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), an enzyme central to the lignin biosynthetic pathway, represents a promising biotechnological target to reduce lignin levels and to improve the commercial viability of lignocellulosic biomass. However,...
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Janssen J, Weyens N, Croes S, Beckers B, Meiresonne L, Van Peteghem P, et al.
Int J Phytoremediation
. 2015 May;
17(11):1123-36.
PMID: 25942689
Short rotation coppice (SRC) of willow and poplar is proposed for economic valorization and concurrently as remediation strategy for metal contaminated land in northeast-Belgium. However, metal phytoextraction appears insufficient to...
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Weyens N, Beckers B, Schellingen K, Ceulemans R, van der Lelie D, Newman L, et al.
Int J Phytoremediation
. 2014 Sep;
17(1-6):40-8.
PMID: 25174423
To examine the potential of Pseudomonas putida W619-TCE to improve phytoremediation of Ni-TCE co-contamination, the effects of inoculation of a Ni-resistant, TCE-degrading root endophyte on Ni-TCE phytotoxicity, Ni uptake and...
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Weyens N, Beckers B, Schellingen K, Ceulemans R, Croes S, Janssen J, et al.
Microb Biotechnol
. 2013 Feb;
6(3):288-99.
PMID: 23425076
Phytoextraction has been reported as an economically and ecologically sound alternative for the remediation of metal-contaminated soils. Willow is a metal phytoextractor of interest because it allows to combine a...