Mark Blooi

Ghent University — Belgium

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(15), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(6), Turtle Biology and Conservation(5), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota(2), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions(2)

Publications22 total

Presence of low virulence chytrid fungi could protect European amphibians from more deadly strains
Nature Communications·2020· 47 citedOpen Access
Recommendations on diagnostic tools for <i>Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans</i>
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·2018· 48 citedOpen Access
Host niche may determine disease-driven extinction risk
PLoS ONE·2017· 38 citedOpen Access
Detection of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in amphibian skin samples
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2016· 1 citedOpen Access
Correction for Blooi et al., Duplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Simultaneous Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Amphibian Samples
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2015· 17 citedOpen Access
Successful treatment of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans infections in salamanders requires synergy between voriconazole, polymyxin E and temperature
Scientific Reports·2015· 45 citedOpen Access
Treatment of urodelans based on temperature dependent infection dynamics of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Scientific Reports·2015· 69 citedOpen Access
Mitigation of chytridiomycosis in amphibians
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2015Open Access
Microscopic aquatic predators dictate infection dynamics of a globally emerged pathogen
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2015· 1 cited
Altitudinal distribution of zooplankton and the occurrence of Bd
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2015
The role of zooplankton in the dynamics of infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2015
Zooplankton predators protect amphibians against Bd in Pyrenean mountain lakes
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2015
Autovaccination Confers Protection against Devriesea agamarum Associated Septicemia but Not Dermatitis in Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps)
PLoS ONE·2014· 10 citedOpen Access
Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders
Science·2014· 527 citedOpen Access
Microscopic Aquatic Predators Strongly Affect Infection Dynamics of a Globally Emerged Pathogen
Current Biology·2014· 129 citedOpen Access
Duplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Simultaneous Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Amphibian Samples
Journal of Clinical Microbiology·2013· 182 citedOpen Access
<i>Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans</i> sp. nov. causes lethal chytridiomycosis in amphibians
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2013· 613 citedOpen Access
Resistance to Chytridiomycosis in European Plethodontid Salamanders of the Genus Speleomantes
PLoS ONE·2013· 40 citedOpen Access
Combining ethidium monoazide treatment with real-time PCR selectively quantifies viable Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis cells
Fungal Biology·2013· 15 cited
Environmental predation of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis determines infection dynamics
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)·2013Open Access
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Frank Pasmans(20), An Martel(19), Matthew C. Fisher(7), Trenton W. J. Garner(6), Dirk S. Schmeller(6), Adeline Loyau(6), F. Vercammen(5), Freddy Haesebrouck(5), Annemarieke Spitzen–van der Sluijs(4), Pascale Van Rooij(4), Wouter Beukema(3), Frédéric Azémar(3), Frances C. Clare(3), Camille Leclerc(3), Lea Jäger(3), Hedda Michelle Guevara-Nieto(3), Richard Ducatelle(2), Franky Bossuyt(2), Connie Adriaensen(2), Benedikt R. Schmidt(2)