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Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation (UGent-LFMFP)
www.foodscience.ugent.be/LFMFP
www.foodscience.ugent.be/LFMFP/Staff
The research group Food Microbiology and Food Preservation (LFMFP) was founded around 1980. The expertise of the laboratory has gradually expanded since its establishment due to an increasing awareness of the research discipline. The food crises in Belgium and Europe increased the awareness and appreciation of food safety.

The group focuses on studying microbial behaviour in food products during harvesting/slaughtering, production, storage, distribution and preparation. Two essential areas of research are: food preservation and spoilage and microbial safety. The group also performs research on mild preservation and decontamination techniques in order to prolong the preservation and to increase the microbial safety of food products. Food packaging is a very important preservation technique studied intensively at LFMFP. Microbial food safety is a key research theme of the laboratory, with an emphasis on microbial food pathogens and microbial toxins in for example fish and fishery products. The effect of microbial toxins on humans is studied in vitro through several platforms. Quality assurance systems are investigated to ensure microbial food safety and quantitative data are collected and elaborated in exposure assessment to enable more accurate microbial risk evaluation. As a consequence of the economic interests, special attention is paid to the mechanisms of microbial decay of food products, such as fish and fishery products.

The marine research of this group focuses on:
  • development of preservation strategies for fish and fishery products;
  • packaging of fish and fishery products;
  • development of intelligent packaging for the indication of decay of packed fish and fishery products;
  • microbial ecology of fishery products (shrimps, cod, etc.);
  • methods to assess the microbial risks in fish and fishery products;
  • biological toxins in fish and fishery products.


In the future, the laboratory will focus on the further development of certain aspects regarding microbial food safety (detection of food pathogens and toxins), predictive microbiology (quantitative insights into the microbial behaviour of food products) and minimal preservation (new decontamination methods and microbial aspects of food packaging). The group maintains an intense collaboration with the food industry and politics due to the integration of a service laboratory (with up-to-date infrastructure) into the LFMFP. The laboratory is active within several consortia, such as Food2Know, Pack4Food and the UGent Aquaculture R&D consortium.

Standard name: Laboratorium voor Levensmiddelenmicrobiologie en -conservering
Parent institute: Ghent University; Faculty of Bioscience Engineering; Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health (UGent), more

Address:
Coupure Links 653
9000 Gent
Belgium
Tel.: +32-(0)9-264 61 77
 
Type: Scientific
    ( 21 peer reviewed ) split up filter
  • Peer reviewed article Ratnawati, S.E.; Kuuliala, L.; Verschuere, N.; Cnockaert, M.; Vandamme, P.; Devlieghere, F. (2024). The exploration of dominant spoilage bacteria in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) stored under different modified atmospheres by MALDI-TOF MS in combination with 16S rRNA sequencing. Food Microbiol. 118: 104407. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2023.104407, more
  • Peer reviewed article Ratnawati, S.E.; Kuuliala, L.; Walgraeve, C.; Demeestere, K.; Ragaert, P.; Devlieghere, F. (2023). The effect of high oxygen modified atmospheres on the quality degradation of packed live blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Lebensm.-Wiss. Technol. 177: 114537. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2023.114537, more
  • Peer reviewed article Guan, A.; Van Damme, I.; Devlieghere, F.; Gabriël, S. (2021). Effect of temperature, CO2 and O2 on motility and mobility of Anisakidae larvae. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 4279. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/s41598-021-83505-5, more
  • Peer reviewed article Kuuliala, L.; Pérez-Fernández, R.; Tang, M.; Vanderroost, M.; De Baets, B.; Devlieghere, F. (2021). Probabilistic topic modelling in food spoilage analysis: a case study with Atlantic salmon (Salmo solar). Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 337: 108955. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108955, more
  • Peer reviewed article Sader, M.; Pérez-Fernández, R.; Kuuliala, L.; Devlieghere, F.; De Baets, B. (2020). The constrained median: a way to incorporate side information in the assessment of food samples. Mathematics 8(3): 406. https://hdl.handle.net/10.3390/math8030406, more
  • Peer reviewed article Kuuliala, L.; Sader, M.; Solimeo, A.; Pérez-Fernández, R.; Vanderroost, M.; De Baets, B.; De Meulenaer, B.; Ragaert, P.; Devlieghere, F. (2019). Spoilage evaluation of raw Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stored under modified atmospheres by multivariate statistics and augmented ordinal regression. Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 303: 46-57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.04.011, more
  • Peer reviewed article Hindle, F.; Kuuliala, L.; Mouelhi, M.; Cuisset, A.; Bray, C.; Vanwolleghem, M.; Devlieghere, F.; Mouret, G.; Bocquet, R. (2018). Monitoring of food spoilage by high resolution THz analysis. Analyst 143(22): 5536-5544. https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8an01180j, more
  • Peer reviewed article Kuuliala, L.; Al Hage, Y.; Ioannidis, A.-G.; Sader, M.; Kerckhof, F.-M.; Vanderroost, M.; Boon, N.; De Baets, B.; De Meulenaer, B.; Ragaert, P.; Devlieghere, F. (2018). Microbiological, chemical and sensory spoilage analysis of raw Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stored under modified atmospheres. Food Microbiol. 70: 232-244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2017.10.011, more
  • Peer reviewed article Kuuliala, L.; Abatih, E.; Ioannidis, A.-G.; Vanderroost, M.; De Meulenaer, B.; Ragaert, P.; Devlieghere, F. (2018). Multivariate statistical analysis for the identification of potential seafood spoilage indicators. Food Control 84: 49-60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2017.07.018, more
  • Peer reviewed article Loan, H.; Devlieghere, F.; Van Hoeke, C.; De Meulenaer, B. (2015). 3-Chlorotyrosine formation in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) fillets treated with sodium hypochlorite. Food Res. Int. 69: 164-169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2014.12.024, more
  • Peer reviewed article Tomasevic, I.; Rajkovic, A. (2015). The sensory quality of meat, game, poultry, seafood and meat products as affected by intense light pulses: a systematic review. Procedia Food Science 5: 285-288. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.profoo.2015.09.081, more
  • Peer reviewed article Li, D.; Stals, A.; Tang, J; Uyttendaele, M. (2014). Detection of Noroviruses in shellfish and semiprocessed fishery products from a Belgian seafood company. J. Food Prot. 77(8): 1342-1347. dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-016, more
  • Peer reviewed article Broekaert, K.; Heyndrickx, M.; Herman, L.; Devlieghere, F.; Vlaemynck, G. (2013). Molecular identification of the microbiota of peeled and unpeeled brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during storage on ice and at 7.5 ° C. Food Microbiol. 36(2): 123-134. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2013.04.009, more
  • Peer reviewed article Broekaert, K.; Noseda, B.; Heyndrickx, M.; Vlaemynck, G.; Devlieghere, F. (2013). Volatile compounds associated with Psychrobacter spp. and Pseudoalteromonas spp., the dominant microbiota of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during aerobic storage. Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 166(3): 487-493. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.08.013, more
  • Peer reviewed article Noseda, B.; Goethals, J.; De Smedt, L.; Dewulf, J.; Samapundo, S.; Van Langenhove, H.; Devlieghere, F. (2012). Effect of O2 - CO2 enriched atmospheres on microbiological growth and volatile metabolite production in packaged cooked peeled gray shrimp (Crangon crangon). Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 160(1): 65-75. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.09.018, more
  • Peer reviewed article Broekaert, K.; Heyndrickx, M.; Herman, L.; Devlieghere, F.; Vlaemynck, G. (2011). Seafood quality analysis: molecular identification of dominant microbiota after ice storage on several general growth media. Food Microbiol. 28(6): 1162-1169. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2011.03.009, more
  • Peer reviewed article Stals, A.; Baert, L.; De Keuckelaere, A.; Van Coillie, E.; Uyttendaele, M. (2011). Evaluation of a norovirus detection methodology for ready-to-eat foods. Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 145(2-3): 420-425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.01.013, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vermeulen, A.; Devlieghere, F.; De Loy-Hendrickx, A.; Uyttendaele, M. (2011). Critical evaluation of the EU-technical guidance on shelf-life studies for L. monocytogenes on RTE-foods: a case study for smoked salmon. Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 145(1): 176-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.12.008, more
  • Peer reviewed article Noseda, B.; Ragaert, P.; Pauwels, D.; Anthierens, T.; Van Langenhove, H.; Dewulf, J.; Devlieghere, F. (2010). Validation of selective ion flow tube mass spectrometry for fast quantification of volatile bases produced on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). J. Agric. Food Chem. 58(9): 5213-5219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf904129j, more
  • Peer reviewed article Noseda, B.; Dewulf, J.; Goethals, J.; Ragaert, P.; Van Bree, I.; Pauwels, D.; Van Langenhove, H.; Devlieghere, F. (2010). Effect of food matrix and pH on the volatilization of bases (TVB) in packed North Atlantic Gray Shrimp (Crangon crangon): volatile bases in MAP fishery products. J. Agric. Food Chem. 58(22): 11864-11869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf1025218, more
  • Peer reviewed article Uyttendaele, M.; Busschaert, P.; Valero, A.; Geeraerd, A.H.; Vermeulen, A.; Jacxsens, L.; Goh, K.K.; De Loy, A.; Van Impe, J.F.; Devlieghere, F. (2009). Prevalence and challenge tests of Listeria monocytogenes in Belgian produced and retailed mayonnaise-based deli-salads, cooked meat products and smoked fish between 2005 and 2007. Intern. J. Food Microbiol. 133(1-2): 94-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.05.002, more
  • Broekaert, K.; Heyndrickx, M.; Herman, L.; Devlieghere, F.; Vlaemynck, G. (2012). Seafood quality analysis: molecular identification of dominant microbiota after ice storage on several general growth media, in: Broekaert, K. Molecular identification of the dominant microbiota and their spoilage potential of Crangon crangon and Raja sp. pp. 29-47, more
  • Broekaert, K.; Heyndrickx, M.; Herman, L.; Devlieghere, F.; Vlaemynck, G. (2012). Molecular identification of the microbiota of peeled and unpeeled brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during storage on ice and at 7.5°c, in: Broekaert, K. Molecular identification of the dominant microbiota and their spoilage potential of Crangon crangon and Raja sp. pp. 47-76, more
  • Broekaert, K.; Noseda, B.; Heyndrickx, M.; Vlaemynck, G.; Devlieghere, F. (2012). Volatile compounds associated with Psychrobacter spp. and Pseudoalteromonas spp., the dominant microbiota of brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) during aerobic storage, in: Broekaert, K. Molecular identification of the dominant microbiota and their spoilage potential of Crangon crangon and Raja sp. pp. 76-92, more
  • Broekaert, K.; Noseda, B.; Heyndrickx, M.; Vlaemynck, G.; Devlieghere, F. (2012). The spoilage microbiota of ray (Raja sp.) during ice storage under different conditions: Molecular identification and characterisation of the spoilage potential, in: Broekaert, K. Molecular identification of the dominant microbiota and their spoilage potential of Crangon crangon and Raja sp. pp. 93-118, more
  • Broekaert, K.; Heyndrickx, M.; Hoffman, S.; Devlieghere, F.; Herman, L.; Vlaemynck, G. (2008). Microbiological spoilage of cooked and peeled brown shrimp (Crangon crangon), in: Poli, B.M. et al. Seafood from catch and aquaculture for a sustainable supply: book of abstracts. pp. 103, more
  • Food2know, more
  • Marine@Ugent: UGent Marine Sciences Center of Excellence, more
  • Pack4food, more
  • Transmissieroutes van Norovirussen, opduikende humane pathogenen aanwezig in de voedselketen, more
  • UGent Aquaculture R&D Consortium, more