Annika Gillis publications

July, E., & Gillis, A. (2025). Antiviral defence arsenal across members of the Bacillus cereus group. RAU Scientific Reports, 15(4958), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86748-8 (Original work published 2025)

Le Brun, G., Nuytten, M., Leprince, A., Glinel, K., Gillis, A., Mahillon, J., & Raskin, J.-P. (2024). Rapid and Specific Detection of Bacillus cereus Using Phage Protein-Based Lateral Flow Assays. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 7(11), 7292-7305. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c00965 (Original work published 2024)

Desmecht, S., Latka, A., Ceyssens, P.-J., Garcia-Pino, A., Gillis, A., Lavigne, R., Lima-Mendez, G., Matthijnssens, J., Vázquez, R., Venneman, J., Wagemans, J., Briers, Y., & Thiry, D. (2024). Meeting Report of the Second Symposium of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes and Launch of the Phage Valley. Viruses, 16(2), 299. https://doi.org/10.3390/v16020299 (Original work published 2024)

Latka, A., Aertsen, A., Boeckaerts, D., Blasdel, B., Ceyssens, P.-J., Garcia-Pino, A., Gillis, A., Lavigne, R., Lima-Mendez, G., Matthijnssens, J., Onsea, J., Peeters, E., Pirnay, J.-P., Thiry, D., Vandenheuvel, D., Van Mechelen, E., Venneman, J., Verbeken, G., Wagemans, J., & Briers, Y. (2023). Foundation of the Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes and Meeting Report of Its Inaugural Symposium. Viruses, 15(5), 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15051213 (Original work published 2023)

Turner, D., Shkoporov, A. N., Lood, C., Millard, A. D., Dutilh, B. E., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., van Zyl, L. J., Aziz, R. K., Oksanen, H. M., Poranen, M. M., Kropinski, A. M., Barylski, J., Brister, J. R., Chanisvili, N., Edwards, R. A., Enault, F., Gillis, A., Knezevic, P., Krupovic, M., et al. (2023). Abolishment of morphology-based taxa and change to binomial species names: 2022 taxonomy update of the ICTV bacterial viruses subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 168(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05694-2 (Original work published 2023)

Hinnekens, P., Fayad, N., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2022). Conjugation across Bacillus cereus and kin: A review. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1034440 (Original work published 2022)

Krupovic, M., Turner, D., Morozova, V., Dyall-Smith, M., Oksanen, H. M., Edwards, R., Dutilh, B. E., Lehman, S. M., Reyes, A., Baquero, D. P., Sullivan, M. B., Uchiyama, J., Nakavuma, J., Barylski, J., Young, M. J., Du, S., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Kushkina, A., Kropinski, A. M., et al. (2021). Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the ICTV: update of taxonomy changes in 2021. Archives of Virology, 166(11), 3239-3244. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-021-05205-9 (Original work published 2021)

Rismondo, J., Gillis, A., & Gründling, A. (2021). Modifications of cell wall polymers in Gram-positive bacteria by multi-component transmembrane glycosylation systems. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 60, 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2021.01.007 (Original work published 2021)

Gillis, A., Hock, L., & Mahillon, J. (2021). Comparative Genomics of Prophages Sato and Sole Expands the Genetic Diversity Found in the Genus Betatectivirus. Microorganisms, 9(6), 1335. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9061335 (Original work published 2021)

Nannan, C., Vu, H. Q., Gillis, A., Caulier, S., Nguyen, T. T. T., & Mahillon, J. (2021). Bacilysin within the Bacillus subtilis group: gene prevalence versus antagonistic activity against Gram-negative foodborne pathogens. Asia - Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, 327, 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.12.017 (Original work published 2021)

Fayad, N., Koné, K. M., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2021). Bacillus cytotoxicus Genomics: Chromosomal Diversity and Plasmidome Versatility. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 789929. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.789929 (Original work published 2021)

Leprince, A., Nuytten, M., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2020). Characterization of PlyB221 and PlyP32, Two Novel Endolysins Encoded by Phages Preying on the Bacillus cereus Group. Viruses, 12(9), 1052. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12091052 (Original work published 2020)

Adriaenssens, E. M., Sullivan, M. B., Knezevic, P., van Zyl, L. J., Sarkar, B. L., Dutilh, B. E., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Łobocka, M., Tong, Y., Brister, J. R., Moreno Switt, A. I., Klumpp, J., Aziz, R. K., Barylski, J., Uchiyama, J., Edwards, R. A., Kropinski, A. M., Petty, N. K., Clokie, M. R. J., et al. (2020). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2018-2019 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 165(5), 1253-1260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04577-8 (Original work published 2020)

Barylski, J., Enault, F., Dutilh, B. E., Schuller, M. B., Edwards, R. A., Gillis, A., Klumpp, J., Knezevic, P., Krupovic, M., Kuhn, J. H., Lavigne, R., Oksanen, H. M., Sullivan, M. B., Jang, H. B., Simmonds, P., Aiewsakun, P., Wittmann, J., Tolstoy, I., Brister, J. R., et al. (2020). Analysis of Spounaviruses as a Case Study for the Overdue Reclassification of Tailed Phages. Systematic Biology, 69(1), 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz036 (Original work published 2020)

Caulier, S., Nannan, C., Gillis, A., Licciardi, F., Bragard, C., & Mahillon, J. (2019). Overview of the antimicrobial compounds produced by members of the Bacillus subtilis group. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10(302). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00302 (Original work published 2019)

Romay Gonzalez, G., Geraud-Pouey, F., Chirinos, D., Mahillon, M., Gillis, A., Mahillon, J., & Bragard, C. (2019). Tomato Twisted Leaf Virus: A Novel Indigenous New World Monopartite Begomovirus Infecting Tomato in Venezuela. Viruses, 11(4), 327. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11040327 (Original work published 2019)

Hock, L., Leprince, A., Tournay, M., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2019). Biocontrol potential of phage Deep-Blue against psychrotolerant Bacillus weihenstephanensis. Food Control, 102, 94-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.03.014 (Original work published 2019)

Hock, L., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2018). Complete genome sequence of bacteriophage Deep-Purple, a novel member of the family Siphoviridae infecting Bacillus cereus. Archives of Virology, 163(9), 2555-2559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3865-z (Original work published 2018)

Gillis, A., Fayad, N., Makart, L., Bolotin, A., Sorokin, A., Kallassy, M., & Mahillon, J. (2018). Role of plasmid plasticity and mobile genetic elements in the entomopathogen Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 42(6), 829-856. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuy034 (Original work published 2018)

Adriaenssens, E. M., Wittmann, J., Kuhn, J. H., Turner, D., Sullivan, M. B., Dutilh, B. E., Jang, H. B., van Zyl, L. J., Klumpp, J., Lobocka, M., Moreno Switt, A. I., Rumnieks, J., Edwards, R. A., Uchiyama, J., Alfenas-Zerbini, P., Petty, N. K., Kropinski, A. M., Barylski, J., Gillis, A., et al. (2018). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2017 update from the ICTV Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 163(4), 1125-1129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-018-3723-z (Original work published 2018)

Feuillie, C., Valotteau, C., Makart, L., Gillis, A., Mahillon, J., & Dufrêne, Y. (2018). Bacterial Sexuality at the Nanoscale. Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, 18(9), 5821-5826. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02463 (Original work published 2018)

Romay Gonzalez, G., Chirinos, D. T., Geraud‑Pouey, F., Gillis, A., Mahillon, J., & Bragard, C. (2018). Complete genome sequence of two tomato-infecting begomoviruses in Venezuela: evidence of a putative novel species and a novel recombinant strain. Archives of Virology, 163, 555-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-017-3611-y (Original work published 2018)

Nannan, C., Gillis, A., Caulier, S., & Mahillon, J. (2018). Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus velezensis CN026 Exhibiting Antagonistic Activity against Gram-Negative Foodborne Pathogens. Genome Announcements, 6(4), e01543-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01543-17 (Original work published 2018)

Larrea Murrell, J. A., Rojas-Badia, M. M., García-Soto, I., Romeu-Alvarez, B., Bacchetti, T., Gillis, A., Boltes-Espinola, A. K., Heydrich-Perez, M., Lugo-Moya, D., & Mahillon, J. (2018). Diversity and enzymatic potentialities of Bacillus sp. strains isolated from a polluted freshwater ecosystem in Cuba. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 34, 28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-018-2411-1 (Original work published 2018)

Makart, L., Gillis, A., Hinnekens, P., & Mahillon, J. (2018). A novel T4SS-mediated DNA transfer used by pXO16, a conjugative plasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis. Environmental Microbiology, 20(4), 1550-1561. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14084 (Original work published 2018)

Caulier, S., Gillis, A., Colau, G., Licciardi, F., Liépin, M., Desoignies, N., Modrie, P., Legrève, A., Mahillon, J., & Bragard, C. (2018). Versatile Antagonistic Activities of Soil-Borne Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonas spp. against Phytophthora infestans and Other Potato Pathogens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 143. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00143 (Original work published 2018)

Makart, L., Commans, F., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2017). Horizontal transfer of chromosomal markers mediated by the large conjugative plasmid pXO16 from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis. Plasmid, 91, 76-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2017.04.001 (Original work published 2017)

Bolotin, A., Gillis, A., Sanchis, V., Nielsen-LeRoux, C., Mahillon, J., Lereclus, D., & Sorokin, A. (2017). Comparative genomics of extrachromosomal elements in bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Research in Microbiology, 168(4), 331-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2016.10.008 (Original work published 2017)

Gillis, A., Guo, S., Bolotin, A., Makart, L., Sorokin, A., & Mahillon, J. (2017). Detection of the cryptic prophage-like molecule pBtic235 in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Research in Microbiology, 168(4), 319-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2016.10.004 (Original work published 2017)

Romay Gonzalez, G., Chirinos, D. T., Geraud-Pouey, F., Gillis, A., Mahillon, J., Desbiez, C., & Bragard, C. (2017). Molecular and biological characterization of a new Tomato mild yellow leaf curl Aragua virus strain producing severe symptoms in tomato. Virus Genes, 53, 939-942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-017-1478-3 (Original work published 2017)

Gillis, A., Santana, M. A., Rodríguez, M., & Romay Gonzalez, G. (2017). First Report of Bell Pepper Soft-Rot Caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense in Venezuela. Plant Disease : an international journal of applied plant pathology, 101(9), 1671. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-03-17-0361-pdn (Original work published 2017)

Adriaenssens, E. M., Krupovic, M., Knezevic, P., Ackermann, H.-W., Barylski, J., Brister, J. R., Clokie, M. R. C., Duffy, S., Dutilh, B. E., Edwards, R. A., Enault, F., Jang, H. B., Klumpp, J., Kropinski, A. M., Lavigne, R., Poranen, M. M., Prangishvili, D., Rumnieks, J., Sullivan, M. B., et al. (2017). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: 2016 update from the ICTV bacterial and archaeal viruses subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 162(4), 1153-1157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-3173-4 (Original work published 2017)

Hock, L., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2016). Complete genome sequence of bacteriophage deep-blue infecting emetic bacillus cereus. Genome Announcements, 4(3), e00115-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00115-16 (Original work published 2016)

Krupovic, M., Dutilh, B. E., Adriaenssens, E. M., Wittmann, J., Vogensen, F. K., Sullivan, M. B., Rumnieks, J., Prangishvili, D., Lavigne, R., Kropinski, A. M., Klumpp, J., Gillis, A., Enault, F., Edwards, R. A., Duffy, S., Clokie, M. R. C., Barylski, J., Ackermann, H.-W., & Kuhn, J. H. (2016). Taxonomy of prokaryotic viruses: update from the ICTV bacterial and archaeal viruses subcommittee. Archives of Virology, 161(4), 1095-1099. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-015-2728-0 (Original work published 2016)

Geraud-Pouey, F., Chirinos, D. T., Galindo-Castro, I., Franco, M. A., Santana, M. A., Gillis, A., & Romay, G. (2016). Occurrence of six begomoviruses infecting tomato fields in Venezuela and genetic characterization of potato yellow mosaic virus isolates. Journal of Phytopathology, 164(9), 697-703. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.12445 (Original work published 2015)

Mukwa, L. F. T., Gillis, A., Van Hese, V., Romay Gonzalez, G., Galzi, S., Laboureau, N., Kalonji-Mbuyi, A., Iskra-Caruana, M. L., & Bragard, C. (2016). Low genetic diversity of Banana bunchy top virus, with a subregional pattern of variation, in Democratic Republic of Congo. Virus Genes, 900-905. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-016-1383-1 (Original work published 2016)

Makart, L., Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2015). pXO16 from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis: almost 350 kb of terra incognita. Plasmid, 80, 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.03.002 (Original work published 2015)

Gillis, A., Rodríguez, M., & Santana, M. A. (2014). Serratia marcescens associated with bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) soft-rot disease under greenhouse conditions. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 138(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-013-0300-x (Original work published 2014)

Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2014). Influence of lysogeny of tectiviruses GIL01 and GIL16 on Bacillus thuringiensis growth, biofilm formation, and swarming motility. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(24), 7620-7630. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01869-14 (Original work published 2014)

Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2014). Prevalence, genetic diversity and host range of tectiviruses among members of the Bacillus cereus group. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80(14), 4138-4152. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00912-14 (Original work published 2014)

Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2014). Phages preying on Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis: past, present and future. Viruses, 6(7), 2623-2672. https://doi.org/10.3390/v6072623 (Original work published 2014)

Gillis, A., & Mahillon, J. (2014). An improved method for rapid generation and screening of Bacillus thuringiensis phage-resistant mutants. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 106, 101-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2014.08.012 (Original work published 2014)

Romay, G., Chirinos, D. T., Geraud-Pouey, F., & Gillis, A. (2014). Full-length genome sequencing of the mild strain of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Venezuela reveals a third introduction event of this virus in New World. Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 9(123), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-014-0123-4 (Original work published 2014)

Jalasvuori, M., Palmu, S., Gillis, A., Kokko, H., Mahillon, J., Bamford, J. K. H., & Fornelos, N. (2013). Identification of five novel tectiviruses in Bacillus strains: Analysis of a highly variable region generating genetic diversity. Research in Microbiology, 164(2), 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.011 (Original work published 2013)

Gillis, A., Dupres, V., Delestrait, G., Mahillon, J., & Dufrêne, Y. (2012). Nanoscale imaging of Bacillus thuringiensis flagella using atomic force microscopy. Nanoscale, 4, 1585-1591. https://doi.org/10.1039/C1NR11161B (Original work published 2012)

Gillis, A., Dupres, V., Mahillon, J., & Dufrêne, Y. (2012). Atomic force microscopy: A powerful tool for studying bacterial swarming motility. Micron, 43(12), 1304-1311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2012.01.014 (Original work published 2012)

Santana, M. A., Moccia-V, C. C., & Gillis, A. (2008). Bacillus thuringiensis improved isolation methodology from soil samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 75(2), 357-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2008.06.008 (Original work published 2008)

Gillis, A., & Santana, M. A. (2008). Detección de genes cry1 y cry2 en cepas venezolanas de Bacillus thuringiensis y sus posibles aplicaciones en el campo de la Biotecnología Agrícola [Detection of cry1 and cry2 genes in Bacillus thuringiensis Venezuelan strains and their potential applications in the field of Agricultural Biotechnology]. In Carmen Müller-Karger, Sara Wong, Alexandra La Cruz (ed.), IV Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering 2007, Bioengineering Solutions for Latin America Health (p. p. 975-978). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74471-9_226