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Researcher

Gowri Amanda Hettiarachchi

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Awards & Distinctions

12 Results

2026

New phage in town : novel vibriophage-vB_VibS_KarBoss for targeted control of vibriosis in aquaculture amid climate change

Kevin MwangiSangeetha ChidanandaApoorva R. KenjarPallavi Bhat AjakkalaSujana PrabellMay OchiengCélia PasYves BriersGowri Amanda HettiarachchiSieglinde Coppens et al.

A2 Journal Article in PHAGE-THERAPY APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH

2025

Corrigendum to 'Govania unica gen. nov., sp. nov., a rare biosphere bacterium that represents a novel family in the class Alphaproteobacteria' (vol 46, 126405, 2023)

Peter VandammeCharlotte PeetersGowri Amanda HettiarachchiMargo CnockaertAurélien Carlier

The canine vaginal microbiome

Lotte SpanogheAnn Van SoomGuillaume DomainPenelope BanchiFlorin PosastiucGowri Amanda HettiarachchiAdelaide PanattoniSebastiaan TheunsFilip Van ImmerseelGeert Opsomer

The gut microbial community of solitary bees is acquired through host and location filtering

Gowri Amanda HettiarachchiTina TuerlingsTimothy WeekersLeon MarshallNicolas LeclercqThomas James WoodDiego CejasMaxence GerardNicolas J. VereeckenDenis Michez et al.

A1 Journal Article in MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Toward standardized methods in canine vaginal microbiome research : evaluation of storage, host DNA depletion, and database selection

Lotte SpanogheGuillaume DomainFlorin PosastiucGowri Amanda HettiarachchiAdelaide PanattoniSebastiaan TheunsFilip Van ImmerseelGeert OpsomerAnn Van SoomPenelope Banchi

A1 Journal Article in MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM

2024

Characterization of Corynebacterium isolates obtained from brown rats

Filip BoyenKristof BaertGowri Amanda HettiarachchiSofie De BruyckereSarah Van PraetSerge VerbanckSebastiaan TheunsFrank PasmansAn Martel

2023

A case study of the diet-microbiota-parasite interplay in bumble bees

Antoine GekièreMaryse VanderplanckGowri Amanda HettiarachchiIrène SemayPascal GerbauxDenis MichezMarie JoossensPeter Vandamme

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Convivina is a specialised core gut symbiont of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina

Gowri Amanda HettiarachchiMargo CnockaertMarie JoossensDavid LaureysJessika De ClippeleerNicolas J. VereeckenDenis MichezGuy SmaggheDirk de GraafPeter Vandamme

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Govania unica gen. nov., sp. nov., a rare biosphere bacterium that represents a novel family in the class Alphaproteobacteria

Peter VandammeCharlotte PeetersGowri Amanda HettiarachchiMargo CnockaertAurélien Carlier

A1 Journal Article in SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiota and pathogens in an invasive bee : Megachile sculpturalis from native and invaded regions

Tina TuerlingsGowri Amanda HettiarachchiMarie JoossensBenoit GeslinNicolas J. J. VereeckenDenis MichezGuy SmagghePeter Vandamme

A1 Journal Article in INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The wild solitary bees Andrena vaga, Anthophora plumipes, Colletes cunicularius, and Osmia cornuta microbiota are host specific and dominated by endosymbionts and environmental microorganisms

Gowri Amanda HettiarachchiMargo CnockaertMarie JoossensAntoine GekiereIvan MeeusNicolas J. VereeckenDenis MichezGuy SmagghePeter Vandamme

A1 Journal Article in MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

2022

Towards a better understanding of the solitary bee and Asian hornet gut microbiota

Gowri Amanda HettiarachchiPeter VandammeGuy Smagghe