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New proposal of cyanotoxins elimination by utilizing genetically modified bacteria

2013/11/B/NZ9/00114

Keywords:

microcystins bacterial biodegradation

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_2: Biochemistry
  • NZ1_1: Molecular biology
  • NZ9_10: Bioremediation

Panel:

NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biochemii, Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Dariusz Dziga 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 618 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-22

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-01-21

Project duration:: 42 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. aparatura HPLC (120 000 PLN)
  2. mikrofalówka.
  3. komputer stacjonarny z drukarką (2 000 PLN)
  4. wytrząsarka (15 000 PLN)
  5. komora laminarna.
  6. termoblok.
  7. zestaw do elektroforezy poziomej.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)
  1. Characterization of enzymatic activity of MlrB and MlrC proteins involved in bacterial degradation of cyanotoxins microcystins
    Authors:
    Dariusz Dziga, Gabriela Zielinska, Benedykt Wladyka, Oliwia Bochenska, Anna Maksylewicz, Wojciech Strzalka, Jussi Meriluoto
    Academic press:
    Toxins (rok: 2016, tom: 8, 76, strony: 45304), Wydawca: MDPI - Open Access Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/toxins8030076 - link to the publication
  2. Heterologous expression of mlrA in a photoautotrophic host - Engineering cyanobacteria to degrade microcystins
    Authors:
    28)Dexter J, Dziga D, Lv J, Zhu J, Strzalka W, Maksylewicz A, Maroszek M, Marek S, Fu P
    Academic press:
    Environmental Pollution, (rok: 2018, tom: in press, strony: in press), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.071 - link to the publication
  3. Combined treatment of toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa with hydrogen peroxide and microcystin biodegradation agents results in quick toxins elimination
    Authors:
    Dariusz Dziga, Anna Maksylewicz, Magdalena Maroszek, Sylwia Marek
    Academic press:
    Acta Biochimica Polonica (rok: 2018, tom: 65, strony: 133-140), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society and of the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.18388/abp.2017_2538 - link to the publication
  4. Biodegradation of microcystins in temperate freshwater bodies with previous cyanobacterial history
    Authors:
    Dariusz Dziga, Anna Maksylewicz, Magdalena Maroszek, Natalia Waras, Paulina Leszczynska, Agnieszka Budzynska, Anna Kozak, Joanna Rosinska, Agnieszka Napiorkowska-Krzebietke, Magdalena Toporowska, Magdalena Grabowska, Magdalena Lisznianska, Jussi Meriluoto
    Academic press:
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (rok: 2017, tom: 145, strony: 420–430), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.07.046 - link to the publication
  1. Biological treatment for the destruction of cyanotoxins
    Authors:
    Dariusz Dziga, Sonja Nybom, Ilona Gagala, Marcin Wasylewski
    Book:
    Water Treatment for Purification from Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins (rok: 2016, ), Wydawca: Wiley-Blackwell
    Status:
    Accepted for publication