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Functional biodiversity of bacteriophages - molecular studies and potential biotechnological importance

2015/17/B/NZ9/01724

Keywords:

Molecular bases of bacteriophage development bacteriophage biodiversity biotechnological importance of bacteriophages

Descriptors:

  • NZ9_8: Environmental microbiology
  • NZ9_9: Environmental biotechnology

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 Gdański, Wydział Biologii

woj. pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Alicja Węgrzyn 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: OPUS 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 1 353 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-02-25

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-12-24

Project duration:: 58 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Wytrząsarka powietrzno-inkubatorowa Innova 42R.
  2. Autoklaw (120 000 PLN)
  3. Wytrząsarka wodna z termostatem (20 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (10)
  1. Bacteriophage-encoded enzymes destroying bacterial cell membranes and walls, andtheir potential use as antimicrobial agents
    Authors:
    Łukasz Grabowski, Krzysztof Łepek, Małgorzata Stasiłojć, Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka, Karolina Zdrojewska, Monika Maciąg-Dorszyńsk, aGrzegorz Węgrzyn, Alicja Wegrzyn
    Academic press:
    Microbiological Research (rok: 2021, tom: 248, strony: 126746), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.micres.2021.126746 - link to the publication
  2. Biodiversity of bacteriophages: morphological and biological properties of a large group of phages isolated from urban sewage
    Authors:
    Agata Jurczak-Kurek, Tomasz Gąsior, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, Sylwia Bloch, Aleksandra Dydecka, Gracja Topka, Agnieszka Necel, Magdalena Jakubowska-Deredas, Magdalena Narajczyk, Malwina Richert, Agata Mieszkowska, Borys Wróbel, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Alicja Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2016, tom: 6, strony: 34338), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/srep34338 - link to the publication
  3. Characterization of a bacteriophage, vB_Eco4M-7, that effectively infects many Escherichia coli O157 strains
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Necel, Sylwia Bloch, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, Michał Grabski, Gracja Topka, Aleksandra Dydecka, Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka, Łukasz Grabowski, Agata Jurczak-Kurek, Tomasz Wołkowicz, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Alicja Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2020, tom: 10, strony: 3743), Wydawca: Springer-Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-60568-4 - link to the publication
  4. Bacteriophage-Derived Depolymerases against Bacterial Biofilm.
    Authors:
    Topka-Bielecka G, Dydecka A, Necel A, Bloch S, Nejman-Faleńczyk B, Węgrzyn G, Węgrzyn A.
    Academic press:
    Antibiotics (Basel) (rok: 2021, tom: 10, strony: 175), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/antibiotics10020175 - link to the publication
  5. Extraordinary Multi-Organismal Interactions Involving Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Fungi, and Rotifers: Quadruple Microbial Trophic Network in Water Droplets
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Turnau, Edyta Fiałkowska, Rafał Ważny, Piotr Rozpądek, Grzegorz Tylko, Sylwia Bloch, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, Michał Grabski, Alicja Węgrzyn, Grzegorz Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    International journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2021, tom: 22, strony: 2178), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms22042178 - link to the publication
  6. A Validation System for Selection of Bacteriophages against Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Contamination
    Authors:
    Agnieszka Necel, Sylwia Bloch, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, Aleksandra Dydecka, Gracja Topka-Bielecka, Alicja Węgrzyn, Grzegorz Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    Toxins (rok: 2021, tom: 13, strony: 644), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ - link to the publication
  7. Characteristics of a Series of Three Bacteriophages Infecting Salmonella enterica Strains
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Kosznik-Kwaśnicka, Karolina Ciemińska, Michał Grabski, Łukasz Grabowski, Marcin Górniak, Agata Jurczak-Kurek, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Alicja Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: 6152), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21176152 - link to the publication
  8. Phage-bacteria interactions in potential applications of bacteriophage vB_EfaS-271
    Authors:
    Gracja Topka-Bielecka, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, Sylwia Bloch, Aleksandra Dydecka, Agnieszka Necel, Alicja Węgrzyn, Grzegorz Węgrzyn
    Academic press:
    Viruses (rok: 2021, tom: 13, strony: 318), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/v13020318 - link to the publication
  9. Characterization of Bacteriophage vB-EcoS-95, Isolated From Urban Sewage and Revealing Extremely Rapid Lytic Development
    Authors:
    Topka G, Bloch S, Nejman-Faleńczyk B, Gąsior T, Jurczak-Kurek A, Necel A, Dydecka A, Richert M, Węgrzyn G, Węgrzyn A.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Microbiology (rok: 2018, tom: 9, strony: 3326), Wydawca: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fmicb.2018.03326. - link to the publication
  10. Characterization of the Bacteriophage vB_EfaS-271 Infecting Enterococcus faecalis.
    Authors:
    Topka-Bielecka G, Bloch S, Nejman-Faleńczyk B, Grabski M, Jurczak-Kurek A, Górniak M, Dydecka A, Necel A, Węgrzyn G, Węgrzyn A.
    Academic press:
    International journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: 6345), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21176345 - link to the publication

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