Functional biodiversity of bacteriophages - molecular studies and potential biotechnological importance

2015/17/B/NZ9/01724

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ9_8: Mikrobiologia środowiskowa
  • NZ9_9: Biotechnologia środowiskowa

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

Voivodeship: pomorskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Alicja Beata 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
2016-02-25
Project end date
2020-12-24
Project duration
58 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Project description

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Note — project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

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

Information in the final report

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 (year: 2021, volume: 248, pages: 126746), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.micres.2021.126746 – link to the publication
  2. 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 (year: 2020, volume: 10, pages: 3743), Publisher: Springer-Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-020-60568-4 – link to the publication
  3. 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 (year: 2016, volume: 6, pages: 34338), Publisher: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/srep34338 – link to the publication
  4. 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 (year: 2018, volume: 9, pages: 3326), Publisher: Frontiers
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fmicb.2018.03326. – link to the publication
  5. 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 (year: 2021, volume: 13, pages: 644), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
  6. 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 (year: 2020, volume: 21, pages: 6345), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21176345 – 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 (year: 2020, volume: 21, pages: 6152), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21176152 – link to the publication
  8. 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) (year: 2021, volume: 10, pages: 175), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/antibiotics10020175 – link to the publication
  9. 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 (year: 2021, volume: 22, pages: 2178), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms22042178 – link to the publication
  10. 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 (year: 2021, volume: 13, pages: 318), Publisher: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/v13020318 – link to the publication

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