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Legionella plasmidome – the role of HGT in shaping the evolution and virulence of the etiological agent of legionellosis

2022/47/D/NZ8/00258

Keywords:

Legionella plasmidome horizontal gene transfer effector proteins

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_009:
  • NZ8_001:

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, Wydział Biologii i Biotechnologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Piotr Krzysztof Koper 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: SONATA 18 - announced on 2022-07-15

Amount awarded: 1 397 510 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2023-10-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-10-01

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Comparative analysis of Legionella lytica genome identifies specific metabolic traits and virulence determinants
    Authors:
    Piotr Koper, Jakub Wysokiński, Kamil Żebracki, Przemysław Decewicz, Łukasz Dziewit, Michał Kalita, Marta Palusińska-Szysz, Andrzej Mazur
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2025, tom: 15, strony: 5554), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-025-90154-5 - link to the publication
  2. Unravelling the Genomic and Virulence Diversity of Legionella pneumophila Strains Isolated from Anthropogenic Environments
    Authors:
    Sofia Barigelli, Piotr Koper, Maya Petricciuolo, Andrea Firrincieli, Marta Palusińska-Szysz, Ermanno Federici
    Academic press:
    Microorganisms (rok: 2025, tom: 13, strony: 2832), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/microorganisms13122832 - link to the publication