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Structural heterogeneity of the lipopolysaccharide within the genus Aeromonas - correlation between the LPS structure, strain virulence and the ability to survive inside amoeba, a natural reservoir for bacteria in the water environment

2011/03/B/NZ1/01203

Keywords:

Aeromonas Acanthamoeba lipopolysaccharide O-antigen virulence factors

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_4: Structural biology

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Wydział Biologii i Biotechnologii

woj. lubelskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Anna Turska-Szewczuk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 7

Call: OPUS 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 318 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-09-12

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-09-11

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Zestaw komputerowy z oprogramowaniem, drukarką i notebookiem (5 000 PLN)
  2. Zestaw wyparny do zagęszczania próżniowego (20 000 PLN)
  3. Dysk komputerowy zewnętrzny.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (7)
  1. Structural and immunochemical studies of the lipopolysaccharide from the fish pathogen Aeromonas bestiarum strain K296, serotype O18
    Authors:
    Anna Turska-Szewczuk*, Buko Lindner, Iwona Komaniecka, Alicja Kozinska, Agnieszka Pekala, Adam Choma and Otto Holst
    Academic press:
    Marine Drugs (rok: 2013, tom: 11, strony: 1235-1255), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/md11041235 - link to the publication
  2. A unique sugar L-perosamine (4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-L-mannose) is a compound building two O-chain polysaccharides in the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas hydrophila strain JCM 3968, serogroup O6
    Authors:
    Katarzyna Dworaczek, Maria Kurzylewska, Magdalena A. Karaś, Monika Janczarek, Agnieszka Pękala-Safińska, and Anna Turska-Szewczuk
    Academic press:
    Marine Drugs (rok: 2019, tom: 17(5), 254, strony: 18), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/md17050254 - link to the publication
  3. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas hydrophila strain K691 containing 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose
    Authors:
    Pakiet K., Turska-Szewczuk A., Karas M. A., Pekala A., Pietras H.
    Academic press:
    Carbohydrate Research (rok: 2017, tom: 439, strony: 23-29), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.carres.2016.12.006 - link to the publication
  4. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas sobria strain Pt312
    Authors:
    Anna Turska-Szewczuk,* Hubert Pietras, Katarzyna A. Duda, Alicja Kozińska, Agnieszka Pękala and Otto Holst
    Academic press:
    Carbohydrate Research (rok: 2015, tom: 403, strony: 142-148), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.carres.2014.06.011 - link to the publication
  5. Structural studies of the lipopolysaccharide from the fish pathogen Aeromonas veronii strain Bs19, serotype O16
    Authors:
    Anna Turska-Szewczuk *, Katarzyna A. Duda, Dominik Schwudke, Agnieszka Pekala, Alicja Kozinska and Otto Holst
    Academic press:
    Marine Drugs (rok: 2014, tom: 12, strony: 1298-1316), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/md12031298 - link to the publication
  1. Structural studies of the O-specific polysaccharide from the LPS of Aeromonas hydrophila strain K691.
    Authors:
    Pakiet K., Pietras H., Pękala A., Turska-Szewczuk A.
    Conference:
    7th Baltic Meeting on Microbial Carbohydrates (rok: 2016, ), Wydawca: Book of Abstracts
    Data:
    konferencja 25-29 Września 2016, Rostock
    Status:
    Published
  2. Studies on structural virulence factors in Aeromonas spp. bacteria isolated from cultured fish
    Authors:
    Anna Turska-Szewczuk, Agnieszka Pekala, Alicja Kozinska, Marta Palusinska-Szysz
    Conference:
    Microbiology and Infection – 4th Joint Congress of DGHM and VAAM, Dresden, 05.-08. October 2014 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Springer, Biospectrum
    Data:
    konferencja 5-8 pażdziernika 2014
    Status:
    Published
  3. Distribution of genes for virulence factors and a profile of endotoxin in Aeromonas spp. strains isolated from cultured fish.
    Authors:
    Walczak N., Turska-Szewczuk A., Pękala A., Karaś M. A., Urbanik-Sypniewska T.
    Conference:
    6th International Weigl Conference on Microbiology (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society & Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics
    Data:
    konferencja 8-10 lipca 2015, Gdańsk
    Status:
    Published
  4. Structure of the O-polysaccharide from the fish pathogen Aeromonas sobria strain Pt311.
    Authors:
    Anna Turska-Szewczuk, Katarzyna A. Duda, Iwona Komaniecka, Dominik Schwudke, Adam Choma, Otto Holst
    Conference:
    6th Baltic Meeting on Microbial Carbohydrates, 7th-10th September, Gdansk 2014 (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Uniwersytet Gdański
    Data:
    konferencja 07-10 września 2014, Gdańsk
    Status:
    Published
  5. Analiza markerów chorobotwórczości i profilu endotoksyny szczepów Aeromonas wyizolowanych od ryb.
    Authors:
    Pakiet K., Pękala A., Palusińska-Szysz M., Turska-Szewczuk A.
    Conference:
    Mikrobiologia w medycynie, przemyśle i ochronie środowiska. (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
    Data:
    konferencja 24-25 października 2015, Łódź
    Status:
    Published
  6. Distribution of virulence markers in Aeromonas spp. strains isolated from Polish pond-raised fish.
    Authors:
    Natalia Walczak, Anna Turska-Szewczuk, Weronika Wójcik, Małgorzata Pac, Małgorzata Gęca, Hubert Pietras, Iwona Komaniecka, Adam Choma
    Conference:
    The 3rd Workshop on Microbiology in Health and Environmental Protection, MIKROBIOT 2013, Lodz, Poland, 17-20 IX 2013 (rok: 2013, ), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Mikrobiologów
    Data:
    konferencja 17-20 września 2013
    Status:
    Published
  7. Structural variants of the lipopolysaccharide core region among mesophilic Aeromonas species.
    Authors:
    Turska-Szewczuk A., Pakiet K., Pękala A., Pietras H., Komaniecka I., Karaś M., Choma A.
    Conference:
    The 4th Workshop on Microbiology in Health Care and Environmental Protection, MIKROBIOT 2017 (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Mikrobiologów
    Data:
    konferencja 19-21 IX 2017, Łódź
    Status:
    Published