Bioprospecting

Exopolysaccharides of Pseudomonas protegens ML15: Optimization of production, characterization, and potential application as an edible coating for fruits
Nur Ajijah, Jakub Matusik, Krzysztof Kazimierczuk, Lukasz Dziewit, Kumar Pranaw
Food and Bioprocess Technology, (2025)
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Crystal structure, enzymatic and thermodynamic properties of the Thermus thermophilus phage Tt72 lytic endopeptidase with unique structural signatures of thermal adaptation
Sebastian Dorawa, Katarzyna Biniek-Antosiak, Magdalena Bejger, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Karol Ciuchcinski, Agnieszka Godlewska, Magdalena Plotka, Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson, Lukasz Dziewit, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Wojciech Rypniewski
Journal of Structural Biology, 217, 108230 (2025)
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Computational pipeline for sustainable enzyme discovery through (re)use of metagenomic data
Karol Ciuchcinski, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Daria Biernacka, Sebastian Dorawa, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Younginn Park, Karol Piekarski, Michal Stanowski, Takao Ishikawa, Runar Stokke, Ida Helene Steen, Lukasz Dziewit
Journal of Environmental Management, 382, 125381 (2025)
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Genome-guided development of a bacterial two-strain system for low-temperature soil biocementation
Karol Ciuchcinski, Grzegorz Czerwonka, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Zofia Godlewska, Katarzyna Misiolek, Katarzyna Zegadlo, Michal Styczynski, Lukasz Dziewit
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 109, 66 (2025)
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Revealing the diversity of bacteria and fungi in the active layer of permafrost at Spitsbergen island (Arctic) – Combining classical microbiology and metabarcoding for ecological and bioprospecting exploration.
Mikolaj Dziurzynski, Adrian Gorecki, Julia Pawlowska, Lukasz Istel, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Piotr Golec, Michal Styczynski, Krzysztof Poszytek, Anna Rokowska, Dorota Gorniak, Lukasz Dziewit
Science of the Total Environment, 856, 159072 (2023)
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New strains of psychrotolerant bacteria, a composition, their application and method of soil bioaugmentation
Patent No: Pat.242616 2023 Poland
Michal Styczynski, Klaudia Debiec-Andrzejewska, Lukasz Dziewit
Heterologous production and characterization of a pyomelanin of Antarctic Pseudomonas sp. ANT_H4: A metabolite protecting against UV and free radicals, interacting with iron from minerals and exhibiting priming properties toward plant hairy roots
Michal Styczynski, Agata Rogowska, Christine Nyabayo, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Filip Romaniuk, Cezary Paczkowski, Anna Szakiel, Roderich Suessmuth, Lukasz Dziewit
Microbial Cell Factories, 21, 261 (2022)
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Application of psychrotolerant Antarctic bacteria and their metabolites as efficient plant growth promoting agents
Michal Styczynski, Gabriel Biegniewski, Przemyslaw Decewicz, Bartosz Rewerski, Klaudia Debiec-Andrzejewska, Lukasz Dziewit
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, 772891 (2022)
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Literature-based, manually-curated database of PCR primers
A literature-based, manually-curated database of PCR primers for the detection of antibiotic resistance genes is comprised of hundreds …
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Plasmid pCRT01 and its structure, new bacterial strains, their applications method for producing carotenoids
Patent No: Pat.231220 2018 Poland
Dariusz Bartosik, Anna Maj, Lukasz Dziewit, Jakub Czarnecki, Maciej Garstka, Katarzyna Gieczewska, Ewa Furmanczyk, Jadwiga Baj