cyanobacteria and algae

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Aim

To determine  the response of the metabolism of cyanobacteria and microalgae, especially photosynthetic activity, to selected stress factors, e.g. UV radiation, cosmic-ray components, and, more generally, the role of abiotic stress factors as possible triggers for the biosynthesis of nutrients in cyanobacteria and algae. In addition, analyses using molecular phylogenetics are being used to help uncover the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis in the early stages of the evolution of life on Earth.

 

Leader

Prof. Ireneusz Ślesak
Cyanobacteria research

Dr Monika Kula-Maximenko
Algae research

Members

Zofia Mazur Marta Libik-Konieczny

Kamil Zieliński

MICROBIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

 

Projects

‘Effects of simulated cosmic rays on the biomass quality of Chlorella vulgaris - a potential food source for astronauts'. MINIATURA 5 (NCN), 2021/05/X/NZ9/00349; Principal investigator: dr Monika Kula-Maximenko

 

Papers - 5 - the most important and recent in the field of project

Kula-Maximenko M., Zieliński K.J., Ślesak I. (2021) The role of selected wavelengths of light in the activity of photosystem II in Gloeobacter violaceus. Int. J. Molecular Sci. 22:4021. doi: 10.3390/ijms22084021
Zieliński K.J., Kaczmarczyk A., Cieślak E., Ślesak I. (2021). Symbioza u cyjanobakterii [Symbiosis with cyanobacteria]. Kosmos 70: 697 - 710.
Ślesak I., Kula M., Ślesak H., Miszalski Z., Strzałka K. (2019) How to define obligatory anaerobiosis? An evolutionary view on the antioxidant response system and the early stages of the evolution of life on Earth. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 140: 61–73. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.004
Kula M., Kalaji HM., Skoczowski A. (2017) Culture density influence on the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae growing under different spectral compositions of light. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, Biol. 167: 290 – 298. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.01.013
Kula M., Rys M., Możdżeń K., Skoczowski A. (2014) Metabolic activity, the chemical composition of biomass and photosynthetic activity of Chlorella vulgaris under different light spectra in photobioreactors. Eng. Life Sci. 14: 57 – 67. doi: 10.1002/elsc.201200184