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Last publications 

  1. Dworaczek K., Kurzylewska M., Laban M., Drzewiecka D., Pękala-Safińska A., Turska-Szewczuk A. Structural studies of the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria strain K133 which represents new provisional serogroup PGO1 prevailing among mesophilic aeromonads on Polish fish farms. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, (2021), 22, 8; doi.org/10.3390/ijms22084272.

  2. Dworaczek K., Kurzylewska M., Laban M., Drzewiecka D., Pękala-Safińska A., Marczak M., Turska-Szewczuk A. Structure of the disaccharide repaeting unit of the O-specific polysaccharide of Aeromonas veronii strain Bs8 pathogenic to common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Carbohydr. Res., (2021), 500, 108210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2020.108210.

  3. Matys J., Turska-Szewczuk A., Sroka-Bartnicka A. Role  of  bacterial  secretion  systems  and  effector  proteins  –  insights  into  Aeromonas  pathogenicity  mechanisms. Acta Biochimica Polonica, 2020, 67(3), 283-293.

  4. Marczak M., Wójcik M., Zebracki K., Turska-Szewczuk A., Talarek K., Nowak D., Wawiórka L., Sieńczyk M., Łupicka-Słowik A., Bobrek K., Romańczuk M., Koper P., Mazur A. PssJ is a terminal galactosyltransferase involved in the assembly of the exopolysaccharide subunit in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, (2020), 11, 7764; doi:10.3390/ijms21207764.

  5. Kurzylewska M., Dworaczek K., Pękala-Safińska A., Turska-Szewczuk A., Turska-Szewczuk A. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria strain Pt393 isolated from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), which contains a rarely occurring sugar 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-galactose, tomosamine. Carbohydr. Res., (2020), 493, 1-6.

  6. Kutkowska J., Turska-Szewczuk A., Kucharczyk M., Kucharczyk H., Zalewska J., Urbanik-Sypniewska T. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in fecal samples of birds from South-Eastern Poland. BMC Veterinary Research, (2019), 15:472.

  7. Dworaczek K., Kurzylewska M., Karaś M.A., Janczarek M., Pękala-Safińska A., Turska-Szewczuk A. 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. Marine Drugs, (2019), 17(5), 254, DOI: 10.3390/md17050254.

  8. Karaś M.A., Turska-Szewczuk A., Janczarek M., Szuster-Ciesielska A. Glycoconjugates of Gram-negative bacteria and parasitic protozoa - are they similar in orchestrating the innate immune response? Innate Immunity, (2019), 25(1), 73-96. DOI: 10.1177/1753425918821168.

  9. Dworaczek K., Dominika Drzewiecka, Pękala-Safińska A., Turska-Szewczuk A.* Structural and serological studies of the O6-realated antygen of Aeromonas veronii bv. sobria starin K557 isolated from Cyprinus carpio on a Polish fish farm, which contain L-perosamine (4-Amino-4,6-dideoxy-L-mannose), a unique sugar characteristic for Aeromonas serogroup O6. Marine Drugs, (2019), 17, 399, DOI: 10.3390/md17070399.

  10. Marczak M., Zebracki K., Koper P., Turska-Szewczuk A., Mazur A., Wydrych J. Wójcik M., Skorupska A. Mgl2 is a hypothetical methyltransferase involved in exopolysaccharide production, biofilm formation, and motility in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii. MPMI, (2019), 32(7), 899-911, DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-01-19-0026-R

  11. Karaś M.A., Turska-Szewczuk A., Marczak M., Jaszek M., Janczarek M., Dworaczek K., Stefaniuk D., Wydrych J. A mutation in the Mesorhizobium loti oatB gene alters the physicochemical properties of the bacterial cell wall and reduces survival inside Acanthamoeba castellanii. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, (2018), 19(11), 3510.

  12. Pakiet K., Turska-Szewczuk A.*, Karas M. A., Pekala A., Pietras H. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas hydrophila strain K691 containing 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-glucose. Carbohydr. Res., (2017), 439:23-29.

  13. Janczarek M., Rachwał K., Turska-Szewczuk A. A mutation in pssE affects exopolysaccharide synthesis by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii, its surface properties, and symbiosis with clover. Plant and Soil, (2017), 417:331-347.

  14. Turska-Szewczuk A.*, Pietras H., Duda K. A., Kozińska A., Pękala A., Holst O. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Aeromonas sobria strain Pt312. Carbohydr. Res., (2015), 403:142-148.

  15. Turska-Szewczuk A.*, Russa R., Karaś M.A., Danikiewicz W., Spólnik W. Structural elucidation of the outer core tetrasaccharide isolated from the LPS of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain 24. Carbohydr. Res., (2015), 409:1-8.

  16. Zamlynska K., Komaniecka I., Turska-Szewczuk A., Pac M., Choma A. The O-specific polysaccharides from Phyllobacterium trifolii PETP02 LPS contain 3-C-methyl-D-rhamnose. Carbohydr. Res., (2015), 409:25-29.

  17. Pac M., Komaniecka I., Zamlynska K., Turska-Szewczuk A., Choma A. Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide from the legume endosymbiotic bacterium Ochrobactrum cytisi strain ESC1. Carbohydr. Res., (2015), 413:37-40.

  18. Karaś M.A., Turska-Szewczuk A., Trapska D., Urbanik-Sypniewska T. Growth and survival of Mesorhizobium loti inside Acanthamoeba enhanced its ability to develop more nodules on Lotus corniculatus. Microbial Ecology, 2015, 70(2):566-576.

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