Prof. dr hab. Izabela Święcicka - kierownik Katedry / Wydział Biologii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku

Izabela Święcicka

email: izabelas@uwb.edu.pl

tel.: (85) 738-84-10

pokój: 3073

godziny konsultacji: poniedziałek, godz. 9.00-10.00

Dodatkowe funkcje

Prorektor Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku ds. nauki
Kierownik Laboratorium Mikrobiologii Stosowanej

Publikacje

M. Bartoszewicz, U. Czyżewska, M. Zambrzycka, I. Święcicka, Organic vs. Conventional Milk: Uncovering the Link to Antibiotic Resistance in Bacillus cereus sensu lato, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25, 13528, DOI: 10.3390/ijms252413528
U. Shaimerdenova, G. Kaiyrmanova, W. Lewandowska, M. Bartoszewicz, I. Swiecicka, A. Yernazarova, Biosurfactant and biopolymer producing microorganisms from West Kazakhstan oilfield, Scientific Reports 2024, 14:2294, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52906-7
E. Oleńska, W. Małek, M. Wójcik, S. Szopa, I. Święcicka, O. Aleksandrowicz, T. Włostowski, W. Zawadzka, W.M.A. Sillen, J. Vangronsveld, I. Cholakova, T. Langill S. Thijs, Bacteria associated with Zn‑hyperaccumulators Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis arenosa from Zn–Pb–Cd waste heaps in Poland as promising tools for bioremediation, Scientific Reports 2023, 13:12606, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39852-6
K. Leszczyńska, I. Święcicka, T. Daniluk, D. Lebensztejn, S. Chmielewska-Deptuła, D. Leszczyńska, J. Gawor, M. Kliber, Escherichia albertii as a Potential Enteropathogen in the Light of Epidemiological and Genomic Studies, Genes 2023, 14(7), 1384, DOI: 10.3390/genes14071384
M. Zając, J. Kotyńska, G. Zambrowski, J. Breczko, P. Deptuła, M. Cieśluk, M. Zambrzycka, I. Święcicka, R. Bucki, M. Naumowicz, Exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles leads to changes in the zeta potential of bacterial cells, Scientific Reports 2023, 13:9552, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36603-5
V. Isidorov, A. Zalewski, G. Zambrowski, I. Święcicka, Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Properties of Honey Bee Venom, Molecules 2023, 28(10), 4135, 1-16, DOI: 10.3390/molecules28104135
A. Wasilewska, U. Klekotka, M. Zambrzycka, G. Zambrowski, I. Święcicka, B. Kalska-Szostko, Physico-chemical properties and antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles fabricated by green synthesis, Food Chemistry 2023, 400, 133960, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133960
P. Majewski, A. Gutowska, D.G.E. Smith, T. Hauschild, P. Majewska, T. Hryszko, D. Gizycka, B. Kedra, J. Kochanowicz, J. Glowiński, J. Drewnowska, I. Swiecicka, P.T. Sacha, P. Wieczorek, D. Iwaniuk, A. Sulewska, R. Charkiewicz, K. Makarewicz, A. Zebrowska, S. Czaban, P. Radziwon, J. Niklinski, E.A. Tryniszewska, Plasmid mediated mcr-1.1 colistin-resistance in clinical extraintestinal Escherichia coli strains isolated in Poland, Frontiers in Microbiology 2021, 12, 547020, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.547020
K. Fiedoruk, J.M. Drewnowska, J. Mahillon, M. Zambrzycka, I. Swiecicka, Pan-Genome portrait of Bacillus mycoides provides insights into the species ecology and evolution, Microbiology Spectrum 2021, 9:e00311-21, 1-16, DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00311-21
J.M. Drewnowska, I. Święcicka, Microbiological insight into cold-pressed oils by cultural and metataxonomic analysis, Food Bioscience 2021, 42, 101150, DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2021.101150
J. Dunaj, J. Drewnowska, A. Moniuszko-Malinowska, I. Swiecicka, S. Pancewicz, First metagenomic report of Borrelia americana and Borrelia carolinensis in Poland – a preliminary study, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2021, 28(1): 49–55, DOI: 10.26444/aaem/118134
E. Oleńska, W. Małek, U. Kotowska, J. Wydrych, W. Polińska, I. Swiecicka, S. Thijs, J. Vangronsveld, Exopolysaccharide carbohydrate structure and biofilm formation by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strains inhabiting nodules of Trifolium repens growing on an old Zn–Pb–Cd‐polluted waste heap area, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2021, 22, 2808, 1-23, DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062808
E. Oleńska, V. Imperato, W. Małek, T. Włostowski, M. Wójcik, I. Swiecicka, J. Vangronsveld, S. Thijs, Trifolium repens-associated bacteria as a potential tool to facilitate phytostabilization of zinc and lead polluted waste heaps, Plants 2020, 9, 1002, 1-18, DOI: 10.3390/plants9081002
E. Oleńska, W. Małek, M. Wójcik, I. Swiecicka, S. Thijs, J. Vangronsveld, Beneficial features of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for improving plant growth and health in challenging conditions: A methodical review, Science of the Total Environment 2020, 743, 140682, 1-21, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140682
E. Olchowik‑Grabarek, Sz. Sekowski, M. Bitiucki, I. Dobrzynska, V. Shlyonsky, M. Ionov, P. Burzynski, A. Roszkowska, I. Swiecicka, N. Abdulladjanova, M. Zamaraeva, Inhibition of interaction between Staphylococcus aureus α‑hemolysin and erythrocytes membrane by hydrolysable tannins: structure‑related activity study, Scientific Reports 2020, 10:11168, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68030-1
J.M. Drewnowska, A. Fiodor, J.E. Barboza-Corona, I. Swiecicka, Chitinolytic activity of phylogenetically diverse Bacillus cereus sensu lato from natural environments, Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2020, 43, 126075, DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126075
J. Dunaj, J. Drewnowska, A. Moniuszko-Malinowska, I. Swiecicka, S. Pancewicz, First metagenomic report of Borrelia americana and Borrelia carolinensis in Poland – a preliminary study, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2020, DOI: 10.26444/aaem/118134
J. M. Drewnowska, N. Stefanska, M. Czerniecka, G. Zambrowski, I. Swiecicka, Potential Enterotoxicity of Phylogenetically Diverse Bacillus cereus Sensu Lato Soil Isolates from Different Geographical Locations, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2020, 86, 11, e03032-19, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03032-19
A. Moniuszko-Malinowska, P. Czupryna, I. Swiecicka, H. Grześ, A. Siemieniako, S. Grygorczuk, E. Tarasów, S. Pancewicz, Nocardia farcinica as a cause of chronic meningitis - case report, BMC Infectious Diseases 2020, 20: 56, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-4764-y
A. Moniuszko-Malinowska, J. Dunaj, M.O. Andersson, I. Swiecicka, J. Drewnowska, P. Czupryna, S. Grygorczuk, M. Król, J. Zajkowska, S. Pancewicz, Absence of molecular evidence for Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis presence in symptomatic patients in Poland, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 2019, 32: 101514, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.101514
K. Fiedoruk, T. Daniluk, D. Rozkiewicz, E. Oldak, S. Prasad, I. Swiecicka, Whole-genome comparative analysis of Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from patients with diarrhea in northeastern Poland, Gut Pathogens 2019, 11:32, DOI: 10.1186/s13099-019-0313-x
W. Isidorov, S.Witkowski, P. Iwaniuk, M. Zambrzycka, I. Swiecicka, Royal jelly aliphatic acids contribute to antimicrobial activity of honey, Journal of Apicultural Science 2018, 62, 1, 111-120, DOI: 10.2478/jas-2018-0012
V.A. Isidorov, K. Buczek, A. Segiet, G. Zambrowski, I. Swiecicka, Activity of selected plant extractsagainst honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae, Apidologie 2018, 49: 687-704, DOI: 10.1007/s13592-018-0586-y
D. Gmiter, G. Czerwonka, J.M. Drewnowska, I. Swiecicka, W. Kaca, Draft genome sequences of Proteus mirabilis K1609 and K670: a model strains for territoriality examination, Current Microbiology 2018, DOI: 10.1007/s00284-018-1598-6
Dunaj J., Moniuszko-Malinowskaa A., Swiecicka I., Andersson M., Czupryna P., Rutkowski K., Zambrowski G., Zajkowska J., Grygorczuk S., Tick-borne infections and co-infections in patients with non-specific symptoms in Poland: Tick-borne infections and co-infections, Advances in Medical Sciences 2018, 63, 167–172, doi.org/10.1016/j.advms.2017.09.004
Fiedoruk K., Daniluk T., Mahillon J., Leszczynska K., Swiecicka I., Genetic environment of cry1 genes indicates their common origin, Genome Biology and Evolution 2017, 9, 9, 2265-2275, DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evx165
Zdybel M., Pilawa B., Drewnowska J.M., Swiecicka I., Comparative EPR studies of free radicals in melanin synthesized by Bacillus weihenstephanensis soil strains, Chemical Physics Letters 2017, 679, 185-192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.05.013
Fiedoruk K., Drewnowska J.M., Daniluk T., Leszczyńska K., Iwaniuk P., Swiecicka I., Ribosomal background of the Bacillus cereus group thermotypes, Scientific Reports 2017, 7, 46430, DOI: 10.1038/srep46431
Isidorov V. A., Buczek K., Zambrowski G., Miastkowski K., Swiecicka I., In vitro study of the antimicrobial activity of European propolis against Paenibacillus larvae, Apidologie 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s13592-016-0485-z
Isidorov V.A., Bakier S., Pirożnikow E., Zambrzycka M., Swiecicka I. - Selective behaviour of honeybees in acquiring european propolis plant precursors, Journal of Chemical Ecology 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0708-9
Fiedoruk K., Daniluk T., Fiodor A., Drewicka E., Buczynska K., Leszczynska K., Bideshi D.K., Swiecicka I. - MALDI-TOF MS portrait of emetic and non-emetic Bacillus cereus group members, Eletrophoresis 2016, DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500308
Moniuszko-Malinowska A., Swiecicka I., Dunaj J., Zajkowska J., Czupryna P., Zambrowski G., Chmielewska-Badora J., Żukiewicz-Sobczak W., Swierzbinska R., Rutkowski K., Garkowski A., Pancewicz S. - Infection with Babesia microti in humans with non-specific symptoms in North East Poland, Infectious Diseases 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23744235.2016.1164339
Kaminska P.S., Yernazarova A., Drewnowska J. M., Zambrowski G., Swiecicka I. - The worldwide distribution of genetically and phylogenetically diverse Bacillus cereus isolates harbouring Bacillus anthracis-like plasmids, Environmental Microbiology Reports 2015, DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12305
Kamińska P.S., Fiedoruk K., Jankowska D., Mahillon J., Nowosad K., Drewicka E., Zambrzycka M., Święcicka I. 2015. One-day pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocol for rapid determination of emetic Bacillus cereus isolates. Electrophoresis. doi: 10.1002/elps.201400552.
Fiedoruk K., Daniluk T., Święcicka I., Ściepuk M., Leszczyńska K. 2015. Type II toxin-antitoxin systems are unevenly distributed among Escherichia coli phylogroups. Microbiology 161: 158-167.
Isidorov V.A., Bagan R., Szczepaniak L., Święcicka I. -2015. Chemical profile and antimicrobial activity of extractable compounds of Betula litwinowii (Betulaceae) buds. Open Chemistry 13: 125-137.
Isidorov V.A., Bagan R., Bakier S., Święcicka I. 2015. Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Polish herbhoney. Food Chemistry 171, 84-88.
Kamińska P. S., Yernazarova A., Murawska E., Święcicki J., Fiedoruk K., Bideshi D. K., Święcicka I. 2014. Comparative analysis of quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR and commercial enzyme imunoassays for detection of enterotoxigenic Bacillus thuringiensis isolated. FEMS Microbiology Letters 357: 34-39.
Murawska E., Fiedoruk K., Święcicka I. 2014. Modular genetic architecture of the toxigenic plasmid pIS56-63 harboring cry1Ab21 in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis strain IS5056. Polish Journal of Microbiology 63(2): 147-156.
Moniuszko A., Dunaj J., Święcicka I., Zambrowski G., Chmielewska-Badora J., Żukiewicz-Sobczak W., Zajkowska J., Czupryna P., Kondrusik M., Grygorczuk S., Swierzbińska R., Pancewicz S. 2014. Co-infections with Borrelia species, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia spp. in patients with tick-borne encephalitis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infections Diseases 33: 1835–1841.
Olchowik-Grabarek E., Święcicka I., Andreeva-Kovaleskaya Z., Solonin A., Bonarska-Kujawa D., Kleszczynska H., Mavlyanov S., Zamaraeva M. 2014. Role of structural changes induced in biological membranes by hydrolysable tannins from sumac leaves (Rhus typhina L.) in their antihemolytic and antibacterial effects. Journal of Membrane Biology 247: 533-540.
Niemirowicz K., Święcicka I., Wilczewska A. Z., Misztalewska I., Kalska-Szostko B., Bienias K., Bucki R., Car H. 2014. Gold-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles restrict growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Journal of Nanomedicine 9(1): 2217-2224.
Castiaux V., N'Guessan E., Święcicka I., Delbrassinne L., Dierick K., Mahillon J. 2014. Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of cereulide-producing isolates of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis. FEMS Microbiology Letters 353: 124-131.
Fiedoruk K., Daniluk T., Święcicka I., Murawska E., Sciepuk M., Leszczyńska K. 2014. First complete genome sequence of Escherichia albertii Strain KF1, a new potential human enteric pathogen. Genome Announcements 2(1): e00004-14, DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00004-14.
Drewnowska J.M., Święcicka I. 2013. Eco-genetic structure of Bacillus cereus sensu lato populations from different environments in Northeastern Poland. PLoS One 8: e80175. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080175
Bartoszewicz M., Kroteń M.A., Święcicka I. 2013. Germination and proliferation of emetic Bacillus cereus sensu lato strains in milk. Folia Microbiologica 58: 529-535.
Święcicka I., Bartoszewicz M., Kasulyte-Creasey D., Drewnowska J., Murawska E., Yernazarova A., Łukaszuk E., Mahillon J. 2013. Diversity of thermal ecotypes and potential pathotypes of Bacillus thuringiensis soil isolates. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 85: 262-272.
Murawska E., Fiedoruk K., Bideshi D.K., Święcicka I. 2013. Complete genome sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis Strain IS5056, an isolate highly toxic to Trichoplusia. Genome Announcements 1(2): e00108-13, DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00108-13.
Święcicka I. 2012. Bacillus thuringiensis w zwalczaniu owadów. In: I. Skrzecz, A. Sierpińska (eds) Kierunki rozwoju patologii owadów w Polsce: 131-143.
Dragutinović V., Vrvić M. M., Święcicka I., Cvetković O., Berić T., Stanković S. 2012. Characterisation of New Bacillus circulans Strain Isolated from Oil Shale. Food Technolology and Biotechnology 50: 123-127.
Święcicka I., Sztachelska M., Czajkowska M., Bideshi D.K., Federici B.A. 2011. Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from soil and small mammals that harbour vip3A gene homologues. Biocontrol Science and Technology 21(4): 461-473.
Kroteń M.A., Bartoszewicz M., Święcicka I. 2010. Cereulide and valinomycin, two important natural dodecadepsipeptides with ionophoretic activities. Pol. J. Microbiol. 59: 3-10.
Hu, X., Święcicka, I., Timmery, S., Mahillon, J. 2009. Sympatric soil communities of Bacillus cereus sensu lato: population structure and potential plasmid dynamics of pXO1- and pXO2-like elements. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 70: 344-355.
Hoton F.M., Fornelos N., N'Guessan E., Hu X., Święcicka I., Dierick K., Jaaskelainen E., Salkinoja-Salonen M., Mahillon. J. 2009. Family portrait of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis cereulide-producing strains. Environ. Microbiol. Reports 1: 177-183.
Bartoszewicz M., Bideshi D.K., Kraszewska A., Modzelewska E., Święcicka I. 2009. Natural isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis display genetic and psychrotrophic properties characteristic of Bacillus weihenstephanensis. J. Appl. Microbiol. 106: 1967-1975.
Laukowa A. Strompfova A., Simonova M., Styriak I., Święcicka I. 2008. Species of Enterococcus faecalis Associated with free-living rodents. Folia Microbiologica 53: 173-178.
Święcicka I. 2008. Natural occurrence of Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus in eukaryotic organisms: a case for symbiosis. Biocontrol Science and Technology 18: 221-239.
Święcicka I., Bideshi D. K., Federici B. A. 2008. Novel isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis that produces a quasicuboidal crystal of Cry1Ab21 toxic to larvae of Trichoplusia ni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 923-930.
Bartoszewicz M., Hansen B. M., Święcicka I. 2008. The members of the Bacillus cereus group are commonly present contaminants of fresh and heat-treated milk.. Food Microbiology 25: 588-596.
Święcicka I., Van der Auvera G. A., Mahillon J. 2006. Hemolytic and nonhemolytic enterotoxin genes are broadly distributed among Bacillus thuringiensis isolated grom wild mammals. Microbial Ecology 52: 544-551.
Bartoszewicz M., Święcicka I., Buczek J. 2006. Cereulidyna i entorotoksyny Bacillus cereus sensu lato. Medycyna Weterynaryjna 62: 28-31.
Święcicka I., Mahillon J. 2006. Diversity of commensal Bacillus cereus sensu lato isolated from the common sow bug (Porcellio scaber, Isopoda). FEMS Microbiological Ecology 56: 132-140.
Małek W., Wdowiak-Wróbel S., Kalita M., Święcicka I., Studzińska B. 2005. W poszukiwaniu koncepcji gatunku bakteryjnego. Postępy Mikrobiologii 44: 323-328.
Małek W., Sajnaga E., Wdowiak-Wróbel S., Studzińska B., Święcicka I., Nosalewicz I., Słomka M., Tatra A., Gawron A. 2005. Characterization of Phages Virulent for Sarothamnus scoparius Bradyrhizobia. Current Microbiology 51: 244-249.
Dierick K., Van Coillie E., Święcicka I., Meyfroidt G., Devlieger H., Meulemans A., Hoedemaekers G., Fourie L., Heyndrickx M., Mahillon J. 2005. A fatal family outbreak of Bacillus cereus food poisoning. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43: 4277-4279.
Hoton F. M., Andrup L., Święcicka I., Mahillon J. 2005. The cereulide genetic determinants of emetic Bacillus cereus are plasmid-borne. Microbiology 151: 2121-2124.
Święcicka I., Mahillon J. 2005. The clonal structure of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates from north-east Poland does not correlate with their cry gene diversity. Environmental Microbiology 7 (1): 34-39.
Święcicka I., Buczek J., Iwaniuk A. 2003. Analysis of genetic relationships and antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from Clethrionomys glareolus. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 49: 315-320.
Święcicka I., De Vos P. 2003. Properties of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from bank voles. J. Appl. Microbiol. 94: 60-64.
Święcicka I. 2003. Molecular typing by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of Bacillus thuringiensis from root voles. Curr. Microbiol. 46: 256 - 260.
Święcicka I., Fiedoruk K., Bednarz G. 2002. The occurrence and properties of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from free-living animals. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 34: 194-198.
Mical A.H., Święcicka I., Godlewska A., Krotke A., Grudzień B. 2002. Miksotrofizm wolfii bezkorzeniowej, a oczyszczanie ścieków. Gosp.Wod. 3: 120-122.
Święcicka I. 2001. Protein profile and biochemical properties of Bacillus circulans isolated from intestines of small free - living animals. Folia Microbiol. 46: 165 - 171.
Święcicka I., Buczek J., Fiedoruk K. 2001. Bacillus thuringiensis - an insecticide. Med. Wet. 57: 859-862 (in Polish).
Zabielski P., Strumiło S., Święcicka I. 2001. Termostability conditions and catalytic characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Bacillus licheniformis. Biotechnologia 3: 219-230 (in Polish).
Buczek J., Gliński Z., Buczek K., Kostro K., Święcicka I. 2002. Anthrax. Post. Microbiol. 41: 339-350 (in Polish).
Buczek J., Buczek K., Święcicka I. 2002. Anthrax - pathogenesis and actual threat to humans and animals. Med. Wet. 58: 4-8 (in Polish).
Kaminska P. S., Fiedoruk K., Jankowska D., Mahillon J., Nowosad K., Drewicka E., Swiecicka I., 2015. One-day pulsed-field electrophoresis protocol to rapid determination of emetic Bacillus cereus isolates. Electrophoresis DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400552