Andreja Kust

ORCID: 0000-0003-4016-6454
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Research Areas
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Metabolism and Applications
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Beetle Biology and Toxicology Studies
  • Water Resources and Management
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Innovative Genomics Institute
2021-2024

University of California, Berkeley
2021-2024

Planetary Science Institute
2023-2024

Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2015-2023

Czech Academy of Sciences, Biology Centre
2015-2023

Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology
2016-2021

Czech Academy of Sciences
2016-2021

Université Paris Cité
2020

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2020

Délégation Paris 7
2020

Vacuolar myelinopathy is a fatal neurological disease that was initially discovered during mysterious mass mortality of bald eagles in Arkansas the United States. The cause this wildlife has eluded scientists for decades while its occurrence continued to spread throughout freshwater reservoirs southeastern Recent studies have demonstrated vacuolar induced by consumption epiphytic cyanobacterial species

10.1126/science.aax9050 article EN Science 2021-03-25

Man-made shallow fishponds in the Czech Republic have been facing high eutrophication since 1950s. Anthropogenic and feeding of fish strongly affected physicochemical properties water its aquatic community composition, leading to harmful algal bloom formation. In our current study, we characterized phytoplankton across three eutrophic ponds assess dynamics during vegetation season. We microscopically identified quantified 29 cyanobacterial taxa comprising non-toxigenic toxigenic species....

10.3390/toxins12090561 article EN cc-by Toxins 2020-08-31

Herein, we deciphered the most important biosynthetic traits of a prominent group bioactive lipopeptides. We reveal evidence for initiation biosynthesis by two alternative starter units hardwired directly in same gene cluster, eventually resulting production remarkable range lipopeptide variants. identified several unusual tailoring genes potentially involved modifying fatty acid chain. Careful characterization these clusters and their diverse products could provide insight into prokaryotes....

10.1128/aem.02675-18 article EN Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2018-12-03

In this study, we used microscopic, spectroscopic, and molecular analysis to characterize endolithic colonization in gypsum (selenites white crystalline gypsum) from several sites Sicily. Our results showed that the dominant microorganisms these environments are cyanobacteria, including: Chroococcidiopsis sp., Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides , Gloeocapsa compacta Nostoc as well orange pigmented green microalgae Stephanospherinia clade. Single cell filament sequencing coupled with 16S rRNA...

10.3389/fmicb.2023.1175066 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Microbiology 2023-07-06

Anatoxin-a, homoanatoxin-a, and dihydroanatoxin-a are potent cyanobacterial neurotoxins. They biosynthesized in cyanobacteria from proline acetate by a pathway involving three polyketide synthases. We report the identification of carboxy-anatoxin-a, carboxy-homoanatoxin-a, carboxy-dihydroanatoxin-a acidic extracts Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi CHARLIE-1, Oscillatoria sp. PCC 6506, Cylindrospermum stagnale 7417, respectively, using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The...

10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01121 article EN Journal of Natural Products 2020-01-03

All living organisms depend on iron as an essential cofactor for indispensable enzymes. However, the sources of bioavailable are often limited.

10.1128/aem.03128-20 article EN Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2021-06-16

Heterocytous cyanobacteria are among the most prolific sources of bioactive secondary metabolites, including anabaenopeptins (APTs). A terrestrial filamentous Brasilonema sp. CT11 collected in Costa Rica bamboo forest as a black mat, was studied using multidisciplinary approach: genome mining and HPLC-HRMS/MS coupled with bioinformatic analyses. Herein, we report nearly complete consisting 8.79 Mbp GC content 42.4%. Moreover, on three novel tryptophan-containing APTs; anabaenopeptin 788 (1),...

10.3390/molecules25173786 article EN cc-by Molecules 2020-08-20

Man-made shallow fishponds in the Czech Republic have been facing a high eutrophication since 1950s. Anthropogenic and feeding of fish strongly affected physico-chemical properties water its aquatic community composition leading to harmful algal bloom formation. In our current study, we characterised phytoplankton across three hypertrophic ponds assess dynamics during vegetation season. We microscopically identified quantified 29 cyanobacterial taxa comprised non-toxigenic toxigenic species....

10.20944/preprints202008.0282.v1 preprint EN 2020-08-12

Four benthic Anabaena strains isolated from different localities in the Czech Republic were examined morphological, phylogenetic, and physiological points of view.The results combined analysis showed distinct morphological dissimilarity between studied strains, which further found to belong phylogenetic groups based on 16S rRNA gene phylogeny.To assess temperature light (irradiance) optima we exposed them various combinations these two parameters.The experiment revealed unexpectedly high for...

10.5507/fot.2015.019 article EN Fottea 2015-09-30

Heterocytous cyanobacteria are among the most prolific source of bioactive secondary metabolites, including anabaenopeptins (APTs). A terrestrial filamentous Brasilonema sp. CT11 collected in Costa Rica bamboo forest, as black mat was studied using a multidisciplinary approach: genome mining and HPLC-HRMS/MS coupled with bionformatic analyses. Herein, we report nearly complete consisting 8.79 Mbp GC content 42.4%. Moreover, on three novel tryptophane-containing APTs; anabaenopeptin 788 (1),...

10.20944/preprints202007.0562.v1 preprint EN 2020-07-23

Abstract Cyanobacteria are central to biogeochemical cycling, climate change, and eutrophication. While they readily develop associations with environmental microorganisms, the question of whether consistently recruit specific microbiomes remains unresolved. Here, we established in vitro cyanobacterial consortia by inoculating five different strains from three freshwater environments determine if similar non-cyanobacterial organisms were recruited into stable cyanobacteria-based communities....

10.1101/2023.12.09.570939 preprint EN cc-by bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023-12-10

Post-mining lakes are anthropogenic water bodies increasing globally due to mining suppression and recultivation. These have ecological socioeconomic significance, providing freshwater sources, wildlife habitats, recreation potential. However, research on primary producers in these is limited, with most studies focusing phytoplankton while neglecting algal mats meadows. If developed high biomass, macroalgal meadows play a crucial role aquatic ecosystems. They contribute the trophic...

10.3897/aca.6.e107027 article EN ARPHA Conference Abstracts 2023-10-12
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