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  1. Pectobacterium atrosepticum (van Hall) Gardan et al. as a Causal Agent of Potato Blackleg in Greenland

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  2. The Great Five—an artificial bacterial consortium with antagonistic activity towards Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.: formulation, shelf life, and the ability to prevent soft rot of potato in storage

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  3. Editorial: Environmental Bacteriophages: From Biological Control Applications to Directed Bacterial Evolution

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  4. Fast and reliable screening assay developed to preselect candidate Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Tn5 mutants showing resistance to bacteriophage infection

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  5. Compatible Mixture of Bacterial Antagonists Developed to Protect Potato Tubers from Soft Rot Caused by Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2019, Scientific Societies

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  6. May the phage be with you? Prophage-like elements in the genomes of Soft RotPectobacteriaceae(Pectobacteriumspp. andDickeyaspp.)

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  7. Oxygen Availability Influences Expression of Dickeya solani Genes Associated With Virulence in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  8. Systemic Colonization and Expression of Disease Symptoms on Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) Infected with a GFP-Tagged Dickeya solani IPO2222 (IPO2254)

    Article • Plant Disease, January 2018, Scientific Societies

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  9. The viability of lytic bacteriophage ΦD5 in potato-associated environments and its effect on Dickeya solani in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2017, PLOS

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  10. Fast and reliable screening system to preselect candidate Dickeya solani Tn5 mutants in plant tissue-induced genes

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  11. Characterization of Dickeya and Pectobacterium strains obtained from diseased potato plants in different climatic conditions of Norway and Poland

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  12. Temperature-responsive genetic loci in pectinolytic plant pathogenicDickeya solani

    Article • Plant Pathology, October 2016, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  13. Bacteriophages of Soft RotEnterobacteriaceae—a minireview

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  14. The complete genome, structural proteome, comparative genomics and phylogenetic analysis of a broad host lytic bacteriophage ϕD3 infecting pectinolytic Dickeya spp.

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  15. Application of zinc chloride precipitation method for rapid isolation and concentration of infectious Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. lytic bacteriophages from surface water and plant and soil extracts

    Article • Folia Microbiologica, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  16. Genomic, Proteomic and Morphological Characterization of Two Novel Broad Host Lytic Bacteriophages ΦPD10.3 and ΦPD23.1 Infecting Pectinolytic Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp.

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  17. Salicylic acid can reduce infection symptoms caused by Dickeya solani in tissue culture grown potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ewa Lojkowska, Professor Robert Czajkowski

  18. Detection, identification and differentiation of Pectobacterium and Dickeya species causing potato blackleg and tuber soft rot: a review

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, October 2014, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  19. Simultaneous detection of major blackleg and soft rot bacterial pathogens in potato by multiplex polymerase chain reaction

    Article • Annals of Applied Biology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ewa Lojkowska, Professor Robert Czajkowski

  20. Complete genome sequence of a broad-host-range lytic Dickeya spp. bacteriophage ϕD5

    Article • Archives of Virology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  21. Studies on the colonization of axenically grown tomato plants by a GFP-tagged strain of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  22. Isolation and characterization of novel soilborne lytic bacteriophages infectingDickeyaspp. biovar 3 (‘D. solani’)

    Article • Plant Pathology, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ewa Lojkowska, Professor Robert Czajkowski

  23. Development ofXanthomonas fragariaepopulations and disease progression in strawberry plants after spray-inoculation of leaves

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 2013, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  24. Chemical disinfectants can reduce potato blackleg caused by ‘Dickeya solani’

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  25. Draft Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Strain Serratia plymuthica A30, Isolated from Rotting Potato Tuber Tissue

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  26. Quantitative and specific detection of the biocontrol agent, Serratia plymuthica, in plant extracts using a real-time TaqMan® assay

    Article • Journal of Applied Genetics, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  27. Virulence of ‘Dickeya solani’ andDickeya dianthicolabiovar-1 and -7 strains on potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  28. Studies on the interaction between the biocontrol agent, Serratia plymuthica A30, and blackleg-causing Dickeya sp. (biovar 3) in potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    Article • Plant Pathology, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  29. Characterization of bacterial isolates from rotting potato tuber tissue showing antagonism to Dickeya sp. biovar 3 in vitro and in planta

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  30. Control of blackleg and tuber soft rot of potato caused by Pectobacterium and Dickeya species: a review

    Article • Plant Pathology, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  31. Inactivation of AHLs by Ochrobactrum sp. A44 depends on the activity of a novel class of AHL acylase

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, February 2011, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski, Professor Paul Williams

  32. Downward Vascular Translocation of a Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Strain of Dickeya sp. (Biovar 3) from Stem and Leaf Inoculation Sites on Potato

    Article • Phytopathology, November 2010, Scientific Societies

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  33. Systemic Colonization of Potato Plants by a Soilborne, Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Strain of Dickeya sp. Biovar 3

    Article • Phytopathology, February 2010, Scientific Societies

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  34. Distribution of Dickeya spp. and Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum in naturally infected seed potatoes

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  35. Biochemical and genetical analysis reveal a new clade of biovar 3 Dickeya spp. strains isolated from potato in Europe

    Article • European Journal of Plant Pathology, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  36. Hap2 regulates the pheromone response transcription factorprf1inUstilago maydis

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  37. Comparative genomics of MAP kinase and calcium–calcineurin signalling components in plant and human pathogenic fungi

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, April 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Robert Czajkowski

  38. Detection and characterization of bacteria from the potato rhizosphere degrading N-acyl-homoserine lactone

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, October 2006, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Robert Czajkowski