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Martina Bielaszewska

Martina Bielaszewska

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Microbiology

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Overview

Martina Bielaszewska is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Immunology and Microbiology. Within these areas, specific subfields of study include Endocrinology, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology.

The scientist's research topics focus on Escherichia coli research studies, bacterial infections and vaccines, Burkholderia infections and melioidosis, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, the complement system in diseases, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, as well as bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on bacterial pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • Secretion and Delivery of Intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Virulence Factors via Outer Membrane Vesicles, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Dissemination of the blaCTX-M-15 gene among Enterobacteriaceae via outer membrane vesicles, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • In Vivo Secretion of β-Lactamase-Carrying Outer Membrane Vesicles as a Mechanism of β-Lactam Therapy Failure, 2021, Membranes
  • Virulence Factor Cargo and Host Cell Interactions of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Vesicles, 2021, Methods in molecular biology
  • Translocation of outer membrane vesicles from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 across the intestinal epithelial barrier, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology

Their publications commonly appear in scientific venues such as Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Membranes, Methods in molecular biology, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Martina Bielaszewska has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer Science+Business Media: Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (2021).

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, the scientist has coauthored multiple works with Ondřej Daniel, Alexander Mellmann, Daniel Krsek, Stephanie Schüller, and Monika Havlíčková.

Best Publications

  • Characterisation of the Escherichia coli strain associated with an outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Germany, 2011: a microbiological study

    Martina Bielaszewska;Alexander Mellmann;Wenlan Zhang;Robin Köck

  • Prospective Genomic Characterization of the German Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak by Rapid Next Generation Sequencing Technology

    Alexander Mellmann;Dag Harmsen;Craig A. Cummings;Emily B. Zentz

  • Escherichia coli Harboring Shiga Toxin 2 Gene Variants: Frequency and Association with Clinical Symptoms

    Alexander W Friedrich;Martina Bielaszewska;Wen-Lan Zhang;Matthias Pulz

  • Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in human medicine

    Helge Karch;Phillip I. Tarr;Martina Bielaszewska

  • Analysis of collection of hemolytic uremic syndrome-associated enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

    Alexander Mellmann;Martina Bielaszewska;Robin Köck;Alexander W Friedrich

  • Epidemiology and diagnosis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections.

    Helge Karch;Martina Bielaszewska;Martin Bitzan;Herbert Schmidt

  • Shiga Toxin Gene Loss and Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo during Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26 Infection in Humans

    Martina Bielaszewska;Rita Prager;Robin Köck;Alexander Mellmann

  • Sorbitol-fermenting Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H(-) strains: epidemiology, phenotypic and molecular characteristics, and microbiological diagnosis.

    Helge Karch;Martina Bielaszewska;Martina Bielaszewska

  • Shiga Toxin Activatable by Intestinal Mucus in Escherichia coli Isolated from Humans: Predictor for a Severe Clinical Outcome

    Martina Bielaszewska;Alexander W. Friedrich;Thomas Aldick;Robin Schürk-Bulgrin

  • Host cell interactions of outer membrane vesicle-associated virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: Intracellular delivery, trafficking and mechanisms of cell injury.

    Martina Bielaszewska;Christian Rüter;Andreas Bauwens;Lilo Greune

  • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli hemolysin employs outer membrane vesicles to target mitochondria and cause endothelial and epithelial apoptosis

    Martina Bielaszewska;Christian Rüter;Lisa Kunsmann;Lilo Greune

  • Identification, characterization, and distribution of a Shiga toxin 1 gene variant (stx(1c)) in Escherichia coli strains isolated from humans.

    Wenlan Zhang;Martina Bielaszewska;Thorsten Kuczius;Helge Karch

  • Effects of Antibiotics on Shiga Toxin 2 Production and Bacteriophage Induction by Epidemic Escherichia coli O104:H4 Strain

    Martina Bielaszewska;Evgeny A. Idelevich;Wenlan Zhang;Andreas Bauwens

  • Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli in Montana: Bacterial Genotypes and Clinical Profiles

    Jill K. Jelacic;Todd Damrow;Gilbert S. Chen;Srdjan Jelacic

  • Transduction of Enteric Escherichia coli Isolates with a Derivative of Shiga Toxin 2-Encoding Bacteriophage φ3538 Isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Herbert Schmidt;Martina Bielaszewska;Helge Karch

  • Shiga toxin-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome: time to change the diagnostic paradigm?

    Martina Bielaszewska;Robin Köck;Alexander W. Friedrich;Christof von Eiff

  • Shiga Toxin 1c-Producing Escherichia coli Strains: Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization and Association with Human Disease

    Alexander W Friedrich;Julia Borell;Martina Bielaszewska;Angelika Fruth

  • Cytolethal Distending Toxin Gene Cluster in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H− and O157:H7: Characterization and Evolutionary Considerations

    Andreas Janka;Martina Bielaszewska;Ulrich Dobrindt;Lilo Greune

  • Characterization of Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospital Inpatients or Outpatients with Urinary Tract Infection

    Francisco Toval;Christian-Daniel Köhler;Ulrich Vogel;Florian Wagenlehner

  • Human Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection associated with the consumption of unpasteurized goat's milk.

    M. Bielaszewska;J. Janda;K. Bláhová;H. Minaríková

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Karch
Helge Karch University of Münster
Alexander Mellmann
Alexander Mellmann University of Münster
Alexander W. Friedrich
Alexander W. Friedrich University Medical Center Groningen
Angelika Fruth
Angelika Fruth Robert Koch Institute
M. Alexander Schmidt
M. Alexander Schmidt University of Münster
Ulrich Dobrindt
Ulrich Dobrindt University of Münster
Rita Prager
Rita Prager Robert Koch Institute
Phillip I. Tarr
Phillip I. Tarr Washington University in St. Louis
Helmut Tschäpe
Helmut Tschäpe Robert Koch Institute
Robin Köck
Robin Köck Essen University Hospital

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