Publications by Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

West African–South American pandemic Vibrio cholerae encodes multiple distinct phage defence systems

Melanie Blokesch, Sandrine Stutzmann, David William Adams, Alexandre Lemopoulos, Loriane Bader, Laurie Righi, Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

Our understanding of the factors underlying the evolutionary success of different lineages of pandemic Vibrio cholerae remains incomplete. The West African–South American (WASA) lineage of V. cholerae, responsible for the 1991–2001 Latin American cholera e ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

Recombinant bacteria resistant to horizontal gene transfer and phage infection

Melanie Blokesch, David William Adams, Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

The invention relates to an expression vector encoding a DNA defence system comprising polypeptides derived from Vibrio cholerae, or equivalent functional variants or homologues, conferring resistance to the maintenance of extra-genomic DNA to a recipient ...

2023

Single nucleotide polymorphism determines constitutive versus inducible type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae

Melanie Blokesch, Sandrine Stutzmann, Alexis Joseph Proutière, Loriane Bader, Natalia Carolina Drebes Dorr, Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

Vibrio cholerae is a well-studied human pathogen that is also a common inhabitant of marine habitats. In both environments, the bacterium is subject to interbacterial competition. A molecular nanomachine that is often involved in such competitive behavior ...

2022

Two defence systems eliminate plasmids from seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae

Melanie Blokesch, David William Adams, Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

Horizontal gene transfer can trigger rapid shifts in bacterial evolution. Driven by a variety of mobile genetic elements—in particular bacteriophages and plasmids—the ability to share genes within and across species underpins the exceptional adaptability o ...

2022

QstR-dependent regulation of natural competence and type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae

Melanie Blokesch, Sandrine Stutzmann, Candice Stoudmann, Milena Jadwiga Jaskolska

During growth on chitinous surfaces in its natural aquatic environment Vibrio cholerae develops natural competence for transformation and kills neighboring non-immune bacteria using a type VI secretion system (T6SS). Activation of these two phenotypes requ ...

Oxford University Press2018