Projects:
2015-2018 - Characterization and importance of the new oxalate oxidase (OXOAb) in response of Abortiporus biennis to presence of heavy metals in the environment growth (National Centre of Science - 2014/13/B/NZ9/02106 - OPUS - main investigator)
2015-2018 - Light influence on Cerrena unicolor metabolism - (National Centre of Science – 2014/15/B/NZ9/01990 - OPUS – investigator)
2016-2018 - Evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of cellobiose dehydrogenase from fungi as a component of active packaging (2015/17/D/NZ9/02066 - SONATA 9 - investogator)
Recent papers:
Grąz M. (2024) Role of oxalic acid in fungal and bacterial metabolism and its biotechnological potential. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 40:178 https://rdcu.be/dFOnR
Grąz M, Ruminowicz-Stefaniuk M, Jarosz-Wilkołazka A. (2023) Oxalic acid degradation in wood-rotting fungi. Searching for a new source of oxalate oxidase. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 39:13
https://rdcu.be/cZLk0
Graz M, Jarosz-Wilkołazka A, Pawlikowska-Pawlega B, Janusz G, Kapral-Piotrowska J, Ruminowicz-Stefaniuk M, Skrzypek T, Zieba E. (2020). Oxalate oxidase from Abortiporus biennis – protein localisation and gene sequence analysis. Int. J. Biol.Macromol. 148, 1307-1315.
Graz M., Jarosz-Wilkołazka A., Janusz G., Mazur A., Wielbo J., Koper P., Żebracki K., Kubik-Komar A. (2017). Transcriptome-based analysis of the saprophytic fungus Abortiporusbiennis – response to oxalic acid. Microbiol. Res. 199, 79-88. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1UnZC3MmJPSiGS
Grąz M., Rachwał K., Zan, R., Jarosz-Wilkołazka A. (2016). Oxalic acid degradation by a novel fungal oxalate oxidase from Abortiporus biennis. Acta Biochim Pol 63, Epub: No 2016_1282.
Grąz M., Pawlikowska-Pawlęga B., Jarosz-Wilkołazka A. (2015). Intracellular distribution of cadmium during the growth of Abortiporus biennis on cadmium-amended media. Can. J. Microbiol. 61, 545-554.(dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2015-0102)
Pozdnyakova N.N., Jarosz-Wilkołazka A., Polak J., Grąz M. Turkovskaya O.V. (2015). Decolourisation of anthraquinone-and anthracene-type dyes by versatile peroxidases from bjerkandera fumosa and pleurotus ostreatus D1. Biocatal Biotransform 33, 69–80. (DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2015.1060227)
Sójka-Ledakowicz J., Olczyk J., Polak J., Grąz M., Jarosz-Wilkołazka A. (2015). Dyeing of Textile Fabrics with Bio-dyes. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 23, 1(109): 120-126.