STAICU Lucian (University of Warsaw, POLAND)

  • First Name: Lucian
  • Name: Staicu
  • Position: Researcher
  • Email address: staiculucian@gmail.com
  • Institute / University / Company: University of Warsaw
  • Research Unit: Institute of Microbiology
  • Address (city, state): Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
  • Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicology:
    • Selenium
    • Arsenic
    • Lead
    • Detoxification
    • Cysteine
  • Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
    • Arsenic (As)
    • Lead (Pb)
    • Selenium (Se)
  • Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
    • Bacillus
    • Shewanella
    • Pseudomonas
    • Mixed microbial communties
  • Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
    • Wastewater
    • Polluted sites
  • Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ? No
  • Website URL: https://staiculab.com/
  • Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
    • Staicu LC, Wójtowicz PJ, Molnár Z, Ruiz-Agudo E, Gallego JL, Baragaño D, Pósfai M (2022) Interplay between arsenic and selenium biomineralization in Shewanella sp. O23S. Environmental Pollution 306, 119451 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119451
    • Staicu LC, Wojtowicz P J, Bargano D, Posfai M, Molnar Z, Ruiz-Agudo E, Gallego JL (2021) Bioremediation of a polymetallic, arsenic-dominated reverse osmosis reject stream. Letters in Applied Microbiology 75(5), 1084-1092 https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.13578
    • Staicu LC, Wojtowicz PJ, Pósfai M, Pekker P, Gorecki A, Jordan FL, Barton LL (2020) PbS biomineralization using cysteine: Bacillus cereus and the sulfur rush. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96(9) fiaa151 https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa151
    • Ni TW*, Staicu LC*, Nemeth R*, Schwartz C, Crawford D, Seligman J, Hunter WJ, Pilon-Smits EAH, Ackerson CJ. (2015) Progress toward clonable inorganic nanoparticles. Nanoscale 7, 17320-17327 https://doi.org/10.1039/c5nr04097c
    • Staicu LC, Ackerson CJ, Cornelis P, et al. (2015) Pseudomonas moraviensis subsp. stanleyae, a bacterial endophyte of hyperaccumulator Stanleya pinnata, is capable of efficient selenite reduction to elemental selenium under aerobic conditions. Journal of Applied Microbiology 119, 400-410 https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12842