Otakar Strunecký
Expertise
Phycological
research, including cyanobacteria as water quality indicators, ecology,
cyanobacterial systematics, genomics.
Research Interests
I am interested in the
taxonomy, ecology, genomics and systematics of
cyanobacteria, and conduct work in fishponds, freshwater lakes and
rivers of
temperate and polar regions as well as seaside areas. Metabolic
adaptations of
cyanobacteria reflected on genomic level belong to my main research
activities
of the present days.All
of my work is collaborative in nature, and I enjoy working with
students in
faculty of Fisheries and Water Protection at University of South
Bohemia as
well as students at other universities around the world.
Education
2007 - 2012
University of South
Bohemia
in Ceske
Budejovice, Ph.D.
Thesis:
Phylogeny, Phytogeography,
and Taxonomy of Polar Oscillatoriales
1993-1997
Charles University, dept.
of
Parasitology
and Hydrobiology, Mgr.
Thesis:
Biomanipulation of shallow
drinking water reseivoi
Professional experience
2016
Institute of Aquaculture and Protection of Waters, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, CENAKVA, University of South Bohemia, Husova 458/102, CZ–370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, academic worker
2015
Institute of Microbiology, Centrum Algatech Třeboň, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, postdoc
2012-2016
Institute of Botany, Centre for Phycology the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, postdoc - partial job
2012-2015
Centre for Polar Ecology, Department of Ecosystem Biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, postdoc
2003-2011
National Reference Laboratory on Viral Hepatitis, Centre for Microbiology and Virology, National Institute for Public Health
2001-2002
paternity leave
1998-2001
project EU EMERGE (European Mountain lake Ecosystems: Regionalisation, diaGnostic & socio-economic Evaluation), field assistant
Publications
Bohunická, M., J. Mareš, P. Hrouzek, P. Urajová, M. Lukeš, J. Šmarda, J. Komárek, L. A. Gaysina and O. Strunecký (2015) A combined morphological, ultrastructural, molecular,and biochemical study of the peculiar family Gomontiellaceae (Oscillatoriales) reveals a new cylindrospermopsin-producing clade of cyanobacteria. Journal of Phycology 51(6): 1040-1054
Strunecký O, Komárek J & Šmarda J (2014) Kamptonema, a new genus derived from the polyphyletic Phormidium (Microcoleaceae, Cyanobacteria) according to combined molecular and cytomorphological markers. Preslia. 86:193-208
Strunecký O, Komárek J, Johansen J & Lukesova (2013) A Molecular and morphological criteria for revision of the genera Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont and Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont (Cyanobacteria), based on strains of Microcoleus vaginatus and Phormidum autumnale. Journal of Phycology. 49; 1167-1180
Mareš J, Hrouzek P, Kaňa R, Ventura S, Strunecký O & Komárek J (2013) The primitive thylakoid-less cyanobacterium Gloeobacter is a common rock-dwelling species. PLOS ONE. 8
Strunecký O, Elster J & Komárek J (2012) Molecular clock provided evidence for survival of cyanobacteria (Oscillatoriales, Phormidium autumnale) in Antarctica from Paleozoic times FEMS Microbiology Ecology 82: 482–490
Strunecký O, Komárek J & Elster J (2012) Biogeography of Phormidium autumnale (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) in western and central parts of Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research 33: 369–382
Chatchawan T, Komarek J, Strunecký O, Smarda J & Peerapornpisal Y (2012) Oxynema, a new genus separated from the genus Phormidium (Cyanophyta). Cryptogamie Algologie 33: 41-59
Strunecký O, Elster J & Komarek J (2011) Taxonomic revision of the freshwater cyanobacterium "Phormidium" murrayi = Wilmottia murrayi. Fottea 11: 57-71
Strunecký, O., J. Elster, et al. (2010). Phylogenetic relationships between geographically separate Phormidium cyanobacteria: is there a link between north and south polar regions? Polar Biology 33(10): 1419-1428
Roubalova, K., O. Strunecky, et al. (2011). Genotyping of viral glycoprotein B (gB) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with active cytomegalovirus infection: analysis of the impact of gB genotypes on the patients' outcome. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 59(2): 92-99
Roubalova, K., O. Strunecky, et al. (2011). Genetic variability of cytomegalovirus glycoprotein O in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease 13 (3) 237-243
Krekulova, L., V. Rehak, et al. (2009). Current situation and trends in the hepatitis C virus genotype distribution among injecting drug users in the Czech Republic. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 58(2): 84-89
Nedbalova, L., E. Stuchlik, et al. (2006). Phytoplankton of a mountain lake (L'adove pleso, the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia): Seasonal development and first indications of a response to decreased acid deposition. Biologia 61: 91-100
Nemecek, V. and O. Strunecky (2009). Genotypic heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from blood donors in the Czech Republic. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 58(2): 63-72
Nemecek, V. and O. Strunecky (2004). Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in the Czech Republic. Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 53(2): 55-61
Catalan J, Ventura M, Brancelj A, et al. (2002) Seasonal ecosystem variability in remote mountain lakes: implications for detecting climatic signals in sediment records. Journal of Paleolimnology 28: 25-46
Strunecka A, Strunecky O & Patocka J (2002) Fluoride plus aluminum: useful tools in laboratory investigations, but messengers of false information. Physiol Res 51: 557–564
