Jitka Jezberová (Lodeová), Ph.D.

Jitka Jezberová (Lodeová), Ph.D.

Personal data 

Born:  26. 2. 1978 in Most, Czech Republic

Maiden name: Lodeová

Status: married, two children

Phone: +420 736766237, +420 38777 5836

email: j.jezberova at email.cz

Web: http://www.hbu.cas.cz/en/staff/profil/160/

Education

1996 – High School Diploma

1999 – Bachelor Diploma at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia (Bachelor thesis (in Czech): Chemical conditions and phototrophic microflora in tree holes of the ‚Blansky les‘ reserve; Supervisor: RNDr. J. Lukavský, CSc.)

2002 – Master Diploma at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia (Master thesis (in English): Seasonal dynamics of autotrophic picoplankton in two canyon-shaped reservoirs and detailed study of three picocyanobacterial strains; Supervisor: RNDr. J. Komárková, CSc.)

2002 – 2006 – Postgradual studies at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia; (PhD – aims: Genotypes and morphotypes of freshwater picoplanktic cyanobacteria and their responses to various environmental conditions, polyphasic approach; Supervisor: RNDr. J. Komárková, CSc.)


Research interest

- autotrophic picoplankton such as Cyanobium, Synechococcus, Cyanodictyon, Aphanothece and Aphanocapsa (ecology, cultivation and isolation, ecophysiological studies, phylogenetic characterisation and differenciation)

- isolation and cultivation of freshwater bacteria and cyanobacteria

- microbial food web; interactions cyanobacteria or bacteria vs. protozoa and zooplankton

- phylogenetic studies of Betaproteobacteria (Polynucleobacter and Limnohabitans)

Research strategy

Research on cyanobacterial and bacterial ecology in combination of field (including mesocosms experiments with dialyses bags) and laboratory work (light / temperature / nutrient gradient experiments, grazing experiments, competition experiments) as well as of classical microbiological (isolation and cultivation) and modern molecular techniques (such as quantitative PCR, sequencing and genome analyses), epifluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry.

Professional experience

2000-2004 Researcher; Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice – Department of Phytoplankton Ecology (part-time employment)

2005-2007 Researcher; Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice – Department of Phytoplankton Ecology (full-time employment)

2007-2008 Postdoc - Researcher; Institute for Limnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - Austria, Mondsee: „Genetic and Ecological Diversity of a Narrow Phylogenetic Group of Abundant Freshwater Bacteria” (FWF project of Dr. M.W.Hahn)

2009-2013 maternity leave, part-time employment at the Institute of Hydrobiology

2013-present Researcher; Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice – Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Language skills

German (State exam: 1998 Č. Budějovice, CZ)

English (First certificate: 2001 Guildford Collage, Surrey, UK)

Publications

Komárek J., Hindák F., Jezberová J. (2016) Review of the cyanobacterial genus Eucapsis. Nova Hedwigia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2016/0363

Hahn M.W., Jezberová J., Koll U., Saueressig-Beck T., Schmidt J. (2016): Complete ecological isolation and cryptic diversity in Polynucleobacter bacteria not resolved by 16S rRNA gene sequences. The ISME Journal 10:1642-1655. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.237 

Hahn M.W., Koll U., Jezberova J., Camacho A. (2015): Global phylogeography of pelagic Polynucleobacter bacteria: Restricted geographic distribution of subgroups, isolation by distance and influence of climate. Environmental microbiology 17(3): 829-40. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12532

Jezbera J., Jezberová J., Kasalický V., Šimek K., Hahn M. (2013) Patterns of Limnohabitans microdiversity across a large set of freshwater habitats as revealed by reverse line blot hybridization. PLOS ONE 8: e58527. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0058527

Jezberová J., Jezbera J., Hahn M. (2013) Insights into variability of actinorhodopsin genes of the LG1 cluster in two different freshwater habitats. PLOS ONE 8: e68542. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0068542

Hahn M., Scheuerl T., Jezberová J., Koll U., Jezbera J., Šimek K., Vannini C., Petroni G., Wu Q. (2012) The passive yet successful way of planktonic life: genomic and experimental analysis of the ecology of a free-living Polynucleobaster population. PLOS ONE 7: e32772. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032772

Jezbera J., Jezberová J., Koll U., Horňák K., Šimek K., Hahn M. (2012) Contrasting trends in distribution of four major planktonic betaproteobacterial groups along a pH gradient of epilimnia of 72 freshwater habitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81: 467–479.DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01372.x

Kasalický V., Jezbera J., Hahn M., Jezberová J., Hejzlar J., Šimek K. (2012) Ecology of planktonic freshwater bacteria of the Limnohabitans genus (Betaproteobacteria). In: Zborník príspevkov XVI. Konferencia SLS a ČLS Od molekúl po ekosystémy, Jasná, June 25–29, 2012, ISBN 978–80–971056–0–0: pp. 59–62.

Jezbera J., Jezberová J., Brandt U., Hahn M. (2011) Ubiquity of Polynucleobacter necessarius subspecies asymbioticus results from ecological diversification. Environmental Microbiology 13: 922-931. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02396.x

Komárek J., Kaštovský J., Jezberová J. (2011) Phylogenetic and taxonomic delimitation of the cyanobacterial genus Aphanothece and description of Anathece gen. nov. European Journal of Phycology 46: 315-326. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2011.606373

Kováčik L., Jezberová J., Komárková J., Kopecký J., Komárek J. (2011) Ecological characteristics and polyphasic taxonomic classification of stable pigment-types of the genus Chroococcus (Cyanobacteria). Preslia 83: 145-166.

Zapomělová E., Hrouzek P., Řezanka T., Jezberová J., Řeháková K., Hisem D., Komárková J. (2011) Polyphasic characterization of Dolichospermum spp. and Sphaerospermopsis spp. (Nostocales, cyanobacteria): morphology, 16S rRNA gene sequences and fatty acid and secondary metabolite profiles. Journal of Phycology 47: 1152-1163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01034.x

Šimek K., Kasalický V., Jezbera J., Jezberová J., Hejzlar J., Hahn M.W. (2010) Broad Habitat Range of the Phylogenetically Narrow R-BT065 Cluster, Representing a Core Group of the Betaproteobacterial Genus Limnohabitans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76(3): 631-639. DOI: 10.1128/aem.02203-09

Hahn M., Kasalický V., Jezbera J., Brandt U., Jezberová J., Šimek K. (2010) Limnohabitans curvus gen. nov. sp. nov., a planktonic bacterium isolated from freshwater lake. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60:1358–1365. DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.013292-0

Komárková J., Jezberová J., Komárek O., Zapomělová E. (2010) Variability of Chroococcus (Cyanobacteria) morphospecies with regard to phylogenetic relationships. Hydrobiologia 639: 69–83.

Jezberová J., Jezbera J., Brandt U., Lindström E., Langenheder S., Hahn M. (2010) Ubiquity of Polynucleobacter necessarius ssp. asymbioticus in lentic freshwater habitats of a heterogenous 2000 km2 area. Environmental Microbiology 12: 658–669. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02106.x

Zapomělová E., Řeháková K., Jezberová J., Komárková J. (2010) Polyphasic characterization of eight planktonic Anabaena strains (Cyanobacteria) with reference to the variability of 61 Anabaena populations observed in the field. Hydrobiologia 639: 99–113. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009- 0028-y

Komarkova J.; Jezberova J.; Komarek O., Zapomělová E. (2009) Genera Chroococcus and Limnococcus (Cyanobacteria) on the basis of 16S rRNA sequences and strains’ morphology. Phycologia 48 (4): 64-65. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009- 0015-3

Zapomělová E., Jezberová J., Hroužek P., Hisem D., Řeháková K., Komárková J. (2009) Polyphasic characterization of three strains of Anabaena reniformis and Aphanizomenon aphanizomenoides (cyanobacteria) and their reclassification to Sphaerospermum gen. nov. (incl. Anabaena kisseleviana). Journal of Phycology 45: 1363–1373. DOI:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00758.x

Zapomělová E., Hisem D., Řeháková K., Hrouzek P., Jezberová J., Komárková J., Korelusová J., Znachor P. (2008) Experimental comparison of phenotypical plasticity and growth demands of two strains from the Anabaena circinalis/A. crassa complex (cyanobacteria). Journal of Plankton Research 30(11): 1257-1269. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbn081

Jezberová J., Komárková J. (2007) Morphometry and growth of three Synechococcus-like picoplanktic cyanobacteria at different culture conditions. Hydrobiologia 578: 17–27.DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006- 0429-0

Jezberová J., Komárková J. (2007) Morphological transformation in a freshwater Cyanobium sp. induced by grazers. Environmental Microbiology 9: 1858–1862. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01311.x

Znachor P., Jurczak T., Komárková J., Jezberová J., Mankiewicz J., Kaštovská K., Zapomělová E. (2006) Summer changes in cyanobacterial bloom composition and microcystin concentration in eutrophic Czech reservoirs. Environmental Toxicology 21: 236–243. DOI: 10.1002/tox.20176

Znachor P., Jezberová J. (2005) The occurrence of a bloom-forming green alga Pleodorina indica (Volvocales) in the downstream reach of the River Malse (Czech Republic) Hydrobiologia 541: 221-228. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004- 5710-5

Znachor P., Jezberová J., Komárková J. (2005) The occurence of a tropical bloom-forming green alga Pleodorina indica (Volvocales) in the river Malse (Czech republic)(2005) Phycologia 44 (4): 56.

Boutte C., Komárková J., Grubisic S., Znachor P., Zapomělová E., Bataille A., GullukayaA., Jezberová J., Wilmotte A. (2005) A polyphasic approach to assess the cyanobacterial diversity of summer samples from Czech reservoirs. Algological Studies (Cyanobacterial Research 6) 117: 177–195.