Senior Researcher
Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Serva, S., Servienė, E. 2024. Distinct microbial communities associated with health-relevant wild berries. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16 (6): art. no. e70048. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.70048
Baranauskaitė, A., Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D., Servienė, E., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž. 2024. Diversity of Sarcocystis parasites in southeastern Baltic Sea catchment ecosystem. Parasitology Research, 123 (5): art. no. 214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-024-08234-w
Baranauskaitė, A., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Servienė, E., Butkauskas, D., Prakas, P. 2023. Molecular identification of protozoan Sarcocystis in different types of water bodies in Lithuania. Life, 13 (1): art. no. 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13010051
Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Baranauskaitė, A., Butkauskas, D., Servienė, E., Prakas, P. 2022. Molecular identification of parasitic protozoa Sarcocystis in water samples. Veterinary Sciences, 9 (8): art. no. 412. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9080412
Aleknavičius, D., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Servienė, E. (2022) The bacterial microbiota of edible insects Acheta domesticus and Gryllus assimilis revealed by high content analysis. Foods, 11 (8): art. no. 1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11081073
Stanevičienė, R., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Ravoitytė, B., Losinska-Sičiūnienė, R., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2021) Mycobiota in the carposphere of sour and sweet cherries and antagonistic features of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 9 (7): art. no. 1423. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071423
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Servienė, E., Januškevičius, V., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Molecular identification of two Sarcocystis species in fallow deer (Dama dama) from Lithuania. Parasitology International, 75: art. no. 102044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.102044
Lukša, J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Ravoitytė, B., Aleknavičius, D., Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2020) Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berries at two ripening stages and volatile profiling of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 8 (3): art. no. 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030456
Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Delgado de las Cuevas, G. E., Prakas, P., Calero-Bernal, R ., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Servienė, E., Habela, M.A., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Sarcocystis spp. diversity in the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from Lithuania and Spain. Parasitology Research. 119 (4): 1363–1370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06603-9
Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Januškevičius, V., Chiesa, F., Baranauskaitė, A., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Servienė, E., Petkevičius, S., Butkauskas, D. (2020) Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method. Parasites & Vectors, 13 (1): art. no. 610. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04473-9
de las Cuevas, G.E.D., Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Martinez-Gonzalez, M., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Butkauskas, D., Servienė, E., Habela, M.A., Calero-Bernal, R. (2019) Sarcocystis morae (Apicomplexa) in fallow deer (Dama dama) from Spain: ultrastructure and new host record. Journal of Parasitology, 105 (5): 813–815. https://doi.org/10.1645/19-56
Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Lukša, J., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Yurchenko, V., Serva, S., Servienė, E. (2018) Distribution of apple and blackcurrant microbiota in Lithuania and the Czech Republic. Microbiological Research. 206: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2017.09.004
Prakas, P., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, E., Servienė, E., Butkauskas, D. (2018) Molecular identification of Sarcocystis lutrae (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in muscles of five species of the family Mustelidae. Parasitology Research. 117 (6): 1989-1993. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5880-0″>https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5880-0
Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Lukša, J., Konovalovas, A., Ežerskytė, D., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Serva, S., Servienė, E. (2018) Saccharomyces paradoxus K66 Killer System Evidences Expanded Assortment of Helper and Satellite Viruses. Viruses. 10 (10): art. no. 564. https://doi.org/10.3390/v10100564
Lukša, J., Podoliankaitė, M., Vepštaitė, I., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Urbonavicius, J., Servienė, E. (2015) Yeast beta-1,6-Glucan is a primary target for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae K2 toxin. Eukaryotic Cell. 14 (4): 406-414. https://doi.org/10.1128/EC.00287-14