Olga V. Karnachuk

Area of expertise: Microbiology; Anaerobic microorganisms; Deep biosphere; Extremophiles; Sulfidogenic Prokaryotes; Human and animal gut microbiote; Biomineralization

• Scopus Author ID: 6602720731
• WoS Researcher ID A-7431-2014

Recent publications

1. Karnachuk, O.V., Ikkert, O.P., Avakyan, M.R., Knyazev, Y.V., Volochaev, M., Zyusman, V.S., Panov, V.L.; Kadnikov, V.V.; Mardanov, A.V.; Ravin, N.V. Desulfovibrio desulfuricans AY5 isolated from a patient with autism spectrum disorder binds iron in low-soluble greigite and pyrite. Microorganisms (2021), 9, 2558. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122558

2. Karnachuk, O.V., Rusanov, I.I., Panova, I.A., Grigoriev, M.A., Zyusman, V.S., Latygolets, E.A., Kadyrbaev, M.K., Gruzdev, E.V/, Beletsky, A.V., Mardanov, A.V., Pimenov, N.V., Ravin, N.V.Microbial sulfate reduction by Desulfovibrio is an important source of hydrogen sulfide from a large swine finishing facility. Sci Rep 11, 10720 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90256-w

3. Panova, I A., Ikkert, O., Avakyan, M.R., Kopitsyn, D.S., Mardanov, A.V., Pimenov, N.V., Shcherbakova, V.A., Ravin, N.V., Karnachuk, O.V. Desulfosporosinus metallidurans sp. nov., an acidophilic, metal-resistant sulfate-reducing bacterium from acid mine drainage. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2021 Jul;71(7). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004876. 

4. Ravin, N.V., Rudenko, T.S., Smolyakov, D.D., Beletsky, A.V., Rakitin, A.L., Markov, N.D., Fomenkov, A., Sun, L., Roberts, R.J., Novikov, A.A., Karnachuk, O.V., Grabovich, M.Y. Comparative genome analysis of the genus Thiothrix involving three novel species, Thiothrix subterranea sp. nov. Ku-5, Thiothrix litoralis sp. nov. AS and “Candidatus Thiothrix anitrata” sp. nov. A52, revealed the conservation of the pathways of dissimilatory sulfur metabolism and variations in the genetic inventory for nitrogen metabolism and autotrophic carbon fixation. Front Microbiol. (2021);12:760289. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.760289. PMID: 34745068;

5. Karnachuk, O.V., Lukina, A.P., Kadnikov, V.V., Sherbakova, V.A., Beletsky, A.V., Mardanov, A.V. and Ravin, N.V., Targeted isolation based on metagenome‐assembled genomes reveals a phylogenetically distinct group of thermophilic spirochetes from deep biosphere. Environ. Microbiol. (2021) https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15218

6. Kadnikov, V.V, Mardanov, A.V., Beletsky, A.V., Karnachuk, O.V. and Ravin, N.V. Microbial life in the deep subsurface aquifer illuminated by metagenomics. Front. Microbiol. (2020)11:572252.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.572252

7. Karnachuk, O.V., Frank, Y.A., Lukina, A.P., Kadnikov, V.V., Beletsky, A.V., Mardanov, A.V., Ravin, N.V. (2019) Domestication of previously uncultivated Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator from a deep aquifer in Siberia sheds light on its physiology and evolution. ISME J. 13(8): 1947-1959. 10.1038/s41396-019-0402-3