Witold Piotr Kot

Witold Piotr Kot

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Impaired skeletal muscle hypertrophy signaling and amino acid deprivation response in Apoe knockout mice with an unhealthy lipoprotein distribution

    Agergaard, J., Zillmer, M. C. F., Castro-Mejía, J. L., Mertz, K., Kot, Witold, Højfeldt, Grith Stougaard, van Hall, Gerrit, Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, Schjerling, Peter & Holm, Lars Morten, 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 15 p., 16423.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    An improved direct metamobilome approach increases the detection of larger-sized circular elements across kingdoms

    Alanin, K. W. S., Jørgensen, T. S., Browne, Patrick Denis, Petersen, Bent, Riber, Leise, Kot, Witold & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2021, In: Plasmid. 115, 11 p., 102576.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Metaviromes Reveal the Dynamics of Pseudomonas Host-Specific Phages Cultured and Uncultured by Plaque Assay

    Alanin, K. W. S., Forero Junco, Laura Milena, Jørgensen, J. B., Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Rasmussen, Morten Arendt, Kot, Witold & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2021, In: Viruses. 13, 6, 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Four novel Curtobacterium phages isolated from environmental samples

    Alanin, K. W. S., Olsen, Nikoline S., Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Carstens, Alexander Byth, Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Rothgardt, M. M., Russel, A. M., Wagner, N., Lametsch, Rene, Bak, Frederik, Hennessy, Rosanna Catherine, Nicolaisen, Mette Haubjerg, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg & Kot, Witold, 2023, In: Archives of Virology. 168, 3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Classification of lytic bacteriophages attacking dairy Leuconostoc starter strains

    Ali, Y., Kot, Witold, Atamer, Z., Hinrichs, J., Vogensen, Finn Kvist, Heller, K. J. & Neve, H., 2013, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79, 12, p. 3628-3636 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Combined use of Bacteriophage K and a novel Bacteriophage to reduce Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation

    Alves, D. R., Gaudion, A., Bean, J. E., Esteban, P. P., Arnot, T. C., Harper, D. R., Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Enright, M. C. & Jenkins, A. T. A., 2014, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80, 21, p. 6694-6703 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Genomic and Ecogenomic Characterization of Proteus mirabilis Bacteriophages

    Alves, D. R., Nzakizwanayo, J., Dedi, C., Olympiou, C., Hanin, A., Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Lametsch, Rene, Gahan, C. G. M., Schellenberger, P., Ogilvie, L. A. & Jones, B. V., 2019, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 10, p. 1-14 1783.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Novel virocell metabolic potential revealed in agricultural soils by virus-enriched soil metagenome analysis

    Braga, L. P. P., Coutinho, F. H., Amgarten, D. E., Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Setubal, J. C. & Philippot, L., 2021, In: Environmental Microbiology Reports. 13, 3, p. 348-354 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Impact of phages on soil bacterial communities and nitrogen availability under different assembly scenarios

    Braga, L. P. P., Spor, A., Kot, Witold, Breuil, M., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Setubal, J. C. & Philippot, L., 2020, In: Microbiome. 8, 1, 14 p., 52.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The Mobilome: Metagenomic Analysis of Circular Plasmids, Viruses, and Other Extrachromosomal Elements

    Browne, Patrick Denis, Kot, Witold, Jørgensen, T. S. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, Horizontal Gene Transfer: Methods and Protocols. Cruz, F. D. L. (ed.). Humana Press, p. 253-264 (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 2075).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    GC bias affects genomic and metagenomic reconstructions, underrepresenting GC-poor organisms

    Browne, Patrick Denis, Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Kot, Witold, Aggerholm, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Puetz, Lara Christine, Rasmussen, M., Zervas, A. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: GigaScience. 9, 2, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Fecal filtrate transplantation protects against necrotizing enterocolitis

    Brunse, Anders, Deng, Ling, Pan, X., Hui, Y., Castro Mejia, J. L., Kot, Witold, Nguyen, Duc Ninh, Secher, Jan Bojsen-Møller, Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Thymann, Thomas, 2022, In: The ISME Journal. 16, p. 686–694

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    A novel six-phage cocktail reduces Pectobacterium atrosepticum soft rot infection in potato tubers under simulated storage conditions

    Carstens, Alexander Byth, Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Kot, Witold & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 1 May 2019, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 366, 9, p. 1-8 fnz101.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Optimizing protocols for extraction of bacteriophages prior to metagenomic analyses of phage communities in the human gut

    Castro Mejia, J. L., Muhammed, Musemma Kedir, Kot, Witold, Neve, H., Franz, C. M. A. P., Hansen, L. H., Vogensen, Finn Kvist & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2015, In: Microbiome. 3, 14 p., 64.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Physical fitness in community-dwelling older adults is linked to dietary intake, gut microbiota, and metabolomic signatures

    Castro-Mejia, J. L., Khakimov, B., Krych, L., Bülow, J., Bechshøft, R. L., Højfeldt, G., Mertz, K. H., Garne, E. S., Schacht, S. R., Ahmad, H. F., Kot, W., Hansen, L. H., Perez-Cueto, F. J. A., Lind, M. V., Lassen, A. J., Tetens, I., Jensen, T., Reitelseder, S., Jespersen, A. P., Holm, L. & 2 others, Engelsen, Søren Balling & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2020, In: Aging Cell. 19, 3, 13 p., e13105.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Restitution of gut microbiota in Ugandan children administered with probiotics (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12) during treatment for severe acute malnutrition

    Castro-Mejía, J. L., O’Ferrall, S., Krych, Lukasz, O’Mahony, E., Namusoke, H., Lanyero, B., Kot, Witold, Nabukeera-Barungi, N., Michaelsen, Kim F., Mølgaard, Christian, Friis, Henrik, Grenov, Benedikte & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2020, In: Gut Microbes. 11, 4, p. 855-867 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Two New Dickeya dadantii Phages with Odd Growth Patterns Expand the Diversity of Phages Infecting Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae

    Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Carstens, Alexander Byth, Neve, H., Kot, Witold & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research. 1, 4, p. 251-259 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Widespread and largely unknown prophage activity, diversity, and function in two genera of wheat phyllosphere bacteria

    Dougherty, Peter Erdmann, Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Riber, Leise, Lading, H. H., Forero Junco, Laura Milena, Kot, Witold, Raaijmakers, J. M. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2023, In: ISME Journal. 17, 12, p. 2415-2425

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Degradation of mecoprop in polluted landfill leachate and waste water in a moving bed biofilm reactor

    Escolà Casas, M., Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Johansen, A. & Bester, K., 2017, In: Water Research. 121, p. 213-220

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Complete Genome Sequences of Three Lactiplantibacillus plantarum Strains Isolated from Traditional Iranian Raw Milk Motal Cheese

    Fatemizadeh, S. S., Krych, Lukasz, Castro-Mejía, J. L., Stefanova, Denitsa Vladimirova, Kot, Witold, Najafi, M. B. H. & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2023, In: Microbiology Resource Announcements. 12, 1, 3 p., e0047922.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Bacteriophages Roam the Wheat Phyllosphere

    Forero Junco, Laura Milena, Alanin, K. W. S., Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Kot, Witold, Gobbi, Alex & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2022, In: Viruses. 14, 2, 13 p., 244.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Pretreatment Prevotella-to-Bacteroides ratio and salivary amylase gene copy number as prognostic markers for dietary weight loss

    Hjorth, Mads Fiil, Christensen, Lars, Larsen, T. M., Roager, Henrik Munch, Krych, Lukasz, Kot, Witold, Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, Ritz, C. & Astrup, A., 2020, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 111, 5, p. 1079-1086 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Supplementation of a lacto-fermented rapeseed-seaweed blend promotes gut microbial- and gut immune-modulation in weaner piglets

    Hui, Y., Tamez-Hidalgo, P., Cieplak, T., Satessa, G. D., Kot, Witold, Kjærulff, S., Nielsen, M. O., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Krych, Lukasz, 2021, In: Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 12, 14 p., 85.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Donor-dependent fecal microbiota transplantation efficacy against necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm pigs

    Hui, Y., Vestergaard, G., Deng, Ling, Kot, Witold, Thymann, Thomas, Brunse, Anders & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2022, In: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 8, 1, 12 p., 48.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Two novel bacteriophage genera from a groundwater reservoir highlight subsurface environments as underexplored biotopes in bacteriophage ecology

    Hylling, O., Carstens, Alexander Byth, Kot, Witold, Hansen, M., Neve, H., Franz, C. M. A. P., Johansen, A., Ellegaard-Jensen, L. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Administration of bovine milk oligosaccharide to weaning gnotobiotic mice inoculated with a simplified infant type microbiota

    Jakobsen, L. M. A., Sundekilde, U. K., Andersen, H. J., Kot, Witold, Mejia, J. L. C., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, Hansen, Axel Kornerup & Bertram, H. C., 2021, In: Microorganisms. 9, 5, 1003.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Characterization of the Vaginal DNA Virome in Health and Dysbiosis

    Jakobsen, Rasmus Riemer, Haahr, T., Humaidan, P., Jensen, J. S., Kot, Witold, Castro-Mejia, J. L., Deng, Ling, Leser, T. D. & Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, 2020, In: Viruses. 12, 10, 13 p., 1143.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Presentation of Three Novel Tailed Phages Targeting Multiple Strains of Pseudomonas syringae

    Jørgensen, J. B., Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Carstens, Alexander Byth, Kot, Witold, Neve, H., Morris, C. E. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research. 1, 4, p. 245-250 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Metagenomic analysis of a keratin-degrading bacterial consortium provides insight into the keratinolytic mechanisms

    Kang, D., Huang, Y., Nesme, Joseph, Herschend, J., Jacquiod, S., Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Lange, L. & Sørensen, Søren Johannes, 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 761, 9 p., 143281.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Bacteriophages of Leuconostoc, Oenococcus, and Weissella

    Kot, Witold, Neve, H., Heller, K. J. & Vogensen, Finn Kvist, 2014, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 5, p. 1-9 9 p., 186.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Detection of preQ0 deazaguanine modifications in bacteriophage CAjan DNA using Nanopore sequencing reveals same hypermodification at two distinct DNA motifs

    Kot, Witold, Olsen, Nikoline S., Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard, Hutinet, G., de Crecy-Lagard, V., Cui, L., Dedon, P. C., Carstens, Alexander Byth, Moineau, S., Swairjo, M. A. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 48, 18, p. 10383-10396 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Sequence and comparative analysis of Leuconostoc dairy bacteriophages

    Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Neve, H., Hammer, K., Pedersen, P. D., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Heller, K. J. & Vogensen, Finn Kvist, 2011. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  34. Published

    Sequence and comparative analysis of Leuconostoc dairy bacteriophages

    Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Neve, H., Hammer, K., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Heller, K. J. & Vogensen, Finn Kvist, 2011. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  35. Published

    Identification of the receptor-binding protein in lytic Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides bacteriophages

    Kot, Witold, Hammer, K., Neve, H. & Vogensen, Finn Kvist, 2013, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79, 10, p. 3311-3314 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Complete genome sequences of four novel Lactococcus lactis phages distantly related to the Rare 1706 Phage Species

    Kot, Witold, Neve, H., Vogensen, Finn Kvist, Heller, K. J., Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Hansen, L. H., 2014, In: Genome Announcements. 2, 4, 2 p., e00265-14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    DPS - a rapid method for genome sequencing of DNA-containing bacteriophages directly from a single plaque

    Kot, Witold, Vogensen, Finn Kvist, Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2014, In: Journal of Virological Methods. 196, p. 152-156 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Sequence and comparative analysis of Leuconostoc dairy bacteriophages

    Kot, Witold, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Neve, H., Hammer, K., Jacobsen, S., Pedersen, P. D., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Heller, K. J. & Vogensen, Finn Kvist, 2014, In: International Journal of Food Microbiology. 176, p. 29-37 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Phage-host interaction in Lactococcus and Leuconostoc

    Kot, Witold, 2012, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen. 187 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  40. Published

    Maturation of sleep-gut microbiome dynamics in infancy and links to behavioral development

    Kurth, S., Schoch, S., Castro-Mejia, J., Krych, Lukasz, Leng, B., Kot, Witold, Kohler, M., Huber, R., Rogler, G., Biedermann, L., Walser, J. & Nielsen, D., 2022, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 31, S1, p. 93-94 2 p., O194/P949.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Expanding the Diversity of Myoviridae Phages Infecting Lactobacillus plantarum - A Novel Lineage of Lactobacillus Phages Comprising Five New Members

    Kyrkou, I., Carstens, Alexander Byth, Ellegaard-Jensen, L., Kot, Witold, Zervas, A., Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Neve, H., Hansen, M. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2019, In: Viruses. 11, 7, 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Isolation and characterisation of novel phages infecting Lactobacillus plantarum and proposal of a new genus, "Silenusvirus"

    Kyrkou, I., Carstens, Alexander Byth, Ellegaard-Jensen, L., Kot, Witold, Zervas, A., Djurhuus, Amaru Miranda, Neve, H., Franz, C. M. A. P., Hansen, M. & Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10 p., 8763.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Partial substitution of meat with insect (Alphitobius diaperinus) in a carnivore diet changes the gut microbiome and metabolome of healthy rats

    Lanng, S. K., Zhang, Yichang, Christensen, K. R., Hansen, Axel Kornerup, Nielsen, Dennis Sandris, Kot, Witold & Bertram, H. C., 2021, In: Foods. 10, 8, 14 p., 1814.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Development of the equine gut microbiota

    Lindenberg, F., Krych, Lukasz, Kot, Witold, Fielden, J., Frøkiær, Hanne, van Galen, G., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Hansen, Axel Kornerup, 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 9 p., 14427.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Expression of immune regulatory genes correlate with the abundance of specific Clostridiales and Verrucomicrobia species in the equine ileum and cecum

    Lindenberg, F., Krych, Lukasz, Fielden, J., Kot, Witold, Frøkiær, Hanne, van Galen, G., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Hansen, Axel Kornerup, 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 10 p., 12674.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    An Oligosaccharide Rich Diet Increases Akkermansia spp. Bacteria in the Equine Microbiota

    Lindenberg, F. C., Lützhøft, Ditte Olsen, Krych, Lukasz, Fielden, J., Kot, Witold, Frøkiær, Hanne, van Galen, G., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Hansen, Axel Kornerup, 2021, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 666039.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Marked gut microbiota dysbiosis and increased imidazole propionate are associated with a NASH Göttingen Minipig model

    Lützhøft, Ditte Olsen, Sinioja, T., Christoffersen, B., Jakobsen, Rasmus Riemer, Geng, Dawei, Ahmad, H. F. B., Straarup, E. M., Pedersen, K. M., Kot, Witold, Pedersen, H. D., Cirera, Susanna, Hyötyläinen, T., Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Hansen, Axel Kornerup, 2022, In: BMC Microbiology. 22, 1, 287.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Short communication: Gut microbial colonization of the mouse colon using faecal transfer was equally effective when comparing rectal inoculation and oral inoculation based on 16S rRNA sequencing

    Lützhøft, Ditte Olsen, Sánchez-Alcoholado, L., Tougaard, P., Mentzel, Caroline M. Junker, Kot, Witold, Nielsen, Dennis Sandris & Hansen, Axel Kornerup, 2019, In: Research in Veterinary Science. 126, p. 227-232 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published
  50. Published

    Investigation of the relationship between lactococcal host cell wall polysaccharide genotype and 936 phage receptor binding protein phylogeny

    Mahony, J., Kot, Witold, Murphy, J., Ainsworth, S., Neve, H., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Heller, K. J., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Hammer, K., Cambillau, C., Vogensen, Finn Kvist & Sinderen, D. V., 2013, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79, 14, p. 4385-4392 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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