Erika Tóth

Erika Tóth

Status:

Professor

Email:

erika.tothttk.elte.hu

Phone:

+36-1-372-2500/8386 or 8792

Short CV:

1984-89: MSc, ELTE

1989: Biologist, ELTE, Doc No: 744/1989

1995-1998: PhD school, ELTE (Genetics)

2001: PhD, Doc No: P-412/2001

2012: Habilitation (ELTE), Doc No:798/2012

2017-2023: Head of the Department of Microbiology (ELTE)

2018. Head of the Biology program of Environmental Doctoral School of ELTE

2019. Core member of the Environmental Doctoral School of ELTE

2022. DSc, Doc No: 5789

2023. Professor, Department of Microbiology (ELTE)

Membership:

1995- Hungarian Society for Microbiology

2000-2006. Hungarian Society for Parasitologists

2006- Hungarian Hydrological Society

2008- Member of the Supervisory Board of the Hungarian Microbiological Society

2008- Member of the International Committee in Systematic of Prokaryotes (ICSP) in the Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of the Suborder Micrococcineae

2014-2018 Member of ICSP EB (executive board)

2018-2023 Hungarian delegate of ICSP

2023-Leadrship of Hungarian Society for Microbiology

Research topics:

  • Microbial taxonomy, description of novel bacterial taxa.Microbial ecology, environmental diagnostics: study microbial ecology of aquatic habitats, microbiology of natural and artificial aquatic systems, study of water purification systems by cultivation and molecular techniques. Drugs and drug residuals in nature.
  • Joint Danube Survey (JDS3-JDS5)
  • Biodeterioration processes in wastewater treatment plants
  • Application of PGPM microorganisms in cultivation of Szarvas-1 energy grass

Courses:

  • Chapters in classical and molecular microbiology L (molbakmb17em)
  • Microbial ecology L (ktudmikokob17em)
  • General microbiology L I-II-III. (bmbe1032)
  • Classical and molecular bacterial taxonomy L (baktaxmb17em)
  • Classical and molecular methods in microbiology PR (kmmikmmb17lm)
  • Bacterial taxonomy and virus diagnostic PR (baktaxmb17lm)
  • Microbiology of aquatic environments (KÖR-2/1/05-eng)
  • Basic biochemical instrumental methods (bmbe4021)

PhD supervision

Farkas Rózsa (BDI): Investigation of the effect of different pollutants on the microbial community composition

Mireisz Tamás (KTDI): Degradation of different drugs and drug residuals by microorganisms.

Nedson Kashaija (KTDI) Microbial-induced deterioration of cementitious materials in wastewater treatment plants

Horváth Flóra (BDI): Application of PGPR microorganisms  in cultivation of Szarvas-1 energy grass

Selected publications:

Makk J, Németh ÁCs, Tóth E, Németh P, Kovács I, Demény A, Sipos Gy, Borsodi AK., Lange-Enyedi NT Actively forming microbial mats provide insight into the development of microdigitate stromatolites. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 15: 1 Paper: 5497, 16 p. (2025) DOI

Schachner-Groehs Iris, Koller Michael, Leopold Melanie, Kolm Claudia, Linke Rita B, Jakwerth Stefan, Kolarević Stoimir, Kračun-Kolarević Margareta, Kandler Wolfgang, Sulyok Michael, Vierheilig Julia, Toumi Marwene, Farkas Rózsa, Toth Erika, Kittinger Clemens, Zarfel Gernot, Farnleitner Andreas H, Kirschner Alexander KT. Linking Antibiotic Resistance Gene Patterns with Advanced Faecal Pollution Assessment and Environmental Key Parameters along 2300 km of the Danube River. WATER RESEARCH 252 Paper: 121244 (2024).  DOI

Kashaija Nedson T., Gável Viktória, Iklaga Gabriel, Alexander Augustina, Gergely Krett, Mireisz Tamás, Szabó Csaba, Szabó-Krausz Zsuzsanna, Vargha Márta, Tóth Erika Biodeterioration Study of Cementitious Materials During Sewage Treatment Processes. WATER 17 : 3 Paper: 459 (2025).  DOI

Szuróczki, S., Abbaszade, G., Bóka, K.​, Schumann, P., Neumann-Schaal, M., Tóth, E. (2022). Szabonella alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a motile alkaliphilic bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from a soda lake.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72(1) doi: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005219

Abbaszade, G., Szabó, A., Vajna, B., Farkas, R., Szabó, Cs., Tóth, E. (2020). Whole genome sequence analysis of Cupriavidus campinensis S14E4C, a heavy metal resistant bacterium. Molecular Biology Reports 47, 3973–3985. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05490-8

Szuróczki, S., Szabó, A., Korponai, K., Felföldi, T., Somogyi, B., Márialigeti, K., Tóth, E. (2020). Prokaryotic community composition in a great shallow soda lake covered by large reed stands (Neusiedler See/Lake Fertő) as revealed by cultivation- and DNA-based analyses. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96(10) fiaa159. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa159

Kéki, Zs., Makk, J., Barkács, K., Vajna, B., Palatinszky, M., Márialigeti, K., Tóth, E. 2019. Critical point analysis and biocide treatment in a microbiologically contaminated water purification system of a power plant. SN Applied Sciences 1(8), 820-832. doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0740-9

Kirschner AKTReischer GHJakwerth SSavio DIxenmaier SToth ESommer RMach RLLinke REiler AKolarevic SFarnleitner AH.  2017. Multiparametric monitoring of microbial faecal pollution reveals the dominance of human contamination along the whole Danube River. Water Research 124, 543-555. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.052. 

Bohus, V., Tóth, EM., Székely, A., Makk, J., Branyi, K., Patek, G., Schunk, J., Márialigeti, K. 2010. Microbiological investigation of an industrial ultra pure supply water plant using cultivation-based and cultivation-independent methods. Water Research 44(20), 6124-32. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.006. 

Tóth, EM., Schumann, P., Borsodi, AK., Keki, Zs., Kovacs, AL., Márialigeti, K. 2008. Wohlfahrtiimonas chitiniclastica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gammaproteobacterium isolated from Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58(4):976-81. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65324-0.

Publications are available:

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