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Bøker
- 2018. Extremophiles in Eurasian Ecosystems: Ecology, Diversity, and Applications. Springer. 464 sider. ISBN: 978-981-13-0328-9.
Tidsskriftartikler
- 2019. Bacterial Community Profiling of Tropical Freshwaters in Bangladesh. Frontiers In Public Health. 7: 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00115
- 2019. Global Biogeographic Distribution Patterns of Thermoacidophilic Verrucomicrobia Methanotrophs Suggest Allopatric Evolution. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01129
- 2019. Complete genome sequence analysis of the thermoacidophilic verrucomicrobial methanotroph “Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense” strain Kam1 and comparison with its closest relatives. BMC Genomics. 20: 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5995-4
- 2019. Insights into the Bacterial Diversity of the Acidic Akhtala Mine Tailing in Armenia Using Molecular Approaches. Current Microbiology. 76: 462-469. doi: 10.1007/s00284-019-01640-9
- 2019. A glimpse of the prokaryotic diversity of the Large Aral Sea reveals novel extremophilic bacterial and archaeal groups. MicrobiologyOpen. 8: 1-13. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.850
- 2018. Bacilli community of saline–alkaline soils from the Ararat Plain (Armenia) assessed by molecular and culture-based methods. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 41: 232-240. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2017.12.002
- 2017. Diversity of bacteria and archaea from two shallow marine hydrothermal vents from Vulcano Island. Extremophiles. 21: 733-742. doi: 10.1007/s00792-017-0938-y
- 2017. Complete genome sequence analysis of Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain 7324 (DSM 8774), a hyperthermophilic archaeal sulfate reducer from a North Sea oil field. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 12. doi: 10.1186/s40793-017-0296-5
- 2017. Protection against shigellosis caused by shigella dysenteriae serotype 4 in Guinea pigs using escherichia albertii dm104 as a live vaccine candidate strain. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica. 64: 151-164. doi: 10.1556/030.64.2017.015
- 2017. Draft genome sequence of Thermoanaerobacterium sp. strain PSU-2 isolated from thermophilic hydrogen producing reactor. Genomics Data. 12: 49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2017.02.012
- 2016. Acid-tolerant moderately thermophilic methanotrophs of the class Gammaproteobacteria isolated from tropical topsoil with methane seeps. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7:851. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00851
- 2015. Draft genome sequence of "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" strain Kam1, a thermoacidophilic methanotrophic verrucomicrobium. Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA). 3:e00065-15: 1-2. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00065-15
- 2015. Novel Methanotrophs of the Family Methylococcaceae from Different Geographical Regions and Habitats. Microorganisms.
- 2015. Heavy metal resistance of Bacillus subtilis AG4 isolated from the Sotk Gold Mine in Armenia. The FEBS Journal.
- 2015. Evidence for extensive gene flow and Thermotoga subpopulations in subsurface and marine environments. The ISME Journal. 9: 1532-1542. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.238
- 2015. Draft genome sequence of Thermus scotoductus strain K1, isolated from a geothermal spring in Karvachar, Nagorno Karabakh. Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA). 3: 1-2. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01346-15
- 2014. An Environmental escherichia albertii strain, dm104, induces protective immunity to shigella dysenteriae in guinea pig eye model. Current Microbiology. 68: 642-647. doi: 10.1007/s00284-014-0522-y
- 2014. The pH optimum of native uracil-DNA glycosylase of Archaeoglobus fulgidus compared to recombinant enzyme indicates adaption to cytosolic pH. Acta Biochimica Polonica. 61: 393-395.
- 2014. Erratum: Evidence for successional development in antarctic hypolithic bacterial communities (ISME Journal (2014) 8 (952) DOI:10.1038/ismej.2013.230). The ISME Journal. 8: 952. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.230
- 2014. Erratum: Using network analysis to explore co-occurrencepatterns in soil microbial communitie (ISME Journal (2014) 8 (952) DOI:10.1038/ismej.2013.236). The ISME Journal. 8: 952. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.236
- 2014. Microbial community analysis of thermophilic mixed culture sludge for biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent. International journal of hydrogen energy. 39: 19285-19293. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.139
- 2014. Activation of the MCM helicase from the thermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum by interactions with GINS and Cdc6-2. Extremophiles. 18: 915-924. doi: 10.1007/s00792-014-0673-6
- 2014. Microbial diversity in an Armenian geothermal spring assessed by molecular and culture-based methods. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 54: 1240-1250. doi: 10.1002/jobm.201300999
- 2013. Prevalence and distribution of different diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli virulotypes in major water bodies in Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection. 141: 2516-2525. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813000320
- 2013. Evidence for successional development in Antarctic hypolithic bacterial communities. The ISME Journal. 7: 2080-2090. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.94
- 2013. Heavy metal accumulation and the expression of the copA and nikA genes in Bacillus subtilis AG4 isolated from the Sotk gold mine in Armenia. Biological Journal of Armenia. 3: 51-57.
- 2013. The effect of combined heavy metal ions on copA, nikA and czcD genes expression of metal-resistant bacilli. The FEBS Journal. 280: 231-231.
- 2013. Serological cross-reaction between O-antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 4 and an environmental Escherichia albertii isolate. Current Microbiology. 67: 590-595. doi: 10.1007/s00284-013-0405-7
- 2013. Thermoanaerobacter spp. recovered from hot produced water from the Thar Jath oil-field in South Sudan. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 7: 5219-5226. doi: 10.5897/AJMR2013.6172
- 2012. Prevalence of a novel division-level bacterial lineage in Lake Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, as revealed by deep sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Current Microbiology. 65: 356-360. doi: 10.1007/s00284-012-0165-9
- 2012. Evidence of interspecies O antigen gene cluster transfer between Shigella boydii 15 and Escherichia fergusonii. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica (APMIS). 120: 959-966. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02926.x
- 2012. Differential expression of particulate methane monooxygenase genes in the verrucomicrobial methanotroph 'Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense' Kam1. Extremophiles. 16: 405-409. doi: 10.1007/s00792-012-0439-y
- 2011. Uracil-DNA Glycosylase of Thermoplasma acidophilum Directs Long-Patch Base Excision Repair, Which Is Promoted by Deoxynucleoside Triphosphates and ATP/ADP, into Short-Patch Repair. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 4495-4508. doi: 10.1128/JB.00233-11
- 2011. The GINS complex from the thermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum may function as a homotetramer in DNA replication. Extremophiles. 15: 529-539. doi: 10.1007/s00792-011-0383-2
- 2011. Recovery and Characterization of Environmental Variants of Shigella flexneri from Surface Water in Bangladesh. Current Microbiology. 63: 372-376. doi: 10.1007/s00284-011-9992-3
- 2010. Virulence of environmental Stenotrophomonas maltophila serologically cross-reacting with Shigella-specific antisera. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 13: 937-945.
- 2010. Survival study of Eschericia coli O157:H7 in the aquatic system of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences. 19: 195-201.
- 2010. Intracellular Oceanospirillales bacteria inhabit gills of Acesta bivalves. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 74: 523-533. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00981.x
- 2010. Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of a large multi-domain enzyme from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix. Extremophiles. 14: 213-223. doi: 10.1007/s00792-009-0300-0
- 2010. The Hyperthermophilic Euryarchaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus Repairs Uracil by Single-Nucleotide Replacement. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 5755-5766. doi: 10.1128/JB.00135-10
- 2009. Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria cultured from cattle feces and surface water. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 37: 147-156.
- 2009. SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology): towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 37: 58-64. doi: 10.1042/BST0370058
- 2009. SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology): towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. Biochemical Society Transactions. 37: 58-64.
- 2009. Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59: 2991-3000. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.008045-0
- 2009. Biochemical characterization of the minichromosome maintenance protein from the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles. 13: 81-88. doi: 10.1007/s00792-008-0198-y
- 2009. The Genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: Lateral Genetic Connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea. Journal of Bacteriology. 191: 1974-1978. doi: 10.1128/JB.01448-08
- 2009. Evaluation of methods for preparing hydrogen-producing seed inocula under thermophilic condition by process performance and microbial community analysis. Bioresource Technology. 100: 909-918. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.07.036
- 2009. Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 1: 293-306. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00022.x
- 2009. Optimization and microbial community analysis for production of biohydrogen from palm oil mill effluent by thermophilic fermentative process. International journal of hydrogen energy. 34: 7448-7459. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.04.075
- 2009. Comparison of Cultural and Molecular Characteristics of Escherichia coli isolated from Freshwater of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences. 18: 195-199.
- 2008. Microbial community structure analysis of produced water from a high-temperature North Sea oil-field. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 93: 37-49. doi: 10.1007/s10482-007-9177-z
- 2008. Characterization of the Cdc6 Homologues from the Euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Open Biochemistry Journal. 2: 129-134.
- 2008. Thermoplasma acidophilum Cdc6 protein stimulates MCM helicase activity by regulating its ATPase activity. Nucleic Acids Research. 36: 5602-5609. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn548
- 2008. Methane oxidation at 55 degrees C and pH 2 by a thermoacidophilic bacterium belonging to the Verrucomicrobia phylum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 300-304. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0704162105
- 2008. Insight into the microbial community structure of a Norwegian deep-water coral reef environment. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 55: 1554-1563. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.06.008
- 2008. Methane assimilation and trophic interactions with marine Methylomicrobium in deep-water coral reef sediment off the coast of Norway. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 66: 320-330. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00575.x
- 2008. Caldicellulosiruptor kronotskyensis sp nov and Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis sp nov., two extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic, anaerobic bacteria from Kamchatka thermal springs. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58: 1492-1496. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.65236-0
- 2008. Optimization of simultaneous thermophilic fermentative hydrogen production and COD reduction from palm oil mill effluent by Thermoanaerobacterium-rich sludge. International journal of hydrogen energy. 33: 1221-1231. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.12.017
- 2008. Distribution of Crenarchaeota Representatives in Terrestrial Hot Springs of Russia and Iceland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 7620-7628. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00972-08
- 2007. Structural basis for enzymatic excision of N-1-methyladenine and N-3-methylcytosine from DNA. EMBO Journal. 26.
- 2007. Structural basis for enzymatic excision of N-1-methyladenine and N-3-methylcytosine from DNA. EMBO Journal. 26. doi: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601662
- 2007. Improvement of biohydrogen production and treatment etticiency on palm oil mill effluent with nutrient supplementation at thermophilic condition using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 41: 583-590. doi: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.05.002
- 2007. Serological cross-reactivity of environmental isolates of Enterobacter, Escherichia, Stenotrophomonas, and Aerococcus with Shigella spp.-specific antisera. Current Microbiology. 54: 63-67. doi: 10.1007/s00284-006-0387-9
- 2007. Thermal stability of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus studied by crystal structure analysis and engineering of chimers. Extremophiles. 11. doi: 10.1007/s00792-006-0060-z
- 2007. Thermal stability and biochemical properties of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles. 11: 397-402. doi: 10.1007/s00792-006-0045-y
- 2007. Biochemical characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus reveals a unique NAD(+)-dependent homotetrameric enzyme. Archives of Microbiology. 187. doi: 10.1007/s00203-006-0200-y
- 2006. Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56: 1539-1545. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63894-0
- 2006. Stimulation of MCM helicase activity by a Cdc6 protein in the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Nucleic Acids Research. 34: 6337-6344.
- 2006. The crystal structure of a hyperthermostable subfamily II isocitrate dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima. The FEBS Journal. 273: 2851-2868. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05298.x
- 2006. Mineralization of 4-aminobenzenesulfonate (4-ABS) by Agrobacterium sp. strain PNS-1. Biodegradation. 17: 495-502.
- 2006. Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen nov, sp nov, a novel moderately thermophilic, Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56: 369-372. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63694-0
- 2005. Isocitrate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix: X-ray structure analysis of a ternary enzyme-substrate complex and thermal stability. Journal of Molecular Biology. 345: 559-577.
- 2005. Reduction of uranium(VI) phosphate during growth of the thermophilic bacterium Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 6423-6426.
- 2005. Transient accumulation of metabolic intermediates of p-cresol in the culture medium by a Pseudomonas sp strain A isolated from a sewage treatment plant. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 21: 1529-1534.
- 2004. The microbial diversity of deep subsurface oil reservoirs. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. 151: 385-403.
- 2004. The 2.9 Ångström resolution crystal structure of malate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus: mechanisms of oligomerisation and thermal stabilisation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 335: 343-356.
- 2004. Genomic insights into methanotrophy: The complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). PLoS Biology. 2: 1616-1628.
- 2002. Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 41: 12697-12705.
- 2002. Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 41: 12697-12705.
- 2002. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray structure analysis of isocitrate dehydrogenase from two hyperthermophiles, Aeropyrum pernix and Thermotoga maritima. Acta Crystallographica Section D: Biological Crystallography. 58: 2162-2164.
- 2002. Chromosome replication patterns in the hyperthermophilic euryarchaea Archaeoglobus fulgidus and Methanocaldococcus (Methanococcus) jannaschii. Molecular Microbiology. 45: 1443-1450.
- 2002. Identification of cofactor discrimination sites in NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase from Pyrococcus furiosus. Archives of Microbiology. 178: 297-300.
- 2002. Identification of cofactor discrimination siten in NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase from Pyrococcus furious. Archives of Microbiology. 178: 297-300.
- 2001. Excision of uracil from DNA by the hyperthermophilic Afung protein is dependent on the opposite base and stimulated by heat-induced transition to a more open structure. Mutation Research (DNA Repair). 487: 175-192.
- 2001. A novel organization of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase operon of Thermodesulforhabdus norvegica verified by RT-PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 203: 81-85.
- 2001. Differences in Oligomeric States of the (LDH-like)L-MalDH from the Hyperthermophilic Archaea Methanococcus jannaschii and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 40: 10310-10316.
- 2001. Differences in the oligomeric state of the LDH-like L-MalDH from the hyperthermophilic archaea Methanococcus jannaschii and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 40: 10310-10316.
- 2001. Comparison of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase from Three Hyperthermophiles Reveals Differences in Thermostability,Cofactor Specificity,Oligomeric State, and Phylogenetic Affiliation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276: 43924-43931.
- 2001. Archaeoglobus fulgidus isocitrate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase. Methods in Enzymology. 331: 13-26.
- 2001. Comparison of isocitrate dehydrogenase from three different hyperthermophiles reveals differences in thermostability, cofactor specificity, oligomeric state and phylogenetic affiliation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 47: 43924-43931.
- 2000. Characterization of the desulforubidin operons from Desulfobacter vibrioformis and Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 186: 41-46.
- 1999. Dissimilatory sulfite reductase from <I>Archaeoglobus profundus</I> and <I>Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum</I>: phylogenetic and structural implications from gene sequences. Extremophiles. 3: 63-70.
- 1998. Characterization and sequence comparison of temperature-regulated chaperonins from the hyperthermophilic archaeon <I>Archaeoglobus fulgidus</I>. Gene. 215: 431-438. Publisert 1998-07-30.
- 1998. Petrotoga mobilis sp. nov., from a North Sea oil-production well. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48: 1007-1014.
- 1998. Petrotoga mobilis sp. nov., from a North Sea oil-production well. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48: 1007-1013.
- 1998. Purification and characterization of a monomeric isocitrate dehydrogenase from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobacter vibrioformis and demonstration of the presence of a monomeric enzyme in other bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 160: 469-474.
- 1997. Purification and properties of an extremely thermostable NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 168: 536-539.
- 1997. Properties and primary structure of a thermostable L-malate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 168: 59-67.
- 1997. Biochemical and phylogenetic characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 168: 412-420.
- 1994. Cloning, molecular characterization, and expression of the genes encoding the lytic functions of lactococcal bacteriophage phi-LC3: a dual lysis system og modular design. Canadian Journal of Microbiology (print). 40: 658-665.
Bokkapitler
- 2018. Geobacillus and Anoxybacillus spp.from Terrestrial Geothermal Springs Worldwide: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications. Kapittel 5, sider 119-166. I:
- 2018. Extremophiles in Eurasian Ecosystems: Ecology, Diversity, and Applications. Springer. 464 sider. ISBN: 978-981-13-0328-9.
- 2018. Microbial Diversity of Terrestrial Geothermal Springs in Lesser Caucasus. Kapittel 4, sider 81-117. I:
- 2018. Extremophiles in Eurasian Ecosystems: Ecology, Diversity, and Applications. Springer. 464 sider. ISBN: 978-981-13-0328-9.
- 2013. Biocatalysis through thermostable lipases: adding flavor to chemistry. Chapter 34, sider 905-927. I:
- 2013. Thermophilic Microbes in Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology. Springer. 954 sider. ISBN: 978-94-007-5898-8.
- 2005. Sulphate-reducing Bacteria and Archaea. Kapittel 3, sider 35-54. I:
- 2005. Petroleum Microbiology. ASM International. 300 sider. ISBN: 1555813275.
- 2004. The Microbial Diversity of Deep Subsurface Oil Reservoirs. Chapter 14, sider 385-403. I:
- 2004. Petroleum Biotechnology, developments and perspectives. 554 sider. ISBN: 0444516999.
- 2001. Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Malate Dehydrogenase, and Glutamate Dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Hyperthermophilic Enzymes, Part B. Michael W.W.Adams and Robert M. Kelly (eds.). 13-26. I:
- 2001. Hyperthermophilic enzymes. Part B. 494 sider. ISBN: 0-12-182232-X.
Current and previous projects, networks and funding for advanced equipment:
2013 - 2016: THERMOGENE - Novel thermostable enzymes for industrial biotechnology. ERA-NET Industrial Biotechnology project.
2011 - 2014: Cooperation with Armenia in microbiology of extreme environments. SIU/UD. 1.8 mill NOK.
2012: High-temperature biohydrogen production from waste. The Agricultural Research Development Agency, Thailand.
2011-2014: Biological methane oxidation by extremophilic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia under hot and acidic conditions; evolution of an ancient metabolic trait. NFR, 3.5 mill NOK.
2009-2012: Subsurface metagenomics, functional microbial diversity analysis and gene discovery in deep and hot petroleum reservoirs. VISTA. 2.5 mill NOK.
2010: Is methane oxidation an ancient metabolic trait? Centre for Geobiology, UiB. 180.000 NOK.
2007-2010: Metagenomics and gene discovery in Antarctic terrestrial habitats. The Research Council of Norway/The South-Africa programme. 898.000 NOK.
2009-2012: The Nordic Archaea Network. NordForsk.
2008: Comparative genomics of Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain 7324, a subsurface hyperthermophilic sulfate-reducing archaeon isolated from a hot North-Sea oil-well. University of Bergen/ Friforsk. 300.000 NOK.
2003-2011: Assessment of microbial pollution and diversity of Escherichia coli and Shigella in freshwater resources in Bangladesh. NUFU. 6.5 mill NOK.
2007-2010: Silicon Cell Model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. SysMo.
2004-2007: Metanspisende bakterier i havbunnsmiljø. VISTA. 1.5 millNOK.
2006-2007: Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain 7324: a unique archaeal sulfate reducer. The Research Council of Norway/ DAAD. 50.000 NOK.
2003-2007: Natural gas and biotechnology (NABI): bioprospecting of methane-oxidizing bacteria. The Norwegian Research Council/ Bioprospecting programme. 6.7 mill NOK.
2003-2007: Biological adaptations to extreme temperatures. The Norwegian Research Council/ Strategic university programme. 5.9 mill NOK.
2003-2007: Archaeal cell-cycle regulation. The Research Council of Norway. 1.7 mill NOK.
2006: Robot for automated picking of bacterial colonies (GenePix2xt). The Research Council of Norway. 1.7 mill NOK.
2002-2006: Biotechnology of intraterrestrial microorganisms. The Research Council of Norway/ Bioprospecting. 1.6 mill NOK.
2003-2005: Reduction of toxic metals and radionuclides by thermophilic prokaryotes. INTAS. 450.000 NOK.
2002-2004: Reduction of metals by thermophilic prokaryotes. NATO. 100.000 NOK.
1999-2003: Biology of Thermophiles. Nordic network. NorFA. 1.5 mill NOK.
1997-2001: VIRTUE: Bioaktive substanser. Wallenbergfondet. 475.000 NOK.
1997-1999: Termoresistens hos Archaeoglobus. The Research Council of Norway. 288.000 NOK.
1996-1999: Dissimilatorisk sulfitt reduktase fra oljebakterier. The Research Council of Norway. 1.2 mill NOK.
1995: Iso-sitronsyre dehydrogenase i Desulfobacter. The Research Council of Norway. 412.000 NOK.
1994: Generell drifts- og utstyrsbevilgning. The Research Council of Norway. 150.000 NOK.
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