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Vitenskapelig artikkel
- (2020). Geothermal springs in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: potential sources of hydrolase-producing thermophilic bacilli. Extremophiles. 519-536.
- (2020). Endophytic bacteria associated with halophyte Seidlitzia rosmarinus Ehrenb. ex Boiss. from saline soil of Uzbekistan and their plant beneficial traits. Journal of Arid Land. 730-740.
- (2020). Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Strain Tj, Isolated from the Varzob River in Tajikistan. Microbiology Resource Announcements (MRA).
- (2020). A novel cold-adapted Methylovulum species, with a high C16:1ω5c content, isolated from an arctic thermal spring in spitsbergen. Microbes and Environments. 1-9.
- (2019). Insights into the Bacterial Diversity of the Acidic Akhtala Mine Tailing in Armenia Using Molecular Approaches. Current Microbiology. 462-469.
- (2019). Global Biogeographic Distribution Patterns of Thermoacidophilic Verrucomicrobia Methanotrophs Suggest Allopatric Evolution. Frontiers in Microbiology. 1-11.
- (2019). Complete genome sequence analysis of the thermoacidophilic verrucomicrobial methanotroph “Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense” strain Kam1 and comparison with its closest relatives. BMC Genomics. 1-15.
- (2019). Bacterial Community Profiling of Tropical Freshwaters in Bangladesh. Frontiers In Public Health. 1-16.
- (2019). A glimpse of the prokaryotic diversity of the Large Aral Sea reveals novel extremophilic bacterial and archaeal groups. MicrobiologyOpen. 1-13.
- (2018). Bacilli community of saline–alkaline soils from the Ararat Plain (Armenia) assessed by molecular and culture-based methods. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 232-240.
- (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. 151-164.
- (2017). Diversity of bacteria and archaea from two shallow marine hydrothermal vents from Vulcano Island. Extremophiles. 733-742.
- (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.
- (2016). Acid-tolerant moderately thermophilic methanotrophs of the class Gammaproteobacteria isolated from tropical topsoil with methane seeps. Frontiers in Microbiology.
- (2015). Novel Methanotrophs of the Family Methylococcaceae from Different Geographical Regions and Habitats. Microorganisms.
- (2015). Evidence for extensive gene flow and Thermotoga subpopulations in subsurface and marine environments. The ISME Journal. 1532-1542.
- (2014). Microbial diversity in an Armenian geothermal spring assessed by molecular and culture-based methods. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 1240-1250.
- (2014). Microbial community analysis of thermophilic mixed culture sludge for biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 19285-19293.
- (2014). An Environmental escherichia albertii strain, dm104, induces protective immunity to shigella dysenteriae in guinea pig eye model. Current Microbiology. 642-647.
- (2014). Activation of the MCM helicase from the thermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum by interactions with GINS and Cdc6-2. Extremophiles. 915-924.
- (2013). Thermoanaerobacter spp. recovered from hot produced water from the Thar Jath oil-field in South Sudan. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 5219-5226.
- (2013). Serological cross-reaction between O-antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 4 and an environmental Escherichia albertii isolate. Current Microbiology. 590-595.
- (2013). Prevalence and distribution of different diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli virulotypes in major water bodies in Bangladesh. Epidemiology and Infection. 2516-2525.
- (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. 51-57.
- (2013). Evidence for successional development in Antarctic hypolithic bacterial communities. The ISME Journal. 2080-2090.
- (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. 356-360.
- (2012). Evidence of interspecies O antigen gene cluster transfer between Shigella boydii 15 and Escherichia fergusonii. APMIS - Journal of Pathologiy, Microbiology and Immunology. 959-966.
- (2012). Differential expression of particulate methane monooxygenase genes in the verrucomicrobial methanotroph 'Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense' Kam1. Extremophiles. 405-409.
- (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. 4495-4508.
- (2011). The GINS complex from the thermophilic archaeon, Thermoplasma acidophilum may function as a homotetramer in DNA replication. Extremophiles. 529-539.
- (2011). Recovery and Characterization of Environmental Variants of Shigella flexneri from Surface Water in Bangladesh. Current Microbiology. 372-376.
- (2010). Virulence of environmental Stenotrophomonas maltophila serologically cross-reacting with Shigella-specific antisera. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 937-945.
- (2010). Thermodynamic and kinetic stability of a large multi-domain enzyme from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix. Extremophiles. 213-223.
- (2010). The Hyperthermophilic Euryarchaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus Repairs Uracil by Single-Nucleotide Replacement. Journal of Bacteriology. 5755-5766.
- (2010). Survival study of Eschericia coli O157:H7 in the aquatic system of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences. 195-201.
- (2010). Intracellular Oceanospirillales bacteria inhabit gills of Acesta bivalves. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 523-533.
- (2009). The Genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: Lateral Genetic Connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea. Journal of Bacteriology. 1974-1978.
- (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. 58-64.
- (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. 58-64.
- (2009). Prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria cultured from cattle feces and surface water. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 147-156.
- (2009). Optimization and microbial community analysis for production of biohydrogen from palm oil mill effluent by thermophilic fermentative process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 7448-7459.
- (2009). Kosmotoga olearia gen. nov., sp nov., a thermophilic, anaerobic heterotroph isolated from an oil production fluid. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2991 -3000.
- (2009). Evaluation of methods for preparing hydrogen-producing seed inocula under thermophilic condition by process performance and microbial community analysis. Bioresource Technology. 909-918.
- (2009). Comparison of Cultural and Molecular Characteristics of Escherichia coli isolated from Freshwater of Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences. 195-199.
- (2009). Biochemical characterization of the minichromosome maintenance protein from the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles. 81-88.
- (2008). Thermoplasma acidophilum Cdc6 protein stimulates MCM helicase activity by regulating its ATPase activity. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 5602-5609.
- (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. 1221-1231.
- (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. 37-49.
- (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. 300-304.
- (2008). Methane assimilation and trophic interactions with marine Methylomicrobium in deep-water coral reef sediment off the coast of Norway. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 320-330.
- (2008). Insight into the microbial community structure of a Norwegian deep-water coral reef environment. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 1554-1563.
- (2008). Distribution of Crenarchaeota Representatives in Terrestrial Hot Springs of Russia and Iceland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 7620-7628.
- (2008). Characterization of the Cdc6 Homologues from the Euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Open Biochemistry Journal. 129-134.
- (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. 1492-1496.
- (2007). Thermal stability of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus studied by crystal structure analysis and engineering of chimers. Extremophiles.
- (2007). Thermal stability and biochemical properties of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Extremophiles. 397-402.
- (2007). Structural basis for enzymatic excision of N-1-methyladenine and N-3-methylcytosine from DNA. EMBO Journal.
- (2007). Structural basis for enzymatic excision of N-1-methyladenine and N-3-methylcytosine from DNA. EMBO Journal.
- (2007). Serological cross-reactivity of environmental isolates of Enterobacter, Escherichia, Stenotrophomonas, and Aerococcus with Shigella spp.-specific antisera. Current Microbiology. 63-67.
- (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. 583-590.
- (2007). Biochemical characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from Methylococcus capsulatus reveals a unique NAD(+)-dependent homotetrameric enzyme. Archives of Microbiology.
- (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. 1539-1545.
- (2006). The crystal structure of a hyperthermostable subfamily II isocitrate dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima. The FEBS Journal. 2851-2868.
- (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. 369-372.
- (2006). Stimulation of MCM helicase activity by a Cdc6 protein in the archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum. Nucleic Acids Research (NAR). 6337-6344.
- (2006). Mineralization of 4-aminobenzenesulfonate (4-ABS) by Agrobacterium sp. strain PNS-1. Biodegradation. 495-502.
- (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. 1529-1534.
- (2005). Reduction of uranium(VI) phosphate during growth of the thermophilic bacterium Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 6423-6426.
- (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 (JMB). 559-577.
- (2004). The microbial diversity of deep subsurface oil reservoirs. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis. 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 (JMB). 343-356.
- (2004). Genomic insights into methanotrophy: The complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). PLoS Biology. 1616-1628.
- (2002). Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 12697-12705.
- (2002). Methylpurine DNA glycosylase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 12697-12705.
- (2002). Identification of cofactor discrimination sites in NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase from Pyrococcus furiosus. Archives of Microbiology. 297-300.
- (2002). Identification of cofactor discrimination siten in NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase from Pyrococcus furious. Archives of Microbiology. 297-300.
- (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. 2162-2164.
- (2002). Chromosome replication patterns in the hyperthermophilic euryarchaea Archaeoglobus fulgidus and Methanocaldococcus (Methanococcus) jannaschii. Molecular Microbiology. 1443-1450.
- (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). 175-192.
- (2001). Differences in the oligomeric state of the LDH-like L-MalDH from the hyperthermophilic archaea Methanococcus jannaschii and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 10310-10316.
- (2001). Differences in Oligomeric States of the (LDH-like)L-MalDH from the Hyperthermophilic Archaea Methanococcus jannaschii and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Biochemistry. 10310-10316.
- (2001). Comparison of isocitrate dehydrogenase from three different hyperthermophiles reveals differences in thermostability, cofactor specificity, oligomeric state and phylogenetic affiliation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 43924-43931.
- (2001). Comparison of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase from Three Hyperthermophiles Reveals Differences in Thermostability,Cofactor Specificity,Oligomeric State, and Phylogenetic Affiliation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 43924-43931.
- (2001). Archaeoglobus fulgidus isocitrate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase. Methods in Enzymology. 13-26.
- (2001). A novel organization of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase operon of Thermodesulforhabdus norvegica verified by RT-PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 81-85.
- (2000). Characterization of the desulforubidin operons from Desulfobacter vibrioformis and Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 41-46.
- (1999). Dissimilatory sulfite reductase from <I>Archaeoglobus profundus</I> and <I>Desulfotomaculum thermocisternum</I>: phylogenetic and structural implications from gene sequences. Extremophiles. 63-70.
- (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. 469-474.
- (1998). Petrotoga mobilis sp. nov., from a North Sea oil-production well. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1007-1013.
- (1998). Petrotoga mobilis sp. nov., from a North Sea oil-production well. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1007-1014.
- (1998). Corrigendum to `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 Microbiol. Lett. 160 (1998) 75–79]. FEMS Microbiology Letters.
- (1998). Characterization and sequence comparison of temperature-regulated chaperonins from the hyperthermophilic archaeon <I>Archaeoglobus fulgidus</I>. Gene. 431-438.
- (1997). Purification and properties of an extremely thermostable NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 536-539.
- (1997). Properties and primary structure of a thermostable L-malate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 59-67.
- (1997). Biochemical and phylogenetic characterization of isocitrate dehydrogenase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Archives of Microbiology. 412-420.
- (1997). A highly efficient and stable system for site-specific integration of genes and plasmids into the phage φLC3 attachment site (attB) of the Lactococcus lactis chromosome. Gene. 129-136.
- (1994). DNA glycosylase activities for thymine residues oxidized in the methyl group are functions of the AlkA enzyme in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 30489-30495.
- (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). 658-665.
- (1993). Transduction of a Plasmid Carrying the Cohesive End Region from Lactococcus lactis Bacteriophage ΦLC3. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1966-1968.
- (1993). The cos region of lactococcal bacteriophage øLC3. DNA Sequence. 211-214.
- (1993). Characterization of Genetic Elements Required for Site-Specific Integration of the Temperate Lactococcal Bacteriophage φLC3 and Construction of Integration-Negative φLC3 Mutants. Journal of Bacteriology. 1745-1755.
- (1992). Escherichia coli K-12 and B contain functional bacteriophage P2 ogr genes. Journal of Bacteriology. 4094-4100.
- (1991). Control of bacteriophage P2 gene expression: analysis of transcription of the ogr gene. Journal of Bacteriology. 6927-6934.
- (1991). Characterization of Phi-LC3, a Lactococcus-lactis subsp cremoris Temperate Bacteriophage with Cohesive Single-Stranded-DNA Ends. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 3206-3211.
- (1990). Deletion analysis of a bacteriophage P2 late promoter. Gene. 9-15.
- (1988). Genotypes and phenotypes of ß-lactamase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from African countries. Genitourinary medicine. 226-232.
- (1988). Directed mutagenesis of the bacteriophage P2 ogr gene defines an essential function. Gene. 327-335.
- (1986). Coliphage P2 Late Control Gene ogr: DNA Sequence and Product Identification. Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB). 487-490.
- (1985). Oligosaccharides obtained by partial hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharides from Leptotrichia-buccalis. Scandinavian Journal of Dental Research. 432-435.
- (1985). Active Uptake of Glutamate in Vesicles of Halobacterium salinarium. Molecular membrane biology. 1-17.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
- (2019). Complete genome sequence analysis of the thermoacidophilic verrucomicrobial methanotroph “Ca. Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense” strain Kam1 and comparison with its closest relatives.
- (2019). Allopatric evolution of thermoacidophilic Verrucomicrobia methanotrophs?
- (2019). Allopatric Evolution among Thermoacidophilic Verrucomicrobial Methanotrophs from Globally Distributed Terrestrial Hot Springs.
- (2018). Verrucomicrobia Methanotrophs, a Novel Group of Extremophiles Adapted to Acidic Geothermal Environments.
- (2018). Methane-oxidation in extreme environments; the complete genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia, Methylacidiphilum kamkcatkense.
- (2018). Methane oxidation by extremophilic verrucomicrobia adapted to acidic geothermal environments.
- (2018). Methane oxidation by extremophilic Verrucomicrobia adapted to acidic geothermal environments.
- (2017). Molecular and genomic analysis of thermoacidophilic methanotrophic verrucomicrobia .
- (2017). Diversity of anaerobic thermophiles in North Sea oil reservoirs and their biotechnological potential.
- (2017). Diversity and adaptations of extremophilic microorganisms.
- (2017). Diversity and adaptation of extreme thermophiles.
- (2016). Extremophilic methane-oxidizing Verrucomicrobia.
- (2016). Diversity of thermophiles from North Sea oil fields.
- (2016). Anaerobic thermophiles from deep and hot North Sea oil wells.
- (2015). Methane oxidation by methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia.
- (2014). Methane oxidation in extreme environments by thernmoacidophilic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia .
- (2014). Diversity and adaptations in Archaea, the third domain of life.
- (2014). Armenian mines as a source of heavy metal accumulating metalophilic bacilli.
- (2014). Antarctic cryptic microbial communities: Martian analogs for extremophilic life?
- (2014). Adaptations to hot and cold: a case study of isocitrate dehydrogenase from extremophiles.
- (2014). Adaptations to hot and cold: a case study of isocitrate dehydrogenase from extremophiles.
- (2014). Adaptations to hot and cold: a case study of isocitrate dehydrogenase from extremophiles.
- (2012). Diversity of Extremophiles.
- (2012). Chemical strategies of extremophiles.
- (2011). The GINS complex from Thermoplasma acidophilum may function as a homotetramer in DNA replication.
- (2011). Life on the edge: Diversity and adaptations of extremophiles.
- (2011). Extremophiles; adaptation and diversity.
- (2011). Archaeal DNA replication.
- (2010). Methane oxidation by a novel lineage of thermo-acidophilic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia.
- (2010). High microbial diversity in Antarctic Dry Valley soil microenvironments.
- (2009). Thermophilic methane oxidizers belonging to the phylum Verrucomicrobia.
- (2009). The oil reservoir ecosystem: what is happening and who is living down there?
- (2009). The genome of Thermosipho africanus: lateral genetic connections to Firmicutes and Archaea.
- (2009). Oil Well ecology: What’s happening and who is living down there?
- (2009). Molecular basis of the stability of biomoleculees in hot environments.
- (2009). Methane oxidation in extreme environments by a novel lineage of thermo-acidophilic methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia.
- (2009). Genetics of thermophiles.
- (2009). Functional analysis of the DNA replication initiation proteins, Cdc6 and MCM, from Thermoplasma acidophilum.
- (2009). Extremophiles: basic concepts.
- (2009). Evolutionary and genetic relatedness of Shigella-like bacteria in aquatic environment of Bangladesh.
- (2008). Thermophilic biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent by mixed culture community with anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR).
- (2008). Thermo-acidophilic methane oxidation by Verrucmicrobia extends our perception of biological methane oxidation.
- (2008). Nitrile hydrolysing enzymes from extremophiles: their role in biocatalysis.
- (2008). Functional analysis of the MCM and Cdc6 proteins from the thermoacidophilic euryarchaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum.
- (2007). Synthesis of methyl ester/s by transesterification using lipase produced by a thermophile.
- (2007). Microbial Diversity of Deep and Hot Petroleum Reservoirs.
- (2007). Isocitrate dehydrogenase from (hyper)thermophiles; Molecular adaptations to high temperatures.
- (2006). Microbial diversity in deep petroleum reservoirs.
- (2006). Isocitrate dehydrogenase from (hyper)thermophiles; Molecular adaptations to high temperatures.
- (2006). Exploring the microbiology of a deep water coral reef outside mid Norway.
- (2006). Excision of 1-methyladenine and 3-methylcytosine from DNA by AfAlkA of Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
- (2005). Sulphate-reducing bacteria and archaea.
- (2004). The 2.9 Å resolution structure of malate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus: mechanisms of oligomerisation and thermal stabilisation.
- (2004). Natural gas and biotechnology: Bioprospecting of methane-oxidizing bacteria.
- (2004). Molecular adaptation of isocitrate dehydrogenase to high temperature.
- (2004). Extremophiles: basic concepts.
- (2003). X-ray structure analysis of isocitrate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophile Aeropyrum pernix.
- (2003). Treasures in the deep biosphere of North Sea oil-wells.
- (2003). The genomic sequencing of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Repair of alkylated DNA by oxidative demethylation.
- (2003). Base excision repair of deaminated DNA-cytosine in Archaea: novel genes and mechanisms.
- (2002). Thermostable proteins from hyperthermophilic microorganisms.
- (2002). Thermophilic microbes from North Sea oil wells and their thermostable proteins.
- (2002). Sequencing of the Methylococcus capsulatus genome.
- (2002). Bakterielle næringskomponenter og metabolisme.
- (2001). Members of the Thermotogales order isolated from hot North Sea oil field water.
- (2001). Detection of sulfate reducers indigenous to North Sea oil wells using probes based on dissimilatory sulfite reductase gene sequences.
- (2000). Thermosipho strain TBA5, a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a North Sea oil field.
- (2000). Thermosipho strain TBA5, a new thermophilic anaerobic bacterium, isolated from a North Sea oil field.
- (2000). Isocitrate dehydrogenase from Aeropyrum pernix.
- (2000). Isocitrate dehydrogenase from Aeropyrum pernix.
- (2000). Expression and characterization of a recombinant L-malate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain VC-16.
- (2000). Expression and characterization of a recombinant L-malate dehydrogenase from Archaeoglobus fulgidus strain VC-16.
- (2000). Anaerobic microbiology at University of Bergen.
- (1999). Overview of the research on molecular biology and biochemistry of thermophiles in Bergen.
- (1996). L-Malate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
- (1996). Isolation and characterization of a novel Petrotoga sp. from a North Sea oil-producing well.
- (1996). Expression of a thermostable isocitrate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeoglobus fulgidus in Escherichia coli.
- (1996). Expression of a thermostable isocitrate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeoglobus fulgidus in Escherichia coli.
- (1996). Archaeoglobus fulgidus isocitrate dehydrogenase: Purification, characterization, thermostability, genetic analysis and phylogeny.
- (1996). Archaeoglobus fulgidus isocitrate dehydrogenase: Purification, characterization, thermostability genetic analysis and phylogeny.
- (1996). A thermosome-encoding gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
- (1996). A thermosome-encoding gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
- (1996). A chaperonin-encoding gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
- (1996). A chaperonin-encoding gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
- (2018). Extremophiles in Eurasian Ecosystems: Ecology, Diversity, and Applications. Springer.
Sammendrag/abstract
- (2015). Heavy metal resistance of Bacillus subtilis AG4 isolated from the Sotk Gold Mine in Armenia. The FEBS Journal.
- (2013). The effect of combined heavy metal ions on copA, nikA and czcD genes expression of metal-resistant bacilli. The FEBS Journal. 231-231.
- (1984). Invitro deletion analysis of a gene controlling late gene-expression of phage-P2. Hereditas. 271-271.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
- (2021). Microbial Diversity of Terrestrial Geothermal Springs in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh: A Review. Microorganisms.
- (2009). Environmental, genomic and taxonomic perspectives on methanotrophic Verrucomicrobia. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 293-306.
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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