• Flow-based method for biofilm microbiota enrichment and exploration of metagenomes 

      Hageskal, Gunhild; Heggeset, Tonje Marita Bjerkan; Nguyen, Giang-Son; Haugen, Tone; Jønsson, Malene; Egas, Conceição; Hidalgo, Aurelio; Wentzel, Alexander; Lewin, Anna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Most bacteria live in bioflms in their natural habitat rather than the planktonic cell stage that dominates during traditional laboratory cultivation and enrichment schemes. The present study describes the establishment ...
    • Multiplex droplet digital PCR assay for detection of Flavobacterium psychrophilum and Yersinia ruckeri in Norwegian aquaculture 

      Lewin, Anna; Haugen, Tone; Netzer, Roman; Tøndervik, Anne; Dahle, Stine Veronica Wiborg; Hageskal, Gunhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      We report the development of ddPCR assays for single and simultaneous detection of the bacterial pathogens Flavobacterium psychrophilum and Yersinia ruckeri in water from land-based recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS), ...
    • Novel archaeal thermostable cellulases from an oil reservoir metagenome 

      Lewin, Anna; Zhou, Jinglie; Pham, Vu Thuy Trang; Haugen, Tone; El Zeiny, Mohamed; Aarstad, Olav Andreas; Liebl, Wolfgang; Wentzel, Alexander; Liles, Mark R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Microbial assemblages were sampled from an offshore deep sub-surface petroleum reservoir 2.5 km below the ocean floor off the coast of Norway, providing conditions of high temperature and pressure, to identify new thermostable ...
    • Streptomyces tardus sp. nov.: A Slow-Growing Actinobacterium Producing Candicidin, Isolated From Sediments of the Trondheim Fjord 

      Králová, Stanislava; Sandoval-Powers, Megan; Fawwal, Dorelle V.; Degnes, Kristin Fløgstad; Lewin, Anna; Klinkenberg, Geir; Nguyen, Giang-Son; Liles, Mark R.; Wentzel, Alexander (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Marine environments are home to an extensive number of microorganisms, many of which remain unexplored for taxonomic novelty and functional capabilities. In this study, a slow-growing Streptomyces strain expressing unique ...