• 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 ...