• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Unraveling the roles of the reductant and free copper ions in LPMO kinetics 

      Stepnov, Anton; Forsberg, Zarah; Sørlie, Morten; Nguyen, Giang-Son; Wentzel, Alexander; Kjendseth, Åsmund Røhr; Eijsink, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are monocopper enzymes that catalyze oxidative depolymerization of industrially relevant crystalline polysaccharides, such as cellulose, in a reaction that depends ...