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Comparative Metagenomics of Eight Geographically Remote Terrestrial Hot Springs by Menzel, Peter, Gudbergsdóttir, Sóley Ruth, Rike, Anne Gunn, Lin, Lianbing, Zhang, Qi, Contursi, Patrizia, Moracci, Marco, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Bolduc, Benjamin, Gavrilov, Sergey, Ravin, Nikolai, Mardanov, Andrey, Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta, Young, Mark, Krogh, Anders, Peng, Xu

“…Hot springs are natural habitats for thermophilic Archaea and Bacteria. In this paper, we present the metagenomic analysis of eight globally distributed…”
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Biochemical Characterization and Validation of a Catalytic Site of a Highly Thermostable Ts2631 Endolysin from the Thermus scotoductus Phage vB_Tsc2631 by Plotka, Magdalena, Kaczorowska, Anna-Karina, Morzywolek, Agnieszka, Makowska, Joanna, Kozlowski, Lukasz P, Thorisdottir, Audur, Skírnisdottir, Sigurlaug, Hjörleifsdottir, Sigridur, Fridjonsson, Olafur H, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Dabrowski, Slawomir, Bujnicki, Janusz M, Kaczorowski, Tadeusz

“…Phage vB_Tsc2631 infects the extremophilic bacterium Thermus scotoductus MAT2631 and uses the Ts2631 endolysin for the release of its progeny. The Ts2631…”
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Novel Highly Thermostable Endolysin from Thermus scotoductus MAT2119 Bacteriophage Ph2119 with Amino Acid Sequence Similarity to Eukaryotic Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins by Plotka, Magdalena, Kaczorowska, Anna-Karina, Stefanska, Aleksandra, Morzywolek, Agnieszka, Fridjonsson, Olafur H, Dunin-Horkawicz, Stanislaw, Kozlowski, Lukasz, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Dabrowski, Slawomir, Bujnicki, Janusz M, Kaczorowski, Tadeusz

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Isolation, growth and genome of the Rhodothermus RM378 thermophilic bacteriophage by Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur, Aevarsson, Arnthor, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O., Fridjonsson, Olafur H., Kristjansson, Jakob K.

“…Several bacteriophages that infect different strains of the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus were isolated and their infection pattern was studied…”
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Rhodothermus profundi sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean by THOR MARTEINSSON, Viggó, BJORNSDOTTIR, Snaedis H, BIENVENU, Nadège, KRISTJANSSON, Jakob K, BIRRIEN, Jean-Louis

“…Nine thermophilic strains of aerobic, non-sporulating, heterotrophic bacteria were isolated after enrichment of chimney material sampled from a deep-sea…”
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Novel Members of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 13 Derived from Environmental DNA by Labes, Antje, Karlsson, Eva Nordberg, Fridjonsson, Olafur H, Turner, Pernilla, Hreggvidson, Gudmundur O, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Holst, Olle, Schönheit, Peter

“…Starch and pullulan-modifying enzymes of the α-amylase family (glycoside hydrolase family 13) have several industrial applications. To date, most of these…”
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A Novel Virus Family, the Rudiviridae: Structure, Virus-Host Interactions and Genome Variability of the Sulfolobus Viruses SIRV1 and SIRV2 by Prangishvili, David, Arnold, Hans Peter, Gotz, Dorothee, Ziese, Ulrike, Holz, Ingelore, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Zillig, Wolfram

“…The unenveloped, stiff-rod-shaped, linear double-stranded DNA viruses SIRV1 and SIRV2 from Icelandic Sulfolobus isolates form a novel virus family, the…”
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Rhodothermus marinus : physiology and molecular biology by BJORNSDOTTIR, Snaedis H, BLONDAL, Thorarinn, HREGGVIDSSON, Gudmundur O, EGGERTSSON, Gudmundur, PETURSDOTTIR, Solveig, HJORLEIFSDOTTIR, Sigridur, THORBJARNARDOTTIR, Sigridur H, KRISTJANSSON, Jakob K

“…Rhodothermus marinus has been the subject of many studies in recent years. It is a thermohalophilic bacterium and is the only validly described species in the…”
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Tectonic and geological setting influence hot spring microbiology by Colman, Daniel R., Veach, Allison, Stefánsson, Andri, Wurch, Louie, Belisle, B. Shafer, Podar, Peter T., Yang, Zamin, Klingeman, Dawn, Senba, Kazuyo, Murakami, Katsuhiko S., Kristjánsson, Jakob K., Björnsdóttir, Snædís H., Boyd, Eric S., Podar, Mircea

“…Hydrothermal systems form at divergent and convergent boundaries of lithospheric plates and within plates due to weakened crust and mantle plumes, playing host…”
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Two novel cyclodextrin-degrading enzymes isolated from thermophilic bacteria have similar domain structures but differ in oligomeric state and activity profile by Turner, Pernilla, Labes, Antje, Fridjonsson, Olafur H., Hreggvidson, Gudmundur O., Schönheit, Peter, Kristjansson, Jakob K., Holst, Olle, Karlsson, Eva Nordberg

“…In this paper, we present the expression and characterization of two novel enzymes from the α-amylase family exhibiting cyclomaltodextrinase specificity. The…”
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Modification of linear (β1→3)-linked gluco-oligosaccharides with a novel recombinant β-glucosyltransferase (trans-β-glucosidase) enzyme from Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens by Dobruchowska, Justyna M, Jonsson, Jon O, Fridjonsson, Olafur H, Aevarsson, Arnthor, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Altenbuchner, Josef, Watzlawick, Hildegard, Gerwig, Gerrit J, Dijkhuizen, Lubbert, Kamerling, Johannis P, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O

“…Recently, we have shown that glycoside hydrolases enzymes of family GH17 from proteobacteria (genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter) catalyze elongation transfer…”
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Discovery and characterization of RecA protein of thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus MAT72 phage Tt72 that increases specificity of a PCR-based DNA amplification by Stefanska, Aleksandra, Kaczorowska, Anna-Karina, Plotka, Magdalena, Fridjonsson, Olafur H., Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O., Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur, Kristjansson, Jakob K., Dabrowski, Slawomir, Kaczorowski, Tadeusz

“…•Tt72 RecA protein improves specificity of a PCR-based DNA amplification.•Tt72 recA gene does not complement UV-sensitivity of an Escherichia coli recA…”
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Investigation of the Microbial Ecology of Intertidal Hot Springs by Using Diversity Analysis of 16S rRNA and Chitinase Genes by Hobel, Cédric F. V, Marteinsson, Viggó T, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur Ó, Kristjánsson, Jakob K

“…The microbial diversity of intertidal hot springs on the seashore of northwest Iceland was examined by combining directed in situ enrichments, artificial…”
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Isolation and characterization of a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing Thermus scotoductus by SKIRNISDOTTIR, Sigurlaug, HREGGVIDSSON, Gudmundur O, HOLST, Olle, KRISTJANSSON, Jakob K

“…Thermophilic, faculatatively mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were isolated from a sulfide-rich, neutral hot spring in Iceland. The strain, IT-7254, used…”
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Analysis of the unique geothermal microbial ecosystem of the Blue Lagoon by Petursdottir, Solveig K., Bjornsdottir, Snaedis H., Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O., Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur, Kristjansson, Jakob K.

“…Abstract Cultivation and culture-independent techniques were used to describe the geothermal ecosystem of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. The lagoon contains both…”
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Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal area by Bjornsdottir, Snaedis H, Petursdottir, Solveig K, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O, Skirnisdottir, Sigurlaug, Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur, Arnfinnsson, Johann, Kristjansson, Jakob K

“…1 Matis-Prokaria, Gylfaflot 5, IS-112 Reykjavik, Iceland 2 Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, IS-101, Reykjavik, Iceland 3 Division of…”
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Influence of Sulfide and Temperature on Species Composition and Community Structure of Hot Spring Microbial Mats by SKIRNISDOTTIR, S, HREGGVIDSSON, G. O, HJÖRLEIFSDOTTIR, S, MARTEINSSON, V. T, PETURSDOTTIR, S. K, HOLST, O, KRISTJANSSON, J. K

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Exploring novel non-Leloir β-glucosyltransferases from proteobacteria for modifying linear (β1[rightward arrow]3)-linked gluco-oligosaccharide chains by Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O, Dobruchowska, Justyna M, Fridjonsson, Olafur H, Jonsson, Jon O, Gerwig, Gerrit J, Aevarsson, Arnthor, Kristjansson, Jakob K, Curti, Delphine, Redgwell, Robert R, Hansen, Carl-Eric, Kamerling, Johannis P, Debeche-Boukhit, Takoua

“…Over the years several β-glucan transferases from yeast and fungi have been reported, but enzymes with such an activity from bacteria have not been…”
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Immobilization of a recombinant Escherichia coli producing a thermostable α- l-rhamnosidase: Creation of a bioreactor for hydrolyses of naringin by Birgisson, Hákon, Wheat, Jon Oskar, Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O., Kristjansson, Jakob K., Mattiasson, Bo

“…An α- l-rhamnosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.40) from a newly discovered thermophilic bacterium was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 DE3 pRIL cells. The cells were…”
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Phylogenetic Diversity Analysis of Subterranean Hot Springs in Iceland by MARTEINSSON, Viggo Thor, HAUKSDOTTIR, Sigurbjörg, HOBEL, Cédric F. V, KRISTMANNSDOTTIR, Hrefna, HREGGVIDSSON, Gudmundur Oli, KRISTJANSSON, Jakob K

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