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Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir - Associate Professor

Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir

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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir

Associate Professor

Location
Askja / N-344
Phone
5254614
Email
snaedis [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4368-8602
Research portal – Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023

Published works

2022

Microbial Response to Increased Temperatures Within a Lava-Induced Hydrothermal System in Iceland: An Analogue for the Habitability of Volcanic Terrains on MarsAstrobiology

2021

Rhodocaloribacter litoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an intertidal hot springInternational Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction provides insight into the metabolism of the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus

2020

Engineering the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in Rhodothermus marinus for lycopene production.Metabolic engineering communications
Metabolic engineering of thermophilic bacteria for production of biotechnologically interesting compoundsBiotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms
Comparison of the gut microbiota in the groundwater amphipod Crangonyx islandicus Svavarsson & Kristjánsson, 2006 (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) to biofilms in its spring-source habitatJournal of Crustacean Biology
Comparative Analysis of Microbial Diversity Across Temperature Gradients in Hot Springs From Yellowstone and Iceland.Frontiers in microbiology

2018

Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for Enhanced Carotenoid Production in MicroalgaeMethods in Molecular Biology

2017

Divergence of Species in the Geothermal EnvironmentAdaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes
Characterization of carotenoids in Rhodothermus marinus.MicrobiologyOpen

2016

Evaluation of the production of exopolysaccharides by two strains of the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus.Carbohydrate polymers
Quantifying mixing, boiling, degassing, oxidation and reactivity of thermal waters at Vonarskard, IcelandJournal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

2012

Microbial speciation in the geothermal ecosystemAdaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes
Litorilinea aerophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic member of the class Caldilineae, phylum Chloroflexi, isolated from an intertidal hot springINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Fourteen new microsatellite markers for Atlantic herring Clupea harengus.Journal of fish biology

2011

Generation of Targeted Deletions in the Genome of Rhodothermus marinusApplied and Environmental Microbiology
Detection and mapping of mtDNA SNPs in Atlantic salmon using high throughput DNA sequencingBMC Genomics

2010

Rhodothermus profundi sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Pacific OceanINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

2009

Analysis of the unique geothermal microbial ecosystem of the Blue Lagoon.FEMS microbiology ecology
Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal areaINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

2006

Cloning and expression of heterologous genes in Rhodothermus marinusExtremophiles

2005

Rhodothermus marinus: physiology and molecular biologyExtremophiles

2004

Establishment of a gene transfer system for Rhodothermus marinusApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology

2003

Identification and nucleotide sequence analysis of a cryptic plasmid, pRM21, from Rhodothermus marinus.Plasmid

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