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Anne-Brit Kolstø

Anne-Brit Kolstø

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Microbiology

D-Index
52
Citations
11223
World Ranking
4176
National Ranking
16

Genetics

D-Index
49
Citations
10172
World Ranking
3994
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology

Overview

Anne-Brit Kolstø is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research centers primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional focus on environmental science. This interdisciplinary approach extends into subfields such as molecular biology and ecology.

The scientist's recent work includes the paper titled Core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for Bacillus cereus group bacteria, published in 2023 in Research in Microbiology. This publication has contributed to ongoing studies on bacterial genomics and taxonomy.

Anne-Brit Kolstø's research topics cover several areas, most notably:

  • Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Identification and Quantification in Food

Frequent co-authors collaborating on their research include:

  • Nicolas J. Tourasse
  • Keith A. Jolley
  • Ole Andreas Økstad

Their publications commonly appear in the venue Research in Microbiology, reflecting ongoing contributions to microbiology literature.

Anne-Brit Kolstø has been recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the section of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology.

Best Publications

  • Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis—One Species on the Basis of Genetic Evidence

    Erlendur Helgason;Ole Andreas Økstad;Dominique A. Caugant;Henning A. Johansen

  • The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria

    Timothy D. Read;Timothy D. Read;Scott N. Peterson;Scott N. Peterson;Nicolas Tourasse;Les W. Baillie;Les W. Baillie

  • Cell biology of tissue factor, the principal initiator of blood coagulation

    Eric Camerer;Anne-Brit Kolstø;Hans Prydz

  • PlcR is a pleiotropic regulator of extracellular virulence factor gene expression in Bacillus thuringiensis

    Hervé Agaisse;Myriam Gominet;Ole Andreas Økstad;Anne‐Brit Kolstø

  • The genome sequence of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987 reveals metabolic adaptations and a large plasmid related to Bacillus anthracis pXO1

    David A. Rasko;Jacques Ravel;Ole Andreas Økstad;Erlendur Helgason

  • The PlcR Virulence Regulon of Bacillus cereus

    Michel Gohar;Karoline Faegri;Stéphane Perchat;Solveig Ravnum

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus Group

    Erlendur Helgason;Nicolas J. Tourasse;Roger Meisal;Dominique A. Caugant;Dominique A. Caugant

  • What Sets Bacillus anthracis Apart from Other Bacillus Species

    Anne-Brit Kolstø;Nicolas J. Tourasse;Ole Andreas Økstad

  • Genotypic Diversity among Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Strains.

    Cathrine Rein Carlson;Dominique A. Caugant;Anne-Brit Kolstø

  • Description of Bacillus toyonensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Bacillus cereus group, and pairwise genome comparisons of the species of the group by means of ANI calculations

    Guillermo Jiménez;Mercedes Urdiain;Ana Cifuentes;Aránzazu López-López

  • Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates

    Karen K. Hill;Lawrence O. Ticknor;Richard T. Okinaka;Michelle Asay

  • Genetic Structure of Population of Bacillus cereus and B. thuringiensis Isolates Associated with Periodontitis and Other Human Infections

    Erlendur Helgason;Dominique A. Caugant;Ingar Olsen;Anne-Brit Kolstø

  • Complete Sequence Analysis of Novel Plasmids from Emetic and Periodontal Bacillus cereus Isolates Reveals a Common Evolutionary History among the B. cereus-Group Plasmids, Including Bacillus anthracis pXO1

    David A. Rasko;M. J. Rosovitz;Ole Andreas Økstad;Derrick E. Fouts

  • The Bacillus cereus group: novel aspects of population structure and genome dynamics.

    N.J. Tourasse;E. Helgason;O.A. Økstad;I.K. Hegna

  • Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Norwegian Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Soil Isolates

    Lawrence O. Ticknor;Anne Brit KolstØ;Karen K. Hill;Paul Keim

  • Sequence analysis of three Bacillus cereus loci carrying PlcR-regulated genes encoding degradative enzymes and enterotoxin

    Ole A. Økstad;Myriam Gominet;Bénédicte Purnelle;Matthias Rose

  • A complete physical map of a Bacillus thuringiensis chromosome.

    C R Carlson;A B Kolstø

  • Genetic diversity of Bacillus cereus B-thuringiensis isolates from natural sources

    Erlendur Helgason;Dominique A. Caugant;Marguerite-M. Lecadet;Yahua Chen

  • Dynamic bacterial genome organization

    Anne‐Brit Kolstø

  • Interaction of the CNC-bZIP factor TCF11/LCR-F1/Nrf1 with MafG: Binding-site selection and regulation of transcription

    Øyvind Johnsen;Paula Murphy;Hans Prydz;Anne-Brit Kolstø

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Lereclus
Didier Lereclus University of Paris-Saclay
Hans Prydz
Hans Prydz University of Oslo
Dominique A. Caugant
Dominique A. Caugant Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ian T. Paulsen
Ian T. Paulsen Macquarie University
Peter J. F. Henderson
Peter J. F. Henderson University of Leeds
Stéphane Aymerich
Stéphane Aymerich University of Paris-Saclay
Agnès Fouet
Agnès Fouet Institut Cochin
Timothy D. Read
Timothy D. Read Emory University
Michèle Mock
Michèle Mock Institut Pasteur
Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University

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