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Kristina Lindström

Kristina Lindström

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Finland
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
61
Citations
12577
World Ranking
1157
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Kristina Lindström is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research focuses primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular emphasis on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Catalysis, Soil Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

Lindström has contributed multiple scientific papers, with recent publications spanning between 2020 and 2022. Some notable papers include:

  • "Competition for electrons favours N 2 O reduction in denitrifying Bradyrhizobium isolates" (2021) published in Environmental Microbiology
  • "Response of Soil Bacterial Community Diversity and Composition to Time, Fertilization, and Plant Species in a Sub-Boreal Climate" (2020) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Genetically diverse lentil- and faba bean-nodulating rhizobia are present in soils across Central and Southern Ethiopia" (2020) published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Phylogenetically diverse Bradyrhizobium genospecies nodulate Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) and soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) in the northern savanna zones of Ghana" (2022) published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Characterization of Agrobacterium radiobacter, a new pathogen of pistachio" (2022) published in Australasian Plant Pathology

The venues where Lindström frequently publishes include:

  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Australasian Plant Pathology
  • Letters in Applied Microbiology

Collaboration features prominently in Lindström's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Petri Penttinen
  • Yuan Gao
  • Seyed Abdollah Mousavi
  • Åsa Frostegård
  • Honghong Li

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with leguminous and non-leguminous plants

    Claudine Franche;Kristina Lindström;Claudine Elmerich

  • International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium: Minutes of the meeting, 26 July 2004, Toulouse, France

    Kristina Lindström;M E Martinez-Romero

  • Effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia.

    Kristina Lindström;Seyed Abdollah Mousavi

  • Three phylogenetic groups of nodA and nifH genes in Sinorhizobium and Mesorhizobium isolates from leguminous trees growing in Africa and Latin America

    Kaisa Haukka;Kristina Lindström;J. Peter W. Young

  • Novel group within the kingdom Crenarchaeota from boreal forest soil.

    G Jurgens;K Lindström;A Saano

  • Extraction and purification of DNA in rhizosphere soil samples for PCR-DGGE analysis of bacterial consortia.

    R Maarit Niemi;Ilse Heiskanen;Kaisa Wallenius;Kristina Lindström

  • Grain Legume Production and Use in European Agricultural Systems

    Christine A. Watson;Christine A. Watson;Moritz Reckling;Sara Preissel;Johann Bachinger

  • Characterization of tropical tree rhizobia and description of Mesorhizobium plurifarium sp. nov

    P de Lajudie;A Willems;G Nick;F Moreira

  • Diversity of Rhizobium Bacteria Isolated from the Root Nodules of Leguminous Trees

    Xiaoping Zhang;R. Harper;M. Karsisto;K. Lindström

  • The Diversity and Anti-Microbial Activity of Endophytic Actinomycetes Isolated from Medicinal Plants in Panxi Plateau, China

    Ke Zhao;Petri Penttinen;Tongwei Guan;Tongwei Guan;Jing Xiao

  • Analysis of cellular fatty acids and phenotypic relationships of Agrobacterium, Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Rhizobium and Sinorhizobium species using the Sherlock Microbial Identification System.

    S. W. Tighe;P. de Lajudie;K. Dipietro;K. Lindström

  • Rhizobium galegae, a new species of legume root nodule bacteria

    Kristina Lindström

  • Phylogeny of the Rhizobium-Allorhizobium-Agrobacterium clade supports the delineation of Neorhizobium gen. nov.

    Seyed Abdollah Mousavi;Janina Österman;Niklas Wahlberg;Xavier Nesme

  • Discordant Phylogenies within the rrn Loci of Rhizobia

    Peter van Berkum;Zewdu Terefework;Lars Paulin;Sini Suomalainen

  • AFLP fingerprinting as a tool to study the genetic diversity of Rhizobium galegae isolated from Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis

    Zewdu Terefework;Seppo Kaijalainen;Kristina Lindström

  • Revised phylogeny of Rhizobiaceae: Proposal of the delineation of Pararhizobium gen. nov., and 13 new species combinations

    Seyed Abdollah Mousavi;Anne Willems;Xavier Nesme;Philippe de Lajudie

  • Minimal standards for the description of new genera and species of rhizobia and agrobacteria

    Philippe M. De Lajudie;Mitchell Andrews;Julie Ardley;Bertrand Eardly

  • Sinorhizobium arboris sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kostiense sp. nov., isolated from leguminous trees in Sudan and Kenya.

    Giselle Nick;Philippe de Lajudie;Bertrand D. Eardly;Sini Suomalainen

  • The biodiversity of beneficial microbe-host mutualism: the case of rhizobia.

    Kristina Lindström;Mazvita Murwira;Anne Willems;Nora Altier

  • A Rapid PCR-Based DNA Test for Enterotoxic Bacillus cereus

    Vesa Mäntynen;Kristina Lindström

  • Effects of land use on the level, variation and spatial structure of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities

    K. Wallenius;H. Rita;A. Mikkonen;K. Lappi

  • Soil microbial biomass, crop yields, and bacterial community structure as affected by long-term fertilizer treatments under wheat-rice cropping

    Yunfu Gu;Xiaoping Zhang;Shihua Tu;Kristina Lindström

  • Diversity of endophytic bacteria within nodules of the Sphaerophysa salsula in different regions of Loess Plateau in China.

    Zhen Shan Deng;Long Fei Zhao;Zhao Yu Kong;Wen Quan Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Paulin
Lars Paulin University of Helsinki
Frederick L. Stoddard
Frederick L. Stoddard University of Helsinki
Monique Gillis
Monique Gillis Ghent University
Dilfuza Egamberdieva
Dilfuza Egamberdieva Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Anne Willems
Anne Willems Ghent University
Sara Hallin
Sara Hallin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Wen Xin Chen
Wen Xin Chen China Agricultural University
En Tao Wang
En Tao Wang Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Philippe Lemanceau
Philippe Lemanceau INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich

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