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Overview

Lise Øvreås is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Øvreås engages deeply with subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Environmental Chemistry, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding microbial and environmental systems.

The core topics of their work include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Climate change and permafrost

They have contributed to research publishing in several frequent venues, including:

  • Microorganisms
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  • MicrobiologyOpen
  • Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Øvreås illustrate the diversity and focus of their research:

  • "Metagenome-assembled genome distribution and key functionality highlight importance of aerobic metabolism in Svalbard permafrost" (2020), published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Innovating carbon-capture biotechnologies through ecosystem-inspired solutions" (2021), published in One Earth
  • "Sewage-based surveillance shows presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant against last resort antibiotics in the population in Bergen, Norway" (2022), published in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • "Planctomycetes as a Vital Constituent of the Microbial Communities Inhabiting Different Layers of the Meromictic Lake Sælenvannet (Norway)" (2020), published in Microorganisms
  • "Seasonality of the bacterial and archaeal community composition of the Northern Barents Sea" (2023), published in Frontiers in Microbiology

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Stefan Thiele
  • Tajul Islam
  • Nachiket P. Marathe
  • Julia E. Storesund
  • Olga Maria Lage

Best Publications

  • Microbial biogeography : putting microorganisms on the map

    Jennifer B.Hughes Martiny;Brendan J.M. Bohannan;James H. Brown;Robert K. Colwell

  • Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems

    Vigdis Torsvik;Lise Øvreås

  • Distribution of bacterioplankton in meromictic Lake Saelenvannet, as determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rRNA.

    Lise Øvreås;Larry Forney;Frida Lise Daae;Vigdis Torsvik

  • Prokaryotic Diversity--Magnitude, Dynamics, and Controlling Factors

    Vigdis Torsvik;Lise Øvreås;Tron Frede Thingstad

  • Novel techniques for analysing microbial diversity in natural and perturbed environments

    Vigdis Torsvik;Frida Lise Daae;Ruth-Anne Sandaa;Lise Øvreås

  • Comparison of prokaryotic diversity at offshore oceanic locations reveals a different microbiota in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Milagros Zaballos;Arantxa López-López;Lise Ovreas;Sergio Galán Bartual

  • Changes in archaeal, bacterial and eukaryal assemblages along a salinity gradient by comparison of genetic fingerprinting methods in a multipond solar saltern.

    Emilio O. Casamayor;Ramon Massana;Susana Benlloch;Lise Øvreås

  • Microbial Diversity and Community Structure in Two Different Agricultural Soil Communities

    L. Øvreås;V. Torsvik

  • Prokaryotic genetic diversity throughout the salinity gradient of a coastal solar saltern

    Susana Benlloch;Arantxa López-López;Emilio O. Casamayor;Lise Øvreås

  • Soil Community Analysis Using DGGE of 16S rDNA Polymerase Chain Reaction Products

    Cindy H. Nakatsu;Vigdis Torsvik;Lise Øvreås

  • Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge.

    Steffen Leth Jorgensen;Bjarte Hannisdal;Anders Lanzén;Tamara Baumberger

  • A COMPARISON OF TAXON CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERNS FOR MACRO- AND MICROORGANISMS

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Jessica M. Silver;Mathew A. Leibold;Brendan J.M. Bohannan

  • Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: challenges and opportunities

    Maria Dornelas;Anne Magurran;Stephen Terrence Buckland;Anne Chao

  • CREST – Classification Resources for Environmental Sequence Tags

    Anders Lanzén;Steffen Leth Jørgensen;Daniel H. Huson;Markus Gorfer

  • Planctomycetes dominate biofilms on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

    Mia M Bengtsson;Lise Øvreås

  • Population and community level approaches for analysing microbial diversity in natural environments

    L. Øvreås

  • The ocean sampling day consortium

    Anna Kopf;Anna Kopf;Mesude Bicak;Renzo Kottmann;Julia Schnetzer;Julia Schnetzer

  • Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology

    Sandra Wiegand;Mareike Jogler;Christian Boedeker;Daniela Pinto

  • Seasonal dynamics of bacterial biofilms on the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

    Mia M. Bengtsson;Kjersti Sjøtun;Lise Øvreås

  • Use of non‐limiting substrates to increase size; a generic strategy to simultaneously optimize uptake and minimize predation in pelagic osmotrophs?

    T. Frede Thingstad;Lise Øvreås;Jorun K. Egge;Trond Løvdal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingunn H. Thorseth
Ingunn H. Thorseth University of Bergen
Rolf B. Pedersen
Rolf B. Pedersen University of Bergen
Tim Urich
Tim Urich University of Greifswald
Gunnar Bratbak
Gunnar Bratbak University of Bergen
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera
Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Miguel Hernandez University
Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Anna-Louise Reysenbach Portland State University
Christa Schleper
Christa Schleper University of Vienna
Levente Bodrossy
Levente Bodrossy Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
T. Frede Thingstad
T. Frede Thingstad University of Bergen
Emilio O. Casamayor
Emilio O. Casamayor Spanish National Research Council

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