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Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen

Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen

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Microbiology

D-Index
79
Citations
15617
World Ranking
1244
National Ranking
13

Overview

Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Odor and Emission Control Technologies
  • Mycobacterium Research and Diagnosis
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Actinomycetales Infections and Treatment
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen are:

  • Actinobacterial communities of boreal forest soil and lake water are rich in mycobacteria, 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • Evaluation of VOCs from fungal strains, building insulation materials and indoor air by solid phase microextraction arrow, thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and machine learning approaches, 2023, Environmental Research
  • Wintertime CO2 evolution from a boreal forest ecosystem, 2024, Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive
  • An overlooked pathway of indoor air toxicity and a challenge to current paradigms of sampling methods, 2025, Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Frequent coauthors working alongside Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen include:

  • Mika A. Kähkönen
  • José Ruiz-Jiménez
  • Sanni Raskala
  • Ville Tanskanen
  • Elisa Aattela

The primary venues where Mirja has published often comprise the Boreal Environment Research Journal Archive, Environmental Research, and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.

The scientist's research reflects interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on environmental and health-related impacts of microbial presence and chemical emissions in both natural and built environments.

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of aerobic, endospore-forming bacteria.

    N A Logan;O Berge;A H Bishop;H-J Busse

  • Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials

    M A Andersson;M Nikulin;U Köljalg;M C Andersson

  • Emetic toxin formation of Bacillus cereus is restricted to a single evolutionary lineage of closely related strains

    Monika Ehling-Schulz;Birgitta Svensson;Marie-Helene Guinebretiere;Toril Lindbäck

  • Sphingomonas aurantiaca sp. nov., Sphingomonas aerolata sp. nov. and Sphingomonas faeni sp. nov., air- and dustborne and Antarctic, orange-pigmented, psychrotolerant bacteria, and emended description of the genus Sphingomonas.

    Hans-Juergen Busse;Eawald Bm Denner;Sandra Buczolits;Mirja Sinikka Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Toxigenic Strains of Bacillus licheniformis Related to Food Poisoning

    M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen;R. Vuorio;M. A. Andersson;P. Kämpfer

  • Variation of Microcystin Content of Cyanobacterial Blooms and Isolated Strains in Lake Grand-Lieu (France)

    C. Vézie;L. Brient;K. Sivonen;G. Bertru

  • Activity, diversity and population size of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in oil-contaminated landfarming soil

    Jukka Kurola;Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen;Tuula Aarnio;Jenni Hultman

  • A Novel Sensitive Bioassay for Detection of Bacillus cereus Emetic Toxin and Related Depsipeptide Ionophores

    MA Andersson;Raimo Mikkola;J Helin;MC Andersson

  • Quantitative analysis of cereulide, the emetic toxin of Bacillus cereus, produced under various conditions.

    Max M Häggblom;Max M Häggblom;Camelia Apetroaie;Maria A. Andersson;Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Ionophoretic properties and mitochondrial effects of cereulide

    Raimo Mikkola;Nils‐Erik L. Saris;Pavel A. Grigoriev;Maria A. Andersson

  • Dust-borne bacteria in animal sheds, schools and children's day care centres.

    A. M. Andersson;N. Weiss;F. Rainey;M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Degradation and O-methylation of chlorinated phenolic compounds by Rhodococcus and Mycobacterium strains.

    Max M Häggblom;Liisa J. Nohynek;Mirja Sinikka Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Areal activities and stratification of hydrolytic enzymes involved in the biochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus in podsolized boreal forest soils

    Christophe Wittmann;Christophe Wittmann;Mika Kähkönen;Hannu Ilvesniemi;Jukka Kurola

  • Degradation of polychlorinated phenols by Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus

    Juha H. A. Apajalahti;Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Complete dechlorination of tetrachlorohydroquinone by cell extracts of pentachlorophenol-induced Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus.

    Juha H.A. Apajalahti;Mirja Sinikka Salkinoja-Salonen

  • The Fusarium mycotoxins enniatins and beauvericin cause mitochondrial dysfunction by affecting the mitochondrial volume regulation, oxidative phosphorylation and ion homeostasis

    Anton A. Tonshin;Vera V. Teplova;Maria A. Andersson;Mirja Sinikka Salkinoja-Salonen

  • Predominance of Gram‐positive bacteria in house dust in the low‐allergy risk Russian Karelia

    Jaakko Pakarinen;Anne Hyvärinen;Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen;Sirpa Laitinen

  • Persistence strategies of Bacillus cereus spores isolated from dairy silo tanks

    Ranad Shaheen;Birgitta Svensson;Maria A. Andersson;Anders Christiansson

  • Characterization of Nodularia strains, cyanobacteria from brackish waters, by genotypic and phenotypic methods.

    J Lehtimäki;C Lyra;S Suomalainen;P Sundman

  • Bioreclamation of chlorophenol-contaminated soil by composting

    R. Valo;M. Salkinoja-Salonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Max M. Häggblom
Max M. Häggblom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Tari Haahtela
Tari Haahtela University of Helsinki
Leif C. Andersson
Leif C. Andersson University of Helsinki
Ranad Shaheen
Ranad Shaheen King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Jaakko A. Puhakka
Jaakko A. Puhakka Tampere University
Hans-Jürgen Busse
Hans-Jürgen Busse University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Reiner M. Kroppenstedt
Reiner M. Kroppenstedt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Kaarina Sivonen
Kaarina Sivonen University of Helsinki
Sampsa Matikainen
Sampsa Matikainen University of Helsinki

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