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Stefan Bertilsson

Stefan Bertilsson

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
72
Citations
24587
World Ranking
1226
National Ranking
24

Overview

Stefan Bertilsson is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on Ecology, Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, and Protist Diversity and Phylogeny.

Their recent papers include:

  • Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations (2021, Quaternary)
  • Development of gut microbiota during the first 2 years of life (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • Comprehensive dataset of shotgun metagenomes from oxygen stratified freshwater lakes and ponds (2021, Scientific Data)
  • Methanogenesis Is an Important Process in Controlling MeHg Concentration in Rice Paddy Soils Affected by Mining Activities (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Deltaproteobacteria and Spirochaetes-Like Bacteria Are Abundant Putative Mercury Methylators in Oxygen-Deficient Water and Marine Particles in the Baltic Sea (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bertilsson include Moritz Buck, Maliheh Mehrshad, Andrea G. Bravo, Éric Capo, and Erik Björn.

The scientist's publications are often featured in prominent venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Limnology and Oceanography, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Transitions in bacterial communities along the 2000 km salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea

    Daniel Pr Herlemann;Matthias Labrenz;Klaus Jürgens;Stefan Bertilsson

  • A Guide to the Natural History of Freshwater Lake Bacteria

    Ryan J. Newton;Stuart E. Jones;Alexander Eiler;Katherine D. McMahon

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Elemental composition of marine Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus: Implications for the ecological stoichiometry of the sea

    Stefan Bertilsson;Olof Berglund;David M. Karl;Sallie W Chisholm

  • Bacterial chitin degradation-mechanisms and ecophysiological strategies.

    Sara Beier;Sara Beier;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Composition of freshwater bacterial communities associated with cyanobacterial blooms in four Swedish lakes

    Alexander Eiler;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Photochemical transformation of dissolved organic matter in lakes

    Stefan Bertilsson;Lars J. Tranvik

  • Coherent dynamics and association networks among lake bacterioplankton taxa.

    Alexander Eiler;Friederike Heinrich;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

    Sascha Krause;Xavier Le Roux;Pascal A. Niklaus;Peter M. Van Bodegom

  • Biogeography of bacterial communities exposed to progressive long-term environmental change

    Ramiro Logares;Eva S. Lindstrom;Silke Langenheder;Jürg Brendan Logue;Jürg Brendan Logue

  • Microbial community composition and diversity via 16S rRNA gene amplicons: evaluating the illumina platform.

    Lucas Sinclair;Omneya Ahmed Osman;Stefan Bertilsson;Alexander Eiler

  • Heterotrophic bacterial growth efficiency and community structure at different natural organic carbon concentrations.

    Alexander Eiler;Silke Langenheder;Stefan Bertilsson;Lars J. Tranvik

  • Infrequent marine―freshwater transitions in the microbial world

    Ramiro Logares;Jon Bråte;Stefan Bertilsson;Jessica L. Clasen

  • Reactions of hydroxyl radical with humic substances: bleaching, mineralization, and production of bioavailable carbon substrates.

    J Goldstone;M J Pullin;Stefan Bertilsson;B M Voelker

  • Contrasting effects of solar UV radiation on dissolved organic sources for bacterial growth

    Lars J. Tranvik;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Supply of Dissolved Organic Matter to Aquatic Ecosystems: Autochthonous Sources

    Stefan Bertilsson;Jeremy B. Jones

  • Pyrosequencing reveals contrasting seasonal dynamics of taxa within Baltic Sea bacterioplankton communities

    Anders F Andersson;Lasse Riemann;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Molecular composition of organic matter controls methylmercury formation in boreal lakes.

    Andrea G. Bravo;Sylvain Bouchet;Julie Tolu;Erik Björn

  • Novel primers for 16S rRNA-based archaeal community analyses in environmental samples.

    Stephan Gantner;Anders F. Andersson;Laura Alonso-Sáez;Stefan Bertilsson

  • Long-term impact of fertilization on activity and composition of bacterial communities and metabolic guilds in agricultural soil

    Karin Enwall;Karin Nyberg;Stefan Bertilsson;Harald Cederlund

  • Digital quantification using amplified single-molecule detection.

    Jonas Jarvius;Jonas Melin;Jenny Göransson;Johan Stenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Eiler
Alexander Eiler University of Oslo
Anders F. Andersson
Anders F. Andersson Royal Institute of Technology
Katherine D. McMahon
Katherine D. McMahon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lasse Riemann
Lasse Riemann University of Copenhagen
Lars J. Tranvik
Lars J. Tranvik Uppsala University
Ramiro Logares
Ramiro Logares Spanish National Research Council
Silke Langenheder
Silke Langenheder Uppsala University
Erik Björn
Erik Björn Umeå University
Eva S. Lindström
Eva S. Lindström Uppsala University
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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