Olafur H. Fridjonsson

TL;DR: The genome of a novel thermophilic bacteriophage designated as TS2126 that infects the thermophobic eubacterium Thermus scotoductus is sequenced and one of the annotated open reading frames shows homology to T4 RNA ligase 1, an enzyme of great importance in molecular biology, owing to its ability to ligate single-stranded nucleic acids.

TL;DR: The complete genome sequence of strain MP, the type strain of T. barophilus, is reported, revealing a close proximity with Thermococcus sibiricus, another TherMococcus isolated from the deep biosphere and a possible connection to life in the depths.

TL;DR: Two new thermostable alpha-L-rhamnosidases with novel substrate hydrolysis pattern were cloned and expressed from a new thermophilic bacterium and their enzymes produced and purified.

TL;DR: Isolation, sequencing, and analyses of a 16S rRNA gene have shown that R. marinus diverges sharply from major bacterial phyla and is most closely allied to the Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides group.

TL;DR: An assay based on reverse transcription and nested PCR amplification of hypervariable regions within the 16S rRNA sequence was used to specifically detect Renibacterium salmoninarum, the slowly growing causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fish.