• Changes in marine prokaryote composition with season and depth over an Arctic polar year 

      Wilson, Bryan; Müller, Oliver; Nordmann, Eva-Lena; Seuthe, Lena; Bratbak, Gunnar; Øvreås, Lise (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-13)
      As the global climate changes, the higher latitudes are seen to be warming significantly faster. It is likely that the Arctic biome will experience considerable shifts in ice melt season length, leading to changes in photoirradiance and in the freshwater inputs to the marine environment. The exchange of nutrients between Arctic surface and deep waters and their cycling throughout the water column ...
    • Inter-laboratory testing of the effect of DNA blocking reagent G2 on DNA extraction from low-biomass clay samples 

      Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr; Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard; Vester, Jan Kjølhede; Stougaard, Peter; Nielsen, Jeppe Lund; Voriskova, Jana; Winding, Anne; Baldrian, Petr; Liu, Binbin; Frostegård, Åsa; Pedersen, Dorthe; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Svenning, Mette Marianne; Tebbe, Christoph C.; Øvreås, Lise; Jakobsen, Pia Bach; Blazewicz, Steven J.; Hubablek, Valerie; Bertilsson, Stefan; Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg; Cary, S. Craig; Holben, William E.; Ekelund, Flemming; Bælum, Jacob (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-09)
      Here we show that a commercial blocking reagent (G2) based on modified eukaryotic DNA significantly improved DNA extraction efficiency. We subjected G2 to an inter-laboratory testing, where DNA was extracted from the same clay subsoil using the same batch of kits. The inter-laboratory extraction campaign revealed large variation among the participating laboratories, but the reagent increased the ...
    • Response of Methanogens in Arctic Sediments to Temperature and Methanogenic Substrate Availability 

      Blake, Lynsay; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Øvreås, Lise; Head, Ian M.; Gray, Neil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-17)
      Although cold environments are major contributors to global biogeochemical cycles, comparatively little is known about their microbial community function, structure, and limits of activity. In this study a microcosm based approach was used to investigate the effects of temperature, and methanogenic substrate amendment, (acetate, methanol and H2/CO2) on methanogen activity and methanogen community ...