Verkefni/Projects

• Sjálfvirk þrif í matvælavinnslu
• Landnám örvera í Surtsey

RITASKRÁ / Publications

DOKTORSRITGERР/ THESIS

Viggo Thor Marteinsson, 1997.Isolement et caractérisation de micro-organismes extremophiles originaire de sites hydrothermaux océaniques. Influence du couple température-pression sur la physiologie. Thése de Doctorat de l'Université de Bretagne Occidentale. Laboratoire de Microbiologie Marine, Station Biologique de Roscoff, UPR 9042 (CNRS-INSU-UPMC). ISBN 9979-60-645-2.

RITRÝNDAR GREINAR / PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

2011:

Kelly LC, Cockell CS, Herrera-Belaroussi A, Piceno Y, Andersen G, DeSantis T, Brodie E, Thorsteinsson T, Marteinsson V, Poly F, LeRoux X. 2011.  Bacterial diversity of terrestrial crystalline volcanic rocks, Iceland. Microbial Ecol 62: (1) 69-79. Grein / Article

Sveinn H. Magnússon, Sigrún Guðmundsdóttir, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Árni R. Rúnarsson, Hjördís Harðardóttir, Eggert Gunnarson, Franklín Georgsson, Jarle Reiersen, Viggó Th. Marteinsson. 2011. Comparison of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from human, food, veterinary and environmental sources in Iceland using PFGE, MLST and fla-SVR sequencing. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111(4), 971-981. Grein / Article - This article has been selected for inclusion in the Journal of Applied Microbiology Virtual Special Issue on Campylobacter. The issue can be viewed here.

Charles S Cockell, Laura C. Kelly, Stephen Summers, Viggo Marteinsson. 2011. Following the kinetics: Iron-oxidising microbial mats in cold Icelandic volcanic habitats and their rock-associated biomarkers. Astrobiology 11(7). 679-694. Grein / Article

Haraldur Bjornsson, Viggo T. Marteinsson, Olafur H. Fridjonsson, Dirk Linke, Eva Benediktsdottir. 2011. Isolation and characterization of an antigen from the fish pathogen Moritella viscosa. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111(1), 17-25. Grein / Article

Pauline Vannier, Viggo Thor Marteinsson, Olafur Hedinn Fridjonsson, Philippe Oger, Mohamed Jebbar. Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic piezophilic, heterotrophic and carboxydotrophic archaeon Thermococcus barophilus MP. Journal of Bacteriology. Published Online, January 2011. Grein / Article 

2010:

Cockell, C.S., Herrera, A., Kelly, L., Marteinsson, V., Olsson, K., Simpson, A., Summers, S., Thorsteinsson, T., Wilkinson, P. 2010. The microbial diversity of volcanic rocks. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 40(6) 533-534

Viggó Thór Marteinsson, Snaedis H. Bjornsdottir, Nadège Bienvenu, Jakob K. Kristjansson and Jean-Louis Birrien. Rhodothermus profundi sp. nov., a new thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep sea hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60, 2729-2734.. Grein / Article

Marc Kochzius, Christian Seidel, Aglaia Antoniou, Sandeep Kumar Botla, Daniel Campo, Alessia Cariani, Eva Garcia Vazquez, Janet Hauschild, Caroline Hervet, Sigridur Hjörleifsdottir, Gudmundur Hreggvidsson, Kristina Kappel, Monica Landi, Antonios Magoulas, Viggo Marteinsson, Manfred Nölte, Serge Planes, Fausto Tinti, Cemal Turan, Moleyur N. Venugopal, Hannes Weber, Dietmar Blohm. 2010.Identifying Fishes through DNA Barcodes and Microarrays. PLoS One, 5(9): e12620.  Grein / Article 

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Hélène Liette Lauzon, Lárus Þorvaldsson, Björn Margeirsson, Árni Rafn Rúnarsson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson, Emilía Martinsdóttir. 2010. Effects of different cooling techniques on bacterial succession and other spoilage indicators during storage of whole, gutted haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). European Food Research and Technology, 231(2) 237-246. Grein / Article

2009:

T. M. Wassenaar , A. Fernández-Astorga , R. Alonso , Viggo T.Marteinsson, Sveinn H.Magnússon , A. B. Kristoffersen , M. Hofshagen . 2009. Comparison of Campylobacter fla-SVR genotypes isolated from humans and poultry in three European regions. Letters in Applied Microbiology.  49 (3) 388 - 395. Grein / Article

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Birna Guðbjornsdottir, Viggo Þór Marteinsson and Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson 2009. Decontamination Efficiency of Fish Bacterial Flora from Processing Surfaces. Food Technology and Biotechnology. 47 (1) 75-82. Grein / Article.

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Hélène Liette Lauzon, Hannes Magnússon, Rósa Jónsdóttir, Guðrún Ólafsdottir, Viggo Þór Marteinsson, Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson. 2009. Bacterial composition and succession during storage of North-Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) at superchilled temperatures. BMC Microbiology. 9(1) 250. Grein / Article

2008:

Eric Gaidos, Viggo Marteinsson, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Andri Stefansson, Árni Rúnar Rafnsson, Tomas Jóhannesson, Brian Glazer, Brian Lanoil, Mark Skidmore, Sukkyun Han, Mary Miller, Antje Rusch, Wilson Foo. 2008. An oligarchic microbial assemblage in the anoxic bottom waters of a volcanic subglacial lake. ISME Journal (International Society for Microbial Ecology) 3, 486–497. Grein / Article

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Hélène Liette Lauzon, Hannes Magnússon, Guðmundur Óli Hreggviðsson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. 2008. Rapid quantitative monitoring method for the fish spoilage bacteria Pseudomonas. Journal of Environmental 10: 1357-1362. Grein / Article

Kochzius, M., Nölte, M., Weber, H., Silkenbeumer, N., Sigríður Hjörleifsdottir, Guðmundur Óli Hreggvidsson, Viggó Marteinsson, Kappel, K., Planes, S., Tinti, F., Magoulas, A., Garcia Vazquez, E., Turan, C., Hervet, C., Campo Falgueras, D., Antoniou, A., Landi, M. and Blohm, D. (2008) DNA Microarrays for Identifying Fishes. Marine Biotechnology 10 (2), 207-217. Grein / Article

Cédric F.V. Hobel, Viggó T. Marteinsson, Gudmundur Ó. Hreggvidsson and Jakob K. Kristjánsson. 2008. Microbial diversity of the Grimsey high-temperature vent Field on the subpolar Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Extremophiles. (Submitted)

2007:

Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Sverrir Óskar Elefsen, Eric Gaidos, Brian Lanoil, Tómas Jóhannesson, Vilhjálmur Kjartansson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson, Andri Stefánsson and Thröstur Thorsteinsson. 2007. A hot water drill with built-in sterilization: Design, testing and performance. Jökull No. 57 71-82.

2006:

Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson, Sigurlaug Skirnisdottir, Bart Smit, Sigridur Hjorleifsdottir Viggo T. Marteinsson, Solveig Petursdottir and Jakob K. Kristjansson. 2006. Polyphasic analysis of Thermus isolates from geothermal areas in Iceland.Extremophiles, 10 (6) pp 563-575. Grein / Article

2005:

Cedric F. V. Hobel, Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson, Viggo T. Marteinsson, Farah Bahrani-Mougeot, Jon M. Einarsson,and Jakob K. Kristjansson. 2005. Cloning, expression and characterization of a highly thermostable family18 chitinase from Rhodothermus marinus. Extremophiles, 9 (1):53-64. Grein / Article

Hobel, C.F.V., Marteinsson, V.T., Hreggvidsson G.O. and Kristjansson J.K. 2005. Investigation of the microbial ecology of intertidal hot springs by using diversity anlysis of 16S rRNA and chitinase genes. Applied and Evironmental Microbiology 71(5) : 2771-2776. Grein / Article

2004:

Cédric F.V. Hobel, Viggó T. Marteinsson, Sigurbjörg Hauksdóttír, Ólafur H. Fridjónsson, Sigurlaug Skirnisdóttir, Gudmundur Ó. Hreggvidsson, and Jakob K. Kristjánsson. 2004. Accessing novel amylase genes in silent thermophile diversity by low nutrient enrichment. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 20:801-809. Grein / Article

2002:

Geptner, A., Kristmannsdottir, H., Kristjánsson & Marteinsson V. 2002.Biogenic saponite from an active submarine hot spring, Iceland. Clays and Clay Minerals. 50:174-185

Alain, K., V. T. Marteinsson, M. L. Miroshnichenko, E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, D. Prieur, and J.L. Birrien. 2002. Marinitoga piezophila, sp. nov., a rod-shaped thermo-piezophilic bacterium isolated under high hydrostatic pressure from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionry Microbiology.52:1331-1339.

2001:

Marteinsson, V. T., Kristjánsson, J. K., Kristmannsdóttir H., Sæmundsson, K., Hannignton, M., Petursdottir, S. K., Geptner, A. & Stoffers, P. 2001. Discovery and Description of Giant Submarine Smectite Cones on the Seafloor in Eyjafjordur, Northerm Iceland, and a Novel Thermal Microbial Habitat. Applied and Evironmental Microbiology 67(2):827-833. Grein / Article

M. Hannington, P. Herzigb, P. Stoffersc, J. Scholtenc, R. Botzc, D. Garbe-Schönbergc, I.R. Jonassona, W. Roesta, Shipboard Scientific Party From Prokaria ltd. (J.K.Kristjánsson, V.T. Marteinsson, S.K.Petursdottir.) 2001.First observations of high-temperature submarine hydrothermal vents and massive anhydrite deposits off the north coast of Iceland. Marine Geology. 177:199-220. Grein / Article

Irwin, J. A., H. M. Gudmundsson, V. T. Marteinsson, G. O. Hreggvidsson, A. J. Lanzetti, G. A. Alfredsson, and P. C. Engel. 2001. Characterisation of alanine and malate dehydrogenases from a marine psychrophile strain PA-43. Extremophiles. 5:199-211. Grein / Article

Marteinsson, V. T., Hauksdóttir, S., Hobel, C., Kristmannsdóttir H., Hreggvidsson, G. O., Kristjánsson, J. K.,. 2001.Phylogenetic Diversity Analysis of Subterranean Hot Springs in Iceland. Applied and Evironmental Microbiology 67 (6): 4242-4248. Grein / Article

2000:

Skírnisdóttir, S., Hreggvidsson, G. O., Hjörleifsdottir, S., Marteinsson V. T., Petursdottir, S., Holst, O. & Kristjansson, J. K. 2000. Influence of sulfide and temperature on species composition and community structure of hot spring microbial mats. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66(7):2835-2841. Lesa grein.

1999:

Marteinsson, V. Th.,Birrien, J-L., Reysenbach, A-L, Vernet, M., Dominique, M., Gamacorta, A., Messner, P., Sleytr, U. B. & Prieur, D. 1999. Thermococcus barophilus sp. nov., a new barophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated under high hydrostatic pressure from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49: 351-359

Marteinsson, V. Th., Reysenbach, A-L, Birrien, J-L. & Prieur, D. 1999. A stress protein is induced in the deep-sea barophile Thermococcus barophilus when grown under atmospheric pressure. Extremophiles. 3: 277-282. Grein / Article

Marteinsson, V. Th., Birrien, J-L., Raguénés, G., da Costa, M. & Prieur, D. 1999.Isolation and characterization of Thermus thermophilus Gy1211 from a deep-sea hydrothernal vent. Extremophiles. 3:247-251. Grein / Article

J. Scholten, F. Theilen, P. Herzig, M. Schmidt and the shipboard scientific party (K. Becker, H. Blascheck, A. Broser, S. Bussat, M. Hannington, K. Hißmann, I. Jonasson , O. Krüger, S. Kugler, P. Liersch, V. Marteinsson, C. Müller, C. Papenberg, S. Pettursdottir, H. Preißler, C. Riedel , J. Schauer, O. Thießen) 1999. Hydrothermal activity along the Tjoernes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland: Initial results of R/V POSEIDON cruises 252 and 253. Interridge News. 8(2):28-32 . Lesa grein  

1996:

Marteinsson, V. Th., Birrien, J-L., Jeanthon, C. & Prieur, D. 1996. Numerical taxonomic study of thermophilic bacilli isolated from three geographically separated deep-sea hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 21: 255-266. Grein / Article

Marteinsson, V. Th., Birrien, J-L. & Prieur, D. 1996. In situ enrichment and isolation of thermophilic microorganisms from deep-sea environments. Candian Journal of Microbiology, 43: 694-697. 

Marteinsson, V. Th., Moulin, P., Birrien, J-L., Gamacorta, A., Vernet, M., & Prieur, D. 1996. Physiological responses to stress conditions and barophilic behaviour of the hyperthermophilic vent Archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Applied and Evironmental Microbiology, 63: 1230-1236.

1995:

Marteinsson, V. Th., Watrin, L., Prieur, D., Caprais, J. C., Raguenes, G. & Erauso, G. 1995. Phenotypic characterization, DNA similarities, and protein profiles of twenty sulfur-metabolizing hyperthermophilic anaerobic Archaea isolated from hydrothermal vents in the southwestern Pacific ocean. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45: 623-632. 

Marteinsson, V. Th., Birrien, J-L., Kristjánsson, J. K. & Prieur, D. 1995. First isolation of thermophilic aerobic non-sporulating bacteria from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 18 (3) :163-174. Grein / article

1994:

Kristjánsson, J. K., Hjörleifdóttir, S., Marteinsson, V. Th., & Alfredsson, G. Á. 1994 A pigment producing thermophile isolated from hot tap water in Iceland and Thermus sp. X-1 belong to a new species, Thermus scotoductus sp. nov. bacterium from hot tap water in Iceland. Systematic and Applied Microbiology.

1993:

Erauso, G., Reysenbach, A-L., Godfroy, A., Meunier, J. R., Crump, B., Parensky, F., Baross, J. A, Marteinsson, V. Th., Barbier, G., Pace, N. R., & Prieur, D. 1993. Pyrococcus abyssi  sp. nov., a new hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Archive of  Microbiology 160: 338-349. Grein / Article

BÓKARKAFLAR / Book Chapters

O. S. Andresson, V. T. Marteinsson.2001. Microbes everywhere. CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna) 2001. Arctic Flora and Fauna: Status and Conservation. Helsinki: Edita. 272 p.

Kristmannsdóttir, H., Marteinsson, V. T., and Hardardóttir, V. 2001. Aluminium silicate scales- Experience from geothermal development in Iceland.Water-Rock Interaction, Cagliare, 10-16 June, Cidu (ed), Balkema, 871-874.

Daniel Prieur and Viggó Thór Marteinsson. 1998. Prokaryotes living under elevated hydrostatic pressure. Advance in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. 61: 23-35

Marteinsson, V. Th., Kristjánsson, J. K. 1991. Enumeration of thermophilic bacteria in district heating system in Iceland.Energi, Bakterier i varmtvannssystemer, Nordiske seminar-og samarbeidskomité 1991: 544 ISBN S 91 7996 3927.

SKÝRSLUR/REPORTS

2011:

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn Haukur Magnússon, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Þéttleiki örvera á Íslandsmiðum. Microbial density in Icelandic waters. Skýrsla Matís 51-11, 20 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágip.

Sveinn Magnússon, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Árni Rúnarsson og Viggó Marteinsson. Örveruflóra í íslensku grunnvatni / Microbial flora in Icelandic groundwater. Skýrsla Matís 50-11, 25 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

Sveinn Magnússon, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Viggó Marteinsson. Germicidal effects of UV light on processing line surfaces and pork shelf life / Áhrif UV ljóss á örverumengun vinnsluyfirborða og geymsluþol svínakjötsafurða. Skýrsla Matís 49-11, 12 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

Árni R. Rúnarsson, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn H. Magnússon, Kristinn Andersen, Viggó Marteinsson. UV-light surface disinfection / Sótthreinsun yfirborða með UV ljósi. Skýrsla Matís 48-11, 7 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn Haukur Magnússon, Árni Rafn Rúnarsson, Kristinn Guðmundsson, Erla Björk Örnólfsdóttir, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Fjölbreytileiki örvera á Íslandsmiðum / Microbial diversity in the Icelandic fishing grounds. Skýrsla Matís 47-11, 45 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

Sveinn H. Magnússon, Eyjólfur Reynisson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Aðferðaþróun og skimun fyrir iðraveirum í matvælum og vatni – 2011 / Method development and screening for enteric viruses in food and water – 2011. Skýrsla Matís 46-11, 8 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

2010:

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Árni Rafn Rúnarsson, Sveinn Haukur Magnússon, Desiree Seehafer, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Bestun á undirbúningi og meðhöndlun sjósýna fyrir sameindalíffræðilegar örverurannsóknir/ Optimization of sample preparation – filtration and DNA extraction – for the analysis of sea water samples. Skýrsla Matís 36-10, 24 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn Haukur Magnússon, Árni Rafn Rúnarsson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Fjölbreytileiki bakteríusamfélaga í vinnsluumhverfi fiskafurða / Bacterial diversity in the processing environment of fish products. Skýrsla Matís 11-10, 31 s. Lokuð skýrsla. Skýrsluágrip.

2009:

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn Haukur Magnússon, Árni Rafn Rúnarsson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Sólarhringsgreining óæskilegra örvera í matvælum / 24 hour detection of undesirable microbes in food. Skýrsla Matís 42-09, 28 s.

EINKALEYFI / PATENTS

Marteinsson, V.T., Hobel, C., Fridnonsson, O., Hreggvidsson, G.O. and Kristjansson, J.K. 2001. Accessing microbial diversity by ecological methods.US Patent application 09/770,771, filed Jan. 26. 2001.

Arnthor Aevarsson, Viggo Th. Marteinsson, Olafur H. Fridjonsson, Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson and Jakob K. Kristjansson. Method of obtaining protein diversity. Icelandic Patent application no. 5863 filed Feb. 23. 2001 and US No. 09/878,423 filed June 11. 2001.

Birrien J-L., Marteinsson V.T., and Prieur D. 2000. Cosmpositions cosmétique contenant un milieu fermenté de micro-organismses de la famille Thermus. La société SEDERMA, Projet du 03/10/2000

Spilliaert, R., Pálsdóttir, A., Eggertsson, G., Marteinsson, V. Th., Hreggvidsson, G. Ó., Kristjánsson, J. K. 1990. Gene from the bacterium Rhodothermus marinus, coding for thermostable and alkaline stable xylanase and the same enzyme produced in E. coli or another suitable host. Icelandic patent application no. 3770 oct. 1990.

Þátttaka í ráðstefnum

Gaidos, E.; Thorsteinsson, Th.; Wade, N.; Marteinsson, V.; Stefansson, A.  Exploring Icelandic Subglacial Volcanoes as Analogs to Habitats on Mars. Presentation: 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7–11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1608, p. 1446. 

Eyjólfur Reynisson, Sveinn H. Magnússon, Hélène L. Lauzon, Viggó Þór Marteinsson. Monitoring spoilage bacteria in food supply chains. Presentation: The 4th International Congress on Food and Nutrition together with the 3rd SAFE Consortium International Congress on Food Safety, 12-14 Oct. 2011. Istanbul, Turkey.

E. Reynisson, H.L. Lauzon, H. Magnússon, G.Ó. Hreggvidsson, V.T. Marteinsson. 2008.Rapid quantification of the specific spoilage organism Pseudomonas spp in fish using real-time PCR. Veggspjald á Cold Chain Management ráðstefnu, 3^rd International Workshop í Bonn, 2.-3. júní 2008