Snædís H. Björnsdóttir

University of Iceland — IS

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(10), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(10), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction(8), Algal biology and biofuel production(7), Biofuel production and bioconversion(5)

Publications34 total

Three eruptions at the Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland show rapid and predictable microbial community establishment
Communications Biology·2025Open Access
The functional diversity of microbial communities in Icelandic organic soils and its impact on carbon dynamics
2025Open Access
Simultaneous Hydrogen Production and Carbon Mineralization in Experiments with CO <sub>2</sub> -Charged Seawater and Basalt
2025
A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction provides insight into the metabolism of the thermophilic bacterium <i>Rhodothermus marinus</i>
FEMS Microbiology Ecology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Tectonic and geological setting influence hot spring microbiology
Environmental Microbiology·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Microbial Response to Increased Temperatures Within a Lava-Induced Hydrothermal System in Iceland: An Analogue for the Habitability of Volcanic Terrains on Mars
Astrobiology·2022· 11 cited
Rhodocaloribacter litoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an intertidal hot spring
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY·2021· 5 cited
A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction provides insight into the metabolism of the thermophilic bacterium <i>Rhodothermus marinus</i>
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
3 Metabolic engineering of thermophilic bacteria for production of biotechnologically interesting compounds
2020· 12 cited
Comparison of the gut microbiota in the groundwater amphipod Crangonyx islandicus Svavarsson &amp; Kristjánsson, 2006 (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) to biofilms in its spring-source habitat
Journal of Crustacean Biology·2020· 1 cited
Engineering the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in Rhodothermus marinus for lycopene production
Metabolic Engineering Communications·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Comparative Analysis of Microbial Diversity Across Temperature Gradients in Hot Springs From Yellowstone and Iceland
Frontiers in Microbiology·2020· 87 citedOpen Access
Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for Enhanced Carotenoid Production in Microalgae
Methods in molecular biology·2018· 6 cited
Characterization of carotenoids in <i>Rhodothermus marinus</i>
MicrobiologyOpen·2017· 15 citedOpen Access
Divergence of Species in the Geothermal Environment
2017· 5 cited
DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe
Research Ideas and Outcomes·2016· 188 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of the production of exopolysaccharides by two strains of the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus
Carbohydrate Polymers·2016· 137 citedOpen Access
Quantifying mixing, boiling, degassing, oxidation and reactivity of thermal waters at Vonarskard, Iceland
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research·2015· 17 cited
Streptococcus zooepidemicus: more than just an opportunist?
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science·2012· 9 cited
Fourteen new microsatellite markers for Atlantic herring <i>Clupea harengus</i>
Journal of Fish Biology·2012· 8 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Guðmundur Ó. Hreggviðsson(17), Ólafur H. Friðjónsson(12), Sólveig K. Pétursdóttir(8), Eva Nordberg Karlsson(6), Jakob K. Kristjánsson(6), Snæbjörn Pálsson(4), Emanuel Y.C. Ron(4), Sigríður Hjörleifsdóttir(4), Thordis Kristjansdottir(4), Steinn Guðmundsson(4), Sigmar K. Stefánsson(4), Roya R. R. Sardari(3), Guðmundur Eggertsson(3), V. Marteinsson(3), Elísabet Eik Guðmundsdóttir(3), Hreinn Stefánsson(2), Peter T. Podar(2), Zamin K. Yang(2), Mircea Podar(2), S Thorbjarnardóttir(2)