Bertilsson:Publications

Bertilsson Lab Publications

2008

 * 1) Szabó, K.É., Makk, J., Kiss, K.T., Eiler, A., Ács, É, Tóth, B., Kiss, Á.K., and S. Bertilsson. 2008. Sequential colonization of river periphyton analysed by microscopy and molecular fingerprinting. Freshwater Biology. Accepted.
 * 2) Widenfalk, A., Bertilsson, S, Sundh, I, Goedkoop, W. 2008. Effects of pesticides on community composition and activity of sediment microbes –responses at various levels of microbial community organization. Env. Pollution. In Press.

2007

 * 1) Bertilsson, S., Eiler, A., Nordqvist, A., and N.O.G. Jørgensen. 2007. Links between bacterial production, amino acid utilization and community composition in productive lakes. ISME Journal. 1:532-544.
 * 2) Eiler, A., and S. Bertilsson. 2007. Flavobacteria blooms in four productive lakes: Linking population dynamics of freshwater bacterioplankton to resource availability. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:3511-3518.
 * 3) Eiler, A., Gonzalez-Rey, C., Allen, S., and S. Bertilsson. 2007. Growth response of Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio spp. to cyanobacterial dissolved organic matter and temperature in brackish water. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60:411-418
 * 4) Szabo, K.E., Itor, P.O.B., Bertilsson, S., Tranvik, L., and A. Eiler. 2007. Importance of rare and abundant populations for the structure and the functional potential of freshwater bacterial communities. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. Feature article. 47:1-10.
 * 5) Lindström, E., Eiler, A., Langenheder, S., Bertilsson, S., Drakare, S., Ragnarsson, H., and L.Tranvik. 2007. Does Ecosystem size determine aquatic bacterial richness? Comment. Ecology. 88:252-253.
 * 6) Polymenakou, P., Tselepides, A., Stephanou., E., and S. Bertilsson. 2007. Organic Matter Preservation and microbial community accumulations in deep-hypersaline anoxic basins. Geomicrobiology Journal 24:19-29.

2006

 * 1) Enwall, K., Nyberg, K., Bertilsson, S., Cederlund, H., Stenström, J., and S. Hallin. 2006. Long-term impact of fertilization on activity and composition of bacterial communities and metabolic guilds in agricultural soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 39:106-115.
 * 2) Polymenakou, P., Tselepides, A., Stephanou., E., and S. Bertilsson. 2006. Carbon speciation and composition of natural microbial communities in polluted and pristine sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52:1396-1405.
 * 3) Eiler, A., Johansson, M., and S. Bertilsson. 2006. Environmental influences on Vibrio populations in northern temperate and boreal coastal waters (Baltic and Skagerrak Sea). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:6004-6011.
 * 4) Jarvius, J., Melin, J., Göransson, J., Stenberg, J., Fredriksson, S., Gonzalez-Rey, C., Bertilsson, S., and M. Nilsson. 2006. Digital quantification using amplified single molecule detection. Nature Methods. 3:725-727.
 * 5) Eiler, A., and S. Bertilsson. 2006. Detection and quantification of Vibrio populations using denaturant gradient gel electrophoresis. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 67:339-348.
 * 6) Johansson, M., Eiler, A., and S. Bertilsson. 2006. Distribution of the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera infectans Norén et Moestrup (Perkinsozoa) along the Swedish coast. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 43:289-302.
 * 7) Hunt, D.E., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Acinas, S.G., Gautier, C., Bertilsson, S., and M.F. Polz. 2006. Evaluation of 23S rRNA PCR primers for use in phylogenetic studies of bacterial diversity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 2221-2225.
 * 8) Eiler, A., Olsson, J.A., and S. Bertilsson. 2006. Diurnal variations in the auto- and heterotrophic activity of cyanobacterial phycospheres (Gloeotrichia echinulata) and the identity of attached bacteria. Freshwater Biology. 51:298-311.

2005

 * 1) Bertilsson, S., Berglund, O., Pullin, M.J., and S.W. Chisholm. 2005. Release of dissolved organic matter by Prochlorococcus. Vie et Milieu, 55:225-231.
 * 2) Goedkoop, W., Widenfalk, A., Haglund, A.-L., Steger, K., & S. Bertilsson. 2005. Microbial characterization of artificial sediment and comparison with natural sediments –Implications for toxicity testing. Environmental. Toxicology and Chemistry, 24:2725-2733.
 * 3) Polymenakou, P.N., Bertilsson, S., Tselepides, A., and E.G. Stephanou. 2005. Bacterial community composition in sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: a comparison of four 16S rDNA clone libraries. Microbial Ecology, 50:447-462.
 * 4) Polymenakou, P.N., Bertilsson, S., Tselepides, A., and E.G. Stephanou. 2005. Links between geographic location, environmental factors and microbial community composition in sediments of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Microbial Ecology 49:367-378.

2004

 * 1) Eiler, A., and S. Bertilsson. 2004. Composition of freshwater bacterial communities associated with cyanobacterial blooms. Environmental  Microbiology 6:1228-1243.
 * 2) Bertilsson, S, Granéli, W, and Carlsson, P. 2004. Influence of solar radiation on the availability of dissolved organic matter to bacteria in the Southern Ocean. Deep Sea Research II, 51:2557-2568.
 * 3) Turner, D.R., Bertilsson, S., Fransson, A. and Pakhomov, E. 2004. The Swedarp 97/98 marine expedition: overview. Deep Sea Research II. 51:2543-2556.
 * 4) Özturk, M., Croot, P., Bertilsson, S., Abrahamsson, K., Karlson, David, B.R., Fransson, A., and E. Sakshaug. 2004. Iron enrichment and photoreduction of iron under PAR and UV in the presence of hydrocarboxylic acid: implications for phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean. Deep Sea Research II, 51:2841-2856.
 * 5) Abrahamsson, K. Bertilsson, S., Chierici, M., David, R., Fransson, A, Froneman, P.W., Lorén, A, and E.A. Pakhomov. 2004. Variations of biochemical parameters along a transect in the Southern Ocean, with special emphasis on the carbon cycle and volatile halogenated organic compounds. Deep Sea Research II, 51:2745-2756.
 * 6) Granéli, W., Carlsson, P., and Bertilsson, S. 2004. Bacterial abundance, production, and organic carbon limitation in the Southern Ocean (39-62 °S, 4-14 °E) during the Austral summer 1997/1998. Deep Sea Research II, 51:2569-2582.
 * 7) Pullin, M.J., Bertilsson, S., Goldstone, J.V., and B.M. Voelker. 2004. Photo-induced changes in dissolved organic matter bioavailability: formation of low molecular weight organic acids and other substrates by sunlight and hydroxyl radical. Limnology and Oceanography. 49(6):2011-2022.
 * 8) Graneli, W., Bertilsson, S., and A. Philibert. 2004. Phosphorus limitation of bacterial growth in high Arctic lakes and ponds. Aquatic Sciences. 66:430-439.

2003

 * 1) Bertilsson, S., Berglund, O., Karl, D.M., and S.W. Chisholm. 2003. Elemental composition of marine Prochlorococcus and Syncehococcus: Implications for the ecological stoichiometry of the sea. Limnology and Oceanography. 48(5):1721-1731.
 * 2) Eiler, A., Langenheder, S., Bertilsson, S., and Tranvik, L.J. 2003. Heterotrophic bacterial growth efficiency and community structure at natural organic carbon concentrations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(7):3701-3709.
 * 3) Polz, M.F., Bertilsson, S., Gonzalez-Acinas, S., and D. Hunt. 2003. A(r)Ray of Hope in Analysis of Function and Diversity of Microbial Communties. Biological Bulletin. 204:196-199.
 * 4) Bertilsson, S., Hanson, L-A, Granéli, W., and Philibert, A., 2003. Size-selective herbivory on pelagic microorganisms in arctic freshwaters. Journal of Plankton Research, 25(6):621-631.

2002

 * 1) Bertilsson, S., Cavanaugh, C.M., and Polz, M.F. 2002. A sequencing-independent method to generate oligonucleotide probes targeting a variable region in bacterial 16S rRNA by PCR with detachable primers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(12):6077-6086.
 * 2) Bertilsson, S., and Widenfalk, A., 2002. Photochemical degradation of PAHs in freshwaters and their impact on bacterial growth –influence of water chemistry. Hydrobiologia, 469:23-32.
 * 3) Goldstone, J.V., Pullin, M.J., Bertilsson, S., and Voelker, B.M., 2002, Reactions of hydroxyl radical with humic substances: Bleaching, mineralization and production of bioavailable carbon substrates. Environmental Science and Technology, 36(3); 364-372.

1995-2001

 * 1) Tranvik, L., and Bertilsson, S., 2001. Contrasting effects of solar UV radiation on dissolved organic sources for bacterial growth. Ecology Letters. 4:458-463.
 * 2) Farjalla, V.F., Anesio, A.M, Bertilsson, S., and Granéli, W., 2001. Photochemical reactivity of aquatic macrophyte leachates: abiotic transformations and bacterial response. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 24:187-195.
 * 3) Bertilsson, S. and Tranvik, L., 2000. Photochemical transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Lakes, Limnology and Oceanography, 45(4):753-762.
 * 4) Lindell, M., Granéli, W., and Bertilsson S., 2000, Seasonal photochemical reactivity of dissolved organic matter from lakes with contrasting humic content. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 57:1-12.
 * 5) Bertilsson, S., Stepanauskas, R., Cuadros-Hanson, R., Granéli, W., Wikner, J., and Tranvik, L. 1999. Photochemically induced changes in bioavailable carbon and nitrogen pools in a boreal watershed. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 19:47-56.
 * 6) Bertilsson, S. and Bergh, S. 1999. Photochemical reactivity of XAD-4 and XAD-8 adsorbable dissolved organic carbon from humic surface waters. Chemosphere, 13:2289-2300.
 * 7) Bertilsson, S., and Tranvik, L., 1998. Photochemcially produced carboxylic acids as substrates for freshwater bacterioplankton. Limnology and Oceanography. 43(5):885-895.
 * 8) Bertilsson S., and Allard, B., 1996. Sequential photochemical and microbial degradation of refractory dissolved organic matter in freshwater systems, Arch. Hydrobiol./Advances in Limnology, 48:133-141.
 * 9) Dahlén, J., Bertilsson S., and Pettersson, C., 1996. Effects of UV-A irradiation on dissolved organic matter in humic surface waters. Environment International 22(5):501-506.
 * 10) Boshker, H. T. S., Bertilsson, S. A., Dekkers, E.M.J.,  and Cappenberg, T.E., 1995, An inhibitor based method to measure initial decomposition of naturally occurring polysaccharides in sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61. 2168-2191.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

 * 1) Tranvik, L.J., Olofsson, H., and Bertilsson, S., 2000. Photochemical effects on bacterial degradation of dissolved organic matter in lake water. In: Bell Cr., Brylinsky, M., and Johnson-Green, P. (eds.), Microbial Biosystems: New Forntiers, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Canada.
 * 2) Karlsson S., Ledin, A., Düker, A., Sandén P, Sundblad K., Dahlén J., Nordlund, E., and S. Bertilsson, 1995, Temporary sediments in acidic watersheds - structure and trace metal content. In. R.D. Wilken, U. Förstner, and A. Knöchel (eds.), Proc. Int. Conf. Heavy Metals in the Environment, Hamburg, Vol. 1., CEP Consultants, Edinburgh, p 200-203.

Books and Book Chapters

 * 1) Bertilsson, S., and Jones, J.B. Jr. 2003. Supply of Dissolved Organic Matter to Aquatic Ecosystems: Autochthonous Sources, In: Findlay, S.E.G., and Sinsabaugh, R.L. (eds.), Aquatic Ecosystems: Interactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter. Academic Press. New York. p. 3-24.
 * 2) Polz, M., Bertilsson, S., Bärlocher, F., Nikolcheva L., Newell, S.Y. & Kuehn, K.A. 2006. Community structure and interactions of aquatic microorganisms associated with decomposing litter. In: Gessner, M.O. (ed.) Plant litter decomposition. Methods in Ecology. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford. Accepted.