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Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences
Jóhann Örlygsson
Professor
460 8511
jorlygs@unak.is
Location
R250
Borgir rannsóknarhús
Specialisation
Microbiology
Biofuel
Thermophilic bacteria
Biotechnology
Research portal - Jóhann Örlygsson
General information
Courses
ÖRV1106200
Microbiology
LEF1106200
Biochemistry
LÍÖ1106200
Biotechnological Microbiology
ÖRV1106200
Microbiology
Research
2024
Dataset describing the amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus
2024
Dataset describing the influence of culture conditions on the bioreduction of organic acids to alcohols by Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus
2020
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus reveals potential route to branched-chain alcohol formation
2019
Branched-chain amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter strain AK85 and the influence of culture conditions on branched-chain alcohol formation
2019
Biotransformation of organic acids to their corresponding alcohols by Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus
2019
Dataset describing the amino acid catabolism of Thermoanaerobacter strain AK85: The influence of culture conditions on end product formation
2018
Dataset describing ethanol and 1,2-propanediol production by a stenothermal moderately thermophilic anaerobe, Clostridium strain AK1
2018
Biological production of alcohols
2018
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks into Bioethanol using Extremophiles
2017
Evaluation of the genus of Caldicellulosiruptor for production of 1,2-propanediol from methylpentoses
2017
Alkaline vents and steep Na
+
gradients from ridge-flank basalts-Implications for the origin and evolution of life
2017
Framleiðsla vetnis með hitakærum bakteríum
2017
Recent advances in genetic engineering of thermophilic ethanol producing bacteria
2016
Effect of culture conditions on hydrogen production by Thermoanaerobacter strain AK68
2015
Amino Acid Metabolism of Thermoanaerobacter Strain AK90: The Role of Electron-Scavenging Systems in End Product Formation
2015
Branched-chain alcohol formation by thermophilic bacteria within the genera of Thermoanaerobacter and Caldanaerobacter
2015
Ethanol production by a Paenibacillus species isolated from an Icelandic hot spring – Production yields from complex biomass
2015
Ethanol production by a Paenibacillus species isolated from an Icelandic hot spring - Production yields from complex biomass
2014
Branched-chain alcohol formation from branched-chain amino acids by Thermoanaerobacter brockii and Thermoanaerobacter yonseiensis
2014
Recent Advances in Second Generation Ethanol Production by Thermophilic Bacteria
2014
The Family Hydrogenophilaceae
2013
Framleiðsla á etanóli úr flóknum llífmassa með hitakærum bakteríum
2013
Production of biohydrogen from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass using Thermoanaerobacter GHL
15
2012
Combined hydrogen and ethanol production from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK54, isolated from hot spring
2012
Ethanol production from biomass by a moderate thermophile, Clostridium AK1
2012
Ethanol production from sugars and complex biomass by Thermoanaerobacter AK 5: The effect of electron-scavenging systems on end-product formation
2012
Production of ethanol from sugars and lignocellulosic biomass by thermoanaerobacter J1 isolated from a hot spring in Iceland
2011
Effect of various factors on ethanol yields from lignocellulosic biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK17
2011
Ethanol and hydrogen production with thermophilic bacteria from sugars and complex biomass
2011
Hydrogen and ethanol production from sugars and complex biomass by Thermoanaerobacterium AK54 isolated from Icelandic hot spring
2011
Hydrogenophilus islandicus sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an Icelandic hot spring
2011
Thiomonas islandica sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing betaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring
2010
Bioprospecting thermophilic ethanol and hydrogen producing bacteria from hot springs in Iceland
2010
Ethanol and hydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass by thermophilic bacteri
2010
Ethanol production from complex biomass by thermophilic bacteria
2010
Hydrogen production from sugars and complex biomass by Clostridium species, AK14, isolated from Icelandic hot spring
2008
Ethanol and hydrogen production by two thermophilic, anaerobic bacteria isolated from Icelandic geothermal areas
2008
Bioprospecting thermophilic microorganisms from icelandic hot springs for hydrogen and ethanol production
2008
High-efficiency hydrogen production by an anaerobic, thermophilic enrichment culture from an icelandic hot spring
2007
Bioprospecting Thermophilic Microorgansims from Icelandic Hot Springs for Sustainable energy (H2 and/or Ethanol) Production
2007
Phylogenetic and Physiological studies of four hydrogen producing anaerobes from Icelandic geothermal areas.
2003
The source and contamination routes for Listeria monocytogenes in the dairy industry
1997
Why Does Clostridium acetireducens Not Use Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer for Growth on Leucine?
1996
Clostridium acetireducens sp. nov., a novel amino acid-oxidizing, acetate-reducing anaerobic bacterium
1996
Erratum: Clostridium acetireducens sp. nov., a novel amino acid- oxidizing, acetate-reducing anaerobic bacterium (International Journal of Systematic and Bacteriology (October 1996) 46:2 (458))
1995
Thermophilic anaerobic amino acid degradation: deamination rates and end-product formation
1995
Alanine as an end product during fermentation of monosaccharides by Clostridium strain P2
1995
Thermophilic anaerobic amino acid degradation: deamination rates and end-product formation
1994
Influence of hydrogenothrophic methane formation on the thermophilic anaerobic degradation of protein and amino acids
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