Selected publications since 1985 (PDF files are available on request)
in prep. or submitted):
Baek, S. H., Bergaust, L., Frostegård, Å., Bakken, L., Shapleigh, J. P.NnrS decreases nitric oxide toxicity at the initial stage of denitrifying growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58. (in prep)
Liu B, Mao Y, Bakken LR, Frostegard A (2011) A comparative analysis of genotypes and denitrification regulatory phenotypes in the genus Thauera.
2012:
Bakken LR, Bergaust L, Liu B, Frostegård Å (2011) Regulation of denitrification at the cellular level – a clue to understanding of N2O emissions from soils. Royal Soc London B (in press)
Bergaust L, van Spanning R, Frostegård Å, Bakken LR (2012) Expression of nitrous oxide reductase in Paracoccus denitrificans is regulated by oxygen and nitric oxide through FnrP and NNR. Microbiology SGM (in press)
2011
Dörsch P, Braker G, Bakken L (2011) Community-specific pH response of denitrification: experiments with cells extracted from organic soils. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 79 (2012) 530–541, doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01233.x download PDF
Braker G, Dörsch P, Bakken L (2011) Genetic characterization of denitrifier communities with contrasting intrinsic functional traits. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 79 (2012) 542–554, doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01237.x download PDF
Bergaust L, Bakken LR, Frostegard A (2011) Denitrification Regulatory Phenotype, a new term for the characterization of denitrifying bacteria. Biochem. Soc Trans 39:207-212 doi:10.1042/BST0390207 download PDF
Degefu, Wolde-meskel E, Frostegård (2011) Multilocus sequence analyses reveal several unnamed Mesorhizobium genospecies nodulating Acacia species and Sesbania sesban trees in Souther nregionsof Ethiopia,Syst Appl Microbiol, doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2010.09.006 download PDF
Frostegård, Å., Tunlid, A., Baath E (2011) Use and misuse of PLFA measurements in soils, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.021downlod PDF
Borgen S; Molstad L, Bruun S, Breland TA, Bakken LR, Bleken MA (2011) Estimation of plan litter pools and decomposition related parameters in a mehanistic model. Plant and Soil 338: 205-222
Jones CM, Welsch A, Troback IN, Dorssch P, Bakken LR, Hallin S (2011). Phenotypic and genotypic heterogeneity among closely related soil.borne N2 and N2O-producing Bacillus isolates harbouring the nosZ gene. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76:541-552 2010 Borgen S, Molstad L, Bruun S, Breland T, Bakken L, Bleken M (2010) Estimation of plant litter pools and decomposition-related parameters in a mechanistic model. Plant and Soil 10.1007.s11104-010-0404-4 download PDF
Liu, B, Mørkved P, Frostegård A, Bakken L (2010) Denitrification gene pools, transcription and kinetics of NO, N2O and N2 production as a¡ected by soil pH. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 72 (2010) 407–417 download PDF
Bergaust L, Mao Y, Bakken LR, Frostegård A. (2010) Denitrification response patterns during the transition to anoxic respiration and posttranscriptional effects of suboptimal pH on nitrogen oxide reductase in Paracoccus denitrificans. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Oct;76(19):6387-96 download PDF
Xuan Hong, Xiaojun Zhang, Binbin Liu, Yuejian Mao, Yongdi Liu, Liping Zhao (2010) Structural differentiation of bacterial communities in indole-degrading bioreactors under denitrifying and sulfate-reducing conditions. Research in Microbiology 161: 687e693 download PDF
Knut Ehlers, Lars R. Bakken, Åsa Frostegård, Emmanuel Frossard, Else K. Bünemann (2010) Phosphorus limitation in a Ferralsol: Impact on microbial activity and cell internal P pools. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42 (2010) 558e566 download PDF
Silke Falk, Binbin Liu, Gesche Braker (2010) Isolation, genetic and functional characterization of novel soil nirK-type denitrifiers. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 33: 337–347 download PDF
2009
Bach, L., Frostegård, Å. and Ohlson, M. 2009. Site identity and moss species as determinants of soil microbial community structure in Norway spruce forests across three vegetation zones. Plant and Soil 318:81–91.
Björklöf K., Karlsson S., Frostegård Å. and Jørgensen K. 2009. Presence of actinobacterial and fungal communities in clean and petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated subsurface soil. Open Microbiol J. 3: 75–86.
Bleken MA, Herrmann A, Haugen LR, Taube F, Bakken LR, (2009) SPN: A model for the study of soil-plant nitrogen fluxes in silage maize cultivation. Eur. J. Agron.30:283-295. 2008
Bergaust L, Shapleigh J, Frostegård Å, Bakken LR (2008) Transcription and activities of NOx reductases in Agrobacterium tumefaciens: the influence of nitrite, nitrate and oxygen availability. Environmental Microbiology 10:3070-3081 download PDF
Ehlers K, Buneman E, Oberson A, Frossard E, Frostegård Å, Yuejian M, Bakken LR (2008) Extraction of soil bacteria from Ferralsol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40_1940-1946 download PDF
Mao Y, Bakken LR, Zhao L, Frostegård, A (2008) Functional robustness and gene pools of a wastewater nitrification reactor: comparison of dispersed and intact biofilms when stressed by low oxygen and low pH. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 66:167-180 download PDF
Yuejian Mao, Xiaojun Zhang, Xing Yan, Binbin Liu, Liping Zhao (2008) Development of group-specific PCR-DGGE fingerprinting for monitoring structural changes of Thauera spp. in an industrial wastewater treatment plant responding to operational perturbations. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75: 231–236 download PDF
Morley N, Baggs E, Dörsch P, Bakken LR (2008) Production of NO, N2O and N2 by extracted soil bacteria, regulation by NO2- and O2 concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65:101-112 download pdf
2007
Bakken LR, Dörsch P (2007) Nitrous oxide emission and global changes: modelling approaches. Chapter 25 in Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle, Bothe H, Ferguson SJ, Newton WE (eds).pp 382-395 Elsevier (Amsterdam) download PDF
Jia, Y., Molstad, L., Frostegård Å., Aagaard, P., Breedveld G.D and Bakken, L.R. (2007) Kinetics of microbial growth and degradation of organic substrates in subsoil as affected by an inhibitor, benzotriazole: Model based analyses of experimental results. Soil Biol. Biochem 39:1597-1608 download PDF
Molstad L, Dörsch P, Bakken LR (2007) Robotized incubation system for monitoring gases (O2, NO, N2O N2) in denitrifying cultures. Journal of Microbiological Methods 71:202-211 download PDF
Mørkved, P.T., Dörsch, P. and Bakken, L.R. (2007) The N2O product ratio of nitrification in soil and its dependence on soil pH. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:2048-2057 download PDF
Mørkved, P.T., Dörsch, P., Søvik, A.K. and Bakken, L.R. (2007) Simplified preparation for the δ15N-analysis in soil NO3- by the denitrifier method. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39:1907-1915 download PDF
Pontiroli, A., Monier, JM, Frostegård, Å., Simonet, P. and Vogel T. (2007) Ecology of transgenic DNA in the environment. Environmental Biosafety Research. Environmental Biosafety Research 6:15-37
2006
Bakken LR, Frostegård Å (2006) Nucleic acid extractions from soil. In: Smalla K, Nannipieri P (eds): Series on Soil Biology: Nucleic Acids and Proteins in soil. 350 p. Springer Press pp49-67 download PDF
Arild Vatn, Lars Bakken, Marina A. Bleken, Ole Hans Baadshaug, Haldor Fykse, Lars E. Haugen, Helge Lundekvam, John Morken, Eirik Romstad, Per Kristian Rørstad, Arne O. Skjelvåg, and Trine Sogn. (2006) A methodology for integrated economic and environmental analysis of pollution from agriculture. Agricultural Systems 88:270-293 download PDF
Jia, Y., Bakken, L.R., Breedveld G.D., Aagaard, P. and Frostegård Å. (2006) Organic compounds that reach subsoil may threaten groundwater quality; effect of Benzotriazole on degradation kinetics and microbial community composition. Soil Biol. Biochem. 38:2543-2556 download PDF
Mørkved PT, Dörsch P, Henriksen TM, Bakken LR (2006) N2O emissions and product ratios of nitrification and denitrification as affected by freezing and thawing. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:3411-3420 download PDF
Schurgers G, Dörsch P, Bakken LR, Leffelaar LR, Haugen LE (2006) Modelling soil anaerobiosis from water retention characteristics and soil respiration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38:2637-2644 download PDF
Sverdrup L. E., Linjordet R., Strømman, G., Hagen S. B., van Geste C.A.M., Frostegård Å. and Sørheim R. (2006) Functional and community-level soil microbial responses to zinc addition may depend on test system biocomplexity. Chemosphere. 65:1747-1754
2005
Almås,Å.R., J.Mulder, and L.R.Bakken. (2005). The trace metal exposure of soil bacteria depends on their position in the soil matrix. Environ. Sci. & Technol 39:5927-5932 download PDF
Grønli, K., Frostegård, Å., Bakken L. and Ohlson, M. (2005) The effect of fertilisation and glucose amendment on the interactions between microbial soil organisms and young tree seedlings. Plant and Soil. 278: 275-291
Joner, E.J., Eldhuset, T.D., Lange, H. and Frostegård, Å. (2005) Changes in the microbial community in a forest soil amended with aluminium in situ. Plant and Soil 275:295-304
Mørkved PT, Søvik AK, Kløve B, Bakken LR (2005) Removal of nitrogen in different wetland filter materials: use of stable isotopes to determine factors controlling denitrification and DNRA. Water Science and Technology 51:63-71
Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework, Z., Frostegård, Å and Lindström, K. (2005) Genetic diversity and phylogeny of rhizobia isolated from woody legumes in southern Ethiopia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiol. 55:1439-1452
2004
Åsgeir R. Almås, Lars R. Bakken, Jan Mulder (2004) Changes in tolerance of soil microbial communities in Zn and Cd contaminated soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36 (2004) 805–813 download PDF
Bomo, A.-M., Ekeberg, D., Stevik, T.-K., Hanssen, J.-F. and Frostegård, Å. (2004) Retention and removal of the fish pathogenic bacterium Yersinia ruckeri in biological sand filters. J. Appl. Microbiol. 97: 598-608
Dörsch, P., Bakken, L. (2004) Low-temperature response of denitrification: comparison of soils. Eurasian Soil Sciences 37, 101-106
Dörsch, P., Palojärvi, A. and S. Mommertz (2004) Over winter greenhouse gas fluxes in two contrasting agricultural habitats. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 70, 117-133
Wolde-meskel, E., Berg, T., Peters, N. K. and Frostegård, Å. (2004) Nodulation status of Acacia spp and other native woody legumes, and phenotypic characteristics of associated rhizobia in soils of southern Ethiopia. Biol. Fert. Soils.40: 55-66
Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework, Z., Lindström, K. and Frostegård, Å. (2004) Rhizobia nodulating African Acacia spp and Sesbania sesban trees in southern Ethiopian soils are metabolically and genomically diverse. Soil Biol. Biochem. 36: 2013-2025
Wolde-meskel, E., Terefework, Z., Lindström, K. and Frostegård, Å. (2004) Metabolic and genomic diversity of rhizobia from field standing native and exotic woody legumes in southern Ethiopia. Syst. Appl. Microbiol 27: 603-611
2003 and earlier:
Aakra Å, Hesselsøe M, Bakken LR (2000) Surface attachment of ammonia oxidizing bacteria in soil. Microbial Ecology 39:222-235 download PDF
Aakra Å, Utåker JB, Nes IF, Bakken LR (1999) An evaluated improvement of the extinction dilution method for the isolation of ammonia oxidising bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 39:23-31
Bååth, E., Diaz-Ravina, M., Frostegård, Å. and Campbell, C. D. (1998) Effect of metal-rich sludge amendments on the soil microbial community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:238-245
Bååth, E., Frostegård, Å., Díaz-Raviña M. and Tunlid, A. 1998. Microbial community-based measurements to estimate heavy metal effect in soil: The use of phospholipid fatty acid patterns and bacterial community tolerance. Ambio 27:58-61
Bakken LR (1997) Culturable and unculturable bacteria in soil. In: "Modern Soil Microbiology", vanElsas JD, Wellngton EMH, Trevors JT (eds) Marcel Decker. pp 47-61.
Bakken LR and Bleken (1998) Temporal aspects of N-enrichment and emission of N2O to the atmosphere. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 52:107-121
Lars R. Bakken and Rolf A. Olsen (1987) The Relationship Between Cell Size and Viability of Soil Bacteria. Microb Ecol 13:103-114 download PDF
Bakken LR (1985) Separation and Purification of Bacteria from Soil. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, p. 1482-1487, 0099-2240/85/061482-06$02.00/0 download PDF
Bertolla, F., Frostegård, Å., Thomas, S., Nesme, X. and Simonet, S. (1999) During infection of its host, the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum naturally develops a state of competence and exchanges genetic material. Mol. Plant-Microb. Interactions 12:467-472
Bleken MA, Bakken LR (1997) Nitrogen cost of food production: Norwegian Society. AMBIO 26 (3): 134-142 download PDF
Bleken MA, Bakken LR (1997) The antropogenic nitrogen cycle in Norway. In: Controlling Mineral Emissions in European Agriculture; Economics, Policies and the Environment. Romstad E, Simonsen J, Vatn A (eds). CAB International, Wallingford UK. pp 27-40
Börjesson, G., Sundh, I., Tunlid, A., Frostegård, Å. and Svensson, B. H. (1998) Microbial oxidation of CH4 at high partial pressures in an organic landfill cover under different moisture regimes. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 26:207-217
Clerc-Bardin, S., Karray, F., Frostegård, Å., Pernodet, J.-L., and Simonet, P. (2001) Development of a conditional lethality system for a Streptomyces lividans strain and its use to investigate conjugative transfer in soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 38:115-121
Courtois, S., Frostegård, Å., Depret, G., Göransson, P., Jeannin, P., and Simonet, P. (2001) Quantification of bacterial subgroups in soil; comparison of DNA extracted directly from soil or from cells previously released by density gradient centrifugation. Environ. Microbiol. 3:431-439
Flessa, H., Ruser, R., Dörsch, P., Kamp, T., Jiminez, M. A., Munch, J. C. and F. Beese (2002) Integrated evaluation of greenhouse gas emission (CO2, CH4, N2O) from two farming systems in southern Germany. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 91, 175-189
Frolking, S. E., Mosier, A. R., Ojima, D. S., Li, C., Parton, W. J., Potter, C. S., Priesack, E., Stenger, R., Haberbosch, C., Dörsch, P., Flessa, H. and K. A. Smith (1998) Comparison of N2O emissions from soils at three temperate agricultural sites: Simulation of year-round measurements by four models. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 52, 77-105
Frostegård, Å., Courtois, S., Ramisse, V., Clerc, S., Le Gall, F., Jeannin, P., Nesme, X. and Simonet, P. (1999) Quantification of bias related to the extraction of DNA directly from soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:5409-5420
Frostegård, Å., Nielsen, T. H., Bååth, E. and Petersen, S. O. (1997) Dynamics of a microbial community associated with a manure hot-spot as revealed by phospholipid fatty acid analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63: 2224-22
Holtan-Hartwig L, Bechmann M, Hoyas TR, Linjordet R, Bakken LR (2002) Heavy metals tolerance of soil denitrifying communities: N2O dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34: 1181-1190
Holtan-Hartwig L, Dörsch P, Bakken LR (2000) Comparison of denitrifying communities in organic soils: kinetics of NO3- and N2O reduction. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32: 833-843. download PDF
Holtan-Hartwig L, Dörsch P, Bakken LR (2002) Low temperature control of soil denitrifying communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34:1797-1806 download PDF
Insam, H., Kraft, A., Tschuggnall, G., Frostegård, Å., Bååth, E., Gerzabek, M. H., Schweiger, P., Berreck, M., Schinner, F., Arnone, J. and Körner, C. (1999) Response of the soil microbiota to elevated CO2 in an artificial tropical ecosystem. J. Microbiol. Methods. 36:45-54
Jensen S, Prieme A, Bakken LR (1998) Methanol improves methane uptake in starved methanotrophic microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64:1143-1146
Jiang QQ, Bakken LR (1999) Comparison of Nitrosospira strains from terrestrial environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 30 (171-186) download PDF
Jiang QQ, Bakken LR (1999) Nitrous oxide production and methane oxidation by different ammonium oxidizing bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:2679-2648) download PDF
Klemedtsson L, Jiang QQ, Klemedtsson ÅK Bakken LR (1999) Ammonium oxidizing bacteria in acid forest humus. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:839-847
Klemedtsson, L., Weslien, P., Kasimier-Klemedtsson, Å., Silvola, J., Maljanen, M., Martikainen, P., Dörsch, P., van der Pol-van Desselaar, A., Oenema, O., Corré, W., Holtan-Hartwig, L., Bakken, L., Christensen, S., Priemé, A., Jensen, N. O., Klein-Gunnewiek, H. J. T. and P. A. Leffelaar (1999) Greenhous gas emissions from farmed organic soils. In: Valentini, R. and C. Brüning (eds.) Greenhouse gases and their role in climate change: The status of research in Europe. EUR 19085. Office for Official Publications of the Europ. Comm., Luxenbourg, pp. 57-65
Korsaeth A, Bakken LR, Riley H (2003) Nitrogen dynamics of grass as affected by N input regimes, soil texture and climate: lysimeter measurements and simulations. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 66: 181-199.
Korsaeth A, Henriksen TM, Bakken LR (2002) Temporal changes in microbial mineralization and immobilization of N during degradation of plant material: implications for the plant N supply and nitrogen losses. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34:789-799
Korsaeth A, Molstad L, Bakken LR (2001) Modelling the competition for nitrogen between plants and microflora as a function of soil heterogeneity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33:215-226 download PDF
Lindahl V and Bakken LR (1995) Evaluation of methods for extraction of bacteria from soil. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 16: 135-142 download PDF
Sitaula BK, Hansen S, Sitaula JIB, Bakken LR (2000) Effects of soil compaction on N2O emission in agricultural soil. Chemosphere – Global Change 2:367-371 download PDF
Sitaula BK, Hanssen S, Situla JIB, Bakken LR (2000) Methane oxidation potentials and fluxes in agricultural soil: effects of fertilization and soil compaction. Biogeochemistry 48:323-339
Smith K, Dobbie KE, Ball BC, Bakken LR, Sitaula B, Hansen S, Brumme R, Borken W, Christensen S, Prieme A, Fowler D, MacDonald JA, Skiba U, Klemedtsson L, Kasimir-Klemedtsson A, Degorska A, Orlanski P (2000) Oxidation of atmospheric methane in northern European soils, comparison with other ecosystems, and uncertainties in the global terrestrial sink. Global Change Biology 6:791-803
Swensen B and Bakken LR (1999) Release of fossile methane from soil particles, and its implication for estimation of methane oxidation in a mineral subsoil. Biogeochemistry 47: 1-14
Vatn A, Bakken LR, Botterweg P, Romstad E (1999) ECECMOD: an interdisciplinary modelling system for analyzing nutrient and soil losses from agriculture. Ecological Economics 30: 189-205
Vatn A, Bakken LR, Lundeby H, Romstad E, Rørstad PK, Vold A (1997) Regulating nonpoint-source pollution from agriculture: an integrated modelling analysis. Eur Rev Agric Economics 24:207-229
Vold A, Bakken LR, Uhlen G, Vatn A (1999) Use of data from long-term fertilizer experiments to model plant nitrogen uptake. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 55:197-206
Wang J, Bakken LR (1998) Screening of Soil Bacteria for Poly-b-Hydroxybutyric Acid Production and Its Role in the Survival of Starvation. Microb Ecol 35:94–101 download PDF
Wang J, Bakken LR (1997) Competition for Nitrogen During Decomposition of Plant Residues in Soil: Effect of Spatial Placement of N-Rich and N-Poor Plant Residues. Soil Biol Biochem 29:153-162 download PDF
Wang J, Bakken LR (1997) Competition for Nitrogen during Mineralization of Plant Residues in Soil: Microbial Response to N-Depletion in Root Zone. Soil Biol Biochem 29:163-17 download PDF
