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Fields of interest:

• Phylogeny
• Systematics and ecology of thermophilic prokaryotes

Recent publications:

G.B. Slobodkina, N.A. Chernyh, A.I. Slobodkin, I.V. Subbotina, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and A.V. Lebedinsky:
PCR-based detection of hyperthermophilic Archaea of the family Thermococcaceae,
Appl. Environm. Microbiol., Vol. 70, (2004), pp. 5701-5703.

T.G. Sokolova, C. Jeanthon, N.A. Kostrikina, N.A. Chernyh, A.V. Lebedinsky, E. Stackebrandt and E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
The first evidence of anaerobic CO oxidation coupled with H2 production by a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents,
Extremophiles, Vol. 8, (2004), pp. 317-323.

K. Tsiroulnikov, H. Rezai, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, P. Nedkov, A. Gousterova, V. Cueff, A. Godfroy, G. Barbier, F. Metro, J.-M. Chobert, P. Clayette, D. Dormont, J. Grosclaude and T. Haertle:
Hydrolysis of amyloid prion protein and nonpathogenic meat and bone meal by anaerobic thermophilic prokaryotes and Streptomyces subspecies,
J. Agric. Food Chem., Vol. 52, (2004), pp. 6353-6380.

T.G. Sokolova, J.M. Gonzalez, N.A. Kostrikina, N.A. Chernyh, T.V. Slepova, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and T.F. Robb:
Thermosinus carboxydivorans gen. nov., a new anaerobic, thermophilic, carbon-monoxide-oxidizing, hydrogenogenic bacterium from a hot pool of Yellowstone National Park,
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., Vol. 54, (2004), pp. 2353-2359.

A.A. Perevalova, V.A. Svetlichny, I.V. Kublanov, N.A. Chernyh, N.A. Kostrikina, T.P. Tourova, B.B. Kuznetsov and E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
Desulfurococcus fermentans sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon from a Kamchatka hot spring, and emended description of the genus Desulfurococcus,
Intern. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., Vol. 55, (2005), pp. 995-999.

M.I. Prokofeva, I.V. Kublanov, O. Nercessian, T.P. Tourova, T.P. Kolganova, A.V. Lebedinsky, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and C. Jeanthon:
Cultivated anaerobic acidophilic/acidotolerant thermophiles from terrestrial and deep-sea hydrothermal habitats,
Extremophiles, Vol. 9, (2005), pp. 437-448.

T.G. Sokolova, N.A. Kostrikina, N.A. Chernyh, T.P. Tourova and E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
Thermincola carboxydophila gen.nov., sp.nov., a new anaerobic carboxydotrophic hydrogenogenic bacterium from a hot spring of Lake Baikal area,
Int. J. Syst. Environm. Microbiol., Vol. 55, (2005), pp. 2069-2073.

T.V. Khizhnyiak, A.I. Slobodkin, V. Coker, J.C. Renshaw, F.R. Livens, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, N.N. Birkeland, N.N. Medvedeva-Lyalikova and J.R. Lloyd:
Reduction of uranium (VI) phosphate during growth of the thermophilic bacterium Thermoterrabacterium ferrireducens,
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Vol. 71, (2005), pp. 6423-6426.

M.L. Miroshnichenko and E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
Recent Developments in the Thermophilic Microbiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents,
Extremophiles, Vol. 10, (2006), pp. 85-96.

S. L'Haridon, M.L. Miroshnichenko, N.A. Kostrikina, B. Tindall, S. Spring, P. Schumann, E. Stackbrandt, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and C. Jeanthon:
Vulcanibacillus modesticaldus gen.nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents,
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56:1047 - 1053.

T.V. Slepova, T.G. Sokolova, A.M. Lysenko, T.P. Tourova, T.V. Kolganova, O.V. Kamzolkina, G.A. Karpov, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
Carboxydocella sporoproducens sp. nov., a novel anaerobic CO-utilizing/H2-producing thermophilic bacterium from a Kamchatka hot spring,
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., Vol. 56, (2006), Vol. 56, pp. 797-800.

N.V. Pimenov and E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya:
In situ activity studies in thermal environments,
In: A. Oren and F. Rainey (Ed.):
Methods in Microbiology, Vol. 35,. Elsevier, 2006, pp. 27-52.

A.I. Slobodkin, T.P. Tourova, N.A. Kostrikina, A.M. Lysenko, K.E. German, E.A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya and N.-K. Birkeland:
Tepidimicrobium ferriphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic Fe(III)-reducing bacterium of the order Clostridiales,
Int. J. Syst. Environm. Microbiol., Vol. 56, (2006), pp. 369-372