Publications
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2026
Bioplastic biodegradability shapes microbial communities in a coastal brackish environment
Pessi IS, Eronen-Rasimus E, Näkki P, Thomas DN, Kaartokallio H
The ISME Journal
doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag052
2025
Viral genetic diversity and functional potential in polar and subarctic sea ice
Pettersson KJ, Demina T, Eronen-Rasimus E, Roux S, Viitamäki S, Pessi IS, Oksanen HM, Assmy P, Kaartokallio H, Hultman J
bioRxiv
doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.12.693969
Microbial community composition explains wintertime greenhouse gas fluxes in an oroarctic tundra ecosystem
Viitamäki S, Eronen-Rasimus E, Virkkala A-M, Marushchak ME, Biasi C, Majamäki R, Pessi IS, Hultman J
bioRxiv
doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.28.656102
Tunturi virus isolates and metagenome-assembled viral genomes provide insights into the virome of Acidobacteriota in Arctic tundra soils
Demina T, Marttila H, Pessi IS, Männistö MK, Dutilh B, Roux S, Hultman J
Microbiome
doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02053-6
Fungal communities in boreal soils are influenced by land use, agricultural soil management and depth
Häkkinen L, Pessi IS, Salonen A-R, Uhlgren O, Soinne H, Hultman J, Heinonsalo J
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaf002
(Sub-)Antarctic endemic cyanobacteria from benthic mats are rare and have restricted geographic distributions
Durieu B, Savaglia V, Lara Y, Lambion A, Pessi IS, Vyverman W, Verleyen E, Wilmotte A
Ecography
doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07489
2024
Discovery of Eremiobacterota with nifH homologues in tundra soil
Pessi IS, Delmont TO, Zehr JP, Hultman J
Environmental Microbiology Reports
doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13277
Metagenome-assembled genomes from mineral tundra soils in Rásttigáisá, northern Norway
Pessi IS, Rutanen A, Hultman J
Access Microbiology
doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000655.v3
2023
Novel diversity of polar Cyanobacteria revealed by genome-resolved metagenomics
Pessi IS, Popin RV, Durieu B, Lara Y, Tytgat B, Savaglia V, Roncero-Ramos B, Hultman J, Verleyen E, Vyverman W, Wilmotte A
Microbial Genomics
doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001056
2022
Candidatus Nitrosopolaris, a genus of putative ammonia-oxidizing archaea with a polar/alpine distribution
Pessi IS, Rutanen A, Hultman J
FEMS Microbes
doi.org/10.1093/femsmc/xtac019
The activity and functions of soil microbial communities in the Finnish sub-Arctic vary across vegetation types
Viitamäki S, Pessi IS, Virkkala A-M, Niittynen P, Kemppinen J, Eronen-Rasimus E, Luoto M, Hultman J
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac079
In-depth characterization of denitrifier communities across different soil ecosystems in the tundra
Pessi IS, Viitamäki S, Virkkala A-M, Eronen-Rasimus E, Delmont TO, Marushchak ME, Luoto M, Hultman J
Environmental Microbiome
doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00424-2
2021
Sea-ice bacteria, Halomonas sp. 363 and Paracoccus sp. 392, produce multiple types of poly-3-hydroxyalkaonoic acid (PHA) storage polymers at low temperature
Eronen-Rasimus E, Hultman J, Hai T, Pessi IS, Collins E, Wright S, Laine P, Viitamäki S, Lyra C, Thomas DN, Golyshin P, Luhtanen A-M, Kuosa H, Kaartokallio H
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00929-21
Bacteria-invertebrate interactions as an asset in developing new antifouling coatings for man-made aquatic surfaces
Agostini VO, Muxagata E, Pinho GLL, Pessi IS, Macedo AJ
Environmental Pollution
doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116284
2019
Marked succession of cyanobacterial communities following glacier retreat in the High Arctic
Pessi IS, Pushkareva E, Lara Y, Borderie F, Wilmotte A, Elster J
Microbial Ecology
doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1203-3
2018
Cyanobacteria inhabiting biological soil crusts of a polar desert: Sør Rondane Mountains, Antarctica
Pushkareva E, Pessi IS, Namsaraev Z, Mano M-J, Elster J, Wilmotte A
Systematic and Applied Microbiology
doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2018.01.006
High-throughput sequencing analysis of the actinobacterial spatial diversity in moonmilk deposits
Maciejewska M, Całusinska M, Cornet L, Adam D, Pessi IS, Malchair S, Delfosse P, Baurain D, Barton HA, Carnol M, Rigali R
Antibiotics
doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics7020027
Community structure and distribution of benthic cyanobacteria in Antarctic lacustrine microbial mats
Pessi IS, Lara Y, Durieu B, Maalouf PC, Verleyen E, Wilmotte A
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy042
2017
The Cyanobacterial Biota of Polar Regions: a Molecular Approach
Pessi IS
PhD Thesis
University of Liège, Belgium
orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/214693
Cyanobacterial contribution to travertine deposition in the Hoyoux River system, Belgium
Kleinteich J, Golubic S, Pessi IS, Velázquez D, Storme J-Y, Darchambeau F, Borges AV, Compère P, Radtke G, Lee S-J, Javaux EJ, Wilmotte A
Microbial Ecology
doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-0937-7
Monitoring of toxigenic cyanobacteria using next-generation sequencing techniques
Deng L, Sweetlove M, Blank S, Obbels D, Verleyen E, Vyverman W, Kurmayer R, Pessi IS, Wilmotte A
Molecular Tools for the Detection and Quantification of Toxigenic Cyanobacteria
doi.org/10.1002/9781119332169.ch10
Draft genome sequence of the axenic strain Phormidesmis priestleyi ULC007, a cyanobacterium isolated from Lake Bruehwiler (Larsemann Hills, Antarctica)
Lara Y, Durieu B, Cornet L, Verlaine O, Rippka R, Pessi IS, Misztak A, Joris B, Javaux EJ, Baurain D, Wilmotte A
Genome Announcements
doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01546-16
2016
On the use of high-throughput sequencing for the study of cyanobacterial diversity in Antarctic aquatic mats
Pessi IS, Maalouf PC, Laughinghouse IV HD, Baurain D, Wilmotte A
Journal of Phycology
doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12399
2015
Cyanobacterial community composition in Arctic soil crusts at different stages of development
Pushkareva E, Pessi IS, Wilmotte A, Elster J
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv143
Streptomyces lunaelactis sp. nov., a novel ferroverdin A-producing Streptomyces species isolated from a moonmilk speleothem
Maciejewska M, Pessi IS, Arguelles-Arias A, Noirfalise P, Luis G, Ongena M, Barton H, Carnol M, Rigali S
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
doi.org/10.1007/s10482-014-0348-4
Distinct composition signatures of archaeal and bacterial phylotypes in the Wanda Glacier forefield, Antarctic Peninsula
Pessi IS, Osorio-Forero C, Gálvez EJC, Simões FL, Simões JC, Junca H, Macedo AJ
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiu005
2012
Functional diversity of microbial communities in soils in the vicinity of Wanda Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula
Pessi IS, Elias SO, Simões FL, Simões JC, Macedo AJ
Microbes and Environments
doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME11311
2009
Morphology, physiology, and virulence of Bipolaris sorokiniana isolates
Poloni A, Pessi IS, Frazzon APG, Van der Sand ST
Current Microbiology
doi.org/10.1007/s00284-009-9429-4
Vegetative incompatibility among monoconidial isolates of Bipolaris sorokiniana
Poloni A, Pessi IS, Frazzon APG, Van der Sand ST
Current Microbiology
doi.org/10.1007/s00284-008-9292-8
2008
Analysis of morphological and growth rate variability of polyconidial and monoconidial cultures of Bipolaris sorokiniana
Poloni A, Muller MVG, Pessi IS, Van der Sand ST
Biociências (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fabio/article/view/214