Bilde av Jensen, John Beck
Bilde av Jensen, John Beck
Associate professor Department of Arctic and Marine Biology john.jensen@uit.no +4777644411 You can find me here

John Beck Jensen



  • Dmitry V. Pugovkin, E.S. Miroshnichenko, Grigory M. Voskoboinikov, John Beck Jensen, Anton Liaimer :
    On the resistance of epiphytic cyanobacteria of the Kola Bay to the effects of oil hydrocarbons in the aquatic ecosystem
    Вестник МГТУ 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Grigory M. Voskoboinikov, Vladimir V. Il'inskii, Elena M. Lopushanskaya, Mikhail V. Makarov, Dmitry V. Pugovkin, Inna V. Ryzhik et al.:
    Sanitary algae plantation for the bioremediation of Coastal waters from oil: from theory to practice
    Voprosy sovremennoi algologii 2017 FULLTEKST
  • Anton Liaimer, John Beck Jensen, Elke Dittmann :
    A Genetic and Chemical Perspective on Symbiotic Recruitment of Cyanobacteria of the Genus Nostoc into the Host Plant Blasia pusilla L.
    Frontiers in Microbiology 2016 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Dmitrii Pugovkin, Anton Liaimer, John Beck Jensen :
    Epiphytic bacterial communities of the alga Fucus vesiculosus in oil-contaminated water areas of the Barents Sea
    Doklady Biological sciences 2016 DOI
  • Kari Anne Bråthen, Xhevahire Jahiri, Juan German Herranz Jusdado, Eeva M Soininen, John Beck Jensen :
    Fungal endophyte diversity in tundra grasses increases by grazing
    Fungal ecology 2015 DOI
  • Osei Yaw Ampomah, John Beck Jensen :
    The trehalose utilization gene thuA ortholog in Mesorhizobium loti does not influence competitiveness for nodulation on Lotus spp
    World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 2014 DOI
  • Anna Avetisyan, John Beck Jensen, Thomas Huser :
    Monitoring Trehalose Uptake and Conversion by Single Bacteria using Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy
    Analytical Chemistry 2013 DOI
  • Osei Yaw Ampomah, Anna Avetisyan, Espen Hansen, Johan Svenson, Thomas Huser, John Beck Jensen et al.:
    The thuEFGKAB Operon of Rhizobia and Agrobacterium tumefaciens Codes for Transport of Trehalose, Maltitol, and Isomers of Sucrose and Their Assimilation through the Formation of Their 3-Keto Derivatives
    Journal of Bacteriology 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • John Beck Jensen, Victoria Gonzalez, Diego Urrutia Guevara, T.V Bhuvaneswari, Piippa R Wali, Mysore V Tejesvi et al.:
    Kit for detection of fungal endophytes of grasses yields inconsistent results
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2011 DOI
  • Osei Yaw Ampomah, John Beck Jensen, T.V. Bhuvaneswari :
    Lack of trehalose catabolism in Sinorhizobium species increases their nodulation competitiveness on certain host genotypes
    New Phytologist 2008 DOI
  • Jørgen Aleksander Mølmann, Daniel Asante, John Beck Jensen, Maria Krane, Arild Ernstsen, Olavi Junttila et al.:
    Low night temperature and inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis overrides phytochrome action and induce budset and cold acclimation, but not dormancy in PHYA overexpressors and wild-type of hybrid aspen
    Plant, Cell and Environment 2005
  • John Beck Jensen, Osei Yaw Ampomah, Richard Darrah, N. Kent Peters, T.V. Bhuvaneswari :
    Role of trehalose transport and utilization in Sinorhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa interactions
    Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 2005
  • Jorunn E. Olsen, John Beck Jensen, Jörgen A. Mölmann, Arild Ernstsen, Olavi Junttila :
    Photoperiodic regulation of apical growth cessation in northern tree species: The role of phytochrome and gibberellin
    Journal of Crop Improvement 2004
  • Jorunn Elisabeth Olsen, John Beck Jensen, Jørgen Aleksander Mølmann, Arild Ernstsen, Olavi Junttila :
    Photoperiodic regulation of apical growth cessation in northerns tree species; The role of phytochrome and gibberellin
    Haworth Press 2004
  • John Beck Jensen, N. Kent peters, T.V. Bhuvaneswari :
    Redundancy in periplasmic binding protein-dependent transport systems for trehalose, sucrose and maltose in Sinorhizobium meliloti
    Journal of Bacteriology 2002
  • Matthias Zielke, John Beck Jensen, Jørgen Mølmann :
    Effect of pathogenic soil bacteria and growth promoting bacteria on glucosinolate production in kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica L.)
    2012
  • Matthias Zielke, Arne Hermansen, John Beck Jensen :
    Anti-microbial activity of glucosinolate hydrolysis products (GHPs) and effect of pathogenic soil bacteria on glucosinolate production in Brassicaceae
    2011
  • Daniel Asante, Jørgen Aleksander Mølmann, John Beck Jensen, Arild Ernstsen, Olavi Junttila, Jorunn Elisabeth Olsen :
    Low night temperature and inhivition of gibberellin biosynthesis overrides phytochrome action and induce budset in hybrid aspen
    2004
  • Jørgen Aleksander Mølmann, Daniel Asante, John Beck Jensen, Olavi Junttila, Jorunn Elisabeth Olsen :
    Bud set and cold hardiness, but not winter dormancy are induced in photoperiod-insensitive phytochrome A overexpressing hybrid aspen by lowering of the gibberellin content under low night temperature
    2003
  • John Beck Jensen, J. Mölmann, J. Olsen, L. Dalen, Olavi Junttila, Ö. Johnsen et al.:
    Characterization of a cDNA library corresponding to genes expressed in Norway spruce needles
    2001
  • John Beck Jensen, G. Nilsen, N. Kent Peters :
    Genetic analysis of trehalose utilization in Rhizobium meliloti strain 1021
    1998
  • G. Nilsen, John Beck Jensen, T. V. Bhuvaneswari, N. Kent Peters :
    Trehalose biosynthesis in Rhizobium meliloti strain 1021
    1998
  • John Beck Jensen, Gerd Nilsen, N. Kent Peters :
    Genetic analysis of trehalose utilization in Rhizobium meliloti
    1998
  • G. Nilsen, John Beck Jensen, T.V. Bhuvaneswari, N. K. Peters :
    Trehalose Biosynthesis in Rhizobium meliloti strain 1021
    1998
  • G. Nilsen, John Beck Jensen, T.V. Bhuvaneswari, N. K. Peters :
    Trehalose Biosynthesis in Rhizobium meliloti strain 1021
    1998
  • John Beck Jensen, Nilsen Gerd, N. Kent Peters :
    Genetic analysis of trehalose synthesis and utilization in Rhizobium meliloti strain 1021
    1997

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    Publications outside Cristin

    Jensen, John Beck; Egsgaard, Helge; van Onckelen, Harry; Jochimsen, Bjarne U. 1995. Catabolism of indole-3-acetic acid, 4- and 5-chloroindole-3-acetic acid in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Journal of Bacteriology. 177: 5762-5766.


    Research interests

    Main research interests are microbiology and plant/microbe interactions, including;

    • Molecular and chemical crosstalk between plants and microorganisms
    • Bacteria/plant symbiosis
    • Bacteria stress physiology
    • Microbial molecular genetics

    Teaching

    MBI-1002 Celle- og Molekylærbiologi

    BIO-3005 Seminars: Molecular Environmental Biology in Microbes and Plants


    Member of research group