First Name: Martin
Name: Eriksson
Position: Researcher
Email: martin.eriksson@chalmers.se
Institute / University / Company: Chalmers University of Technology
Research Unit: Dept. of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences
Address (city, state): Gothenburg
Country: Sweden
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance (PICT)
- Metagenomics,
- Metabarcoding
- Risk Assessment
- Biofilms
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- Antifouling agents
- Biocides
- Antibiotics
- Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs)
- Metals
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- Marine and freshwater plankton
- sediment and biofilm communities
- Metazoa, microalgae, cyanobacteria, bacteria and archea.
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
Marine costal ecosystems, and freshwater and estuarine ecosystems
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: YES
If yes, please tell us more about the courses (University, course level,website,etc):
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Eriksson K.M., Clarke A.K., Franzen L.-G., Kuylenstierna M, Martinez K. and Blanck H. (2009) Community level analysis of psbA gene sequences and irgarol tolerance in marine periphyton. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (4), 897-906.
- Tlili A., Bérard A., Blanck H., Bouchez A., Cassio F., Eriksson K.M, Guasch H., Morin S., Montuelle B., Navarro E., Pascoal C., Pesce S., Schmitt-Jansen M. and Behra R. (2015) Pollution Induced Community Tolerance (PICT): towards an ecologically relevant risk assessment of chemicals in aquatic systems. Freshwater Biology, published online. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12558.
- Bengtsson-Palme, J., Hartmann, M., Eriksson, K.M., Pal, C., Thorell, K., Larsson, D.G.J. and Nilsson, R.H. (2015) Metaxa2: Improved Identification and Taxonomic Classification of Small and Large Subunit rRNA in Metagenomic Data. Molecular Ecology Resources 15, 6, 1403-1414, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12399.
- Sanli, K., Bengtsson-Palme, J., Nilsson, R.H., Kristiansson, E., Alm-Rosenblad, M., Blanck, H. and Eriksson, K.M. (2015) Metagenomic Sequencing of Marine Periphyton: Taxonomic and Functional Insights into Biofilm Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology 6, article 1192, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01192 etc.3030.
- Eriksson, K.M., Johansson, H., Fihlman, V., Green, A., Sanli, K., Andersson, M.X., Blanck, H., Arrhenius, Å., Sircar, T. and Backhaus, T. (2015) Long-term effects of the antibacterial agent triclosan on marine periphyton communities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34, 9, 2067-2077, doi: 10.1002/etc.3030.