- petra.hribovsek@uib.no
- Visitor address
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Biologen, Thormøhlensgate 53B
5020 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7803NO-5020 BergenNorway
Research groups
Short info
Research
- Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents microbial ecology
- Iron-oxidizing bacteria
- Anaerobic methane-oxidizing archaea and syntrophic partners
- Genome-resolved metagenomics and microscopy techniques
Interested in sustainable practices, environmental impacts, policy, community engagement, coordination and microbiology literacy of the public.
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A member of the Deep-sea biology research group
I'm also a part of the organizing committee for Bergen Bathysphere, a community of deep-sea scientists and professionals working to increase collaboration and knowledge-sharing across institutes.
Outreach
Watch our recording of the live-streamed remotely-operated dive at Loki’s castle hydrothermal vent field in the Arctic, 2300 meters below sea level – with live commentary from scientists! (Centre for Deep Sea Research)
Watch how we sample and study microbes living on black smoker chimneys at Fåvne hydrothermal vent field (my doctoral thesis work) - in English and Norwegian.
One example of outreach activites for the general public was OPPLEV Marineholmen in April 2022, where we prepared a stand with an interactive simulation of deep sea ROV-sampling (see blogpost here).
Teaching
2024 – * BIO214 General Microbiology
2023 – * BIO219 Microbial physiology and taxonomy
2019 – 2022 GEOV245 Geomicrobiology
Publications
Academic article
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Mall, Achim et al. (2025). Adaptation strategies of iron-oxidizing bacteria Gallionella and Zetaproteobacteria crossing the marine–freshwater barrier. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Mall, Achim et al. (2024). Adaptation strategies of iron-oxidizing bacteria Gallionella and Zetaproteobacteria crossing the marine–freshwater barrier. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Dahle, Håkon et al. (2023). Putative novel hydrogen- and iron-oxidizing sheath-producing Zetaproteobacteria thrive at the Fåvne deep-sea hydrothermal vent field. (external link)
- Vulcano, Francesca; Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria et al. (2023). Potential for homoacetogenesis via the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway in Korarchaeia lineages from marine hydrothermal vents. (external link)
Academic lecture
- Hribovšek, Petra (2024). Microbes that shape the environment at Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra (2023). Microbial iron mats from a newly discovered Arctic vent field. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Dahle, Håkon et al. (2022). Iron oxidizing bacteria producing sheath structures in mats on high temperature chimneys at Fåvne hydrothermal vent field. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Øvreås, Lise (2019). Microbial diversity of snottites and biofilms at a pyrite mine in Båsmo (Nordland), Norway. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Øvreås, Lise (2017). Microbial community structure of snottites and biofilms at the Cave acid mine drainage site in Båsmo, Nordland. (external link)
Doctoral dissertation
- Hribovšek, Petra (2024). Ecology and genomic diversity of iron-oxidizing bacteria at Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Lessons from genome-resolved metagenomics and microscopy. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra (2024). Ecology and genomic diversity of iron-oxidizing bacteria at Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Lessons from genome-resolved metagenomics and microscopy. (external link)
Poster
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Dahle, Håkon et al. (2022). Sheath-forming Zetaproteobacteria abundant in black smoker chimney mats at the newly discovered Fåvne hydrothermal vent field. (external link)
- Denny, Emily Maria; Mall, Achim; Hribovšek, Petra et al. (2022). Interpretation of microbial food webs from metagenomic data in deep-sea hydrothermal vents across the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Dahle, Håkon et al. (2022). Sheath-forming Zetaproteobacteria abundant in black smoker chimney mats at the newly discovered Fåvne hydrothermal vent field. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Denny, Emily Maria; Viflot, Thomas Øfstegaard et al. (2021). Iron Oxidizers and Sheath-forming Zetaproteobacteria in Biofilms of the Newly Discovered Fåvne Hydrothermal Vent Field. (external link)
- Hribovšek, Petra; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Øvreås, Lise (2018). Microbial diversity and activity of snottites and biofilms at an underground acid mine drainage site in Båsmo (Nordland), Norway. (external link)
Projects
PhD project: Ecology and genomic diversity of iron-oxidizing bacteria at Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Lessons from genome-resolved metagenomics and microscopy
In connection with project DeepSeaQuence