Jostein Goksøyr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jostein Goksøyr

Norwegian microbiologist

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1922

Place of Birth: Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway

Date of Death: 05-Dec-2000

Profession: professor, biologist, botanist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Jostein Goksøyr

  • Jostein Goksøyr (28 June 1922 – 5 December 2000) was a Norwegian microbiologist. He was born in Kopervik, and took the dr.philos.
  • degree in 1955.
  • He was hired as a lecturer at the University of Bergen in 1956, and was later professor from 1966 to 1989.
  • He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1970 and the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala from 1987.A planctomycete bacterium, Bythopirellula goksoyri, identified from the iron-hydroxide deposits at the Mohns Ridge, a part of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, is named in honour of Goksøyr.

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