Jostein Goksøyr (28 June 1922 – 5 December 2000) was a Norwegian

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...

. He was born in

Kopervik Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was also an independent municipa ...

, and took the dr.philos. degree in 1955. He was hired as a lecturer at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

in 1956, and was later professor from 1966 to 1989. He was a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

from 1970 and the

Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala), is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden, having been founded in 1710. The society has, by royal decree of 1906, 50 Swedish fellows and 100 foreign. ...

from 1987. A

planctomycete The Planctomycetota are a phylum of widely distributed bacteria, occurring in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. They play a considerable role in global carbon and nitrogen cycles, with many species of this phylum capable of anaerobic ammoniu ...

bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...

, '' Bythopirellula goksoyri'', identified from the iron-hydroxide deposits at the

Mohns Ridge Mohns is the surname of: *Arthur Mohns (1896-?), German footballer *Doug Mohns (born 1933), Canadian retired National Hockey League player * Greg Mohns (1950-2012), executive and coach in the Canadian Football League *Lloyd Mohns (1921-2005), Canad ...

, a part of the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, is named in honour of Goksøyr.

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1922 births 2000 deaths Norwegian microbiologists Academic staff of the University of Bergen Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters People from Karmøy {{Norway-academic-bio-stub