2026 Dzung B. Diep: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	52	16562	15209	88	81	142	11645

Overview

Dzung B. Diep is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research covers areas primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences.

Their work often intersects with several subfields including food science, molecular biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, and ecology.

Main topics in their research include:

Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Biochemical and Structural Characterization
Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing
Gut Microbiota and Health
Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

Kirill V. Ovchinnikov
Harald Carlsen
Thomas F. Oftedal
Morten Kjos
Hanne Hjorth Tønnesen

Notable publication venues with multiple appearances in their record are:

Microbial Cell Factories
Microbiology Spectrum
Scientific Reports
European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Antibiotics

Representative recent papers include:

"Staphylococcal Biofilms: Challenges and Novel Therapeutic Perspectives," 2021, published in Antibiotics
"Nanomedicine-based antimicrobial peptide delivery for bacterial infections: recent advances and future prospects," 2021, published in Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
"Successful Development of Bacteriocins into Therapeutic Formulation for Treatment of MRSA Skin Infection in a Murine Model," 2020, published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
"A bacteriocin-based antimicrobial formulation to effectively disrupt the cell viability of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) biofilms," 2020, published in npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
"Halocins, natural antimicrobials of Archaea: Exotic or special or both?," 2021, published in Biotechnology Advances

Best Publications

Biosynthesis of bacteriocins in lactic acid bacteria

Ingolf F. Nes;Dzung Bao Diep;Leiv Sigve Håvarstein;May Bente Brurberg

1111
Citations
A family of bacteriocin ABC transporters carry out proteolytic processing of their substrates concomitant with export

Leiv Sigve Havarstein;Dzung Bao Diep;Ingolf F. Nes

723
Citations
Production of class II bacteriocins by lactic acid bacteria; an example of biological warfare and communication

Vincent G H Eijsink;Lars Axelsson;Dzung B Diep;Leiv S Håvarstein

530
Citations
Natural antimicrobial peptides from bacteria: characteristics and potential applications to fight against antibiotic resistance.

M. Hassan;M. Kjos;I.F. Nes;D.B. Diep

494
Citations
Common mechanisms of target cell recognition and immunity for class II bacteriocins

Dzung B. Diep;Morten Skaugen;Zhian Salehian;Helge Holo

450
Citations
Characterization of the locus responsible for the bacteriocin production in Lactobacillus plantarum C11.

D B Diep;L S Håvarstein;I F Nes

429
Citations
Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A

Erlend L. Anderssen;Dzung Bao Diep;Ingolf F. Nes;Vincent G. H. Eijsink

371
Citations
Bacteriocin Diversity in Streptococcus and Enterococcus

Ingolf F. Nes;Dzung B. Diep;Helge Holo

356
Citations
Topical antimicrobial peptide formulations for wound healing: Current developments and future prospects

Raj Kumar Thapa;Dzung B. Diep;Hanne Hjorth Tønnesen

271
Citations
Ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides in Gram positive bacteria

Dzung B Diep;Ingolf F Nes

240
Citations
A bacteriocin‐like peptide induces bacteriocin synthesis in Lactobacillus plantarum C11

Dzung Bao Diep;Leiv Sigve H»varstein;Ingolf F. Nes

238
Citations
An overview of the mosaic bacteriocin pln loci from Lactobacillus plantarum.

Dzung B. Diep;Daniel Straume;Morten Kjos;Carmen Torres

224
Citations
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors of Membrane Glycoproteins Are Binding Determinants for the Channel-forming Toxin Aerolysin

Dzung B. Diep;Kim L. Nelson;Srikumar M. Raja;Erin N. Pleshak

218
Citations
Ribosomally Synthesiszed Antimicrobial Peptides (Bacteriocins) in Lactic Acid Bacteria: A Review

Ingolf F. Nes;Sung-Sik Yoon;Dzung B. Diep

197
Citations
The gene encoding plantaricin A, a bacteriocin from Lactobacillus plantarum C11, is located on the same transcription unit as an agr-like regulatory system.

Dzung Bao Diep;L. S. Håvarstein;J. Nissen-Meyer;I. F. Nes

179
Citations
Circular bacteriocins: biosynthesis and mode of action.

Christina Gabrielsen;Dag A. Brede;Ingolf F. Nes;Dzung B. Diep

167
Citations
Target recognition, resistance, immunity and genome mining of class II bacteriocins from Gram-positive bacteria.

Morten Kjos;Juan Borrero;Mona Opsata;Dagim J. Birri

160
Citations
Resistant starch diet induces change in the swine microbiome and a predominance of beneficial bacterial populations

Özgün C O Umu;Jeremy A Frank;Jonatan U Fangel;Marije Oostindjer

148
Citations
The synthesis of the bacteriocin sakacin A is a temperature-sensitive process regulated by a pheromone peptide through a three-component regulatory system

Dzung B. Diep;Lars Axelsson;Camilla Grefsli;Ingolf F. Nes

147
Citations
Antimicrobial Components of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Ingolf F. Nes;Morten Kjos;Dzung Bao Diep

16
Citations