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Denmark
2025

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Microbiology

D-Index
87
Citations
29595
World Ranking
791
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Lone Gram is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark and has an extensive body of research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their scientific contributions focus substantially on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pharmacology, Endocrinology, and Biotechnology.

Their research topics encompass key areas including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Lone Gram's recent significant publications include:

  • "Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss," 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • "GWAS, MWAS and mGWAS provide insights into precision agriculture based on genotype-dependent microbial effects in foxtail millet," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Soil conditions and the plant microbiome boost the accumulation of monoterpenes in the fruit of Citrus reticulata 'Chachi'," 2023, Microbiome
  • "The Roseobacter-Group Bacterium Phaeobacter as a Safe Probiotic Solution for Aquaculture," 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Deciphering the Microbial Taxonomy and Functionality of Two Diverse Mangrove Ecosystems and Their Potential Abilities To Produce Bioactive Compounds," 2020, mSystems

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

  • Mikael Lenz Strube
  • Sheng-Da Zhang
  • Eva C. Sonnenschein
  • Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia
  • Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen

Lone Gram has published extensively in several scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • mSystems
  • ISME Communications
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Microbiological spoilage of fish and fish products

    Lone Gram;Hans Henrik Huss

  • Food spoilage--interactions between food spoilage bacteria.

    Lone Gram;Lars Ravn;Maria Rasch;Jesper Bartholin Bruhn

  • Fish spoilage bacteria--problems and solutions.

    Lone Gram;Paw Dalgaard

  • Eukaryotic interference with homoserine lactone-mediated prokaryotic signalling.

    M. Givskov;R. de Nys;M. Manefield;Lone Gram

  • Inhibition of vibrio anguillarum by Pseudomonas fluorescens AH2, a possible probiotic treatment of fish.

    Lone Gram;Jette Melchiorsen;Bettina Spanggaard;Ingrid Huber

  • Detection of specific spoilage bacteria from fish stored at low (0°C) and high (20°C) temperatures

    Lone Gram;Gunilla Trolle;Hans Henrik Huss

  • Covalent Attachment of Poly(ethylene glycol) to Surfaces, Critical for Reducing Bacterial Adhesion

    Peter Kingshott;Jiang Wei;Dorthe Bagge-Ravn;Nikolaj Gadegaard

  • Spoilage and shelf-life of cod fillets packed in vacuum or modified atmospheres.

    Paw Dalgaard;Lone Gram;Hans Henrik Huss

  • The microflora of rainbow trout intestine : a comparison of traditional and molecular identification

    Bettina Spanggaard;I. Huber;J. Nielsen;T. Nielsen

  • Methods for detecting acylated homoserine lactones produced by Gram-negative bacteria and their application in studies of AHL-production kinetics

    L. Ravn;Allan Beck Christensen;Søren Molin;Michael Christian Givskov

  • Phylogenetic analysis and in situ identification of the intestinal microbial community of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum)

    I. Huber;Bettina Spanggaard;K.F. Appel;L. Rossen

  • Influence of surface roughness of stainless steel on microbial adhesion and corrosion resistance

    Lisbeth Rischel Hilbert;Dorthe Bagge-Ravn;John Kold;Lone Gram

  • Enzymatic Removal and Disinfection of Bacterial Biofilms

    Charlotte Johansen;Per Falholt;Lone Gram

  • Selection and identification of autochthonous potential probiotic bacteria from turbot larvae (Scophthalmus maximus) rearing units.

    Mette Hjelm;Øivind Bergh;Ana Riaza;Janne Nielsen;Janne Nielsen

  • Possible Quorum Sensing in Marine Snow Bacteria: Production of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by Roseobacter Strains Isolated from Marine Snow

    Lone Gram;Hans-Peter Grossart;Andrea Schlingloff;Thomas Kiørboe

  • Elucidation of Listeria monocytogenes contamination routes in cold-smoked salmon processing plants detected by DNA-based typing methods

    Birte Fonnesbech Vogel;Hans Henrik Huss;Bente Ojeniyi;Peter Ahrens

  • Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

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  • The probiotic potential against vibriosis of the indigenous microflora of rainbow trout.

    Bettina Spanggaard;Ingrid Huber;Janne Nielsen;Esben B. Sick

  • Chemical mediation of bacterial surface colonisation by secondary metabolites from the red alga Delisea pulchra

    R. Maximilien;R. De Nys;C. Holmstrom;L. Gram

  • Monitoring and managing microbes in aquaculture – Towards a sustainable industry

    Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia;Eva C. Sonnenschein;Lone Gram

  • Identification of Shewanella baltica as the most important H2S-producing species during iced storage of danish marine fish

    Birte Fonnesbech Vogel;Kasthuri Venkateswaran;Masataka Satomi;Masataka Satomi;Lone Gram

  • The microbial ecology of processing equipment in different fish industries - analysis of the microflora during processing and following cleaning and disinfection

    Dorthe Bagge-Ravn;Yin Ng;Mette Hjelm;Jesper N Christiansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristian Fog Nielsen
Kristian Fog Nielsen Technical University of Denmark
Hans Henrik Huss
Hans Henrik Huss Technical University of Denmark
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen
Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen Technical University of Denmark
Michael Givskov
Michael Givskov University of Copenhagen
Hanne Ingmer
Hanne Ingmer University of Copenhagen
Mathias Middelboe
Mathias Middelboe University of Copenhagen
Søren Molin
Søren Molin Technical University of Denmark
Peter Kingshott
Peter Kingshott Swinburne University of Technology
Rikke Louise Meyer
Rikke Louise Meyer Aarhus University
Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University

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