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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Lonnie O. Ingram is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a detailed focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientific topics that Ingram addresses encompass multiple areas: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, and Neutropenia and Cancer Infections.

Among their recent publications are:

  • A Combined Thermochemical and Microbial Process for Recycling Polylactic Acid Polymer to Optically Pure l-Lactic Acid for Reuse, 2020, Journal of Polymers and the Environment
  • Principles and practice of designing microbial biocatalysts for fuel and chemical production, 2021, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
  • Kinetic characterization and structure analysis of an altered polyol dehydrogenase with d-lactate dehydrogenase activity, 2020, Protein Science
  • Demonstration of physicochemical and functional similarity between Stimufend (pegfilgrastim-fpgk) and Neulasta (pegfilgrastim): A comparative analytical assessment, 2024, PLoS ONE
  • SMDemoBioref: Data from the University of Florida Stan Mayfield Demonstration Biorefinery, 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ingram include:

  • K. T. Shanmugam
  • Diane Chauliac
  • Jessica Nicole Welch
  • Ismael U. Nieves

The most frequent venues of publication for Ingram's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Polymers and the Environment
  • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Protein Science

Lonnie O. Ingram has received multiple recognitions within their field, including the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 2017, being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2013, and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Alcohols on Micro-Organisms

    Lonnie O'Neal Ingram;Thomas M. Buttke

  • Genetic engineering of ethanol production in Escherichia coli.

    L O Ingram;T Conway;D P Clark;G W Sewell

  • Genetic improvement of Escherichia coli for ethanol production: chromosomal integration of Zymomonas mobilis genes encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase II.

    Kazuyoshi Ohta;D.S. Beall;J.P. Mejia;K.T. Shanmugam

  • Effect of selected aldehydes on the growth and fermentation of ethanologenic Escherichia coli.

    Jesus Zaldivar;Alfredo Martinez;Alfredo Martinez;Lonnie O. Ingram

  • Adaptation of membrane lipids to alcohols.

    L O Ingram

  • Detoxification of dilute acid hydrolysates of lignocellulose with lime

    Alfredo Martinez;Maria E. Rodriguez;Maria E. Rodriguez;Melissa L. Wells;Sean W. York

  • Combining metabolic engineering and metabolic evolution to develop nonrecombinant strains of Escherichia coli C that produce succinate and malate.

    Kaemwich Jantama;M.J. Haupt;Spyros A. Svoronos;Xueli Zhang

  • Enteric bacterial catalysts for fuel ethanol production

    L. O. Ingram;H. C. Aldrich;A. C. C. Borges;T. B. Causey

  • Effect of organic acids on the growth and fermentation of ethanologenic Escherichia coli LY01.

    Jesus Zaldivar;Lonnie O. Ingram

  • Effects of Ca(OH)(2) treatments ("overliming") on the composition and toxicity of bagasse hemicellulose hydrolysates.

    Alfredo Martinez;Maria E. Rodriguez;Maria E. Rodriguez;Sean W. York;James F. Preston

  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL WITH TRANSFORMED MICROORGANISMS

    Ingram Lonnie O;Conway Tyrrell;Alterthum Flavio

  • Cloning and sequencing of the alcohol dehydrogenase II gene from Zymomonas mobilis

    Lonnie O. Ingram;Tyrrell Conway

  • Parametric studies of ethanol production form xylose and other sugars by recombinant Escherichia coli.

    David S. Beall;K. Ohta;L. O. Ingram

  • Engineering Escherichia coli for efficient conversion of glucose to pyruvate

    T. B. Causey;K. T. Shanmugam;L. P. Yomano;L. O. Ingram

  • Efficient ethanol production from glucose, lactose, and xylose by recombinant Escherichia coli.

    F Alterthum;L O Ingram

  • Isolation and characterization of ethanol-tolerant mutants of Escherichia coli KO11 for fuel ethanol production.

    L P Yomano;S W York;L O Ingram

  • Metabolic engineering of bacteria for ethanol production

    L. O. Ingram;P. F. Gomez;X. Lai;M. Moniruzzaman

  • Production of optically pure D-lactic acid in mineral salts medium by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli W3110.

    Shengde Zhou;T. B. Causey;A. Hasona;K. T. Shanmugam

  • Ethanol tolerance in bacteria.

    Lonnie O. Ingram

  • Eliminating side products and increasing succinate yields in engineered strains of Escherichia coli C

    Kaemwich Jantama;Xueli Zhang;J.C. Moore;K.T. Shanmugam

Frequent Co-Authors

Keelnatham T. Shanmugam
Keelnatham T. Shanmugam University of Florida
Tyrrell Conway
Tyrrell Conway Oklahoma State University
Wilfred Vermerris
Wilfred Vermerris University of Florida
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rodney J. Bothast
Rodney J. Bothast National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Roy A. Jensen
Roy A. Jensen University of Florida
Jacky L. Snoep
Jacky L. Snoep Stellenbosch University
David Bruce
David Bruce Pebble Labs
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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