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Mathias Middelboe

Mathias Middelboe

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
10290
World Ranking
4057
National Ranking
51

Overview

Mathias Middelboe is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and conducts research primarily in environmental science, immunology and microbiology, as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work spans a wide range of topics, including bacteriophages and microbial interactions, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Vibrio bacteria research studies, microbial infections and disease research, microbial community ecology and physiology, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Their frequent coauthors include Daniel Castillo, Lotta-Riina Sundberg, Krister Sundell, Lone Madsen, and Anniina Runtuvuori-Salmela, indicating active collaborative engagement in their field of research.

Mathias Middelboe's work is regularly published in several key academic venues, with multiple publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Environmental Microbiology, Microorganisms, The ISME Journal, and PHAGE. These journals reflect the focus areas of their research and dissemination outlets for the environmental microbiology and microbial ecology communities.

Their recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research. These include:

  • "High cell densities favor lysogeny: induction of an H20 prophage is repressed by quorum sensing and enhances biofilm formation in Vibrio anguillarum," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "Phage-Mediated Control of Flavobacterium psychrophilum in Aquaculture: In vivo Experiments to Compare Delivery Methods," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Spatial variability of prokaryotic and viral abundances in the Kermadec and Atacama Trench regions," 2021, Limnology and Oceanography
  • "The Gut Microbiota of Healthy and Flavobacterium psychrophilum-Infected Rainbow Trout Fry Is Shaped by Antibiotics and Phage Therapies," 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Beyond Cholera: Characterization of zot-Encoding Filamentous Phages in the Marine Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum," 2020, Viruses

The subjects covered in these papers reveal a research interest in bacterial and viral interactions in marine environments, phage therapy applications in aquaculture, microbial community responses to environmental factors, and molecular studies of pathogens affecting fish health.

The main fields of study documented include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields frequently explored are:

  • Ecology
  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Endocrinology
  • Microbiology

Major research topics addressed by Mathias Middelboe incorporate:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • Climate Change Influences on Marine Infectious Diseases: Implications for Management and Society

    Colleen A. Burge;C. Mark Eakin;Carolyn S. Friedman;Brett Froelich

  • Global trends in the fluorescence characteristics and distribution of marine dissolved organic matter

    Linda Jørgensen;Linda Jørgensen;Colin A. Stedmon;Theis Kragh;Stiig Markager

  • A cross-system analysis of labile dissolved organic carbon

    M. Søndergaard;M. Middelboe

  • Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances

    C.H. Wigington;D. Sonderegger;C.P.D. Brussaard;A. Buchan

  • High rates of microbial carbon turnover in sediments in the deepest oceanic trench on Earth

    Ronnie N. Glud;Ronnie N. Glud;Frank Wenzhöfer;Frank Wenzhöfer;Mathias Middelboe;Kazumasa Oguri

  • Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses

    Corina P.D. Brussaard;Steven W. Wilhelm;T. Frede Thingstad;Markus G. Weinbauer

  • Bacterial Growth Rate and Marine Virus-Host Dynamics.

    M. Middelboe

  • Effects of Viruses on Nutrient Turnover and Growth Efficiency of Noninfected Marine Bacterioplankton

    M. Middelboe;N. O. G. Jørgensen;N. Kroer

  • A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes

    Joshua S Weitz;Charles A Stock;Steven W Wilhelm;Lydia Bourouiba

  • Large variabilities in host strain susceptibility and phage host range govern interactions between lytic marine phages and their Flavobacterium hosts.

    Karin Holmfeldt;Mathias Middelboe;Ole Nybroe;Lasse Riemann

  • Regeneration of dissolved organic matter by viral lysis in marine microbial communities

    Mathias Middelboe;Peter Gramstrup Lyck

  • Viral lysis of bacteria: an important source of dissolved amino acids and cell wall compounds

    Mathias Middelboe;Niels O.G. Jørgensen

  • Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Infecting the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum

    Anne Rønnest Stenholm;Inger Dalsgaard;Mathias Middelboe

  • Effects of Bacteriophages on the Population Dynamics of Four Strains of Pelagic Marine Bacteria.

    M. Middelboe;A. Hagström;N. Blackburn;B. Sinn

  • Attached and free-living bacteria; production and polymer hydrolysis during a diatom bloom

    Mathias Middelboe;Morten Sondergaard;Y. Letarte;N. H. Borch

  • Marine Viruses: Key Players in Marine Ecosystems.

    Mathias Middelboe;Corina P. D. Brussaard

  • Virus induced transfer of organic carbon between marine bacteria in a model community

    Mathias Middelboe;Lasse Riemann;Grieg F. Steward;Vinni Hansen

  • Bacteriophages drive strain diversification in a marine Flavobacterium: implications for phage resistance and physiological properties

    Mathias Middelboe;Karin Holmfeldt;Lasse Riemann;Ole Nybroe

  • Big Impact of the Tiny: Bacteriophage-Bacteria Interactions in Biofilms.

    Mads Frederik Hansen;Sine Lo Svenningsen;Henriette Lyng Røder;Mathias Middelboe

  • Benthic carbon mineralization in hadal trenches: Assessment by in situ O2 microprofile measurements

    Frank Wenzhöfer;Kazumasa Oguri;Mathias Middelboe;Robert Turnewitsch

  • Quorum Sensing Determines the Choice of Antiphage Defense Strategy in Vibrio anguillarum

    Demeng Tan;Sine Lo Svenningsen;Mathias Middelboe

  • Bacterial utilization of dissolved free amino acids, dissolved combined amino acids and ammonium in the Delaware Bay estuary: effects of carbon and nitrogen limitation

    Middelboe M;Borch Nh;Kirchman Dl

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronnie N. Glud
Ronnie N. Glud University of Southern Denmark
Inger Dalsgaard
Inger Dalsgaard Technical University of Denmark
Corina P. D. Brussaard
Corina P. D. Brussaard Utrecht University
Frank Wenzhöfer
Frank Wenzhöfer Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Lasse Riemann
Lasse Riemann University of Copenhagen
Colin A. Stedmon
Colin A. Stedmon Technical University of Denmark
Lone Gram
Lone Gram Technical University of Denmark
Curtis A. Suttle
Curtis A. Suttle University of British Columbia
Hiroshi Kitazato
Hiroshi Kitazato Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Steven W. Wilhelm
Steven W. Wilhelm University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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