Morten Ejby

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 823 citations indexed

About

Morten Ejby is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Food Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Morten Ejby has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 823 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 11 papers in Food Science and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Morten Ejby's work include Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (12 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (11 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). Morten Ejby is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology (12 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (11 papers) and Food composition and properties (5 papers). Morten Ejby collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Netherlands and United States. Morten Ejby's co-authors include Maher Abou Hachem, Maria Louise Leth, Bjørge Westereng, Christopher T. Workman, Birte Svensson, Dirk Jan Slotboom, Folmer Fredslund, Leszek Michalak, Phillip B. Pope and Eric C. Martens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Morten Ejby

19 papers receiving 811 citations

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The human gut Firmicute Roseburia intestinalis is a primary degrader of dietary β-mannans

2019 225 citations Sabina Leanti La Rosa, Maria Louise Leth et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Morten Ejby Denmark	12	538	376	314	101	88	19	823
Karthik Urs United States	6	503 0.9×	252 0.7×	252 0.8×	67 0.7×	110 1.3×	10	731
Gabriel Vasconcelos Pereira United States	13	543 1.0×	218 0.6×	194 0.6×	68 0.7×	78 0.9×	19	835
Zhengyuan Zhai China	18	665 1.2×	253 0.7×	618 2.0×	137 1.4×	102 1.2×	61	1.0k
Vikas Sangwan India	11	382 0.7×	323 0.9×	436 1.4×	93 0.9×	83 0.9×	15	734
Jean-Pierre Grill France	20	714 1.3×	531 1.4×	622 2.0×	140 1.4×	148 1.7×	40	1.3k
Hisakazu Iino Japan	17	413 0.8×	422 1.1×	414 1.3×	126 1.2×	102 1.2×	43	894
Basavaprabhu Haranahalli Nataraj India	13	556 1.0×	208 0.6×	514 1.6×	75 0.7×	65 0.7×	28	906
Jonathan Laiño Argentina	14	450 0.8×	458 1.2×	650 2.1×	128 1.3×	49 0.6×	26	1.1k
Samira Boudebbouze France	16	558 1.0×	134 0.4×	329 1.0×	111 1.1×	65 0.7×	26	871
H. Mäkeläinen Finland	10	247 0.5×	385 1.0×	208 0.7×	80 0.8×	50 0.6×	12	924

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Ejby, Morten, Mikiyasu Sakanaka, Michael Jakob Pichler, et al.. (2025). Uptake of fucosylated type I human milk oligosaccharide blocks by Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis. mBio. 16(8). e0036825–e0036825. 1 indexed citations

Leth, Maria Louise, Morten Ejby, Dirk Jan Slotboom, et al.. (2019). Molecular insight into a new low‐affinity xylan binding module from the xylanolytic gut symbiont Roseburia intestinalis. FEBS Journal. 287(10). 2105–2117. 10 indexed citations

Rosa, Sabina Leanti La, Maria Louise Leth, Leszek Michalak, et al.. (2019). The human gut Firmicute Roseburia intestinalis is a primary degrader of dietary β-mannans. Nature Communications. 10(1). 905–905. 225 indexed citations breakdown →

Ejby, Morten, Albert Guskov, Michael Jakob Pichler, et al.. (2019). Two binding proteins of the ABC transporter that confers growth of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis ATCC27673 on β‐mannan possess distinct manno‐oligosaccharide‐binding profiles. Molecular Microbiology. 112(1). 114–130. 22 indexed citations

Sakanaka, Mikiyasu, Morten Ejby, Aina Gotoh, et al.. (2019). Evolutionary adaptation in fucosyllactose uptake systems supports bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis. Science Advances. 5(8). eaaw7696–eaaw7696. 127 indexed citations

Leth, Maria Louise, Morten Ejby, Christopher T. Workman, et al.. (2018). Differential bacterial capture and transport preferences facilitate co-growth on dietary xylan in the human gut. Nature Microbiology. 3(5). 570–580. 136 indexed citations

Leth, Maria Louise, et al.. (2018). 1H, 13C and 15N backbone and side-chain assignment of a carbohydrate binding module from a xylanase from Roseburia intestinalis. Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 13(1). 55–58. 2 indexed citations

Ejby, Morten, Folmer Fredslund, Joakim M. Andersen, et al.. (2016). An ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Mediates the Uptake of α-(1,6)-Linked Dietary Oligosaccharides in Bifidobacterium and Correlates with Competitive Growth on These Substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(38). 20220–20231. 53 indexed citations

Çelebioğlu, Hasan Ufuk, Morten Ejby, Avishek Majumder, et al.. (2016). Differential proteome and cellular adhesion analyses of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM grown on raffinose – an emerging prebiotic. PROTEOMICS. 16(9). 1361–1375. 31 indexed citations

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Çelebioğlu, Hasan Ufuk, Morten Ejby, Avishek Majumder, et al.. (2016). Outside front cover: Differential proteome and cellular adhesion analyses of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM grown on raffinose – an emerging prebiotic. PROTEOMICS. 16(9). 1 indexed citations

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Jong, Anne de, Morten Ejby, Oscar P. Kuipers, Mogens Kilstrup, & Jan Kok. (2013). The Transcriptional and Gene Regulatory Network of Lactococcus lactis MG1363 during Growth in Milk. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53085–e53085. 21 indexed citations

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Ejby, Morten, Folmer Fredslund, Andreja Vujičić‐Žagar, et al.. (2013). Structural basis for arabinoxylo‐oligosaccharide capture by the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl‐04. Molecular Microbiology. 90(5). 1100–1112. 62 indexed citations

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Ejby, Morten, Folmer Fredslund, Andreja Vujičić‐Žagar, et al.. (2013). Structural basis for arabinoxylo-oligosaccharide capture by the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04.. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 90(5). 1100–12. 2 indexed citations

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Hachem, Maher Abou, Joakim M. Andersen, Rodolphe Barrangou, et al.. (2013). Recent insight into oligosaccharide uptake and metabolism in probiotic bacteria. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 31(4). 226–235. 21 indexed citations

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Majumder, Avishek, et al.. (2012). Two‐dimensional gel‐based alkaline proteome of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilusNCFM. PROTEOMICS. 12(7). 1006–1014. 5 indexed citations

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Ejby, Morten. (2012). Probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp lactis Bl-04 interactions with prebiotic carbohydrates using differential proteomics and protein characterization. 1 indexed citations

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Hachem, Maher Abou, Folmer Fredslund, Joakim M. Andersen, et al.. (2012). Raffinose family oligosaccharide utilisation by probiotic bacteria: insight into substrate recognition, molecular architecture and diversity of GH36 α-galactosidases. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 30(3). 316–325. 16 indexed citations

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Majumder, Avishek, Abida Sultan, Rosa Jersie-Christensen, et al.. (2011). Proteome reference map of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM and quantitative proteomics towards understanding the prebiotic action of lactitol. PROTEOMICS. 11(17). 3470–3481. 39 indexed citations

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Ejby, Morten, Michael A. Sørensen, & Steen B. Pedersen. (2007). Pseudouridylation of helix 69 of 23S rRNA is necessary for an effective translation termination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(49). 19410–19415. 48 indexed citations

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