Publications of Food & Feed Improvement Agents

Barth A, Stelbrink B, Klüber P, Schubert P, Bendag S, Wilke T.

Broad acceptance of sustainable insect-based shrimp feeds requires reproducible and comparable research.

Aquac. Int. 2025, 33:101.

Nayak A, Klüber P.

The hidden drivers: Unraveling the impact of density, moisture, and scale on Hermetia illucens rearing.

PLoS ONE 2025, 20(1): e0317049.

Klüber P, Gabche R.

Mismatched menu: The incompatibility of adult black soldier flies as praying mantis feed.

Front. Insect Sci. 2025, 5:1531683.

Güldemund A, Klüber P, Weyand S, Zeller V.

Integrating regional survey data into life cycle assessment: prospective environmental consequences of directing apple pomace to insect farming. Int. J.

Life Cycle Assess. 2025.

Barth A, Bendag S, Klüber P, Kreft D, Schubert P, Tegtmeier D, Wilke T.

From plant by-products to insect to shrimp: A pathway to sustainable aquaculture feed in a circular economy.

Aquac. Nutr. 2025, 7288318.

Happel K, Müller L, Hartwig C, Zorn H.

Degradation of potato pulp glycoalkaloids by fermentation.

Eur Food Res Technol, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-025-04796-w

Broel N, Daumüller F, Ali Arslan, Lemanschick J, Maibach K, Mewe C, Bunk B, Spröer C, Baschien C, Zorn H, Schlüter H, Rühl M, Janssen S, Gand M.

Unravelling the enzymatic wood decay repertoire of Cerrena zonata: A multi-omics approach.

Microbiol Res 298:128214

Kanter J-P, Ahlhorn M, Zorn H, Li B, Gand M.

Tailoring the regioselectivity of Lentinula edodes O-methyltransferases for precise O-methylation of flavonoids.

J Agric Food Chem; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c02429

Calvo-Baltanás V, Vilcinskas A, Brück T, Kloas W, Wilke T, Rufino M, Henkel M, Zorn H, Monje O, Asseng S.

The future potential of controlled environment agriculture.

PNAS Nexus 4:pgaf078; https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf078

Happel K, Zeller L, Hammer AK, Zorn H.

Umami enhancing properties of enzymatically hydrolyzed mycelium of Flammulina velutipes cultured on potato pulp.

Food Sci Nutr 13:e70128; https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.70128

Juhrich LC, Grosse M, Mörlein J, Zorn H, Gand M.

Nutritional and sensory properties of meat analogues: a current overview and future considerations.

J Agric Food Chem 73:2236–2248

Seidel L, Eudenbach C, Albuquerque W, Gand M, Zorn H, Lee KZ, Will F, Schweiggert R.

Investigations into protein reduction in grape must and wine: Screening the efficacy of 21 peptidases and the effects of thermal treatments, ultrasound, and reducing agent.

Eur Food Res Technol https://doi.org/10.1007/s00217-025-04751-9

Nayak A, Rühl M, Klüber P.

Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): Need, potentiality, and performance measures.

Agriculture 2024, 14(1):8.

Kobelski A, Hempel A-J, Padmanabha M, Klüber P, Wille LC, Streif S.

Model-based process optimization of black soldier fly egg production.

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2024, 12:1404776.

Grundmann SM, Jerathe SD, Pfeiffer J, Most E, Klüber P, Rühl M, Eder K.

Exploring insect meals as novel sources of vitamin D: Evaluation of vitamin D precursors, biofortification by UV-B exposure, and in vivo efficacy. J.

Insects Food Feed 2024, 11(3):509-523.

Klüber P, Gurusinga FF, Hurka S, Vilcinskas A, Tegtmeier D.

Turning trash into treasure: Hermetia illucens microbiome and biodegradation of industrial side streams.

Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2024, 90(11):e00991-24.

Lemme A, Klüber P.

Rethinking amino acid nutrition of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) based on insights from an amino acid reduction trial.

Insects 2024, 15(11):862.

Nayak A, Rühl M, Klüber P.

Bioconversion efficiency and chemical composition of Hermetia illucens larvae fed spent mushroom substrates.

AMB Express 2024, 14:133.

Grundmann SM, Jerathe SD, Pfeiffer J, Most E, Klüber P, Rühl M, Eder K.

Exploring insect meals as novel sources of vitamin D: evaluation of vitamin D precursors, biofortification by UV-B exposure, and in vivo efficacy.

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 11:509-523.

Hoberg N, Harms K, Surup F, Rühl M

Bifunctional Sesquiterpene/Diterpene Synthase Agr2 from Cyclocybe aegerita Gives Rise to the Novel Diterpene Cyclocybene.

ACS Chemical Biology 19:2144–2151.

Orban AM, Eichberg J, Marner M, Breuer S, Patras MA, Mettal U, Schäberle TF, Rühl M

5’‐Methoxyarmillane, a Bioactive Sesquiterpenoid Aryl Ester from the Fungus Armillaria ostoyae.

ChemBioChem 25:e202400168.

Todorov SK, Orban A, Hammer A, Oberpaul M, Back C, Jansen CL, Hobley TJ, Rühl M, Bang-Berthelsen CH

Interactions between two strains of lactic acid bacteria and Laetiporus sulphureus strain FH24 and FH319, and Wolfiporia cocos strain FH9 mycelium.

LWT:115891.

Schäfer L, Herrero-Encinas J, Rühl M, Zorn H, Most E, Eder K, Ringseis R 

Effect of a biotechnologically produced Pleurotus sapidus mycelium on expression of genes involved in protein synthesis and degradation in breast muscle of broilers.

Poultry Sci 103:104450

Bickel Haase T, Huseini Babat R, Zorn H, Gola S, Schweiggert-Weisz U

Enzyme-assisted hydrolysis of Theobroma cacao L. pulp.

J Agric Food Res 18: 101466

Fingerhut MA, Lauber C, Broel N, Ghezellou P, Karrer D, Henrich L, Spengler B, Langfelder K, Stressler T, Zorn H, Gand M.

Heterologous expression and characterization of a GDS(L)-like hydrolase from Pleurotus sapidus, which is highly stable at alkaline conditions and contains an unusual SGNH motif in the active site.

AMB Express 14:98; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-024-01752-x

Seidel L, Runkel K, Albuquerque W, Happel K, Ghezellou P, Spengler B, Zorn H, Gand M, Freund M, Will F, Schweiggert R 

Investigations into the ultrasound stabilization of musts and wines by aspergillopepsin under different enzymatic and thermal treatments.

ACS Food Sci Technol 4:2124-2133

Schäfer L, Grundmann SM, Rühl M, Zorn H, Seel W, Simon M-C, Schuchardt S, Most E, Ringseis R, Eder K.

Effects of a biotechnologically produced Pleurotus sapidus-mycelium on gut microbiome, liver transcriptome and plasma metabolome of broilers.

Poultry Sci; 103:103975; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2024.103975

Kanter J-P, Milke L, Metz JK, Biabani A, Schlüter H, Gand M, Ley JP, Zorn H

Novel catechol O-methyltransferases from Lentinula edodes catalyse the generation of taste-active flavonoids.

J Agric Food Chem 72:11002–11012

Babkina V, Hajduk Y, Kurtash Y, Zorn H, Zhuk T

Reduction of anthranilic acid to 2-aminobenzaldehyde by the white-rot fungus Bjerkandera adusta.

J Biotechnol 387:44–48

Brescia FF, Passinger J, Wende RC, Schreiner PR, Zorn H, Fraatz MA

Determining ultra-low organic molecular odor thresholds in air helps identify the most potent fungal aroma compound.

J Agric Food Chem; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08438

Bickel Haase T, Klis V, Hammer AK, Pinto Lopez C, Verheyen C, Naumann-Gola S, Zorn H 

Fermentation of cocoa pod husks with Pleurotus salmoneo-stramineus for food applications. Food Sci Nutr; https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.3937

Brescia FF, Korf L, Essen L-O, Zorn H, Rühl M 

A novel O- and S-methyltransferase from Pleurotus sapidus is involved in flavor formation.

J Agric Food Chem. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08849