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ArticleJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2025

Bioconversion of Mushroom Chitin-Rich Waste into Valuable Chitin Oligosaccharides Using a Combined Approach of Biocatalysis and Precision Fermentation.

Alex Windels, Luna Declerck, Sofie Snoeck, Wouter Demeester, Chiara Guidi, Tom Desmet, Marjan De Mey

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Article in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Alex WindelsCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0005-9046-3141
Luna DeclerckCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1259-4785
Sofie SnoeckCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Wouter DemeesterCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.
Chiara GuidiCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1312-5879
Tom DesmetCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-3022
Marjan De MeyCentre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8134-9436

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The shift toward a circular economy has increased efforts to derive valuable chemicals from renewable resources, including chitin-rich waste. Mushroom cultivation generates significant waste, particularly the stalks left behind on breeding beds, which contain a substantial amount of chitin with untapped potential. This research establishes a proof of concept for valorizing this waste stream by converting it into valuable chitin oligosaccharides, which have applications across food, feed, agriculture, and pharmaceuticals. Using a combined approach of enzymatic saccharification with five chitinolytic enzymes, followed by precision fermentation of the resulting

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AgaricusChitinOligosaccharidesWaste ProductsBiocatalysisEscherichia coliFermentationChitinOligosaccharidesWaste Productsbiocatalysischitinchitin oligosaccharidesfermentationGlcNAcmushroom waste

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PMID40226921
PMCPMC12056690

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