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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2025

Insects in bioregenerative life support systems: unlocking their role in space sustainability.

Åsa Berggren, Annette Bruun Jensen, David Copplestone, Roberto Guidetti, Martina Heer, Paola Pittia

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Åsa BerggrenDepartment of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Annette Bruun JensenDepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
David CopplestoneBiological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.
Roberto GuidettiDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Martina HeerIU International University of Applied Sciences, Bad Reichenhall, Germany.
Paola PittiaDepartment of Bioscience and Technology for Food Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-duration space missions and planetary colonization efforts will depend on Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) for sustainable food production, water recycling, and waste management. However, most BLSS research to date has focused almost exclusively on plants, with limited attention to animals and species-level ecological interactions. Here, we review 280 BLSS-focused studies and identify significant underrepresentation of insects and invertebrates, despite their multifunctional potential for nutrient recycling, protein production, and ecological resilience. Only 13 studies experimentally included insects, and these are rarely explored in interactions with other species in the system. Insects such as

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bioregenerative life support systemscircular systemsedible insectsnutrient cyclingspace food production

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