Luke Research / Expert - Joutsjoki Vesa

A1 Journal article (refereed)

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Bragge, Rina; Porcellato, Davide; Østlie, Hilde Marit; Rundberget, Thomas; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Pihlava, Juha-Matti; Hellström, Jarkko; Gullberg Jørgensen, Emilie; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Gulbrandsen Devold, Tove; Pihlanto, Anne. 2024. Lactic and propionic acid bacteria starter cultures for improved nutritional properties of pea, faba bean and lentil. Lwt: food science and technology 208: 12 p.

Okoth, Sheila; Wamae, Leonard; Kariuki, Innocent; Matumba, Limbikani; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu. 2023. Evaluation of Lactic Acid Bacteria for the Control of Aflatoxin Contamination in Silage. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 12 1: 23-31.

Magarelli, Rosaria Alessandra; Trupo, Mario; Ambrico, Alfredo; Larocca, Vincenzo; Martino, Maria; Palazzo, Salvatore; Balducchi, Roberto; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Pihlanto, Anne; Bevivino, Annamaria. 2022. Designing a Waste-Based Culture Medium for the Production of Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms Based on Cladodes Juice from Opuntia ficus-indica Pruning. Fermentation 8 5: 14 p.

Rämö, Sari; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2022. Aflatoxin B1 Binding by Lactic Acid Bacteria in Protein-Rich Plant Material Fermentation. Applied Sciences 12 24: 10 p.

Marete, Grace Nkirote; Kanja, Laetitia Wakonyu; Mbaria, James Mucunu; Okumu, Mitchel Otieno; Ateku, Penina Afwande; Korhonen, Hannu; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2020. Effects of the Use of Good Agricultural Practices on Aflatoxin Levels in Maize Grown in Nandi County, Kenya. Sci 2 4: 16 p.

Ahlberg, S.; Kärki, P.; Kolmonen, M.; Korhonen, H.; Joutsjoki, V. 2019. Aflatoxin M1 binding by lactic acid bacteria in milk. World Mycotoxin Journal 12 4: 379-386.

Abigael, Ouko; Sheila, Okoth; Nelson, Amugune; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2018. Characterization of Mating Type Genes in Aspergillus flavus Populations from Two Locations in Kenya. Advances in Agriculture 2018:

Ahlberg, Sara; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Laurikkala, Sini; Varmanen, Pekka; Korhonen, Hannu. 2017. Aspergillus flavus growth inhibition by Lactobacillus strains isolated from traditional fermented Kenyan milk and maize products. Archives of Microbiology 199 3: 457-464.

Kang'ethe, E. K.; Gatwiri, M.; Sirma, A. J.; Ouko, E. O.; Mburugu-Musoti, C. K.; Kitala, P. M.; Nduhiu, G. J.; Nderitu, J. G.; Mungatu, J. K.; Hietaniemi, Veli; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. 2017. Exposure of Kenyan population to aflatoxins in foods with special reference to Nandi and Makueni counties. Food Quality and Safety 1: 131-137.

Kang’ethe, E K; Korhonen, H; Marimba, K A; Nduhiu, G; Mungatu, J K; Okoth, S A; Joutsjoki, V; Wamae, L W; Shalo, P. 2017. Management and mitigation of health risks associated with the occurrence of mycotoxins along the maize value chain in two counties in Kenya. Food Quality and Safety 1 4: 268-274.

Kang'ethe, E.K.; Sirma, A.J.; Murithi, G.; Mburugu-Mosoti, C.K.; Ouko, E.O.; Korhonen, Hannu; Nduhiu, G.J.; Mungatu, J.K.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Lindfors, E.; Rämö, Sari. 2017. Occurrence of mycotoxins in food, feed and milk in two countries from different agro-ecological zones and with historical outbreak of aflatoxins and fumonisins poisoning in Kenya. Food Quality and Safety: 1-9.

Okoth, S. A.; Nyongesa, B.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu; Ayugi, V.; Kang’ethe, E. K. 2016. Sclerotia Formation and Toxin Production in Large Sclerotial Aspergillus flavus Isolates from Kenya. Advances in Microbiology 6 1: 47-56.

Ahlberg, Sara H.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. 2015. Potential of lactic acid bacteria in aflatoxin risk mitigation. International journal of food microbiology 207: 87-102.

Blasco, L.; Kahala, M.; Jatila, H.; Joutsjoki, V. 2015. Application of 16S-ARDRA and RFLP-PFGE for improved genotypic characterisation of dairy propionibacteria and combination with characteristic phenotypes. International Dairy Journal 50: 66-71.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tampio, Elina; Ervasti, Satu; Paavola, Teija; Rintala, Jukka; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2014. Dynamics of microbial communities in untreated and autoclaved food waste anaerobic digesters. Anaerobe 29: 3-9.

Kahala, Minna; Ahola, Virpi; Mäkimattila, Elina; Paulin, Lars; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2014. The use of macroarray as a simple tool to follow the metabolic profile of Lactobacillus plantarum during fermentation. Advances in Microbiology 4: 996-1016.

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2012. Molecular characterization of spoilage bacteria as a means to observe the microbiological quality of carrot. Journal of Food Protection 75 3: 523-532.

Okoth, Sheila; Nyongesa, Beatrice; Ayugi, Vincent; Kang'ethe, Erastus; Korhonen, Hannu; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2012. Toxigenic potential of Aspergillus species occurring on maize kernels from two agro-egological zones in Kenya. Toxins 4 11: 991-1007.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tupasela, Tuomo; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2011. Determination of aspartase activity in dairy Propionibacterium strains. FEMS Microbiology Letters 321 1: 10-13.

Mato Rodriguez, L.; Ritvanen, T.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Rekonen, J.; Alatossava T. 2011. The role of copper in the manufacture of Finnish Emmental cheese. Journal of Dairy Science 94 10: 4831-4842.

Mäkimattila, Elina; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2011. Characterization and electrotransformation of Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus paraplantarum isolated from fermented vegetables. World journal of microbiology and biotechnology 27 2: 371-379.

Kahala, Minna; Mäki, Maarit; Lehtovaara, A.; Tapanainen, J-M.; Katiska, R.; Juuruskorpi, M.; Juhola, J.; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Characterization of starter lactic acid bacteria from the Finnish fermented milk product viili. Journal of applied microbiology 105 6: 1929-1938.

Plumed-Ferrer, Carme; Koistinen, Kaisa M.; Tolonen, Tiina L.; Lehesranta, Satu J.; Kärenlampi, Sirpa O.; Mäkimattila, Elina; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Virtanen, Vesa; von Wright, Atte. 2008. Comparative study of sugar fermentation and protein expression patterns of two Lactobacillus plantarum strains grown in three Different Media. Applied and environmental microbiology 74 17: 5349-5358.

Rokka, Susanna; Myllykangas, Samuel; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Effect of specific colostral antibodies and selected lactobacilli on the adhesion of helicobacter pylori on AGS cells and the helicobacter-induced IL-8 production. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 68 3: 280-286.

Kilpi, E.; Kahala, Minna; Steele, J.; Pihlanto, Anne; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2007. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity in milk fermented by wild-type and peptidase-deletion derivatives of Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32. International dairy journal 17 8: 976-984.

Rokka, Susanna; Pihlanto, Anne; Korhonen, Hannu; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2006. In vitro growth inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by lactobacilli belonging to the Lactobacillus plantarum group. Letters in applied microbiology 43 5: 508-513.

Kahala, Minna; Mäki, Maarit; Lehtovaara, Anne; Tapanainen, Juha-Matti; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Leuconostoc strains unable to split a lactose analogue revealed by characterisation of mesophilic dairy starters. Food Technology and Biotechnology 43 2: 207-209.

Haakana, Heli; Miettinen-Oinonen, Arja; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Mäntylä, Arja; Suominen, Pirkko; Vehmaanperä, Jari. 2004. Cloning of cellulase genes from Melanocarpus albomyces and their efficient expression in Trichoderma reesei. Enzyme and microbial technology 34 2: 159-167.

Miettinen-Oinonen, Arja; Londesborough, John; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Lantto, Raija; Vehmaanperä, Jari; Primalco Ltd. Biotec. 2004. Three cellulases from Melanocarpus albomyces for textile treatment at neutral pH. Enzyme and microbial technology 34 3-4: 332-341.

Tamminen, Marja; Joutsjoki, Tiina; Sjöblom, Marietta; Joutsen, Marja; Palva, Airi; Ryhänen, Eeva-Liisa; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2004. Screening of lactic acid bacteria from fermented vegetables by carbohydrate profiling and PCR-ELISA. Letters in applied microbiology 39 5: 439-444.

Tamminen, Marja; Mäki, Maarit; Joutsjoki, Tiina; Ryhänen, Eeva-Liisa; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2003. Differentiation of lactobacilli related to Lactobacillus plantarum from naturally fermented cucumbers and white cabbage. Applied biotechnology, food science and policy 1 2: 125-128.

Courtin, P.; Nardi, M.; Wegmann, U.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Ogier, J.C.; Gripon, J.C.; Palva, Airi; Henrich, B.; Monnet, V. 2002. Accelerating cheese proteolysis by enriching Lactococcus lactis proteolytic system with lactobacilli peptidases. International dairy journal 12: 447-454.

Joutsjoki, Vesa; Luoma, Susanna; Tamminen, Marja; Kilpi, Maaria; Johansen, Eric; Palva, Airi. 2002. Recombinant Lactococcus starters as a potential source of additional peptidolytic activity in cheese ripening. Journal of applied microbiology 92 6: 1159-1166.

Wei, Hua; Loimaranta, Vuokko; Tenovuo, Jorma; Rokka, Susanna; Syväoja, Eeva-Liisa; Korhonen, Hannu J. T.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Marnila, Pertti. 2002. Stability and activity of specific antibodies against Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus in bovine milk fermented with Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG or treated at ultra-high temperature. Oral Microbiology and Immunology 17 1: 9-15.

Luoma, Susanna; Peltoniemi, Kirsi; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Rantanen, Terhi; Tamminen, Marja; Heikkinen, Inka; Palva, Airi. 2001. Expression of six peptidases from Lactobacillus helveticus in Lactococcus lactis. Applied and environmental microbiology 67 3: 1232-1238.

A2 Review article in a scientific journal (refereed)

Joutsjoki, Vesa V; Korhonen, Hannu J. 2021. Management strategies for aflatoxin risk mitigation in maize, dairy feeds and milk value chains—case study Kenya. Food quality and safety 5: 11 p.

A3 Part of a book or another research book (refereed)

"Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2012. Traditional Finnish fermented milk ""viili"". In: Handbook of animal-based fermented food and beverage technology / Ed. Y. H. Hui et al. CRC Press. p. 173-180. "

B1 Article in a scientific magazine (non-refereed)

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Wallius, Esa; Pitkänen,Timo; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Porkkanan pilaajabakteerit Pseudomonas ja Pectobacterium - eristäminen ja tunnistaminen suomalaisista porkkanoista. In: Porkkanan laadun parantaminen : Vihannesten kuluttajalaadun parantaminen esimerkkinä porkkana.Hankkeen loppuraportti / Petri Vanhala (toim.). Maa- ja elintarviketalous 128: 55-72.

Pihlanto, Anne; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. T. 2007. Production of bioactive peptides by microbial fermentation. Bulletin of the international dairy federation 413: 6-8.

B2 Part of a book or another research book (non-refereed)

Blasco, Lucia; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Ojala, Hanna; Kahala, Minna. 2006. Porkkanan pilaajabakteerit. In: Vihannesten kuluttajalaadun parantaminen - esimerkkinä porkkana : Tutkimushankkeen seminaari 24.8.2006 / Petri Vanhala (toim.). MTT:n selvityksiä 134: s. 22-23.

B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings

Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Blasco, Lucia; Porcellato, Davide; Nurmi, Markus; Pihlanto, Anne. 2019. Microbial processing for nutritional enhancement of plant based products. In: Program and Book of Abstracts, Nano-Day IV, Univestità di Parma. Univestità di Parma, Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per le Scienze Ambientali. p. 31.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Palojärvi, Ansa; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Genomic methods in analyzing the communities of soil bacteria. In: NJF Seminar 418 : New insights into sustainable cultivation methods in agriculture, Piikkiö, Finland, 17-19 September 2008. NJF Report 4 3: 4.

Kaipainen, Saara; Peura Sari; Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Eriksson, Christian; Palojärvi, Ansa. 2006. Kasvilajin ja maan vaikutus ritsosfäärin mikrobiyhteisön rakenteeseen. In: Miten maamme makaa - Suomen maaperä ja sen tila : IV Maaperätieteiden päivien laajennetut abstraktit / toim. Mari Räty et al. Pro terra 29: p. 50-51.

Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2000. Maitohappobakteereiden geenimuuntelu - juustonvalmistuksen uusi aika? In: Juustontutkimuksen haasteet uudella vuosituhannella : 18.5.2000, Maatalouden tutkimuskeskus (MTT), M-talon auditorio, Jokioinen. 5 p.

D1 Article in a trade journal

Tupasela, Tuomo; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Kantanen, Juha. 2014. Tutkimus osoitti: suomenkarjan maitoa kannattaa jatkojalostaa. In: GeeniVarat 2014. GeeniVarat: 16-17.

D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material

Hiidenhovi, Jaakko; Välimaa, Anna-Liisa; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Mäkinen, Sari; Setälä, Jari; Mattila, Pirjo. 2021. 5.1. Vähäarvoiset kalat ja kalasivutuotteet hyötykäyttöön. In: Sininen biotalous : Tutkimusohjelman loppuraportti. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 22/2021: 29-32.

Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2016. Treatment processes for various biomasses : Fermentation of vegetable and fruit processing residues. In: Biorefineries in in decentralized environment : review / ed. Saija Rasi. Natural resources and bioeconomy studies 70/2016: s. 16-17.

D4 Published development or research report or study

Savolainen, Hannu; Niemistö, Johanna; Heikkinen, Mari; Seppälä, Jyri; Springare, Saana; Salminen, Jani; Savolahti, Mikko; Soimakallio, Sampo; Ruokamo, Enni; Koljonen, Tiina; Harlin, Ali; Keränen, Janne; Vainio, Terttu; Vainio-Kaila, Tiina; Kivikytö-Reponen, Päivi; Orko, Inka; Karhu, Marjaana; Lehtonen, Heikki; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Niemeläinen, Oiva; Kivinen, Mari; Eerola, Toni; Heino, Neea; Kaariaho, Tuomas. 2024. Suomen kansantalouden materiaalivirrat ja niiden vaikutukset: Toteutunut kehitys ja kiertotalouden skenaariot vuodelle 2035. Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2024 8: 253.

Winquist, Erika; Horn, Susanna; Tuovila, Hannamaija; Lavikko, Sonja; Sorvari, Jaana; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Karhu, Marjaana; Slotte, Patrycja; Kautto, Petrus; Kivikytö-Reponen, Päivi; Ilvesniemi, Hannu. 2023. R-strategies in circular economy : Textile, battery, and agri-food value chains. Natural Resources and Bioeconomy Studies 57/2023: 49 p.

Winquist, Erika; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Lokka, Jukka; Lehtonen, Eeva; Anttila, Perttu; Ronkainen, Ari; Suokannas, Antti; Holmström, Eero; Lindblad, Jari; Routa, Johanna; Brännström, Hanna; Järvenpää, Eila; Saranpää, Pekka; Väätäinen, Kari; Kankaanhuhta, Ville; Lötjönen, Timo; Niemeläinen, Oiva; Saarni, Kaija; Rahkonen, Riitta; Setälä, Jari; Helin, Janne; Rikkonen, Pasi. 2022. Biotalouden raaka-aineet ja materiaalivirrat hyötykäyttöön logistiikkaa tehostamalla : Synteesiraportti. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 83/2022: 83 s.

Cesoniene, Laima (Eds.) 2017. 89 p. The chemical and microbiological assessment of water and soil samples. Report number 1.

Lötjönen, Timo; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2017. Harvest and storage of moist cereal straw - experiments 2013-2014 and 2015-2016. CLIC Innovation Research report D 1.2.1-2: 29 p.

Rasi, Saija; Winquist, Erika; Varho, Vilja; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Virtanen, Yrjö; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Blasco, Lucia. 2016. Non-wood biomass as raw material in biorefinery processes.62 p. Clic Innovation

Lötjönen, Timo; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2015. Harvest and storage of moist cereal straw. Cleen Oy. Research report 2.1.5: 20 p.

Tupasela, Tuomo; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Kantanen, Juha. 2014. Suomen Lehmä-Brändi : itä-, länsi- ja pohjoissuomenkarjan maitojen hyödyntäminen erikoistuotteissa loppuraportti 2011-2013.26 p.

MTT; UEF. 2013. Comparative assessment of sustainability standards and national bioenergy pathway inventory on the basis of literature review.23 p. European comission

M1 Texts about research activities

Ahlberg, S.; Korhonen, H.; Joutsjoki, V.; Grace, D. 2013. Creating novel approaches to mitigate aflatoxin risk in food and feed with dairy derived proteins and lacticacid bacteria. In: The First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.

Mäkimattila, Elina E. R.; Ahola, Virpi; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Gene expression of Lactobacilllus plantarum grown in MRS and selected vegetable-based process-simulating media. In: 9th symposium on lactic acid bacteria. Health, evolution and systems biology, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 31 to September 4, 2008. 1 p.

Tupasela, Tuomo; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Application of molecular methods for tracing of a probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri in reduced-fat cheese. In: IDF world dairy summit 2008, November 11.-14.2008, Mexico City, Mexico.

M2 Presentation or poster

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Wachnicka, Ewelina; Tenhola-Roininen, Teija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2018. Lactic Acid Bacteria in Finnish Rye Sourdoughs. In: 7th International Symposium on Sourdough / Arendt E.K., Emanuele Zannini E. (eds.). University College Cork (UCC). p. 78.

Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu. 2017. Aflatoxins and aflatoxin risk mitigation in feed and dairy chain in Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Workshop on Milk Composition, Functional Genomics & Health Apects, Larkollen, Norway, 20.-22. 11. 2017 : Book of Abstracts.

Rasi, Saija; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Winquist, Erika; Virtanen, Yrjö; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Blasco, Lucia. 2016. Valorization of non-wood biomass - case studies with food industry side-streams and municipal foodwaste. Natural Resources Institute Finland

Kahala, M.; Blasco, L.; Joutsjoki, V. 2015. Valorization of agro-food by-products by bioprocessing. In: Biorefinery for food & fuels & materials, 15-17 June 2015, Montpellier SupAgro, France : abstracts book. Montpellier SupAgro. p. 94.

Ahlberg, Sara H.; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. 2014. Creating novel approaches to mitigate aflatoxin risk in food and feed with lactic acid bacteria : mold growth inhibition. In: Food and nutrition security in Africa : FoodAfrica midterm seminar in Helsinki 16th June 2014 : book of abstracts / Rokka, Susanna (ed.). MTT Science 26: p. 24.

Ahlberg, Sara H; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. 2014. Creating novel approaches to mitigate aflatoxin risk in food and feed with lactic acid bacteria : mold growth inhibition. In: 8th Conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum, 10-12 November 2014, Vienna, Austria.

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Tampio, Elina; Ervasti, Satu; Rintala, Jukka; Paavola, Teija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2014. Characterization of microbial diversity by T-RFLP in two biogas reactors digesting food waste. In: 2nd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology ICBM, Uppsala, Sweden, 10-12 June, 2014. [1 p.].

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tampio, Elina; Ervasti, Satu; Rintala, Jukka; Paavola, Teija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2013. Determination of the effect of food waste pretreatment on microbial deversity in biogas reactors by T-RFLP. In: 8th International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology (ISAM8) Innsbruck, Austria, June 12-15, 2013 / Heribert Insam, Sabine M. Podmirseg, Andreas O. Wagner (Hg.). Innsbruck University Press. p. 32.

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Tapio, Ilma; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Negussie, Enyew; Shingfield, Kevin J.; Bayat, Alireza; Vilkki, Johanna. 2013. Influence of diet composition on the diversity of ruminal microbial populations in lactating cows. In: 8th International Symposium on Anaerobic Microbiology (ISAM8) Innsbruck, Austria, June 12-15, 2013 / Heribert Insam, Sabine M. Podmirseg, Andreas O. Wagner (Hg.). Innsbruck University Press. p. 67.

"Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tapio, Ilma; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Negussie, Enyew; Shingfield, Kevin J.; Vilkki, Johanna. 2012. Influence of diet on the diversity of microbial populations in the rumen and enteric methane emissions in lactating dairy cows. In: NJF seminar 453 : symposium on ""Agriculture and greenhouse gases"", 5-6. November 2012, Oslo, Norway. [1 p]. "

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Bayr, Suvi; Kaparaju, Prasad; Rintala, Jukka; Paavola, Teija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2011. Characterization of microbial diversity by T-RFLP in Thermophilic and mesophilic biogas reactors digesting rendering and slaughterhouse wastes. In: 1st International conference on biogas microbiology, September 14-16, 2011 in Leipzig. p. 93.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Pihlanto, Anne; Mäkinen, Sari; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2010. Application of molecular methods for the identification of propionic acid bacteria. In: The 5th Baltic conference on food science and technology : foodbalt-2010 : book of abstracts. Food and nutrition XVII: p. 13.

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2009. Occurrence of spoilage bacteria Pseudomonas and Pectobacterium on Finnish carrots. In: BioMicroWorld 2009 : III International conference on environmental, industrial and applied microbiology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-4 December, 2009. p. 328.

"Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Identification and genotyping of propionibacteria by 16S-ARDRA and RFLP-PFGE. In: Food micro 2008, the 21st international ICFMH symposium ""evolving microbial food quality and safety"" 1-4 September 2008, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. p. 246. "

"Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Characterization of Pseudomonas species on carrots by genomic methods. In: Food micro 2008, the 21st international ICFMH symposium ""evolving microbial food quality and safety"" 1-4 September 2008, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. p. 245. "

Tupasela, Tuomo; Pahkala, Eero; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2008. Tracing of probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri in reduced-fat cheese. In: 5th IDF symposium on cheese ripening. 9-13 March 2008, Bern, Switzerland. p. 135.

Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2006. Identification of carrot spoilage bacteria by genomic methods. In: FoodMicro 2006, Bologna, Italy, August 29th to September 2nd, 2006. p. 432.

Kilpi, Elina; Pihlanto, Anne; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2006. Fractionation and determination of ACE inhibitory activity of milks fermented by Lactobacillus helveticus and its peptidase-deletion derivatives. In: 27th IDF world dairy congress and conference on dairy science and technology, October 20-23, 2006, Shanghai, China. p. H 17.

Korhonen, Hannu J. T.; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2006. Bioactive peptides - new dimensions to healthiness of fermented milks. In: Scientific and technological challenges in fermented milk : 2nd IDF dairy science and technology week, 15 - 19 May 2006, Sirmione, Italy. 37-38.

Ahola, Virpi; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Prediction of highly expressed genes in Lactobacillus plantarum. In: ECCB/05 4th European Conference on Computational Biology 2005, 28.9.-1.10.2005, Madrid, Espanja. p. 94.

Joutsjoki, Vesa; Kahala, Minna; Kilpi, Elina. 2005. Genotypic characterization and electroporation of Lactobacillus plantarum -related lactobacilli isolated from fermented vegetables. In: 8th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria : Genetics, Metabolism and Applications, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 28 to September 1, 2005, Book of abstracts. B 033.

Kahala, Minna; Tapanainen, Juha-Matti; Katiska, Raija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Homology comparison of mesophilic dairy starters by fingerprinting with PFGE. In: 8th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria : Genetics, Metabolism and Applications, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 28 to September 1, 2005, Book of abstracts. B 024.

Kahala, Minna; Tapanainen, Juha-Matti; Katiska, Raija; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Homology comparison of mesophilic dairy starters by fingerprinting with PFGE. In: 8th symposium on lactic acid bacteria : genetics, netabolism and applications, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, August 28 to September 1, 2005, book of abstracts. p. 12.

Kilpi, Elina; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Growth profiles of Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus paraplantarum, isolated from fermented vegetables, on various food and feed matrices. In: 8th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria : Genetics, Metabolism and Applications, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, August 28 to September 1, 2005, Book of abstracts. A 039.

Kilpi, Elina; Kahala, Minna; Pihlanto, Anne; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Accumulation and stability of ACE-inhibiting peptides in the hydrolysis of milk proteins by Lactobacillus helveticus and its peptidase-deletion derivatives. In: IDF World Dairy Summit 2005 : Partnering - The Future of the World Dairy Industry, September 17 - 22, 2005, Vancouver, Canada. 1 p.

Rokka, Susanna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Growth inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by Lactobacillus plantarum. In: 2nd international workshop on Probiotics in gastric and intestinal disorders : abstracts, October 12, 2005, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Denmark. 1 p.

Rokka, Susanna; Joutsjoki, Vesa; Korhonen, Hannu J. T. 2005. Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by whole cells and cellular fractions of Lactobacillus plantarum. In: XVIIIth international workshop gastrointestinal pathology and helicobacter : European helicobacter study group, Copenhagen, October 12-14, 2005. Helicobacter 10 5: p. 535.

Tupasela, Tuomo; Pahkala, Eero; Kahala, Minna; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2005. Reduced-fat cheese containing a probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri. In: Conference on milk products and components in health and disease : Health promoting effects of milk and milk products, milk proteins and peptides, milk carbohydrates and milk lipids : program and abstracts, Blue Lagoon, Iceland, 20 - 23 August 2005. p. 7.

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