Luke Research / Expert - Kahala Minna

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.

Kahala, Minna; Ikonen, Iida; Blasco, Lucia; Bragge, Rina; Pihlava, Juha-Matti; Nurmi, Markus; Pihlanto, Anne. 2023. Effect of Lactic Acid Bacteria on the Level of Antinutrients in Pulses: A Case Study of a Fermented Faba Bean–Oat Product. Foods 12 21: 16 p.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Ervasti, Satu; Tampio, Elina. 2022. Dynamics of microbial community in response to co-feedstock composition in anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology 364: 10 p.

Rasi, Saija; Vainio, Markku; Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Leskinen, Heidi; Tampio, Elina. 2022. Changes in volatile fatty acid production and microbiome during fermentation of food waste from hospitality sector. Journal of Environmental Management 308: 12 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.

Franco, Marcia; Stefański, Tomasz; Jalava, Taina; Lehto, Marja; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Mäntysaari, Päivi; Rinne, Marketta. 2021. Effect of Potato By-Product on Production Responses of Dairy Cows and Total Mixed Ration Stability. Dairy 2 2: 218-230.

Laaksonen, Oskar; Kahala, Minna; Marsol-Vall, Alexis; Blasco, Lucia; Järvenpää, Eila; Rosenvald, Sirli; Virtanen, Mika; Tarvainen, Marko; Yang, Baoru. 2021. Impact of lactic acid fermentation on sensory and chemical quality of dairy analogues prepared from lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) seeds. Food chemistry 346: 9 p.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tampio, Elina; Vainio, Markku; Ervasti, Satu; Rasi, Saija. 2020. Effect of Inoculum Pretreatment on the Composition of Microbial Communities in Anaerobic Digesters Producing Volatile Fatty Acids. Microorganisms 8 4: 21 p.

Rinne, Marketta; Leppä, Milla M.; Kuoppala, Kaisa; Koivunen, Erja; Kahala, Minna; Jalava, Taina; Salminen, Juha-Pekka; Manni, Katariina. 2020. Fermentation quality of ensiled crimped faba beans using different additives with special attention to changes in bioactive compounds. Animal feed science and technology 265: 12 p.

Rinne, Marketta; Franco, Marcia; Jalava, Taina; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Siljander-Rasi, Hilkka; Kuoppala, Kaisa. 2019. Carrot by-product fermentation quality and aerobic spoilage could be modified with silage additives. Agricultural and Food Science 28 2: 59-69.

Tampio, Elina A.; Blasco, Lucia; Vainio, Markku M.; Kahala, Minna M.; Rasi, Saija E. 2019. Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and methane from food waste and cow slurry: Comparison of biogas and VFA fermentation processes. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 11 1: 72-84.

Tapio, Ilma; Fischer, Daniel; Blasco, Lucia; Tapio, Miika; Wallace, R. John; Bayat, Ali R.; Ventto, Laura; Kahala, Minna; Negussie, Enyew; Shingfield, Kevin J.; Vilkki, Johanna. 2017. Taxon abundance, diversity, co-occurrence and network analysis of the ruminal microbiota in response to dietary changes in dairy cows. PLoS ONE 12 7: e0180260.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Åvall-Jääskeläinen, Silja; Kylä-Nikkilä, Kari; Kahala, Minna; Miikkulainen-Lahti, Terhi; Palva, Airi. 2002. Surface display of foreign epitopes on the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer. Applied and environmental microbiology 68 12: 5943-5951.

Kahala, Minna; Palva, Airi. 1999. The expression signals of the Lactobacillus brevis slpA gene direct efficient heterologous protein production in lactic acid bacteria. Applied microbiology and biotechnology 51: 71-78.

Kahala, Minna; Savijoki, Kirsi; Palva, Airi. 1997. In vivo expression of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene. Journal of Bacteriology 179 1: 284-286.

Savijoki, Kirsi; Kahala, Minna; Palva, Airi. 1997. High level heterologous protein production in Lactococcus and Lactobacillus using a new secretion system based on the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer signals. Gene 186: 255-262.

Kahala, Minna; Pahkala, Eero; Pihlanto-Leppälä, Anne. 1993. Peptides in fermented Finnish milk products. Agricultural Science in Finland 2 5: 379-386.

Pihlanto-Leppälä, Anne; Pahkala, Eero; Kahala, Minna; Antila, Veijo. 1993. Hydrolysis of alpha-s2-casein in solution by chymosin, plasmin, trypsin, and Lactobacillus-proteinases. Agricultural Science in Finland 2 2: 133-139.

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

Pihlanto, Anne; Maestri, Elena; Nurmi, Markus; Marmiroli, Nelson; Kahala, Minna. 2022. Bioactive Peptides in Pulses. In: Bioactive Peptides from Food. Bioactive Peptides from Food: 153-180.

Mattila, Pirjo; Pap, Nora; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Mäkinen, Sari. 2021. Underutilized Northern plant sources and technological aspects for recovering their polyphenols. In: Application of Polyphenols in Foods and Food Models. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 98: 125-169.

"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. "

A4 Article in a conference publication (refereed)

Franco, Marcia; Stefanski, Tomasz; Jalava, Taina; Lehto, Marja; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Rinne, Marketta. 2019. Aerobic stability of fresh and ensiled potato by-product treated with preservatives and yield fractions from a biorefinery process. In: Proceedings of the 10th Nordic Feed Science Conference / P. Udén, T. Eriksson, R. Spörndly, B-O. Rustas, J. Karlsson (eds.). Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management. Report 302: 137-142.

de Oliveira Franco, Marcia; Jalava, Taina; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Rinne, Marketta. 2018. Carrot by-product fermentation quality and aerobic stability could be modified with silage additives. In: Proceedings of the XVIII International Silage Conference / edited by K. Gerlach and K.-H. Südekum. 222–223.

de Oliveira Franco, Marcia; Jalava, Taina; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Lehto, Marja; Rinne, Marketta. 2018. Preservatives can improve aerobic stability of potato by-products. In: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Feed Science Conference, Uppsala, Sweden / P. Udén, E. Eriksson, R. Spörndly, B-O. Rustas, M. Liljeholm. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management. Report 298: 143-148.

Rinne, Marketta; Manni, K.; Kuoppala, Kaisa; Niemi, T.; Koivunen, E.; Kahala, Minna; Jalava, Taina. 2018. Ensiling of crimped faba beans decreased selected antinutritional factors. In: Proceedings of the XVIII International Silage Conference / edited by K. Gerlach and K.-H. Südekum. 280–281.

Rinne, Marketta; Jalava, Taina; Siljander-Rasi, Hilkka; Kuoppala, Kaisa; Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila. 2017. Improving the usability of carrot by-products as animal feeds by ensiling. In: Proceedings of the 8th nordic feed science conference, Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-14, 2017 / Eds. P. Udén, T. Eriksson, R. Spörndly, B-O. Rustas, K. Mogodiniyai Kasmaei and M. Liljeholm. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Department of Animal Nutrition and Management. Report 296: p. 163-168.

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.

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.

D1 Article in a trade journal

Kahala, Minna; Järvenpää, Eila; Lehto, Marja. 2020. Kasvissivutuotteiden hyödyntämisen monet mahdollisuudet. Kehittyvä Elintarvike 27.8.2020:

Pihlanto, Anne; Kahala, Minna; Eronen, Miitta. 2020. Mittava EU-hanke etsii mikrobi-innovaatioita ruuantuotantoon. Kehittyvä Elintarvike 1/2020: 32-33.

Negussie, Enyew; Shingfield, Kevin; Liinamo, Anna-Elisa; Mäntysaari, Päivi; Bayat, Alireza; Tapio, Ilma; Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Vilkki, Johanna; Mäntysaari, Esa; Lidauer, Martin. 2012. Lehmien metaanituotannossa on suuria eroja. Maaseudun Tiede 69 4(22.10.2012): 17.

Kahala, Minna; Mäki, Maarit; Suojala-Ahlfors, Terhi; Vanhala, Petri. 2009. Porkkanan bakteerit viihtyvät lämpimässä. Puutarha&kauppa 13 9/2009: 26-27.

Jalli, Marja; Pietilä, Leena; Kahala, Minna. 2008. Lehtibakterioosi aiheuttaa kauran kehälaikkua. Kasvinsuojelulehti 2: 50-51.

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

Lehto, Marja; Kahala, Minna; Heiska, Susanne; Järvenpää, Eila; Mäkinen, Sari; Hiidenhovi, Jaakko; Kotilainen, Titta. 2023. Yritysten yhteistyö lisää elintarviketuotannon sivujakeiden materiaalitehokkuutta ja kannattavuutta. In: Kaskadivisio: Alueellisesti mukautuva biokiertotalous – kaskadiprosessoinnilla biomassoista lisäarvoa, hyvinvointia ja resurssiviisautta. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 9/2023: 20-23.

Hiidenhovi, Jaakko; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Katajajuuri, Juha-Matti; Kotilainen, Titta; Leppänen, Johanna; Luostarinen, Sari; Mattila, Pirjo; Pihlanto, Anne; Mäkinen, Sari. 2021. 6. Kiertotalous ruokajärjestelmässä. In: Innovatiivinen ruokajärjestelmä : Tutkimusohjelman loppuraportti. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 25/2021: 34-42.

Rinne, Marketta; Kuoppala, Kaisa; Kahala, Minna; Jalava, Taina; Manni, Katariina; Koivunen, Erja. 2018. Murskesäilötyn härkäpavun säilöntälaatu, aerobinen stabiilisuus ja haitta-aineiden hajoaminen säilönnän aikana. In: Valkuaisfoorumi – yhdessä kohti suurempaa valkuaisomavaraisuutta / Katariina Manni, Kaisa Kuoppala & Marketta Rinne (toim.). Valkuaisfoorumi. p. 96-101.

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.

Kahala, Minna. 2015. Fermentoidut elintarvikkeet - turvallisia ja terveellisiä? In: Pro civitate pro universitate alimenta ex pura septentrionum natura - 45 vuotta pohjoista elintarviketutkimusta Turun yliopistossa / toim. H. Kallio ja A. Metsämarttila. Food Chemistry and Food Development, University of Turku. p. 102-104.

D3 Professional conference proceedings

Palojärvi, Ansa; Hämäläinen, Susanna; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Laakso, Johanna; Laaksonen, Ilmari; Logrén, Johanna; Palosuo, Taru; Rasa, Kimmo; Saarinen, Merja; Salo, Tapio; Sarvi, Minna; Seppänen, Ari-Matti; Tampio, Elina. 2024. DeliSoil- a new EU Horizon funded Mission Soil project. In: Maataloustieteen päivät 2024 : 10.-11.1.2024 Viikki, Helsinki : esitelmä- ja posteritiivistelmät. Suomen maataloustieteellisen seuran tiedote 41: s. 211.

D4 Published development or research report or study

Seisto, Anu; Ritala, Anneli; Suominen, Arho; Nordlund, Emilia; Vahvaselkä, Marjatta; Kahala, Minna; Kaukovirta, Anu; Sandell, Mari. 2025. Kestävää kasvua solumaatalouden arvoketjuista: Toimenpidesuunnitelma Suomelle.48 s. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Laturi, Jani; Gråsten, Emilia; Holappa, Veera; Ervasti, Satu; Hiidenhovi, Jaakko; Kahala, Minna; Korhonen, Olli; Korkalo, Pasi; Kässi, Pellervo; Leino, Katri; Lintunen, Jussi; Luostarinen, Sari; Pyykkönen, Ville; Räty, Tarmo; Sajeva, Maurizio; Silvenius, Frans; Valonen, Matti; Viitala, Esa-Jussi; Vikki, Karetta. 2024. Uudet tuotteet biotalouden arvonlisän kestävän kasvun lähteenä. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 2024 43: 140.

Jyske, Tuula; Rasa, Kimmo; Korkalo, Pasi; Kohl, Johanna; Verkasalo, Erkki; Dahl, Olli; Rinne, Marketta; Maunuksela, Jyri; Ilvesniemi, Hannu; Rasi, Saija; Hagner, Marleena; Uusitalo, Marja; Vainio, Markku; Lång, Kristiina; Kekkonen, Hanna; Lehto, Marja; Kahala, Minna; Heiska, Susanne; Järvenpää, Eila; Mäkinen, Sari; Hiidenhovi, Jaakko; Kotilainen, Titta; Leinonen, Ilkka; Saarinen, Merja; Abernethy, Päivi; Kniivilä, Matleena; Rikkonen, Pasi; Kauppi, Jutta. 2023. Cascade vision : Regionally adaptive circular bioeconomy – added value, wellbeing and resource wisdom with cascade processing. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus:

Lehto, Marja; Rinne, Marketta; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Salo, Tapio; Siljander-Rasi, Hilkka; Suojala-Ahlfors, Terhi. 2018. Kasvissivutuotteiden hyödyntäminen rehuna ja maanparannusaineena : Hyvä tapa toimia -ohje. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 14/2018: 36 s.

Rokka, Susanna; Heikkilä, Juha; Hellström, Jarkko; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Keskitalo, Marjo; Kuoppala, kaisa; Manni, Katariina; Mäkinen, Kirsi; Mäkinen, Sari; Pihlava, juha-Matti; Tahvonen, Raija. 2018. Palkokasvit elintarvikkeena : Opas palkokasvien elintarvikekäytöstä. Luonnonvara- ja biotalouden tutkimus 10/2018: 30 p.

Lehto, Marja; Rinne, Marketta; Järvenpää, Eila; Kahala, Minna; Siljander-Rasi, Hilkka; Suojala-Ahlfors, Terhi; Salo, Tapio. 2017. SivuHyöty - Kasvissivutuotteiden hyödyntäminen rehuna ja maanparannusaineena : Loppuraportti.56 p. Luonnonvarakeskus, Luke

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

G5 Doctoral dissertation (article)

Kahala, Minna. 2001. Lactobacillar S-layers: Use of Lactobacillus brevis S-layer signals for heterologous protein production.67 p. + liitteet I-IV.

M1 Texts about research activities

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

Heinonen, Maarit; Kahala, Minna; Blasco, Lucia; Pihlava, Juha-Matti; Bitz, Lidija; Tanhuanpää, Pirjo; Schulman, Alan; Tenhola-Roininen, Teija. 2018. Suomalaisen ruishapanjuuren mikrobiston monimuotoisuus.1. Luonnonvarakeskus

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.

Kahala, Minna; Mäkinen, Sari; Mattila, Pirjo; Pihlanto, Anne. 2017. Fermentation as means of nutritional enhancement of quinoa-based products. In: 31st EFFoST International Conference, 13-16 November 2017, Melia Sitges, Spain 13-16 November 2017 : Abstract Book: Poster Abstracts 1 to 100. P1.102.

Kahala, Minna. 2016. Nutri-concept : Innovative food concepts and technologies for global nutrition and business. Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists

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.

Blasco, Lucia; Kahala, Minna; Tampio, Elina; Tapio, Ilma; Negussie, Enyew. 2014. Comparison of rumen and biogas reactors microbial communities by T-RFLP. In: Poster abstracts : 2nd International Conference on Biogas Microbiology ICBM, Uppsala, Sweden, 10-12 June, 2014. P4.

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.].

Tapio, Ilma; Blasco, Lucia; Ventto, Laura; Kahala, Minna; Bayat, Alireza; Negussie, Enyew; Shingfield, Kevin J; Vilkki, Johanna. 2014. Diet effect on rumen microbiota composition in dairy cows. In: Maataloustieteen Päivät 2014, 8.-9.1.2014 Viikki, Helsinki : esitelmä- ja posteritiivistelmät / Toim. Risto Kuisma, Nina Schulman, Hanna-Riitta Kymäläinen ja Laura Alakukku. Suomen maataloustieteellisen seuran tiedote 31: p. 109.

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.

Mäki, Maarit; Hellström, Jarkko; Kahala, Minna; Mäkinen, Sari; Pihlanto, Anne; Pihlava, Juha-Matti; Rokka, Veli-Matti. 2013. Utilisation of industrial potato by-products and their processing for novel food applications. In: 2013 EFFoST Annual Meeting, Italy, 13-15. November, 2013.

Tapio, Ilma; Blasco, Lucia; Ventto, Laura; Kahala, Minna; Shingfield, Kevin; Negussie, Enyew; Vilkki, Johanna. 2013. Effect of dietary forage to concentrate ratio and sunflower oil supplements on ruminal microbial communities in lactating dairy cows. In: Advances in Animal Biosciences, Proceedings of the 5th Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture Conference (GGAA 2013). Advances in Animal Biosciences 4 2: 474.

"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.

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.

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.

Kahala, Minna; Mäki, Maarit; Lehtovaara, Anne; Tapanainen, Juha-Matti; Joutsjoki, Vesa. 2004. Differentiation of milk-fermenting lactococci by phenotypic and genotypic methods. In: The 19th international icfmh symposium, food micro 2004 : new tools for improving microbial food safety and quality : biotechnology and molecular biology approaches : book of abstracts, 12-16th september, 2004 Slovenia / editors: Peter Raspor, Sonja Smole Mozina, Avrelija Cencic. p. 160.

Åvall, Silja; Kahala, Minna; Kylä-Nikkilä, Kari; Palva, Airi. 1999. Development of Lactobacillus brevis S-layer as a carrier of foreign epitopes. In: Sixth symposium on lactic acid bacteria : Genetics, metabolism and applications, Veldhoven, the Netherlands 1999 September 19/23 : Book of abstracts. p. D 8.

"Kahala, Minna. 1997. Molecular genetic applications of lactobacillar S-layers. In: Summaries of the Thesis Research : ABS, The Finnish Graduate School on Applied Bioscience: Bioengineering, Food & Nutrition, Environment, The Third Annual Seminar, December 9, 1997, The Finnish Science Center Heureka, Lecture Hall ""Virtanen"", Tikkurila, Vantaa. p. 81. "

Kahala, Minna. 1996. Molecular genetic applications of lactobacillar S-layers. In: Summaries of the Thesis Research : ABS, The Finnish Graduate School on Applied Bioscience: Bioengineering, Food & Nutrition, Environment, The Second Annual Seminar, December 18-19, 1996, University of Helsinki, Biocentre, Viikki. p. 104.

Kahala, Minna; Savijoki, Kirsi; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1996. The expression and secretion signals of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene in heterologous protein production in various lactic acid bacteria. In: Biotieteen päivät, Programme/Abstracts, Helsinki 12 - 14.9.1996. University of Helsinki, Helsinki Science Park. 1 p.

Kahala, Minna; Savijoki, Kirsi; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1996. Transcription and translation efficiencies of Lactobacillus brevis S-layer signals with secretory and cytoplasmic reporter genes in various LAB. In: Fifth Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria - Genetics, Metabolism and Applications, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, 8 - 12 September 1996. p. D8.

Palva, Airi; Savijoki, Kirsi; Kahala, Minna. 1996. The expression and secretion signals of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer in heterologous protein production in various lactic acid bacteria. In: Workshop on Structure, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Applications of Microbial S-layers, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, September 16 - 20, 1996. 1 p.

Kahala, Minna. 1995. Lactobacillusten pintaproteiinien molekyyligeneettiset sovellukset. In: Jatko-opiskelijoiden tutkimustyön kuvaukset (Summaries of the Thesis Research) : Applied Bioscience - Bioengineering, Food & Nutrition, Environment, Ensimmäinen tutkijaseminaari 15.12.95 Hanasaari Espoo. p. 125.

Savijoki, Kirsi; Kahala, Minna; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1995. Expression and secretion units of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene in heterologous expression. In: Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria: from Fundamental Research to Innovative Applications, 22 - 26 October 1995, Cork, Ireland : European commission, biotechnology and Fair programmes. European Commission, Biotechnology and Fair Programmes. p. C-1.

Savijoki, Kirsi; Kahala, Minna; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1995. In vivo expression of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene and its use as a heterologous expression unit. In: International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Dairy Lactic Acid Bacteria Conference, 19-23 February, Palmerston North, New Zealand. 1 p.

Kahala, Minna; Savijoki, Kirsi; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1994. In vivo expression of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene and its use as a heterologous expression unit. In: 7th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Division/7th International Congress of Mycology Division. Abstract Book. Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology. p. 61.

Kahala, Minna; Savijoki, Kirsi; Palva, Ilkka; Palva, Airi. 1994. In vivo expression of the Lactobacillus brevis S-layer gene and its use as a heterologous expression unit. In: 7th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms. Program and Abstracts. National Research Council Canada. p. 116.

Palva, Airi; Kahala, Minna; Vidgrén, G.; Palva, Ilkka; Vesanto, Erkki. 1993. Characterization on the expression and secretion signals of the Lactobacillus S-layer protein gene and their use for heterologous expression. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 12 1-3:

Palva, Airi; Vidgrén, G.; Palva, Ilkka; Kahala, Minna. 1993. Characterization of the expression and secretion signals of the Lactobacillus S-layer protein gene and their use for heterologous expression. In: Sixth European Congress on Biotechnology, Firenze, June 13-17, 1993.

Kahala, Minna; Pihlanto-Leppälä, Anne; Pahkala, Eero. 1992. Peptides in cheeses and fermented milk products. In: IDF-Seminar on Protein- and Fatglobule Modifications by Heat Treatment, Homogenization and other Technical Means for High Quality Dairy Products. August 25-28, Munich. 6.19.