Fungal hydrophobins unleashed from food waste: production, rodlet assembly, and functional properties in Ganoderma adspersum
Carolina Reyes, Enrico Boschi, Peter Gehrig, Siiri Bienz, Naresh Kumar, Tiago Carvalho, Nico Kummer, Lukas Bürgi, Ashutosh Sinha, Francis W.M.R. Schwarze, Silvia Campioni, Gustav Nyström
This study isolates and characterizes a novel hydrophobin from Ganoderma adspersum using food waste, revealing its structural properties and ability to form functional biomaterials.
bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics