Birgitte Zeuner

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Birgitte Zeuner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgitte Zeuner has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 12 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Birgitte Zeuner's work include Infant Nutrition and Health (17 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (11 papers). Birgitte Zeuner is often cited by papers focused on Infant Nutrition and Health (17 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (15 papers) and Enzyme Production and Characterization (11 papers). Birgitte Zeuner collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Spain and United Kingdom. Birgitte Zeuner's co-authors include Anne S. Meyer, Jesper Holck, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen, Manuel Pinelo, Jan Muschiol, Jerry M. Wells, Wing Sun Faith Chung, Marjolein Meijerink, Sylvia H. Duncan and Harry J. Flint and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Birgitte Zeuner

39 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Prebiotic potential of pectin and pectic oligosaccharides to promote anti-inflammatory commensal bacteria in the human colon

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgitte Zeuner Denmark	20	637	565	292	252	210	41	1.3k
Jesper Holck Denmark	24	602 0.9×	653 1.2×	372 1.3×	118 0.5×	437 2.1×	66	1.7k
Jung‐Wan Kim South Korea	27	671 1.1×	408 0.7×	835 2.9×	124 0.5×	390 1.9×	101	2.0k
Serena Leone Italy	20	473 0.7×	467 0.8×	83 0.3×	104 0.4×	75 0.4×	57	1.2k
Adam Choma Poland	20	346 0.5×	275 0.5×	111 0.4×	102 0.4×	536 2.6×	72	1.2k
Rajni Singh India	24	600 0.9×	59 0.1×	438 1.5×	92 0.4×	498 2.4×	74	1.8k
Lu Liu China	30	455 0.7×	1.1k 1.9×	60 0.2×	47 0.2×	317 1.5×	93	2.3k
Kazumasa Kimura Japan	16	265 0.4×	336 0.6×	87 0.3×	59 0.2×	172 0.8×	39	949
Rickard Öste Sweden	29	392 0.6×	1.2k 2.2×	143 0.5×	64 0.3×	492 2.3×	81	2.4k
Jinhong Wu China	22	425 0.7×	334 0.6×	149 0.5×	24 0.1×	368 1.8×	68	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgitte Zeuner

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Vuillemin, M. Paul, et al.. (2025). Expression of functional human sialyltransferases ST6GalNAc5 and ST6GalNAc6 in Pichia pastoris. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 109(1). 222–222.

Vuillemin, M. Paul, Jan Muschiol, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enzymatic lacto-N-biose elongation of human milk oligosaccharides with the GH136 lacto-N-biosidase LnbX engineered for improved transglycosylation. PubMed. 189. 110660–110660. 1 indexed citations

Vuillemin, M. Paul, Jan Muschiol, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Lacto‐N‐Biosidases and a Novel N‐Acetyllactosaminidase Activity in the CAZy Family GH20: Functional Diversity and Structural Insights. ChemBioChem. 26(2). e202400710–e202400710. 4 indexed citations

Zeuner, Birgitte, Jesper Holck, Martina Palomino‐Schätzlein, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of fucosyllactose using α-L-fucosidases GH29 from infant gut microbial metagenome. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 108(1). 338–338. 1 indexed citations

Li, Kai, Kristian Barrett, Jane W. Agger, Birgitte Zeuner, & Anne S. Meyer. (2024). Bioinformatics-based identification of GH12 endoxyloglucanases in citrus-pathogenic Penicillium spp. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 178. 110441–110441. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Ya-Ya, Jesper Holck, Cameron J. Hunt, et al.. (2024). Structural elucidation and characterization of GH 29 A α‐ l ‐fucosidases and the effect of p H on their transglycosylation. FEBS Journal. 292(3). 653–680.

Barrett, Kristian, et al.. (2023). Substrate specificity and transglycosylation capacity of α-L-fucosidases across GH29 assessed by bioinformatics-assisted selection of functional diversity. Glycobiology. 33(5). 396–410. 11 indexed citations

Agger, Jane W. & Birgitte Zeuner. (2022). Bio-based surfactants: enzymatic functionalization and production from renewable resources. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 78. 102842–102842. 16 indexed citations

Tezé, David, Jiao Zhao, Birgitte Zeuner, et al.. (2021). Rational Enzyme Design without Structural Knowledge: A Sequence‐Based Approach for Efficient Generation of Transglycosylases. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(40). 10323–10334. 40 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, Thore Bach Thomsen, Mary A. Stringer, et al.. (2020). Comparative Characterization of Aspergillus Pectin Lyases by Discriminative Substrate Degradation Profiling. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 8. 873–873. 27 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte & Anne S. Meyer. (2020). Enzymatic transfucosylation for synthesis of human milk oligosaccharides. Carbohydrate Research. 493. 108029–108029. 34 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, Simona Ovtar, Åsa Helen Persson, et al.. (2019). Surface treatments and functionalization of metal‐ceramic membranes for improved enzyme immobilization performance. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 95(4). 993–1007. 14 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, Jan Muschiol, Jesper Holck, et al.. (2017). Substrate specificity and transfucosylation activity of GH29 α-l-fucosidases for enzymatic production of human milk oligosaccharides. New Biotechnology. 41. 34–45. 67 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, et al.. (2016). Thermostable β-galactosidases for the synthesis of human milk oligosaccharides. New Biotechnology. 33(3). 355–360. 40 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, Mateusz Łężyk, Elisabetta Difilippo, et al.. (2015). Backbone structures in human milk oligosaccharides: trans-glycosylation by metagenomic β-N-acetylhexosaminidases. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 99(19). 7997–8009. 41 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, et al.. (2015). Quantitative enzymatic production of sialylated galactooligosaccharides with an engineered sialidase from Trypanosoma rangeli. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 82. 42–50. 8 indexed citations

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Holck, Jesper, Carsten Jers, Malwina Michalak, et al.. (2014). Enzymatic production of human milk oligosaccharides. 1 indexed citations

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Luo, Jianquan, et al.. (2014). An integrated membrane system for the biocatalytic production of 3′-sialyllactose from dairy by-products. Bioresource Technology. 166. 9–16. 26 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, et al.. (2013). Optimizing the biocatalytic productivity of an engineered sialidase from Trypanosoma rangeli for 3′-sialyllactose production. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 55. 85–93. 27 indexed citations

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Zeuner, Birgitte, Georgios M. Kontogeorgis, Anders Riisager, & Anne S. Meyer. (2011). Thermodynamically based solvent design for enzymatic saccharide acylation with hydroxycinnamic acids in non-conventional media. New Biotechnology. 29(3). 255–270. 19 indexed citations

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