MicrobiomeSupport has produced a number of scientific and non-scientific publications throughout the project. We invite you to read them!
Concepts and criteria defining emerging microbiome applications
Despite widespread agreement on the potential of microbiomes and their uses across disciplines, stakeholders and countries, there is no consensus on what defines a microbiome application. To address this, the authors discuss two established applications and propose criteria for defining microbiome applications to improve communication, regulation, and stakeholder trust.
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Kostic et al. (2024) Concepts and criteria defining emerging microbiome applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14550
Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet
In this review we show how microbiomes are connected within and transferred between different habitats and discuss the functional consequences of these connections.
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Sessitsch et al. (2023) Microbiome Interconnectedness throughout Environments with Major Consequences for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet. https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00212-22
Food systems microbiome-related educational needs
This publication elaborates microbiome-related educational needs in food systems and provides recommendations on how to address them.
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Olmo et al. (2023) Food systems microbiome-related educational needs. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14263
The need for an integrated multi-OMICs approach in microbiome science in the food system
In this publication we discuss challenges in the microbiome research and to promote a switch from microbiome-based descriptive studies to functional studies, elucidating the biology and interactive roles of microbiomes in food systems
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Ferrocino et al. (2023) The need for an integrated multi-OMICs approach in microbiome science in the food system. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.13103
Next generation tools for crop-microbiome manipulation to mitigate the impact of climate change
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& (2023) Next generation tools for crop-microbiome manipulation to mitigate the impact of climate change. Environmental Microbiology, 25( 1), 105– 110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16231
Microbiome-based solutions to address new and existing threats to food security, nutrition, health and agrifood systems’ sustainability
In this review we highlight the potential of microbiome-based solutions for creating more resilient and sustainable agrifood systems, supporting preventive health management, and boosting resource efficiency through a holistic One Health approach. In addition, we discuss issues that need to be addressed to ensure rapid realisation of this potential.
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Callens et al. (2022) Microbiome-based solutions to address new and existing threats to food security, nutrition, health and agrifood systems’ sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1047765
Microbiome ethics, guiding principles for microbiome research, use and knowledge management
In this paper, our partners apply the four core principles of ethics (Do Good, Don´t Harm, Respect, Act Justly) for analysis of microbiome ethics, issues, and dilemmas; and raise questions relevant for microbiome research, innovation, and applications.
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Lange et al. (2022) Microbiome ethics, guiding principles for microbiome research, use and knowledge management. Environmental Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00444-y
Metadata harmonization–Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis
The consortium has worked on a paper calling attention to the pressing need of harmonizing metadata-standards to advance microbiome analysis. A promising approach is introduced, outlining an easy-to-use, well-structured, flexible and compatible system that would strongly improve retrieving and re-using data.
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Cernava et al. (2022) Metadata harmonization–Standards are the key for a better usage of omics data for integrative microbiome analysis. Environmental Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-022-00425-1
Microbiome Research as an Effective Driver of Success Stories in Agrifood Systems – A Selection of Case Studies
How is the increase in microbiome knowledge leading to advances in the farm-to-fork strategy? In this paper, published in Frontiers of Microbiology, our partners describe 14 concrete examples of products, methodologies, applications, tools, and processes resulting from microbiome research that have created an economic and societal impact, covering a broad range of fields within the agrifood chain.
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Olmo et al. (2022) Microbiome Research as an Effective Driver of Success Stories in Agrifood Systems – A Selection of Case Studies. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.834622
Calling for a systems approach in microbiome research and innovation
Our project partners have once more diligently collaborated on a call to action paper. To advance our understanding of the highly complex microbial word, and harness this knowledge for potential microbiome-based solutions that drive the sustainable & circular bioeconomy forward, research needs to adopt a ‘systems approach’. This includes for instance connecting research initiatives across different disciplines, rather than studying microbiomes within a single ecosystem.
To learn more about the microbiome experts’ recommendations, see the full publication.
Meisner et al. (2022) Calling for a systems approach in microbiome research and innovation. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.08.003.
Call for action to foster microbiome research: a driver for future-proof food systems & circular economy innovations
MicrobiomeSupport partners have collaborated on a call-for-action paper addressing political decision-makers at various levels to improve regulations so that they consider the complexity of microbial communities and emphasize microbiomes as an integral part in research funding. The paper provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges involved, with an emphasis on food systems and the circular economy.
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Microbiome innovations for a sustainable future
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have shaped many bioeconomy strategies of countries around the world. These strategies aim to embrace sustainability and circularity principles. In this publication the MicrobiomeSupport international consortium highlights how microbiomes, due to their ubiquitous presence in our environment and food systems, have the potential to improve a multitude of sustainability aspects, remedy many global challenges and help achieve the SDGs.
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D’Hondt, et al. (2021) Microbiome Innovations for a Sustainable Future. Nature Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00857-w
Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges
MicrobiomeSupport researchers have written and published a full academic article on a common language around the word microbiome, how they have reached this new definition and what has been considered in the process.
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Berg, et al. (2020) Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges. Microbiome 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00875-0
Towards a unified data infrastructure to support European and global microbiome research: a call to action
In their publication on data infrastructure, MicrobiomeSupport researchers address the importance of a coordinated approach to ensure data compatibility between biobanks and culture collections.
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Ryan, et al. (2020) Towards a unified data infrastructure to support European and global microbiome research: a call to action. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15323
Development of Microbiome Biobanks – Challenges and Opportunities
MicrobiomeSupport partners have released their second set of recommendations to meet microbiome research needs and they are now focusing on research infrastructure and in particular biobanks.
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Ryan, et al. (2020) Development of Microbiome Biobanks – Challenges and Opportunities. Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.009
Column in AgroFOOD Industry Hi-Tech
MicrobiomeSupport has been invited to write a column on ‘Microbes In The Food System’ in AgroFood Industry Hi-Tech Journal which has been published in the September/October 2019 issue.
Read the e-version of the column here. You can make an account here to download the full article.
Schelkle (2019) Microbes in the food system. Agro Food Industry HiTech. 30(5).