Concepts and criteria defining emerging microbiome applications
In recent years, microbiomes and their potential applications for human, animal or plant health, food production and environmental management came into the spotlight of major national and international policies and strategies. This has been accompanied by substantial R&D investments in both public and private sectors, with an increasing number of products entering the market. 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. This often results in non-comprehensive communication or insufficient documentation making commercialisation and acceptance of the novel products challenging. To showcase the complexity of this issue we discuss two selected, well-established applications and propose criteria defining a microbiome application and their conditions of use for clear communication, facilitating suitable regulatory frameworks and building trust among stakeholders.
Authors
- Effie Tsakalidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8048-9421)
- Emmanuelle Maguin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-3382)
- Annelein Meisner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8053-5712)
- Martin Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9831-9110)
- Michael Schloter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-1125)
- Paulo Arruda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8365-731X)
- Gabriele Berg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-3101)
- Joseph Selvin
- Tanja Kostić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4972-4141)
- Hauke Smidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6138-5026)
- Yolanda Sanz
- Trevor C. Charles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-5932)
- Lene Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5336-1155)
- George Seghal Kiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-9870)
- Angela Sessitsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0137-930X)
- L.S. van Overbeek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-5289)
- Inga Sarand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-8965)
- Paul D. Cotter
Institutions
- Agricultural University of Athens (GR)
- Tallinn University of Technology (EE)
- AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (AT)
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Pondicherry University (IN)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- AgroParisTech (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Microbiologie de l’alimentation au service de la santé (FR)
- Helmholtz Zentrum München (DE)
- Graz University of Technology (AT)
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
- Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (ES)
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.14550
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.18
Funders
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme