TY - JOUR
T1 - Concepts and criteria defining emerging microbiome applications
AU - Kostic, Tanja
AU - Schloter, Michael
AU - Arruda, Paulo
AU - Berg, Gabriele
AU - Charles, Trevor C.
AU - Cotter, Paul D.
AU - Kiran, George Seghal
AU - Lange, Lene
AU - Maguin, Emmanuelle
AU - Meisner, Annelein
AU - van Overbeek, Leo
AU - Sanz, Yolanda
AU - Sarand, Inga
AU - Selvin, Joseph
AU - Tsakalidou, Effie
AU - Smidt, Hauke
AU - Wagner, Martin
AU - Sessitsch, Angela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024/9/5
Y1 - 2024/9/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1111/1751-7915.14550
DO - 10.1111/1751-7915.14550
M3 - Article
C2 - 39236296
AN - SCOPUS:85203244031
SN - 1751-7915
VL - 17
JO - Microbial Biotechnology
JF - Microbial Biotechnology
IS - 9
M1 - e14550
ER -