Calling for a systems approach in microbiome research and innovation
Authors/Creators
- 1. Wageningen University & Research,Wageningen Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, Wageningen, 6708 PB, The Netherlands
- 2. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Innovation Systems & Policy, Giefinggasse 4, Vienna, 1210, Austria
- 3. IT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health & Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, Tulln, 3430, Austria
- 4. Genomics for Climate Change Research Center (GCCRC), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, 13083-875, Brazil
- 5. Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology, National Research Council (IATA-CSIC), Paterna-Valencia, 46980, Spain
- 6. BioEconomy, Research & Advisory, Karensgade 5, Valby, 2500, Denmark
- 7. Helmholtz Zentrum München, National Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, Neuherberg, Munich, D-85764, Germany
- 8. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health & Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Konrad Lorenz Strasse 24, Tulln, 3430, Austria
- 9. Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Microbiology, Stippeneng 4, Wageningen, 6708 WE, The Netherlands
Description
Microbiomes are all around us in natural and cultivated ecosystems, for example, soils, plants, animals and our own body. Microbiomes are essential players of biotechnological applications, and their functions drive human, animal, plant and environmental health. The rapidly developing microbiome research landscape was studied by a global mapping excercise and bibliometric analysis. Although microbiome research is performed in many different science fields, using similar concepts within and across fields, microbiomes are mostly investigated one ecosystem at-a-time. In order to fully understand microbiome impacts and leverage microbial functions, research needs to adopt a systems approach connecting microbiomes and research initiatives in divergent fields to create understanding on how microbiomes can be modulated for desirable functions as a basis of sustainable, circular bioeconomy.
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