Few microbiome-based solutions for agricultural productivity, food processing and human nutrition have been successfully commercialized. A systems-based approach that considers the ecology of microbial communities may help finetune extant tools to increase their reliability while promoting innovation and greater adoption.
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This workshop was facilitated by the Alexander Von Humboldt Research Award to B.K.S. and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle–Jena–Leipzig.
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Jurburg, S.D., Eisenhauer, N., Buscot, F. et al. Potential of microbiome-based solutions for agrifood systems. Nat Food 3, 557–560 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00576-x
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