From microbiome to synthetic microbial community

Abstract:

Microbiome describes the microbial community and its -omics that reside in a specific niche, and almost all the biological processes in nature are conducted by certain microbiome. Along with the development and cost effectiveness of DNA sequencing technique, microbiome has become a hot research area. After synthetic biology, synthetic microbial community based on the microbiome will increase our ability to harness the power of microbial communities in biotechnology and to manipulate such communities to promote human health, agriculture, industry and environment. This paper reviews the research progress and application of microbiome in various fields from a viewpoint of ‘from microbiome to synthetic microbial community’, and provides ideas from the theoretical research to application of microbiome.

Key words:Microbial community, Functional microorganism, Synthetic microbial community, Ecology, Meta-omics