Microbial ecology lesson from re-use of open access metagenomic dataset: the case-study of fermented vegetables

Published: May 17, 2024 by FME Lab

Happy to share our last article published online last week 15th of May in Microbiology Spectrum¹.

This study being part of Romane Junker PhD (MaIAge/Micalis/CIRM-BIA laboratories). In this work, we show that the re-use of public 16S amplicon dataset can bring new understanding in the dynamic microbial ecology of fermented vegetables.

During the 1st Food System Conference in Torino last week, Romane also presented a poster pitch of the follow up of this study using new and public metagenomic shotgun data.

Junker R, Valence F, Mistou M, Chaillou S, Chiapello H.0. Integration of metataxonomic data sets into microbial association networks highlights shared bacterial community dynamics in fermented vegetables. Microbiol Spectr0:e00312-24. ↩

6th scientific meeting of ANR metasimfood project in Strasbourg

On Tuesday 7th of January, the 7 partners gathered for the second time in Illkirch (close to Strasbourg) and were hosted by Aérial. The meeting was focused on the main advances carried out on the fermented vegetables food model with exiting results confirming the hypothesis postulated earlier in the project. Also, the evening before the meeting, Aérial organized a specific visit of the largest Sauerkraut producer in France, at a small village 30 km south of Strasbourg.

DOMINO: Advancing Food Microbiome Science Across Europe

The DOMINO project is at the forefront of connecting microbiome science, food systems, and health in Europe. Recent activities highlight how DOMINO is driving innovation and fostering collaboration:

Ferments du Futur Innovation Center is open

At the recent opening of the Ferments du Futur Innovation Center (CI2F) in Paris-Saclay, Killian shared insights about how our new plateform PIAM (Print, Image, Analytics and Micro-fermenters) housed in MICALIS supports innovation in industrial fermentation, microbial consortia development, and health-related applications.