Development of Microbiome Biobanks - Challenges and Opportunities

M J Ryan; M Schloter; G Berg; T Kostic; L L Kinkel; K Eversole; J A Macklin; B Schelkle; M Kazou; I Sarand; B K Singh; D Fischer; E Maguin; I Ferrocino; N Lima; R S McClure; T C Charles; R S C de Souza; G S Kiran; H L Krug; J Taffner; H Roume; J Selvin; D Smith; D Rybakova; A Sessitsch

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.009

Development of Microbiome Biobanks - Challenges and Opportunities

Trends Microbiol. 2021 Feb;29(2):89-92. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.009. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Authors

M J Ryan¹, M Schloter², G Berg³, T Kostic⁴, L L Kinkel⁵, K Eversole⁶, J A Macklin⁷, B Schelkle⁸, M Kazou⁹, I Sarand¹⁰, B K Singh¹¹, D Fischer², E Maguin¹², I Ferrocino¹³, N Lima¹⁴, R S McClure¹⁵, T C Charles¹⁶, R S C de Souza¹⁷, G S Kiran¹⁸, H L Krug³, J Taffner³, H Roume¹², J Selvin¹⁹, D Smith²⁰, D Rybakova³, A Sessitsch⁴

Affiliations

¹ CABI, Egham, Surrey, UK. Electronic address: m.ryan@cabi.org.
² Helmholtz Zentrum München, National Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit for Comparative Microbiome Analysis, Oberschleissheim, Germany.
³ Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
⁴ AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health and Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Tulln, Austria.
⁵ Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
⁶ International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research, Lee's Summit, MO, USA; Eversole Associates, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁷ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁸ European Food Information Council, Brussels, Belgium.
⁹ Laboratory of Dairy Research, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁰ Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
¹¹ Global Centre for Land Based Innovation, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
¹² INRAE, MICALIS Institute, Metagenopolis, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
¹³ Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
¹⁴ Biological Engineering Centre, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
¹⁵ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA.
¹⁶ Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
¹⁷ Genomics for Climate Change Research Center, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.
¹⁸ Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.
¹⁹ Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.
²⁰ CABI, Egham, Surrey, UK.

PMID: 32800611
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.009

Abstract

The microbiome research field is rapidly evolving, but the required biobanking infrastructure is currently fragmented and not prepared for the biobanking of microbiomes. The rapid advancement of technologies requires an urgent assessment of how biobanks can underpin research by preserving microbiome samples and their functional potential.

Keywords: biobanks; cryopreservation; metagenomics; microbiome.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteria / classification
Bacteria / genetics
Bacteria / isolation & purification
Biological Specimen Banks / standards*
Biological Specimen Banks / trends
Biomedical Research
Humans
Mammals / microbiology
Microbiota*
Plants / microbiology
Preservation, Biological