Synthetic microbial communities: Sandbox and blueprint for soil health enhancement

Mei Li; Jie Hu; Zhong Wei; Alexandre Jousset; Thomas Pommier; Xiangyang Yu; Yangchun Xu; Qirong Shen

doi:10.1002/imt2.172

Synthetic microbial communities: Sandbox and blueprint for soil health enhancement

Imeta. 2024 Feb 11;3(1):e172. doi: 10.1002/imt2.172. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Mei Li¹, Jie Hu², Zhong Wei³, Alexandre Jousset³, Thomas Pommier⁴, Xiangyang Yu¹, Yangchun Xu³, Qirong Shen³

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences Nanjing China.
² Department of Microbial Ecology Netherlands Institute of Ecology Wageningen The Netherlands.
³ Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for Solid Organic Waste Utilization, Key Lab of Organic-Based Fertilizers of China, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Wastes, Educational Ministry Engineering Center of Resource-Saving Fertilizers Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing China.
⁴ UMR INRAE 1418 Ecologie Microbienne Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 Villeurbanne France.

Abstract

We summarize here the use of SynComs in improving various dimensions of soil health, including fertility, pollutant removal, soil-borne disease suppression, and soil resilience; as well as a set of useful guidelines to assess and understand the principles for designing SynComs to enhance soil health. Finally, we discuss the next stages of SynComs applications, including highly diverse and multikingdom SynComs targeting several functions simultaneously.

Publication types

Editorial