Culturomics for Exploiting the Oral & the Gut Microbiota – Towards Next Generation Probiotics
Time: 2:00 pm
day: Pre-Conference Focus Day
Details:
- Most probiotics come from Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium, but recent research shows that oral and gut microbiota are a rich, untapped source for next-generation probiotics
- We created the Cultivated Oral Bacteria Genome Reference (COGR) with 1089 genomes and the Cultivated Genome Reference (CGR2) with 3324 genomes, including 179 newly identified species from oral and gut bacteria
- Several isolated species have been tested in mouse models for metabolic disorders, demonstrating potential as candidates for next-generation probiotics with therapeutic benefits
