Could the complex communities of microbes in fermented foods be shaping the way these foods function at a molecular level?

Until now, there was no comprehensive framework to systematically map microbial metabolic functions in food, making it difficult to explore the potential implications for health, nutrition, and sustainability.

That’s why researchers from the Domino EU project, in collaboration with the ANR Metasimfood Project, have been working on a computational framework that organizes ~1,985 microbial genes into 183 metabolic module. This innovative set of resources will help researchers better understand how microbial communities in fermented foods contribute to health and nutrition. We’re proud to share a new tool suite developed by our team,

The result of their work is the new open-access publication “Food Microbiome Metabolic Modules (F3M)”

Read the full article on Open Research Europe.