Use of adapted microbial communities for human and animal health Ghent University
Problem 1: current antibiotic strategies to counteract gut pathogens lead to dysbiosis (a disbalance) in the normal gut microbiome Problem 2: risk of disease transmission with the application of fecal microbial transplants (as alternative to antibiotics) which are inherently badly characterized and controlled Problem 3: lack of a functionally stable and coherent interaction between the members of synthetic mixtures of microorganisms that are applied as alternative to fecal microbial transplants Problem 4: lack of appropriate production methods of functional synthetic ecosystems or ...