MICRObiome Biobanking (RI) Enabler

Project Information

MICROBE

Grant agreement ID: 101094353

DOI

10.3030/101094353

EC signature date 6 December 2022

Start date 1 February 2023

End date 31 January 2027

Funded under

• Research infrastructures

Total cost

€ 5 804 683,00

EU contribution

€ 5 804 682,50

Coordinated by

AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Austria

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Deliverables

Data sets, microdata, etc (1)

Microbiome sample & dataset search services

Search services for microbiome sample and dataset discovery across select core public repositories

Documents, reports (7)

Guidance document for the standardised pre-analytic workflow

Guidance document for the implementation of a standardised pre-analytic workflow in selected fields

White paper on ethical and regulatory aspects

White paper on ethical and regulatory aspects related to microbiome research with recommendations for researchers and policymakers

Guidance on microbiome sample accessioning

Guidance document on microbiome sample accessioning

C&D plan, incl. stakeholder analysis

Communication and dissemination plan, including stakeholder analysis

List of priorities for future isolation-based approaches of microbiota

Publication on the priorities for future isolation-based approaches of microbiota from different environments

Guiding principles for the use of microbiomes

List of guiding principles for the human and veterinary use of microbiomes

Inventory of standards/guidelines/best practices for microbiome sample pre-analytics

Inventory of currently available standards/guidelines/best practices for microbiome sample pre-analytics

Data Management Plan (1)

Data management plan

Publications

Other (2)

An Operational Definition of Microbial Keystone Taxa for Advancing Sustainable Microbiome Solutions

Author(s): Pamela Espíndola-Hernández, Samiran Banerjee, Abdulkabir O. Abdulmalik, Diana Andrade-Linares, Germana Baldi, Gabriele Berg, Francis Q. Brearley, Cecilia Flocco, Luisa Galgani, Lina Gegeckienė, Silvia Gschwendtner, Tim Hensen, Tanja Kostic, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Lisa Maier, Anna Marciniak, Juliette Ohan, Jörg Overmann, Teresa Rito, Matthew Ryan, Stefanie Schulz, Selma Vieira, Michael Schloter
Published in: 2025, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.5191923

Introduction: Where did the Nagoya Protocol come from?

Published in: CASSYNI, 2025
Publisher: CASSYNI Research Seminars
DOI: 10.52843/CASSYNI.91F2CX

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Policy Briefing: from access to use—untangling the international legal frameworks that govern microbial resources

Author(s): Davide Faggionato, Melania Muñoz-García, Tanja Kostic, Mariana L Ferrari, Pascale Vonaesch, Mathilde Poyet, Perrine Portier, Matthew J Ryan, Djamila Djeddour, Cornelia Stumptner, Giovanna Cristina Varese, Aurora Zuzuarregui, Mathieu Groussin, Michael Schloter, Robert D Finn, Aylin S Haas, Ian Probert, Gerard Verkley, Jörg Overmann, Amber H Scholz
Published in: Sustainable Microbiology, Issue 3, 2026, ISSN 2755-1970
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/SUMBIO/QVAG005

Policy in practice: How to “do” the Nagoya Protocol: common misconceptions, challenges and best practices for access and benefit-sharing compliance

Author(s): Davide Faggionato, Melania Muñoz-García, Tanja Kostic, Mariana L Ferrari, Pascale Vonaesch, Mathilde Poyet, Perrine Portier, Matthew J Ryan, Djamila Djeddour, Cornelia Stumptner, Giovanna Cristina Varese, Aurora Zuzuarregui, Mathieu Groussin, Michael Schloter, Robert D Finn, Aylin S Haas, Ian Probert, Gerard Verkley, Jörg Overmann, Amber H Scholz
Published in: Sustainable Microbiology, 2026, ISSN 2755-1970
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/SUMBIO/QVAG007

A trait-based framework to identify microbial keystone taxa for microbiome engineering

Author(s): Pamela Espíndola-Hernández, Samiran Banerjee, Abdulkabir O. Abdulmalik, Diana Andrade-Linares, Germana Baldi, Gabriele Berg, Francis Q. Brearley, Cecilia G. Flocco, Luisa Galgani, Lina Gegeckienė, Silvia Gschwendtner, Tim Hensen, Tanja Kostic, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Lisa Maier, Anna Marciniak, Juliette Ohan, Jörg Overmann, Teresa Rito, Matthew Ryan, Stefanie Schulz, Selma Vieira, Michael Schloter
Published in: Cell Reports Sustainability, Issue 3, 2026, ISSN 2949-7906
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CRSUS.2025.100615

From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology

Author(s): Hanna Koch, Thomas Clavel, Cintia Mayr, Benjamin L. Coltman, Michael Schloter, Julia A. Vorholt, Yolanda Sanz, Tomislav Cernava, Gwyn A. Beattie, Lene Lange, Stéphane Chaillou, Ákos T. Kovács, Hauke Smidt, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Tanja Kostic, Omri M. Finkel, Christopher E. Lawson, Luca Cocolin, Jesús Mercado-Blanco, Robert D. Finn, Kalliope K. Papadopoulou, Matthew Ryan, Marco Candela, Paul D. Cotter, Gabriele Berg, Orla O’Sullivan, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Pankaj Trivedi, Trevor C. Charles, Brajesh K. Singh, Günter Brader, Malek Marian, Angela Sessitsch
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-026-74251-1