Objective Fermented food (e.g. cheese, yoghurt, bread, wine) constitute a large part of our diet. They are converted from a substrate (milk, fruits, cereals) by the action of micro-organisms (yeast or lactic acid bacteria). When such starter cultures also exert a health benefit (eg. prevention of diarrhea) they are known as probiotic strains. Throughout the EU starters and probiotic strains are mainly supplied by SMEs to end-users for application in food products.The SMEs compete with a few large companies providing such cultures. The competitive edge of SMEs is at risk in part due to stricter safety rules to be imposed by EFSA. EFSA will demand full genome characterisation to exclude presence of sequences posing a potential health risk (such as virulence factors, antibiotic resistance and toxins) and to allow traceability of distinct strains as proprietary strains are unique. Genome analyses and bio-informatics are not the current core of SMEs in this consortium as they have focus on primarily cost effectiveness.GENOBOX exploits the strength of four SME starter culture companies and probiotic producers in this sector combined with skills and expertise of two renowned RTD performers. The RTD performers will sequence and analyse 48 bacterial strains provided by SMEs and coming from culture collections. A genomics toolbox will be created, allowing every SME to exclusively study the detailed results on their own strains while benefitting from results of the collective. The SMEs will perform in-house experiments and demonstrations to validate the results of the project for optimised production yields. Also workshops will be organised by the RTD performers to develop data-exploitation strategies for the SMEs involved.During this project the SMEs will be able to abide to EFSA ruling, enable to patent their strains for specific purposes, exploit strain functionalities and health benefits and maximise their production yields by optimising strain survival during processing. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryorganic acidsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsgenomesmedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug resistanceantibiotic resistanceagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedscereals Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator NIZO FOOD RESEARCH BV EU contribution € 58 564,80 Address KERNHEMSEWEG 2 6718 ZB Ede Gld Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Frans Scheepers (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOCIETE ANGEVINE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE BIOPROX France EU contribution € 215 728,00 Address RUE BARBES 6 92305 LEVALLOIS PERRET See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Carmen Lapadatescu (Mrs) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Netherlands EU contribution € 5 428,00 Address HOUTLAAN 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Wim Van Oijen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SACCO SRL Italy EU contribution € 209 992,20 Address VIA A MANZONI 29/A 22071 CADORAGO See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Como Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Fabio Dal Bello (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WINCLOVE HOLDING BV Netherlands EU contribution € 249 469,00 Address Hulstweg 11 1032 LB Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Saskia Van Hemert (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LB BULGARICUM PLC Bulgaria EU contribution € 134 818,00 Address Saborna 9 1000 Sofia See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Svetlana Minkova (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data