Abstract
The global food system faces numerous challenges, creating an urgent need for sustainable reform. Functional microbiome assemblies offer transformative potential by endowing microbial foods with diverse, beneficial characteristics. These assemblies can dynamically influence specific food systems, positioning them as a promising approach for reshaping food production. However, the current applications and types of microbiome assemblies in foods remain limited, with a lack of effective screening and regulatory methods. This review introduces the functions and practical approaches for implementing microbiome assemblies in food systems alongside future directions for enhancing their applications. Several ecological studies evaluated how to regulate functional output and revealed that environmental conditions, which shape the niche for species survival, significantly influenced the functional output of microbiomes. Building on this theoretical foundation, this review presents a model for functional output comprising niche conditions, functional gene codes, and corresponding functional outputs. This model is illustrated with examples to explore sustainable applications and regulatory mechanisms for functional microbiome assemblies. By highlighting the roles of functional outputs in food systems and examining the potential for food environments to induce and modulate microbiome functions, this review provides a roadmap to address emerging challenges in food sustainability.
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2025. Read More
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