Probiotic Cities: microbiome-integrated design for healthy urban ecosystems

Trends Biotechnol. 2024 Feb 16:S0167-7799(24)00005-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.01.005. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCombining microbiome science and biointegrated design offers opportunities to help address the intertwined challenges of urban ecosystem degradation and human disease. Biointegrated materials have the potential to combat superbugs and remediate pollution while inoculating landscape materials with microbiota can promote human immunoregulation and biodiverse green infrastructure, contributing to 'probiotic cities'.PMID:38368168 | DOI:10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.01.005

Source: Trends in Biotechnology - February 17, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jake M Robinson Martin F Breed Richard Beckett Source Type: research