Personal microbiome test kits give consumers fascinating insights when they explore their gut microbiota. MyMicroZoo is a biotechnology company located in Leiden Bio Science Park in The Netherlands that offers consumers an unique opportunity to examine their gut bacteria. Established …
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On Tuesday November 24, 2020, BaseClear organised an experts meeting on “Discovery of Novel Microbial Strains and the Impact of the Nagoya protocol“. In this meeting experts from the Centre for Genetic Resources, DSM Nutritional Products, WUR, SINTEF and BaseClear …
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Obtaining approval to use microbes as feed or food additive or as a production strain can be challenging. The European (EU / EFSA) and US (US-FDA) regulatory agencies now have strict guidelines for submitting dossiers. Applying the regulatory guidelines and …
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Like the human microbiome, the animal microbiome is an area of expertise with an enormous research potential. The gut microbiome is known to be crucial for animal health and influences how well animals can get nutrients from their food. This …
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Recently, a seismic shift occurred in the probiotics world when the entire Lactobacillus genus underwent reclassification and renaming. There were several very sensible reasons why this was done. The Lactobacilli had become a behemoth: the genus was one of the …
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Meeting summary & highlights by Dr. Radhika Bongoni & Ms. Jolanta Szkodon On October 29, 2020 BaseClear had organised an online experts meeting on Microbiome & Animal Health and Performance. With 135 registrations, this open event was successfully organised in 2 …
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Just like water and minerals, the world’s biodiversity is a natural resource and unique to many countries. Biological diversity is important for society in many ways: economic, ecological, recreational, cultural and scientific activities rely on biodiversity. While plants and animals …
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A major advance in food production has been the gradual improvement in animal feed efficiency seen over the last decades. Using an example from the poultry industry, modern commercial broilers require half as much feed for the same gain in …
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On 24 September 2020, it was BaseClear’s 3rd Human Microbiome Experts Meeting with discussing the association of microbiome to health & disease. It was an open event with 60 participants, chaired by Dr. Radhika Bongoni and Dr. Derek Butler. The …
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We know a lot less about the microbiome of the animals around us than our own microbiomes. We already have a good understanding of how the microbiome is related to human health. Research into the animal microbiome and how it …
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Getting a new animal feed product approved for sale in the European Union can be a minefield. In particular, organic feed products require proof they have not been produced by a genetically modified organism (GMO) for approval. It is not …
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Based on number of factors including study design and budgets, you need to decide the approach to use in human microbiome studies. Often this choice is between the low-cost microbial profiling (amplicon/16S sequencing) and the high-cost approach of complete metagenome …
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