- Author:
Yunfeng DUAN
1
;
Shengyue WANG
2
;
Yubao CHEN
3
;
Ruifu YANG
4
;
Houkai LI
5
;
Huaiqiu ZHU
6
;
Yigang TONG
7
;
Wenbin WU
1
;
Yu FU
1
;
Songnian HU
1
;
Jun WANG
1
;
Yuhua XIN
1
;
Fangqing ZHAO
8
;
Yiming BAO
9
;
Wen ZHANG
10
;
Juan LI
10
;
Ming ZENG
11
;
Haitao NIU
12
;
Xin ZHOU
13
;
Yan LI
14
;
Shenghui CUI
15
;
Jing YUAN
16
;
Junhua LI
17
;
Jiayi WANG
14
;
Donglai LIU
18
;
Ming NI
19
;
Qing SUN
14
;
Ye DENG
20
;
Baoli ZHU
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: expert consensus; high-throughput gene sequencing; microbiome; microbiome project; national standards
- MeSH: China; Consensus; Humans; Industry; Microbiota
- From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2020;36(12):2516-2524
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: In the past ten years, the research and application of microbiome has continued to increase. The microbiome has gradually become the research focus in the fields of life science, environmental science, and medicine. Meanwhile, many countries and organizations around the world are launching their own microbiome projects and conducting a multi-faceted layout, striving to gain a strategic position in this promising field. In addition, whether it is scientific research or industrial applications, there has been a climax of research and a wave of investment and financing, accordingly, products and services related to the microbiome are constantly emerging. However, due to the rapid development of microbiome sequencing and analysis related technologies and methods, the research and application from various countries have not yet unified on the standards of technology, programs, and data. Domestic industry participants also have insufficient understanding of the microbiome. New methods, technologies, and theories have not yet been fully accepted and used. In addition, some of the existing standards and guidelines are too general with poor practicality. This not only causes obstacles in the integration of scientific research data and waste of resources, but also gives related companies unfair competition opportunity. More importantly, China still lacks national standards related to the microbiome, and the national microbiome project is still in the process of preparation. In this context, the experts and practitioners of the microbiome worked together and developed the consensus of experts. It can not only guide domestic scientific research and industrial institutions to regulate the production, learning and research of the microbiome, the application can also provide reference technical basis for the relevant national functional departments, protect the scale and standardized corporate company's interests, strengthen industry self-discipline, avoid unregulated enterprises from disrupting the market, and ultimately promote the benign development of microbiome-related industries.