Application Sectors

Application Sectors of Microbiome Engineering

The roadmap illustrates many potential applications of engineering microbiomes, and demonstrates the possible use and impact of these tools and technologies to address and overcome societal challenges, through a focus on five sectors. We frame these possibilities through the lens of solving pervasive societal challenges, including enabling and establishing a cleaner environment, supporting the health and well-being of growing populations, and accelerating innovation and economic viability of industry. From each framing societal challenge, we consider the science and engineering aims and objectives for engineering microbiomes that may be necessary or instrumental to overcoming the challenge and we identify potential discrete technical achievements towards the objective. These technical achievements reflect the advancements detailed in our three technical themes.