Insights on good bacteria
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Explore the Power of Good Bacteria™
What if we started looking to nature for answers to build a sustainable future? It's possible already. Discover the wonderful world of good bacteria and join the conversation using #goodbacteria on social media.
"If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet"
– Steward Brand
5,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,
000,000
bacteria cells on earth
Recommendation of the month
TED-Ed lesson on antibiotic resistance
June 2020
Why do we have a worldwide antibiotic resistance crisis? Watch this 6-minute TED-Ed video to learn how the crisis came to be and how we might be able to combat antibiotic resistance going forward.
Friendly bacteria collaborate to survive
May 2020
Microbial research at the University of Copenhagen has found that ‘survival of the friendliest’ outweighs ‘survival of the fittest’ in groups of bacteria. Learn how bacteria collaborate to survive and how the discovery can be used to develop e.g. green technologies.
FERMENTED – a fermentation documentary
April 2020
Get inspired by author and chef Edward Lee’s exploration of the ancient process of fermentation and how it is used in modern cooking. Throughout the feature documentary, Lee demonstrates how we can use fermentation to cultivate a relationship with the millions of good bacteria around us.
"Probiotic pills could bring an end to malnutrition"
– Bill Gates, The Telegraph, October 7, 2019
#goodbacteria
Join the conversation! Use #goodbacteria on social media.
Instagram accounts we like to follow
- @nomafermants – Get behind the walls of the fermentation lab of the award-winning restaurant Noma in Copenhagen.
- @bacteriagram – A beautiful feed filled with colorful petri dish images of bacteria.
- @chefedwardlee – The chef behind the feature documentary "Fermented" takes us behind the scenes of his life.
- @guiliaenders – This German scientist "gut" it figured out! The key to live a happier, healthier life is inside us.
- @micropia_amsterdam – When you look from really close, a new world is revealed...
- @michaelpollan – Fascinated about places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and in our minds.
- @thesourscientist – Master blender and yeast scientist at Mikkeller Baghaven in Copenhagen crafting wild and rustic ales with native microflora.
Join the conversation! Use #goodbacteria on social media.
Explore how the Power of Good Bacteria™ work from farm to fork
Healthy plants
Learn how microbial solutions for today’s farmers can help lower the use of chemical pesticides and create a sustainable food system.
Go to our Plant Health section
Healthy animals
Discover how good bacteria in livestock farming can improve animal health and feed conversion while lowering the use of antibiotics.
Go to our Animal Health section
Healthy food
Learn how bacteria can help fight food waste without compromising the consumers' wish for healthy, authentic, tasty and convenient food.
Go to our Food Cultures & Enzymes section
Healthy people
Explore the health benefits of probiotics and how these good bacteria can reduce the need for antibiotics and improve general well-being.
Go to our Human Health section