Fecha de publicación: 09/01/2025 Fuente: WIPO "tomato" The present invention relates to the identification of a group of microorganisms, which are relatively abundant in the microbial communities associated with fruits and vegetables typically consumed raw and therefore transient or permanent members of the human microbiota. The consumption of mixtures of these microbes at relevant doses produces a beneficial health effect in the host. The present invention also relates to methods of using these microbes to increase the presence of beneficial microbes in crops.