Longitudinal Study of the Bulk Tank Milk Microbiota Reveals Major Temporal Shifts in Composition.

ABSTRACT: Introduction of microbial contaminations in the dairy value chain starts at the farm level and the initial microbial composition may severely affect the production of high-quality dairy products. Therefore, understanding the farm-to-farm variation and longitudinal shifts in the composition of the bulk tank milk microbiota is fundamental to increase the quality and reduce the spoilage and waste of milk and dairy products. In this study, we performed a double experiment to study long- and short-term longitudinal shifts in microbial composition using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. We analyzed milk from 37 farms, that had also been investigated two years earlier, to understand the stability and overall microbial changes over a longer time span. In addition, we sampled bulk tank milk from f

SUBMITTER: Porcellato D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7940241 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature