Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Bacterial Communities on Laundered Textiles: A Pilot Case Study.

ABSTRACT: Microbially contaminated washing machines and mild laundering conditions facilitate the survival and growth of microorganisms on laundry, promoting undesired side effects such as malodor formation. Clearly, a deeper understanding of the functionality and hygienic relevance of the laundry microbiota necessitates the analysis of the microbial gene expression on textiles after washing, which-to the best of our knowledge-has not been performed before. In this pilot case study, we used single-end RNA sequencing to generate de novo transcriptomes of the bacterial communities remaining on polyester and cotton fabrics washed in a domestic washing machine in mild conditions and subsequently incubated under moist conditions for 72 h. Two common de novo transcriptome assemblers were used. The final a

SUBMITTER: Jacksch S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8400938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature