biostudies-literatureKim HMinistry of EducationRural Development AdministrationNational Research Foundation of Korea51-60https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9896000biostudies-literatureUnknown33(1)The foodborne illness is the important public health concerns, and the livestock feces are known to be one of the major reservoirs of foodborne pathogens. Also, it was reported that 45.5% of foodborne illness outbreaks have been associated with the animal products contaminated with the livestock feces. In addition, it has been known that the persistence of a pathogens depends on many potential virulent factors including the various virulent genes. Therefore, the first step to understanding the public health risk of livestock feces is to identify and describe microbial communities and potential virulent genes that contribute to bacterial pathogenicity. We used the whole metagenome shotgun sequencing to evaluate the prevalence of foodborne pathogens and to characterize the virulence associatJournal of microbiology and biotechnologyExploring the Microbial Community and Functional Characteristics of the Livestock Feces Using the Whole Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing.PMC9896000PJ01629820222019M3A9F3065227Hur TYKim HKeum GBJung HKim JKKim ESPandey SOh KKKim SSong MCho JHKwak JPark SHDoo HKim HBLee JHfalseExploring the Microbial Community and Functional Characteristics of the Livestock Feces Using the Whole Metagenome Shotgun Sequencing.The foodborne illness is the important public health concerns, and the livestock feces are known to be one of the major reservoirs of foodborne pathogens. Also, it was reported that 45.5% of foodborne illness outbreaks have been associated with the animal products contaminated with the livestock feces. In addition, it has been known that the persistence of a pathogens depends on many potential virulent factors including the various virulent genes. Therefore, the first step to understanding the public health risk of livestock feces is to identify and describe microbial communities and potential virulent genes that contribute to bacterial pathogenicity. We used the whole metagenome shotgun sequencing to evaluate the prevalence of foodborne pathogens and to characterize the virulence associat2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Jan2025-04-19T17:50:28.905Z2025-04-19T17:50:28.905ZS-EPMC98960003651707210.4014/jmb.2209.09013