Monitoring the microbiome for food safety and quality using deep shotgun sequencing

Abstract In this work, we hypothesized that shifts in the food microbiome can be used as an indicator of unexpected contaminants or environmental changes. To test this hypothesis, we sequenced the total RNA of 31 high protein powder (HPP) samples of poultry meal pet food ingredients. We developed a...

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Main Authors: Kristen L. Beck, Niina Haiminen, David Chambliss, Stefan Edlund, Mark Kunitomi, B. Carol Huang, Nguyet Kong, Balasubramanian Ganesan, Robert Baker, Peter Markwell, Ban Kawas, Matthew Davis, Robert J. Prill, Harsha Krishnareddy, Ed Seabolt, Carl H. Marlowe, Sophie Pierre, André Quintanar, Laxmi Parida, Geraud Dubois, James Kaufman, Bart C. Weimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:npj Science of Food
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41538-020-00083-y