Microbiome-based environmental monitoring of a dairy processing facility highlights the challenges associated with low microbial-load samples
A. J. McHugh, M. Yap, F. Crispie, C. Feehily, C. Hill, P. D. Cotter
This study evaluates the effectiveness of MinION and Illumina sequencing for microbial monitoring in a dairy processing facility, finding that MinION provides accurate species-level classification but requires DNA amplification due to high concentration needs.
bioRxiv · Sep 11, 2020Microbiology