Functional strain redundancy and persistent phage infection in Swiss hard cheese starter cultures
V. Somerville, H. Berthoud, R. S. Schmid, H.-P. Bachmann, H. Y. Meng, P. Fuchsmann, U. von Ah, P. Engel
The paper analyzes a Swiss cheese starter culture over 82 years, finding functional strain redundancy and persistent phage infection despite CRISPR resistance.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2021Microbiology