Genomic and phenotypic imprints of microbial domestication on cheese starter cultures
Vincent Somerville, Nadine Thierer, Remo S. Schmidt, Alexandra Roetschi, Lauriane Braillard, Monika Haueter, Hélène Berthoud, Noam Shani, Ueli von Ah, Florent Mazel, Philipp Engel
This study examines cheese starter cultures to determine if they show signs of microbial domestication, finding low genetic diversity, taxonomic stability, and evidence of genome decay.
Nature Communications · Oct 4, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology