Genomic Plasticity and Functional Reweighting Facilitate Microbial Adaptation During the Ripening of Artisanal Goat Cheese - PubMed
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- #Cheese Ripening
- #Metagenomics
- #Microbial Genomics
- Strain-level microbial diversification increases during the ripening of artisanal goat cheese, with 37 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) in early stages and 141 in mature cheese.
- Functional changes involve metabolic reweighting, especially in carbohydrate metabolism, while amino acid and lipid metabolism remain proportionally stable.
- Mobile genetic elements like bacteriophages and antimicrobial resistance genes highlight horizontal gene transfer, influencing microbial adaptation during cheese ripening.