[en] High throughput sequencing could become a powerful tool in food safety. This study was the first to investigate artisanal cheeses from Belgium (31 batches) using metagenetics, in relation to Listeria monocytogenes growth data acquired during a previous project. Five cheese types were considered, namely unripened acid-curd cheeses, smear- and mold-ripened soft cheeses, and Gouda-type and Saint-Paulin-type cheeses. Each batch was analyzed in triplicate the first and the last days of storage at 8 °C. Globally, 2697 OTUs belonging to 277 genera and to 15 phyla were identified. Lactococcus was dominant in all types, but Streptococcus was co-dominant in smear-ripened soft cheeses and Saint-Paulin-type cheeses. The dominant population was not always associated with added starter cultures. Bacterial richness and diversity were significantly higher in both types of soft cheeses than in other categories, including particular genera like Prevotella, Faecalibacterium and Hafnia-Obesumbacterium in mold-ripened cheeses and Brevibacterium, Brachybacterium, Microbacterium, Bacteroides, Corynebacterium, Marinilactibacillus, Fusobacterium, Halomonas and Psychrobacter in smear-ripened soft cheeses. A strong correlation was observed between no growth of L. monocytogenes in a smear-ripened cheese and the presence of an unknown Fusobacterium (relative abundance around 10%). This in silico correlation should be confirmed by further experiments in vitro and in situ.
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Microbiology
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Gerard, Amaury ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Chimie des agro-biosystèmes
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