The “cheese microbiome” as a model system continues to yield useful results. Model systems for microbiome & microbial ecology studies are really important and it is great to see how this system has continued to develop. This is worth a look.
The search for lively bacterial communities led Rachel Dutton, a microbiologist at UC San Diego, to cave-aged cheese wheels.
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