Omic applications to understand food system microbiomes
Jessica Gray A *A Microbes for One System Health (MOSH), Food Microbiology, Agriculture and Food, CSIRO, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Qld 4108, Australia.
Dr Jessica Gray is a post-doctoral fellow within the Microbiome for One System Health Future Science Platform at CSIRO within the Food Microbiology group. Jess’s research focuses on understanding the various microbiomes across the farm to fork continuum. |
Microbiology Australia 43(2) 49-51 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA22018
Submitted: 20 March 2022 Accepted: 11 April 2022 Published: 17 May 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the ASM. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Abstract
Understanding the microbial communities associated with food systems has traditionally used culture-based techniques that can provide a snapshot of the microorganisms present. However, this approach requires multiple media types and only allows for the identification of a limited number of culturable species. Culture-independent methods such as sequencing and omic techniques provide a deeper understanding of the microbial community, how they interact and function together across the entire food system. This review provides a brief introduction to omic techniques used in microbiome studies and touches on microbiome research that has been undertaken across the farm to fork continuum focusing on leafy vegetables where possible.
Keywords: food systems, metagenomics, metaproteomics, metatranscriptomics, microbiomes, omic techniques.
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