Microbiomes of meat-processing environments: influences of microbial diversity, structure, and variability on pathogen survival, transmission, and evolution

Our aim is to gain a better understanding of the effect of microbiome diversity, structure and functioning on the ecology and evolution of food pathogens in meat-processing environments. We will investigate microbiome temporal and spatial variability and functional profiles, pathogen population metagenome dynamics, and how microbiome structure affects the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of the pathogen.