Metagenomic Analysis of the Early Ripened Continental Cheese Microbiome

In this study, microbiota of early ripened continental cheeses from raw sheep milk collected from moun- tain villages was determined by next-generation sequencing and metagenomic analysis. Firmicutes was found as the dominant phylum by the avearge of 91,5%, when Actinobacteria was found as the minor phylum (0,01%). By the metagenomic analysis of cheese samples 25 genuses were determined, 23 of these genuses were found in all of the cheese samples. In the genus averages, the highest diversity was viewed in Enterobacteriaceae family as 13 genus. Lactococcuc lactis was determined as dominant (avr.84%) species in all samples. The all species showed more than 99% homology to the referance genes