Abstract:Mastitis is the most economically important disease of dairy cows. This study used PacBio single-molecule real-time sequencing technology to sequence the full-length of the l6S rRNA from the microbiota in 27 milk samples (18 from mastitis and 9 from healthy cows; the cows were at different stages of lactation). We observed that healthy or late stage milk microbiota had significantly higher microbial diversity and richness. The community composition of the microbiota from different groups also varied greatly. I… Show more
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