The complex community structures and seasonal variations of psychrotrophic bacteria in raw milk in Heilongjiang Province, China

Psychrotrophic bacteria are the dominant organisms in refrigerated raw milk, which may have potentially adverse effects on the quality and shelf-life of dairy products. In this study, we investigated the concentration and microbial composition of psychrotrophic bacteria in raw milk from Heilongjiang Province (China) in winter and summer using traditional cultivation and single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing methods. The results showed that...