Cheesemakers manage to make the same type of cheese in different parts of the world. Cheese and its rind are both a complex community of bacteria and fungus. Researchers use Illumina sequencing technology to study cheese rind communities across various countries. They identify that the community types on cheese were reproducible independent of the geographic location but depended more on the rind type and moisture in the cheese rinds. Researchers explore the complex relationships of microbes in different types of cheese and the interaction between viruses and bacteria, which plays a major role in maintaining the complexity of cheese starter cultures. Sequencing is revealing the science of cheese making down to very nucleotide. For more information on applications of Illumina technology in the field of Microbial Genomics, please visit us at Illumina: Microbial Genomics http://www.illumina.com/applications/microbiology.ilmn Products: HiSeq: http://www.illumina.com/systems/hiseq_2500_1500.ilmn MiSeq: http://www.illumina.com/systems/miseq.ilmn Publication Links: PMID: 23823494 | Erkus O., et al (2013): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23823494 PMID: 23793641 | Bokulich N.A., et al (2013): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23793641 PMID: 24407037 | Cheeseman K., et al (2014): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24407037 PMID: 25036636 | Wolfe B.E., et al (2014): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25036636 Publication Research Reviews: http://www.illumina.com/science/publications/publications-review.ilmn The Science Mondays (SciMon) series is brought to you by Illumina http://www.illumina.com/ Illumina hosts Swati Kadam, Ph.D., Scientific Liaison, Scientific Affairs and Jacques Retief, Associate Director Scientific Affairs deliver 5 minutes of scientific enlightenment on the latest discoveries.