Reservoirs of spoilage fungi in the built environment of cultured dairy facilities vary by season and location.

Shuai Man, Sarah E Daly, Xiaoxuan Shi, Jingzhang Feng, Abigail B Snyder

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shuai ManDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-2152-2114

Sarah E DalyDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6515-7426

Xiaoxuan ShiDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3038-0310

Jingzhang FengDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Abigail B SnyderDepartment of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1141-4746

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2022-67017-36289

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Abstract

The processing environment is a source of spoilage fungi in cultured dairy products. However, fungi within the built environment (i.e IMPORTANCE: Spoilage of cultured dairy products from fungal contamination results in food waste and economic loss. Fungi from the facility's built environment can be transferred to the product via air currents, water droplets, or through surface contact. Our year-long study identified overlap among fungal genera on environmental surfaces and spoiled products in three cultured dairy facilities, suggesting an overlap between environmental presence and product contamination. Furthermore, fungi was spatially differentiated within each facility, with some specific sites serving as potential point sources for product contamination. These results support the need for hygienic zoning in food processing facilities. Our work confirms the importance of environmental surface swabbing as a tool to locate potential fungal reservoirs in the built environment, which can aid targeted interventions against spoilage fungi in dairy processing facilities.

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DairyingDairy ProductsEnvironmental MicrobiologyFungiAnimalsBiodiversityFood MicrobiologySeasonscultured dairy productsdairy processing environmentsenvironmental monitoringfungal ecologyspoilageyeasts and molds

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PMID42466847

DOI10.1128/spectrum.00413-26

PMCPMC13436190

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