Today, Dr. Rachel Dutton, Science Resident at the Astera Institute in Berkeley, California, joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss the complex (and tasty) microbial communities responsible for cheese as a model system for microbial interactions, as well as her interesting path through science. Host: Mark O. Martin Guest: Rachel Dutton Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify Become a patron of Matters Microbial! Links for this episode An introduction to the idea of sociomicrobiology. A more technical review of sociomicrobiology. Another more recent technical review of sociomicrobiology.  A popular introduction to the ideas behind microbiology and cheesemaking. An article about cheese microbes. An article about viewing fermented foods like cheese as a way to study microbial ecosystems. Evidence for horizontal gene transfer within cheese microbial communities. A wonderful video about cheese microbiology. A video by Dr. Dutton about her work in cheese microbiology. A more recent (2023) video from Dr. Dutton about her cheese community research. Dr. Dutton’s website on cheese microbiology. Dr. Ben Wolfe’s website on cheese microbiology. A podcast with Dr. Dutton from ASM. A popular article about Dr. Dutton’s work with cheese microbiology. Dr. Dutton’s Wikipedia page! An overview of Arcadia Science. An overview of the Astera Institute. Dr. Dutton’s site at Astera.  Intro music is by Reber Clark Send your questions and comments to [email protected]