16S RNA metabarcoding dataset from microbiota of conventionnal broiler carcass rinses

The dataset provides information on the bacterial diversity of 480 conventional broiler carcasses collected in a French slaughterhouse between 2022 and 2023. It includes 16S rRNA metabarcoding data from the broiler carcass rinses, both before and after 7 days of storage at 4°C. To minimize high individual variability, the carcass rinses were pooled in groups of three to create one sample, resulting in a total of 320 sequenced samples. However, due to poor library quality, two samples were removed, leaving a total 318 sequenced samples. Amplicons from the region V3-V4 of 16S rRNA were sequenced with Illumina MiSeq technology. The aim of collecting these carcass microbial diversity data was to characterize bacterial species that are positively or negatively correlated with Campylobacter on chicken meat.