16S RNA metabarcoding dataset from microbiota of Label Rouge broiler carcass rinses

The dataset provides information on the bacterial composition of 465 Label Rouge broiler carcasses collected in a French slaughterhouse between september 2023 and february 2024. Carcasses were cuted in halves and 16S rRNA metabarcoding sequencing was performed before and after 7 days of storage at 4°C (on the two half of the same carcasse). Carcass rinses were pooled in groups of three to create one sample, resulting in a total of 310 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 fre-range chicken meat.