The aerobic plate count (APC) and the bacterial population structure and diversity on the eggshell surface were studied on the basis of GB 4789.2-2010 and 16SrDNA sequence analysis using the Illumina Miseq Platform. The results showed that the APC values of eight samples ranged from 3.79±0.67 to 5.06±0.75 log CFU/eggshell±SD. The 163214 sequences of the eight samples belonged to Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Fusobacteria and Cyanobacteria, among which Enterococcus, Bacillus, Escherichia-Shigella, Pantoea, and Pseudomonas were dominant in eight ...