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Taxonomic features and comparisons of the gut microbiome from two edible fungus-farming termites (Macrotermes falciger; M. natalensis) harvested in the Vhembe district of Limpopo, South Africa

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1540-5

Published Online: 2019-07-17

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Schnorr, Stephanie L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3742-0565
Hofman, Courtney A.

Netshifhefhe, Shandukani R.

Duncan, Frances D.

Honap, Tanvi P.

Lesnik, Julie

Lewis, Cecil M.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

NIH (5R01GM089886-06)
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Article History

Received: 2 January 2019

Accepted: 5 July 2019

First Online: 17 July 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Permission to collect termites was obtained from the village Chief and/or land-use owner. Samples were shipped from the USDA APHIS office at the United States Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.

: All authors have read and consent to the submission and publication of this manuscript.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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