Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA genes reveals a unique microbial community in three anaerobic sludge digesters of Dubai

• Munawwar Ali Khan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Munawwar Ali Khan, Shams Tabrez Khan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5683-300X

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• Shams Tabrez Khan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Munawwar Ali Khan, Shams Tabrez Khan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shamsalig75@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4963-4998

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• Milred Cedric Sequeira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Academic City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Sultan Mohammad Faheem,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Academic City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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• Naushad Rais

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Academic City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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