Exploration and comparison of bacterial communities present in bovine faeces, milk and blood using 16S rRNA metagenomic sequencing

• Khethiwe Mtshali ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: MtshaliK@tut.ac.za, kmtshali@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Biomedical Sciences Department, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3493-4066

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• Zamantungwa Thobeka Happiness Khumalo,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, Study Management, ClinVet International, Bainsvlei, Bloemfontein, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7923-5077

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• Stanford Kwenda,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Ismail Arshad,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-5915

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• Oriel Matlahane Molifi Thekisoe

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

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