A first molecular characterization of the scorpion telson microbiota of Hadrurus arizonensis and Smeringurus mesaensis

• Christopher Shimwell ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Shimwell, Lauren Atkinson

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Physician Assistant Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, United States of America

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• Lauren Atkinson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher Shimwell, Lauren Atkinson

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, United States of America

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• Matthew R. Graham,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, United States of America

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• Barbara Murdoch

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

  * E-mail: murdochb@easternct.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-7467

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