Elucidating the functions of gut microbiota from two edible dung beetle species: Implications for waste management and food industry

• Syombua S. Mwanza,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Physical sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-7053

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• Cynthia M. Mudalungu ,

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

  * E-mail: cmudalungu@icipe.org (CMM); ctanga@icipe.org (CMT)

  Affiliations International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Chemistry and Material science, Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2111-3974

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• JohnMark Makwatta,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2621-9719

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• James Kabii,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Njogu M. Kimani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical sciences, University of Embu, Embu, Kenya

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• Chrysantus M. Tanga

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

  * E-mail: cmudalungu@icipe.org (CMM); ctanga@icipe.org (CMT)

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya

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