Exploring gut microbiota and its predicted functions in pulmonary tuberculosis: A multi-regional study using public 16S datasets

• Tejaswini Baral,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Anwesh Maile,

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

  Affiliation DBT-Centre for Microbial Informatics (DBT-CMI), School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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• Nagarajaram Hampapathalu Adimurthy,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation DBT-Centre for Microbial Informatics (DBT-CMI), School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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• Kavitha Saravu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Manipal Center for Infectious Diseases, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Chandrashekar Udyavara Kudru,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of General Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Jitendra Singh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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• Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Manipal Institute of Virology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Mahadev Rao,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

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• Mohan K. Manu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9481-3189

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• Sonal Sekhar Miraj

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sonal.sekhar@manipal.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacy Practice, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Manipal Center for Infectious Diseases, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3660-2022

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