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ArticleMicrobiology resource announcements2025

Microbiome insights from a South African cultural and natural landmark cave using metagenomics next-generation sequencing.

Olubukola Oluranti Babalola, Afeez Adesina Adedayo, Saheed Adekunle Akinola

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Article in Microbiology resource announcements, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Olubukola Oluranti BabalolaFood Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4344-1909
Afeez Adesina AdedayoFood Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5388-2877
Saheed Adekunle AkinolaFood Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6520-8609

Funding

National Research Foundation (NRF) UID123634, UID132595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome study of Sterkfontein Cave (a natural and cultural cave) revealed fascinating insights into its metagenome study and functional annotation. The largely unexplored cave soil microbiota showcases intricate survival adaptations with promising potential for various human applications. Here, we report the microbial diversity and functions associated with Sterkfontein Cave soil.

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agro-genomicsanthropogenic interferencecave soil microbiomeenvironmental safetymicrobial biotechnologyone health

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PMID39964161
PMCPMC11895429

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