African microbiomes matter

Thulani P Makhalanyane¹, Oliver K I Bezuidt², Rian E Pierneef², Eshchar Mizrachi³, Adolphe Zeze⁴, Romain K Fossou⁴, Claude Ghislaine Kouadjo⁵, Samuel Duodu^{6

7}, Chioma B Chikere⁸, Olubukola O Babalola⁹, Ashwil Klein¹⁰, Marshall Keyster¹¹, Mornè du Plessis¹², Nourou S Yorou¹³, Mohamed Hijri¹⁴, Theresa Rossouw¹⁵, Casper N Kamutando¹⁶, Stephanus Venter¹⁷, Lucy N Moleleki¹⁷, Colin Murrell¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ DSI/NRF SARChI in Marine Microbiomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. thulani.makhalanyane@up.ac.za.
² DSI/NRF SARChI in Marine Microbiomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Laboratoire de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne/UMRI Sciences Agronomiques et Génie Rural, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁵ Laboratoire Central de Biotechnologies, Centre National de la Recherche Agronomique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
⁹ Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
¹⁰ Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
¹¹ Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
¹² Genetics Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
¹³ Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin.
¹⁴ African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco.
¹⁵ Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria School of Medicine, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ Department of Plant Production Sciences and Technologies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
¹⁷ Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁸ School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PMID: 37328673
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00925-y

African microbiomes matter

Thulani P Makhalanyane et al. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2023 Aug.

. 2023 Aug;21(8):479-481.

doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00925-y.

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Affiliations

¹ DSI/NRF SARChI in Marine Microbiomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. thulani.makhalanyane@up.ac.za.
² DSI/NRF SARChI in Marine Microbiomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Laboratoire de Biotechnologies Végétale et Microbienne/UMRI Sciences Agronomiques et Génie Rural, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁵ Laboratoire Central de Biotechnologies, Centre National de la Recherche Agronomique, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁷ West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
⁹ Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa.
¹⁰ Plant Omics Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
¹¹ Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
¹² Genetics Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
¹³ Research Unit Tropical Mycology and Plant-Soil Fungi Interactions, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou, Benin.
¹⁴ African Genome Center, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Ben Guerir, Morocco.
¹⁵ Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria School of Medicine, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ Department of Plant Production Sciences and Technologies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
¹⁷ Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁸ School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PMID: 37328673
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00925-y

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