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Table 5 Bacterial species richness from fresh and preserved Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus

From: Microbiota identified from preserved Anopheles

OTUs

Fresh

Preserved

Culture-dependent

Culture-independent

Culture-dependent

Culture-independent

An. arabiensis

An. funestus

An. arabiensis

An. funestus

An. arabiensis

An. funestus

An. arabiensis

An. funestus

Females

8

6

26

19

7

10

201

202

Males

9

10

33

42

13

11

245

233

Total

17

16

59

61

20

21

446

435

  1. Species richness was identified by culture-dependent and culture-independent methods and measured as the number of OTUs
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Malaria Journal

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