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Gut Microbiome and Urbanization: Fungal Metabarcoding analysis of African families
Gut fungal composition depends on different dietary habits and environmental conditions; the association of mycobiota with different urbanization levels has not yet been shown. In this work, we compared the fecal mycobiota of 150 fecal samples of different family groups belonging to five areas of Burkina Faso (BF), characterized by different levels of urbanization, specifically Godo, Poessi, Boulpon, Nanoro and Ouagadougou. By using high-throughput ITS rDNA sequencing, we found significant differences in gut fungal microbiota both within families and among samples belonging to different areas, indicating that indeed fungi are an environmental signature.
Gut fungal composition depends on different dietary habits and environmental conditions; the association of mycobiota with different urbanization levels has not yet been shown. In this work, we compared the fecal mycobiota of 150 fecal samples of different family groups belonging to five areas of Burkina Faso (BF), characterized by different levels of urbanization, specifically Godo, Poessi, Boulpon, Nanoro and Ouagadougou. By using high-throughput ITS rDNA sequencing, we found significant differences in gut fungal microbiota both within families and among samples belonging to different areas, indicating that indeed fungi are an environmental signature.