Synchronized shift of oral, faecal and urinary microbiotas in bats and natural infection dynamics during seasonal reproduction

In part by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa: the NRF-DST South African Research Chair held by Prof Markotter, grant no. 98339, as well as grant numbers 92524, 85756 and 91496, and grant UID 78566 (NRF RISP grant for the ABI3500). This research was partially supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number [5 NU2GGH001874-02-00], funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA. M.D.’s postdoctoral fellowship was funded by a Capacity BuildingGrant from the National Research Foundation, South Africa (grant no. UID 92524).