ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the Malawi Department of National Parks and Wildlife and staff of Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve and Nyika National Park for logistical support. Original sampling and sequencing were supported by the Field Museum of Natural History’s Emerging Pathogens Project, funded by the Davee Foundation and Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust. Sampling and research were conducted under permits from the Department of Forestry (License No. 3/12/ 2007/1, granted 10 July 2009, valid 10 July 2009–10 July 2010) and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (Ref. No. NPW/2/1/12, granted 6 October 2009, valid October-November 2009). Staff of the Museums of Malawi, including Potiphar Kaliba, Christopher Salema, and Nyson Gawani, participated in the fieldwork and preparation of specimens. We also thank Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL) staff and associates (current and former) for support of data collection, including Shannon Hackett, John Bates, Thomas Gnoske, Heather Skeen, Sarah Kurtis, and Zifeng Jiang. We thank Jason Weckstein for helpful conversations during the collection and analyses of microbiome data.