About the Authors

Huxley M. Makonde

Affiliations Microbiology, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany, Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Hamadi I. Boga

Affiliation Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Zipporah Osiemo

Affiliation Zoology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Romano Mwirichia

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

J. Benjamin Stielow

Affiliation Collection, CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Markus Göker

markus.goeker@dsmz.de

Affiliation Microbiology, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

Hans-Peter Klenk

Affiliation Microbiology, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMM HIB. Performed the experiments: HMM JBS ZO RM. Analyzed the data: MG HMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HIB HPK. Wrote the paper: HMM MG HIB HPK.