About the Authors

Olayemi O. Ayepola

Contributed equally to this work with: Olayemi O. Ayepola, Frieder Schaumburg

ola.ayepola@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

Nurudeen A. Olasupo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria

Louis O. Egwari

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

Karsten Becker

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Frieder Schaumburg

Contributed equally to this work with: Olayemi O. Ayepola, Frieder Schaumburg

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OOA NAO FS. Performed the experiments: OOA FS. Analyzed the data: OOA NAO LOE KB FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OOA KB FS. Wrote the paper: OOA LOE KB FS.