About the Authors

Oluwatayo E. Abioye

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

abioyethayor@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Nigeria

Nolonwabo Nontongana

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

Charles A. Osunla

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Nigeria

Anthony I. Okoh

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SAMRC Microbial Water Quality Monitoring Centre, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.