About the Authors

Asunta Mukami

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya

Bicko Steve Juma

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

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

Cecilia Mweu

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

Mathew Ngugi

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Richard Oduor

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Wilton Mwema Mbinda

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wilton.mbinda@gmail.com, w.mbinda@pu.ac.ke

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, Pwani University Biosciences Research Centre (PUBReC), Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist