Comparative genomic analysis of eight novel haloalkaliphilic bacteriophages from Lake Elmenteita, Kenya

• Juliah Khayeli Akhwale ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jakhwale@jkuat.ac.ke

  Affiliations Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany, Department of Zoology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8878-6957

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• Manfred Rohde ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Central Facility for Microscopy, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Christine Rohde ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Boyke Bunk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

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

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Cathrin Spröer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Hans-Peter Klenk ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Hamadi Iddi Boga ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Taita Taveta University College, Voi, Kenya

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• Johannes Wittmann

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juliah Khayeli Akhwale, Manfred Rohde, Christine Rohde, Boyke Bunk, Cathrin Spröer, Hans-Peter Klenk, Hamadi Iddi Boga, Johannes Wittmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute DSMZ–German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstrasse 7B, Braunschweig, Germany

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