16S rRNA gene amplicon-based metagenomic analysis of bacterial communities in the rhizospheres of selected mangrove species from Mida Creek and Gazi Bay, Kenya

• Edith M. Muwawa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: edithmuwawa@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Forest Research and Institute for Systems and Integrative Biology, Laval University, Québec, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2404-3764

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• Chinedu C. Obieze,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-0948

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• Huxley M. Makonde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pure & Applied Sciences, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Joyce M. Jefwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

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• James H. P. Kahindi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Damase P. Khasa

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Forest Research and Institute for Systems and Integrative Biology, Laval University, Québec, Canada

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