Characterization and bioactivity potential of marine sponges (Biemna fistulosa, Callyspongia diffusa, and Haliclona fascigera) from Kenyan coastal waters

• Teresia Nyambura Wacira ,

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

  * E-mail: tnyambura@kmfri.go.ke

  Affiliations Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, Technical University of Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Freshwater Research Center, Kisumu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7988-1811

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• Huxley Mae Makonde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0163-9303

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• Joseph Nyingi Kamau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya

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• Christopher Mulanda Aura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Freshwater Research Center, Kisumu, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9590-9652

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• Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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