Obi, Linda U. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-2525
Roopnarain, Ashira http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8866-3049
Tekere, Memory http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-7826
Adeleke, Rasheed A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8974-422X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Water Research Commission (WRC: Grant number K5/2543, WRC: Grant number K5/2543, WRC: Grant number K5/2543)
University of South Africa
Article History
Received: 19 April 2022
Accepted: 2 April 2023
First Online: 10 April 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. The content of this manuscript has not been published elsewhere in any form. The manuscript is not under consideration for publication by another journal at the same time as Journal of World Microbiology and Biotechnology.
: Ethics approval with reference number 2017/CAES/166 was obtained from the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science General Research Ethics Review Committee, University of South Africa.