About the Authors

Moses Nkechukwu Ikegbunam

Affiliation Departments of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Linda Onyeka Anagu

onakuonyeka@yahoo.com

Affiliation Departments of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Ifeanyi R. Iroha

Affiliations Departments of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Chika Ebiye Ejikeugwu

Affiliation Departments of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Charles Okey Esimone

Affiliation Departments of Pharmaceutical microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: COE. Performed the experiments: MNI IRI CEE. Analyzed the data: MNI LOA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNI IRI COE. Wrote the paper: LOA.