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Imade Y. Nsa 1§ORCID logo, Ezichukwu E. Ejiofor1, Emmanuel T. Ajayi1, Ifunanya O. Okoli1, Chibueze S. Uchegbu1, Opeoluwa S. Aworetan1*, Fuad T. Jebe-Abdullah1*, Hauwa J. Kamselem1*, Shina O. Abidoye1*, Evans C. Oleka1*, Oluwatunkunmi J. Okupa1*, Fuhad T. Lawal1*, Grace O. Immanuel1*, Tomi E. Adeyanju1*, Faith O. Onyekachi1*, Omogwigho G. Akpederi1*, Oluwafoyinsolami I. Adisa1*, Modesola O. Onikoro1*, Chase Boyles2, Julie A. Merkle2, and Matthew O. Ilori1

1Department of Microbiology, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

2Department of Biology, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, United States

§Correspondence to: Imade Y. Nsa (insa@unilag.edu.ng)

* Authors have equal contribution

Abstract

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Acknowledgements

Conflicts of Interest

Funding

Author Contributions

  • Imade Y. Nsa : Investigation, Supervision, Project administration, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Ezichukwu E. Ejiofor: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Emmanuel T. Ajayi: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Ifunanya O. Okoli: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Chibueze S. Uchegbu: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Opeoluwa S. Aworetan: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Fuad T. Jebe-Abdullah: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Hauwa J. Kamselem: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Shina O. Abidoye: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Evans C. Oleka: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Oluwatunkunmi J. Okupa: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Fuhad T. Lawal: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Grace O. Immanuel: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Tomi E. Adeyanju: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Faith O. Onyekachi: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Omogwigho G. Akpederi: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Oluwafoyinsolami I. Adisa: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Modesola O. Onikoro: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Chase Boyles: Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Julie A. Merkle: Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
  • Matthew O. Ilori: Investigation, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Anonymous

History

  • Received: 11/29/2025
  • Revision Received: 3/29/2026
  • Accepted: 5/5/2026
  • Published Online: 5/6/2026

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© 2026 by the authors. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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The microPublication project is supported by

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