1. Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo 130105, Ecuador
2. Instituto de Investigación, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo 130105, Ecuador
3. Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
4. Departamento de Procesos Agroindustriales, Facultad de Ciencias Zootécnicas, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Av. Urbina y Che Guevara, Portoviejo, Ecuador
5. Formerly Department of Microbiology, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu 515003, India
6. Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), and Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, ATC Building University Drive, Callaghan, 2308, NSW, Australia