Genetic Characterization of Rhizosphere Bacteria that Inhabit Common Bean Nodules in Western Kenya Soils

Clabe Wekesa^1*, John Muoma¹, Omwoyo Ombori², John Maingi³, Daniel Okun⁴, Kelvin Juma⁴, Patrick Okoth¹, Emily Wamalwa¹, Mario Kollenberg¹ and Eliakim Mauti⁴

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya

²Department of Plant Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

³Department of Microbiology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

⁴Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

^*Corresponding Author: Clabe Wekesa, Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya Email: