Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

Linking geochronology and source apportionment of sediments to understand land–lake transfers in the Lake Victoria Basin

Abstract Soil erosion is an increasing environmental problem in the Lake Victoria Basin (LVB), resulting in the transfer of sediment, nutrients and contaminants from terrestrial landscapes to aquatic ecosystems. These land-to-lake transfers have implications for soil fertility, w...

Draft genome sequence of Bacillus paranthracis S23, isolated from saline soil of Lake Bogoria, Kenya

S23 was isolated from saline soil of Lake Bogoria. Its draft genome, generated using Illumina HiSeq sequencing, comprises 5,583,771 bp across 205 contigs and contains 5,741 predicted protein-coding genes. Genome mining identified biosynthetic gene clusters associated with the pro...