About the Authors

K. S. Seshadri

Contributed equally to this work with: K. S. Seshadri, Ramit Singal, H. Priti, Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja

gururaja@gubbilabs.in (KVG); seshadri@u.nus.edu (KSS)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Block S3, Singapore, Singapore

Ramit Singal

Contributed equally to this work with: K. S. Seshadri, Ramit Singal, H. Priti, Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja

Affiliation Independent Researcher, B-14, Law Apartments, Karkardooma, Delhi, India

H. Priti

Contributed equally to this work with: K. S. Seshadri, Ramit Singal, H. Priti, Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja

Affiliations Manipal University, Manipal, India, Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur (P.O), Bengaluru, India

G. Ravikanth

Affiliation Suri Sehgal Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Sriramapura, Jakkur (P.O), Bengaluru, India

M. K. Vidisha

Affiliation Science Media Center, Gubbi Labs LLP, WS-5, I Floor, Entrepreneurship Center, Society for Innovation and Development, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India

S. Saurabh

Affiliation Independent Researcher, A/103, Gokul, B. P. Road, Dahisar (W), Mumbai, India

M. Pratik

Affiliation Independent Researcher, 3C/704, Whispering Palms, Lokhandwala Township, Kandivali East, Mumbai, India

Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja

Contributed equally to this work with: K. S. Seshadri, Ramit Singal, H. Priti, Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja

gururaja@gubbilabs.in (KVG); seshadri@u.nus.edu (KSS)

Affiliation Science Media Center, Gubbi Labs LLP, WS-5, I Floor, Entrepreneurship Center, Society for Innovation and Development, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSS RS HP KVG. Performed the experiments: KSS RS HP GR SS MP MKV KVG. Analyzed the data: KSS HP KVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSS RS HP GR SS MP MKV KVG. Wrote the paper: KSS RS HP GR SS MP MKV KVG.