About the Authors

Aurelia Syngkon

Affiliation Divisions of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sridhar Elluri

Affiliations Divisions of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Hemanta Koley

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Pramod K. Rompikuntal

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Dhira Rani Saha

Affiliation Division of Histology and Electron Microscopy, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Manoj K. Chakrabarti

Affiliation Divisions of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Rupak K. Bhadra

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sun Nyunt Wai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Amit Pal

apal7364@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Divisions of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SNW AP. Performed the experiments: AS SE HK PKR DRS RKB SNW AP. Analyzed the data: AS SNW AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MKC SNW AP. Wrote the paper: AS SNW AP.