About the Authors

Lokender Kumar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, BMS Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Sanjay Chhibber

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, BMS Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Kusum Harjai

kusum_harjai@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, BMS Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LK KH SC. Performed the experiments: LK. Analyzed the data: LK KH SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH SC. Wrote the paper: LK KH SC.