About the Authors

Tapan Dey

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Kabita Gogoi

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Balagopalan Unni

bgunni@yahoo.com

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Moonmee Bharadwaz

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Munmi Kalita

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Dibyajyoti Ozah

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Manoj Kalita

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Jatin Kalita

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Pranab Kumar Baruah

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Thaneswar Bora

Affiliation Biotechnology Division, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research—North-East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD BGU PKB TB. Performed the experiments: TD PKB TB DO KG. Analyzed the data: MJK TD MB MK JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DO PKB TB BGU. Wrote the paper: TD MB BGU JK.