About the Authors

Nur E. Alam

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Md Shariful Islam

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Md Imam Ul Khabir

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America

Umme Suriea

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Md Muzahidul Islam

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Ramisa Binti Mohiuddin

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Sumaiya Akter

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Nahid Mahamud

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Md Nazmul Islam Bappy

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Dipankar Sardar

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

Shahin Mahmud

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Kamal Chowdhury

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States of America

A. K. M. Mohiuddin

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

akmmohiu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.