About the Authors

Mahesh Shanker Dhar

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenicity Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Vatika Gupta

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenicity Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Jugsharan Singh Virdi

virdi_dusc@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Microbial Pathogenicity Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSD JSV. Performed the experiments: MSD VG. Analyzed the data: MSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSD VG JSV. Wrote the paper: MSD JSV.