About the Authors

Devendra H. Dusane

Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India

Samir R. Damare

Affiliation Gene Laboratory, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India

Yarlagadda V. Nancharaiah

Affiliation Biofouling and Biofilm Process Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, BARC Facilities, Kalpakkam, India

N. Ramaiah

Affiliation Gene Laboratory, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India

Vayalam P. Venugopalan

Affiliation Biofouling and Biofilm Process Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, BARC Facilities, Kalpakkam, India

Ameeta Ravi Kumar

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India

Smita S. Zinjarde

smita@unipune.ac.in

Affiliation Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHD SSZ. Performed the experiments: DHD YVN SD. Analyzed the data: DHD VPV ARK SSZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARK VPV NR SSZ. Wrote the paper: DHD VPV SSZ.