About the Authors

Abdelahhad Barbour

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Koshy Philip

kphil@um.edu.my

Affiliation Institute of Biological Sciences, Microbiology Division, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sekaran Muniandy

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: AB KP. Analyzed the data: AB KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB KP SM. Wrote the manuscript: AB KP. Carried out the laboratory work: AB. Planned, designed and guided the project: KP. Read the manuscript: SM. Proof reading the manuscript: AB KP SM.