About the Authors

Vasundhara Paliwal

Affiliation Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India

Sajan C. Raju

Affiliation MEM-Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Arnab Modak

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India

Prashant S. Phale

Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, India

Hemant J. Purohit

hemantdrd@hotmail.com

Affiliation Environmental Genomics Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJP PSP. Performed the experiments: VP SCR AM. Analyzed the data: VP SCR AM PSP HJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJP PSP. Wrote the paper: VP HJP PSP SCR AM.