About the Authors

Mujahid Mohammed

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sasikala Ch

Affiliation Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Centre for Environment, IST, J NT University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, India

Ramana V. Ch

r449@sify.com

Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM SC RVC. Performed the experiments: MM. Analyzed the data: MM RVC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC RVC. Wrote the paper: MM SC RVC.