About the Authors

Indrani Das

Affiliation Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Itishree Basantray

Affiliation Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Prabhudutta Mamidi

Affiliation Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Tapas K. Nayak

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Pratheek B. M.

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Subhasis Chattopadhyay

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Soma Chattopadhyay

sochat.ils@gmail.com

Affiliation Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Soma Chattopadhyay. Performed the experiments: ID IB PM TKN PBM. Analyzed the data: Soma Chattopadhyay ID IB PM TKN PBM Subhasis Chattopadhyay. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Soma Chattopadhyay Subhasis Chattopadhyay. Wrote the paper: Soma Chattopadhyay Subhasis Chattopadhyay ID IB PM TKN PBM.