About the Authors

Sandeep Dave

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Ravikanth Nanduri

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Hedwin Kitdorlang Dkhar

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Ella Bhagyaraj

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Alka Rao

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Pawan Gupta

* Email: pawan@imtech.res.in

Affiliation CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD PG. Performed the experiments: SD RKN HKD EB. Analyzed the data: SD AR PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR. Wrote the paper: SD PG. Coordinated the study: PG.