About the Authors

Ulfat I. Baig

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Bharati J. Bhadbhade

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Dincy Mariyam

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Milind G. Watve

milind@iiserpune.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UB MW. Performed the experiments: UB DM. Analyzed the data: UB DM MW BB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: UB MW.