About the Authors

Muhammad Arslan

arsilan324@gmail.com

Affiliations Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Earth Sciences Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Afzal

Affiliation Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Imran Amin

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Samina Iqbal

Affiliation Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Qaiser M. Khan

Affiliation Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI QMK M Afzal. Performed the experiments: M Arslan IA. Analyzed the data: M Arslan M Afzal IA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M Afzal IA. Wrote the paper: M Arslan SI M Afzal.