About the Authors

Priyanka Ghosh

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera, Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Arindam Naha

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera, Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

G. P. Pazhani

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera, Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

T. Ramamurthy

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera, Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Asish K. Mukhopadhyay

asish_mukhopadhyay@yahoo.com

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera, Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKM. Performed the experiments: PG AN GPP. Analyzed the data: PG TR AKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKM TR. Wrote the paper: AKM TR PG.