About the Authors

Debika Datta

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Preeti Khatri

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Chaitali Banerjee

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Ambika Singh

Affiliation Gut Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Ramavatar Meena

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

Dhira Rani Saha

Affiliation Microscopy Laboratory, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Rajagopal Raman

Affiliation Gut Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Paulraj Rajamani

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

Abhijit Mitra

Affiliation Genome Analysis Laboratory, Animal Division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, India

Shibnath Mazumder

shibnath1@yahoo.co.in

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD RR SM. Performed the experiments: DD PK AS RM DRS. Analyzed the data: DD PK CB DRS RR SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM PR AM. Wrote the paper: DD CB SM.