About the Authors

Tapan Kumar Mohanta

nostoc.tapan@gmail.com (TKM); hanhongbae@ynu.ac.kr (HB)

Affiliation Free Major of Natural Science, College of Basic Studies, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 712749, Republic of Korea

Nibedita Mohanta

Affiliation Department Of Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, 757003, India

Pratap Parida

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Indian Council of Medical Research, Dibrugarh, 786001, Assam, India

Sujogya Kumar Panda

Affiliation Department of Zoology; North Orissa University; Baripada, Odisha, 757003, India

Lakshmi Narayanan Ponpandian

Affiliation School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 712749, Republic of Korea

Hanhong Bae

nostoc.tapan@gmail.com (TKM); hanhongbae@ynu.ac.kr (HB)

Affiliation School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 712749, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TKM. Performed the experiments: TKM NM PP. Analyzed the data: TKM NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TKM. Wrote the paper: TKM SP LP HB.