About the Authors

Ramith Ramu

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Post Graduate Centre, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada – 574240, Karnataka, India, Department of Biotechnology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570 006, Karnataka, India

Prithvi S. Shirahatti

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570 006, Karnataka, India

Nanjunda Swamy S.

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570 006, Karnataka, India

Farhan Zameer

Affiliation Department of Studies in Biotechnology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Mahajana Life Science Research Centre, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana PG Centre, Mysore – 570 016, Karnataka, India

Bhadrapura Lakkappa Dhananjaya

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Affiliation Toxinology/Toxicology and Drug Discovery Unit, Centre for Emerging Technologies (CET), Jain Global Campus, Jain University, Kanakapura Taluk, Ramanagara Dist, Karnataka-562112, India

Nagendra Prasad M. N.

npmicro8@yahoo.com; mnnagendraprasad@hotmail.com (NPMN); chandu_greeshma@rediffmail.com (BLD)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, JSS Technical Institutions Campus, Mysore – 570 006, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLD NPMN. Performed the experiments: RR. Analyzed the data: RR BLD NPMN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FZ NSS. Wrote the paper: RR PSS BLD NPMN.