About the Authors

Md. Hashim Reza

Affiliation Genome Research Centre, Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India

Hiral Shah

Affiliation Genome Research Centre, Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India

Johannes Manjrekar

Affiliation Genome Research Centre, Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India

Bharat B. Chattoo

bharat.chattoo@bcmsu.ac.in

Affiliation Genome Research Centre, Department of Microbiology & Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 390 002, Gujarat, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHR JM BBC. Performed the experiments: MHR HS. Analyzed the data: MHR JM BBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM BBC. Wrote the paper: MHR HS JM BBC.