About the Authors

Parameshwar Jakinala

Contributed equally to this work with: Parameshwar Jakinala, Nageshwar Lingampally, Bee Hameeda

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Nageshwar Lingampally

Contributed equally to this work with: Parameshwar Jakinala, Nageshwar Lingampally, Bee Hameeda

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Bee Hameeda

Contributed equally to this work with: Parameshwar Jakinala, Nageshwar Lingampally, Bee Hameeda

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

drhami2009@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

R. Z. Sayyed

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s Arts, Science and Commerce College, Shahada, Maharashtra, India

Yahya Khan M.

Roles Formal analysis

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Kalam Biotech Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India

Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Centre, Cairo1, Egypt

Hesham El Enshasy

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (CSRTA), New Burg Al-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: YK is a Director and owner of Kalam Biotech Pvt. Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.