About the Authors

Benazir Begum Sirajudeen

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PG and Research Department of Zoology, V. O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India

Jenifer Annis Christy Joseph Sahayaraj

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Mary Matha College of Arts and Science, Periyakulam, Tamil Nadu, India

Lok Kirubahar Sankararamalingam

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department of PG Zoology, Aditanar College of Arts and Science, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu, India

Raja Roobia Rajendran

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Murugappan Ramanathan

Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Padmavathy Sethuramasamy

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

padmavathysethuramasamy@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.