About the Authors

Jerry Akanwari

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada, London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada

Md Rashedul Islam

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ping Liang

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada

Tahera Sultana

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

tahera.sultana@agr.gc.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario Canada, London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.