About the Authors

Shweta Mishra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Supriya Upadhyay

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

Malay Ranjan Sen

mr_senbhu@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

Anand Prakash Maurya

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, India

Debarati Choudhury

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, India

Amitabha Bhattacharjee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, 788011, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM SU AB. Performed the experiments: SM SU AB APM DC. Analyzed the data: SM AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM SU AB APM DC MRS. Wrote the paper: SM AB.