About the Authors

Tatoba R. Waghmode

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK 21 PLUS program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660–701, South Korea

Md. Mozammel Haque

Affiliation Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK 21 PLUS program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660–701, South Korea

Sang Yoon Kim

Affiliation Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Department of Microbial Ecology, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Pil Joo Kim

pjkim@gnu.ac.kr

Affiliations Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK 21 PLUS program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660–701, South Korea, Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660–701, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRW. Performed the experiments: TRW. Analyzed the data: TRW MH PJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TRW. Wrote the paper: TRW. Provided comments and improvements to the manuscript: MH SYK PJK.