About the Authors

Ratna Sudha Madempudi

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

sudha@uniquebiotech.com

Affiliation Centre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd., Alexandria Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Jayesh J. Ahire

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

Affiliation Centre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd., Alexandria Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Jayanthi Neelamraju

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Research & Development, Unique Biotech Ltd., Alexandria Knowledge Park, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Anirudh Tripathi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Life Veda Treatment and Research Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India

Satyavrat Nanal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nanal Clinic, Anand Bhuvan, Gore wadi, Mahim (W), Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

RSM, JJA and JN are employed by Unique Biotech Limited, India, which is a manufacturer of probiotics and AT and SN are from Life Veda Treatment and Research Centre and Nanal Clinic, Mumbai, India. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.