About the Authors

Vijaya Satchidanandam

vijaya@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Naveen Kumar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Rajiv S. Jumani

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vijay Challu

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Shobha Elangovan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Naseem A. Khan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS. Performed the experiments: VS NK RSJ VC SE NAK. Analyzed the data: VS NK RSJ. Wrote the paper: VS.