About the Authors

Savita Jadhav

Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India

Arif Hussain

Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Savita Devi

Contributed equally to this work with: Savita Jadhav, Arif Hussain, Savita Devi

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Ashutosh Kumar

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Sana Parveen

Affiliation Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

Nageshwari Gandham

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri, Pune, India

Lothar H. Wieler

Affiliation Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christa Ewers

Affiliation Veterinary Faculty, Institute for Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Niyaz Ahmed

niyazSL@uohyd.ernet.in

Affiliations Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

Niyaz Ahmed is a Section Editor of PLoS ONE and a Member of the PLoS International Advisory Group.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA. Performed the experiments: SJ AH SD SP. Analyzed the data: AK CE NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG LHW. Wrote the manuscript: CE NA.