About the Authors

Hamady Dieng

hamachan1@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Rahman G. M. Saifur

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Ahmad Abu Hassan

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

M. R. Che Salmah

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Michael Boots

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Tomomitsu Satho

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan

Zairi Jaal

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Sazaly AbuBakar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HD RGMS. Performed the experiments: HD RGMS. Analyzed the data: HD RGMS AAH MCS TS MB ZJ SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HD. Wrote the paper: HD RGMS AAH MCS TS MB ZJ SA.