1 Biofilm Biology Laboratory, Anusandhan Kendra II, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613 401, India.
2 Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu 630 003, India.
3 Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel.
4 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
5 Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.