**Acknowledgements**

The authors are grateful to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, for funding the Interdisciplinary Program for Life Science Project (BT/PR/4555/INF/22/126/2010 dated 30-09-2010), the Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility Project (BT/BI/25/001/2006 VOL II dt. 05-03-2012), and the P.G. Depart‐ ments of Microbiology and Biotechnology Karnatak University, Dharwad, for providing the facilities.
