**Author details**

A.A. Shetti1 and B.B. Kaliwal2\*

\*Address all correspondence to: b\_kaliwal@yahoo.com

1 P.G. Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology Karnatak University, Dharwad, Kar‐ nataka, India

2 P.G. Department of Studies and Research in Biotechnology and Microbiology Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka, India
