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\*Address all correspondence to: kashif.zahoor@gcuf.edu.pk

1 Department of Zoology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan

2 Department of Microbiology, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan

3 Department of Biochemistry, Government College Women University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
