*Siti Farah Md Tohid¹, Muhammad Noorfaiz Mohd Noor¹, Hasiah Ab Hamid¹, Muhammad Alif Mohammad Latif² (1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)

*Wan Shahriman Yushdie Wan Yusoff^1,3, Maha Abdullah², Zamberi Sekawi¹, Fairuz Amran⁴, Muhammad Yazli Yuhana⁵, Syafinaz Amin Nordin¹ (1. Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 3. Centre of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Kampus Puncak Alam, Malaysia, 4. Infectious Disease Research Centre, Bacteriology Unit, Institute for Medical Research, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Malaysia, 5. Infectious Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia)

*Mohamad Zulhafiz Shafiq Zulhilmi Cheng¹ (1. Universiti Putra Malaysia postgraduate student)

*KESWARRAN KALIMUTHU¹, GEOFFERY JAMES GERUSU¹, JOHAN ISMAIL¹, HADI HAMLI¹ (1. UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA)

Mohamad Malik Al-adil Baharudin¹, Fairolniza Mohd Shariff^1,2, Zetty Norhana Balia Yusof³, Murni Karim⁴, *Suriana Sabri^1,2 (1. Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., 3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia., 4. Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.)

*Siti Nurhidayah Sharin¹, Amalia Mohd Hashim², Muhamad Shirwan Abdullah Sani³, Nur Kartinee Kassim⁴, Yanty Noorziana Abdul Manaf¹, Mohd Hafis Yuswan¹, Helmi Wasoh⁵, Mohd Azwan Jaafar⁶, Nor Nadiha Mohd Zaki¹ (1. Halal Products Research Institute, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 3. International Institute for Halal Research and Training, International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia, 4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 5. Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, 6. Centre for Marker Discovery and Validation (CMDV), Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia)

*Hanane TOUNSI^1,2, Kiyoshi Omine¹, Toufik Chaabane³ (1. Department of Civil Engineering, Nagasaki University, Japan, 2. Semi conductor Research Center for Energy (CRTSE), Algeria , 3. Materials science and engineering laboratory, USTHB, Algeria)