M. Shaminur Rahman1, Md Firoz Ahmed2*, Md Shariful Islam3, Mohammad Moniruzzaman4* 1. Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh.2. Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh3. Department of Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA, USA4. Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA * Corresponding authors. Email: m.monir@miami.edu, firoz@juniv.edu