1 Laboratory of Sustainable Animal Production and Biodiversity, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. mohdhuzairi@upm.edu.my.
2 Department of Biological Function and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and System Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino-cho, Wakamatsu-ku, Fukuoka, 808-0196, Japan.
3 Department of Bioprocess Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
4 Advanced Microbiological Functions Research Group, Frontier Research Labs., Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto, 1-1 Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Japan.