About the Authors

Hiren Joshi

Affiliation Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, BARC Facilities, Kalpakkam, India

Rachna Dave

Affiliation Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, BARC Facilities, Kalpakkam, India

Vayalam P. Venugopalan

vpv@igcar.gov.in

Affiliation Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, BARC Facilities, Kalpakkam, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HMJ RD VPV. Performed the experiments: HMJ RD. Analyzed the data: HMJ RD VPV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMJ RD. Wrote the paper: HMJ RD VPV.