About the Authors

Emma J. Mead

E.J.Mead@kent.ac.uk (EJM); C.M.Smales@kent.ac.uk (CMS); T.von-der-Haar@kent.ac.uk (TvdH)

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Centre for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Lesley M. Chiverton

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Centre for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Sarah K. Spurgeon

Affiliations School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Centre for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Elaine B. Martin

Affiliation School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Gary A. Montague

Affiliation School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

C. Mark Smales

E.J.Mead@kent.ac.uk (EJM); C.M.Smales@kent.ac.uk (CMS); T.von-der-Haar@kent.ac.uk (TvdH)

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Centre for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Tobias von der Haar

E.J.Mead@kent.ac.uk (EJM); C.M.Smales@kent.ac.uk (CMS); T.von-der-Haar@kent.ac.uk (TvdH)

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Centre for Molecular Processing, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMS TVDH. Performed the experiments: EJM LMC. Analyzed the data: SKS EBM GAM CMS TVDH. Wrote the paper: TVDH CMS EJM SKS. Implemented and analysed the models: TVDH SKS. Analysed modelling results: EJM LMC SKS EBM GAM CMS TVDH. Read and approved the manuscript: EJM LMC SKS EBM GAM CMS TVDH.