About the Authors

Theagarten Lingham-Soliar

linghamst@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliation Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Nelisha Murugan

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiment: TLS. Performed decomposition experiments: TLS. Performed histological work, microscopy and SEM: TLS NM. Analyzed data and wrote paper: TLS.