About the Authors

Laura A. Onyango

lauraonyango@yahoo.ca

Affiliation Environmental and Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

R. Hugh Dunstan

Affiliation Environmental and Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Timothy K. Roberts

Affiliation Environmental and Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Margaret M. Macdonald

Affiliation Environmental and Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Johan Gottfries

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Gothenburg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAO RHD TKR. Performed the experiments: LAO. Analyzed the data: LAO RHD TKR MMM JG. Wrote the manuscript: LAO RHD TKR. Provided editorial comment in compilation of manuscript: MMM JG.