About the Authors
- Simon F. Thomas
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Affiliation Plymouth Martine Laboratory Applications Ltd, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Paul Rooks
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Affiliation Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Fabian Rudin
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Affiliation Plymouth Martine Laboratory Applications Ltd, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Sov Atkinson
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Affiliation Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Paul Goddard
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Affiliation Protein Technologies Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Rachel Bransgrove
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Affiliation Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Paul T. Mason
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Affiliation Plymouth Martine Laboratory Applications Ltd, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Michael J. Allen
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* E-mail: mija@pml.ac.uk
Affiliation Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors expect to develop a technology platform to treat contaminated water based on the results described herein. PG of Protein Technologies Ltd (PTL) will be responsible for the protection and commercialisation of this technology; PML Applications and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (of which SFT/FR/PTM and PR/SA/RB/MJA are employees, respectively) have a royalty agreement with PTL for any revenue generated through such activities. It is envisioned that the technology platform will be made freely available in the developing world for humanitarian purposes. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SFT SA MJA. Performed the experiments: SFT PR FR SA RB PTM MJA. Analyzed the data: SFT SA PG MJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFT PG MJA. Wrote the paper: SFT SA PG MJA.