About the Authors

John J. Kelly

jkelly7@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nicole Minalt

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Alessandro Culotti

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Marsha Pryor

Affiliation Pinellas County Utilities Laboratory, Largo, Florida, United States of America

Aaron Packman

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK MP AP. Performed the experiments: NM AC. Analyzed the data: JK NM AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK MP AP. Wrote the paper: JK NM AC MP AP.