About the Authors

Synthia Maes

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Ruben Props

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jeffrey P. Fitts

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NY, United States of America

Rebecca De Smet

Affiliation Department of Medical and Forensic Pathology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Frank Vanhaecke

Affiliation Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Nico Boon

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Tom Hennebel

Tom.Hennebel@ugent.be

Affiliation Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET), Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SM TH. Investigation: SM RP JPF. Resources: JPF RDS FV NB TH. Supervision: SM NB TH. Writing – original draft: SM RP JPF TH. Writing – review & editing: SM TH.