About the Authors

Ester M. Eckert

Contributed equally to this work with: Ester M. Eckert, Andrea Di Cesare, Diego Fontaneto

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Verbania Pallanza, Italy

Andrea Di Cesare

Contributed equally to this work with: Ester M. Eckert, Andrea Di Cesare, Diego Fontaneto

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Verbania Pallanza, Italy

Diego Fontaneto

Contributed equally to this work with: Ester M. Eckert, Andrea Di Cesare, Diego Fontaneto

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Verbania Pallanza, Italy

Thomas U. Berendonk

Affiliation Technische Universität Dresden Institut für Hydrobiologie, Dresden, Germany

Helmut Bürgmann

Affiliation Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

Eddie Cytryn

Affiliation Institute of Soil Water and Environmental Sciences, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon Lezion, Israel

Despo Fatta-Kassinos

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Andrea Franzetti

Affiliation University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

D. G. Joakim Larsson

Affiliations Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Célia M. Manaia

Affiliation Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF—Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina–Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Porto, Portugal

Amy Pruden

Affiliation Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Andrew C. Singer

Affiliation UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom

Nikolina Udikovic-Kolic

Affiliation Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Gianluca Corno

gianluca.corno@cnr.it

Affiliation Molecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Verbania Pallanza, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.