About the Authors
- Geoffrey N. Elliott
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* E-mail: geoff.elliott@hutton.ac.uk
Affiliation James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Nadine Thomas
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Affiliation James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Marion MacRae
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Colin D. Campbell
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Affiliations James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Iain D. Ogden
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Brajesh K. Singh
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Affiliation Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
Competing Interests
Whilst there is a patent held by two of the authors on a related methodology to the one presented in the manuscript (declared in the text - Singh BK, Campbell, C. 2012. United States Patent Office, Patent number 8,133,876), the authors confirm that this in no way alters the authors’ complete adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as outlined in the PLoS Editorial and publishing policies.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GNE BKS. Performed the experiments: GNE NT MM. Analyzed the data: GNE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GNE CDC IDO BKS. Wrote the paper: GNE CDC IDO BKS.