About the Authors

Huiluo Cao

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Jean-Christophe Auguet

Affiliation Equipe Environnement et Microbiologie, UMR CNRS-IPREM 5254, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Pau, France

Ji-Dong Gu

jdgu@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDG HC. Performed the experiments: HC JDG. Analyzed the data: HC JCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDG. Wrote the paper: HC JDG JCA.