About the Authors

Zhiping Wang

Affiliations Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Feng Guo

Affiliation Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lili Liu

Affiliations Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Tong Zhang

zhangt@hku.hk

Affiliation Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZW TZ. Performed the experiments: ZW LL. Analyzed the data: ZW FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZW LL TZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ZW FG LL TZ.