About the Authors

Digby Wrede

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Mohamed Taha

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Ana F. Miranda

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Krishna Kadali

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Trevor Stevenson

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Andrew S. Ball

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Aidyn Mouradov

aidyn.mouradov@rmit.edu.au

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, School of Applied Sciences, 3083 Bundoora, VIC, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM TS AB. Performed the experiments: DW MT AFM KK. Analyzed the data: AM DW MT AFM KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DW MT AFM KK. Wrote the paper: AM AB. Growing algal collection: AFM. Growing fungal cultures: DW MT.