About the Authors

Olivia Smith Spicer

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ten-Tsao Wong

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nilli Zmora

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yonathan Zohar

zohar@umbc.edu

Affiliation Department of Marine Biotechnology and Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ NZ TTW. Performed the experiments: OSS. Analyzed the data: OSS NZ TTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ NZ TTW. Wrote the paper: OSS NZ.