About the Authors

Harald Handschuh

Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Michael P. Ryan

michael.p.ryan@ul.ie

Affiliation Industrial Biochemistry Programme, Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Jean O’Dwyer

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Catherine C. Adley

Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HA CA. Data curation: HH MR JOD. Formal analysis: MR JOD. Investigation: HH. Methodology: HH MR JOD CA. Project administration: HH CA. Resources: HH CA. Supervision: CA. Validation: HH MR CA. Visualization: HH MR JOD CA. Writing – original draft: HH MR JOD CA. Writing – review & editing: HH MR JOD CA.