About the Authors

Jesus Magallon

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Kevin Chiem

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Tung Tran

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Maria S. Ramirez

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Veronica Jimenez

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Marcelo E. Tolmasky

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mtolmasky@fullerton.edu

Affiliation Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.