About the Authors

Anaid Meza-Villezcas

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Ana L. Gallego-Hernández

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ana.gallego@unison.mx (ALGH); saquero@cnyn.unam.mx (AHS)

Current address: Departamento de Investigación en Física, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Affiliation Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Fitnat H. Yildiz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Oscar E. Jaime-Acuña

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Oscar Raymond-Herrera

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Alejandro Huerta-Saquero

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ana.gallego@unison.mx (ALGH); saquero@cnyn.unam.mx (AHS)

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.