About the Authors

Efaq Noman

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

eanm1984@gmail.com (EN); adelalghithi@gmail.com (AAG)

Affiliations Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Taiz University, Taiz, Yemen, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), KM1, Jalan Panchor, Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia

Adel Al-Gheethi

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

eanm1984@gmail.com (EN); adelalghithi@gmail.com (AAG)

Affiliation Micro-pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

Balkis A. Talip

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), KM1, Jalan Panchor, Pagoh, Muar, Johor, Malaysia

Radin Mohamed

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Micro-pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

Amir Hashim Kassim

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Micro-pollutant Research Centre (MPRC), Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.