About the Authors

Marie Christine M. Obusan

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie Christine M. Obusan, Lemnuel V. Aragones

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mmobusan@up.edu.ph

Affiliations Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Natural Sciences Research Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Jamaica Ann A. Caras

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Marine Mammal Research Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Lara Sabrina L. Lumang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Erika Joyce S. Calderon

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Ren Mark D. Villanueva

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Cristina C. Salibay

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Science and Computer Studies, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, City of Dasmariñas Cavite, Philippines

Maria Auxilia T. Siringan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Natural Sciences Research Institute, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Windell L. Rivera

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathogen-Host-Environment Interactions Research Laboratory, Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Joseph S. Masangkay

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Lemnuel V. Aragones

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie Christine M. Obusan, Lemnuel V. Aragones

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Mammal Research Stranding Laboratory, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.