About the Authors

Richard C. Winkworth

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

r.c.winkworth@massey.ac.nz

Affiliations Bio-Protection Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Stanley E. Bellgard

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Patricia A. McLenachan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Peter J. Lockhart

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bio-Protection Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.