About the Authors
- Jatinder S. Sangha
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Wajahatullah Khan
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Genome Research Chair Unit, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Xiuhong Ji
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Affiliation Institute for Nutrisciences and Health, National Research Council of Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Junzeng Zhang
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Affiliation Institute for Nutrisciences and Health, National Research Council of Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Aaron A. S. Mills
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Alan T. Critchley
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Affiliation Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Balakrishnan Prithiviraj
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* E-mail: bprithiviraj@nsac.ca
Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Competing Interests
Cargill Texturant Solutions donated the Carrageenans used in this study. Alan T. Critchley is an employee of Acadian Seaplants Limited. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agencies did not act in any way in a commercial capacity.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS BP ATC JZ. Performed the experiments: JSS WK XJ. Analyzed the data: JSS AASM JZ XJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSS AASM WK BP ATC. Wrote the paper: JSS WK AASM BP ATC JZ.