About the Authors

Ji Tan

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Phaik-Eem Lim

phaikeem@um.edu.my

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siew-Moi Phang

Affiliations Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dang Diem Hong

Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

H. Sunarpi

Affiliation Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Mataram University, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia

Anicia Q. Hurtado

Affiliation Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Tabuc Suba, Iliolo City, Philippines

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL JT. Performed the experiments: PL JT. Analyzed the data: PL JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PL JT SP DH HS AH. Wrote the paper: PL JT SP DH AH.