About the Authors

Michiel Op De Beeck

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

Bart Lievens

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Catholic University of Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium

Pieter Busschaert

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Catholic University of Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium

Stéphan Declerck

Affiliation Earth & Life Institute, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium

Jaco Vangronsveld

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

Jan V. Colpaert

jan.colpaert@uhasselt.be

Affiliation Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MODB JV JVC. Performed the experiments: MODB. Analyzed the data: MODB PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB BL SD. Wrote the paper: MODB.