About the Authors

Baobei Wang

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, Department of Human System and Environment, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Zhen Zhang

Affiliations Department of Human System and Environment, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Qiang Hu

Affiliation Center for Microalgal Biotechnology and Biofuels, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Milton Sommerfeld

Affiliation Department of Human System and Environment, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Yinghua Lu

Danxiang.han@asu.edu (DH); ylu@xmu.edu.cn (YL)

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Danxiang Han

Danxiang.han@asu.edu (DH); ylu@xmu.edu.cn (YL)

Affiliation Department of Human System and Environment, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH. Performed the experiments: BW ZZ. Analyzed the data: BW DH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DH QH MS YL.