About the Authors

Minna Tom

Affiliation Environmental and Public Health Microbiology Lab (EPHM Lab), Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Tim D. Fletcher

Affiliation Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David T. McCarthy

david.mccarthy@monash.edu

Affiliation Environmental and Public Health Microbiology Lab (EPHM Lab), Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

Although this research was funded by Melbourne Water (a commercial source), the authors wish to declare no competing interests. This does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT DM TF. Performed the experiments: MT. Analyzed the data: MT DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT DM TF. Wrote the paper: MT DM TF.