About the Authors

Joanna Mackie

joanna.potrykus.mackie@gmail.com

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Edina K. Szabo

Contributed equally to this work with: Edina K. Szabo, Dagmar S. Urgast

Current address: Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 507 Campus Drive N.W., Calgary T2N 1N4, AB, Canada

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Dagmar S. Urgast

Contributed equally to this work with: Edina K. Szabo, Dagmar S. Urgast

Affiliation Trace Element Speciation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Science, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom

Elizabeth R. Ballou

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Delma S. Childers

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Donna M. MacCallum

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Joerg Feldmann

Affiliation Trace Element Speciation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Science, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, United Kingdom

Alistair J. P. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM EKS DSU ERB DSC DMM JF AJPB. Performed the experiments: JM EKS DSU ERB DMM. Analyzed the data: JM EKS DSU ERB DSC DMM JF AJPB. Wrote the paper: JM AJPB.