1 Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada.
2 Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Preparation and Application of Advanced Materials for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction, School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Jiaxing Nanhu University, 72 Yuexiu Road South, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, 314001, China.
3 Department of Biosystems Technology, Faculty of Technology, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.
4 Department of Microbiology, University of Chittagong, Hathazari, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh.
5 Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada.
6 Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada. wqin@lakeheadu.ca.