Funding for this research was provided by:
UM | College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota
Article History
Received: 6 October 2018
Accepted: 8 February 2019
First Online: 28 February 2019
Competing Interests
: The authors declare the following competing financial interest(s): Drs Alptekin Aksan and Larry Wackett have equity in, and are entitled to royalties from, Minnepura S.B.C., a company involved in the development, commercialization, and marketing of patented encapsulated biological platforms for water treatment. Drs Alptekin Aksan, Larry Wackett, and Jonathan Sakkos have filed patent application number PCT/US2018/068154. The University of Minnesota also has equity and royalty interests in Minnepura. These interests have been reviewed and managed by the University of Minnesota in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.