SEUNG-BEOM HONG is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, TX, USA. M. BAZLUR RASHID is an Associate Professor of Biology and Biotechnology and former Program Chair of Biotechnology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, TX, USA. LORY Z. SANTIAGO-VÁZQUEZ is an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Houston, TX, USA.