About the Authors
- Rowena F. Stern
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* E-mail: rost@sahfos.ac.uk
Affiliation The Laboratory, Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Robert A. Andersen
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Affiliation Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, United States of America
- Ian Jameson
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Affiliation Australian National Algae Culture Collection, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Frithjof C. Küpper
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Affiliation Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, United Kingdom
- Mary-Alice Coffroth
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Affiliation Department of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Daniel Vaulot
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Affiliation Roscoff Culture Collection, Station Biologique Roscoff, Roscoff, France
- Florence Le Gall
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Affiliation Roscoff Culture Collection, Station Biologique Roscoff, Roscoff, France
- Benoît Véron
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Affiliation Algobank-Caen, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
- Jerry J. Brand
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Affiliation Section of MCD-Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Hayley Skelton
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Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America
- Fumai Kasai
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Affiliation Microbial Culture Collection, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
- Emily L. Lilly
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Affiliation Biology Department, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
- Patrick J. Keeling
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Affiliation Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RFS PJK. Performed the experiments: RFS IJ HS. Analyzed the data: RFS PJK EL MC HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAA IJ FCK MC DV FL BV JJB HS FK. Wrote the paper: RFS PJK RAA IJ FCK MC DV FL BV. Also gave verbal advice on experimental strategy: JJB. Also enabled access to strains from other culture collections: RAA. Spent considerable time growing cultures and providing comprehensive list of information for strains: FL.