About the Authors

José A. Fernández Robledo

jfernandez-robledo@bigelow.org

Affiliation Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

Gerardo R. Vasta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas R. Record

Affiliation Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAFR GRV NRR. Performed the experiments: JAFR. Analyzed the data: JAFR GRV NRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAFR GRV NRR. Wrote the paper: JAFR GRV NRR.