About the Authors

Barbara J. Davids

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara J. Davids, David S. Reiner

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Bdavids@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

David S. Reiner

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara J. Davids, David S. Reiner

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

Shanda R. Birkeland

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah P. Preheim

Affiliation Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael J. Cipriano

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrew G. McArthur

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Frances D. Gillin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM FG BD DR. Performed the experiments: BD DR SB SP. Analyzed the data: AM FG BD DR SB SP MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM. Wrote the paper: AM FG BD. Other: Provided grant funding: FG AM.