About the Authors

Trina M. Norden-Krichmar

Affiliations Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Andrew E. Allen

aallen@jcvi.org

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Terry Gaasterland

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mark Hildebrand

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMNK AEA TG MH. Performed the experiments: TMNK MH. Analyzed the data: TMNK MH AEA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEA TG MH. Wrote the paper: TMNK MH AEA.