About the Authors

Marilyn E. Brandt

mbrandt@uvi.edu

Affiliation Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States of America

Tyler B. Smith

Affiliation Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, United States of America

Adrienne M. S. Correa

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rebecca Vega-Thurber

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB TS. Performed the experiments: MB TS AC. Analyzed the data: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB TS AC RT. Wrote the paper: MB TS AC RT.