About the Authors

Kamran Shalchian-Tabrizi

Kamran@bio.uio.no

Affiliation Microbial Evolution Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Marianne A. Minge

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Mari Espelund

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Russell Orr

Affiliation Microbial Evolution Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Torgeir Ruden

Affiliation Scientific Computer Group, Center for Information Technology Services, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Affiliation Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Thomas Cavalier-Smith

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TC KJ KS. Performed the experiments: MM KS. Analyzed the data: MM KS ME RO TR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TC KJ TR. Wrote the paper: TC MM KJ KS ME.