About the Authors

Carsten Matz

carsten.matz@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliations School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Division of Cell and Immune Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Jeremy S. Webb

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Peter J. Schupp

Affiliation Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, United States of America

Shui Yen Phang

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Anahit Penesyan

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Suhelen Egan

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Peter Steinberg

Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Staffan Kjelleberg

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM JSW. Performed the experiments: CM SYP. Analyzed the data: CM JSW PJS SE PS SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJS AP SE. Wrote the paper: CM SE PS SK.