About the Authors

Nicholas R. Polato

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christian R. Voolstra

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Julia Schnetzer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Michael K. DeSalvo

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Carly J. Randall

Affiliation Center for Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Alina M. Szmant

Affiliation Center for Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Mónica Medina

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Iliana B. Baums

baums@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NRP CRV JS AS MM IBB. Performed the experiments: NRP CRV JS MKD CJR AS. Analyzed the data: NRP CRV JS IBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NRP CRV AS MM IBB. Wrote the paper: NRP.