About the Authors

Michael Hügler

Current address: Technology Center (TZW), Karlsruhe, Germany

Affiliations Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM- GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

Jillian M. Petersen

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Nicole Dubilier

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Johannes F. Imhoff

Affiliation Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, IFM- GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

Stefan M. Sievert

ssievert@whoi.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMS MH ND. Performed the experiments: MH JMP. Analyzed the data: MH JMP SMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMS JFI ND. Wrote the paper: SMS with input from co-authors.