About the Authors

Joke Hollants

Joke.Hollants@UGent.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Olivier Leroux

Affiliation Pteridology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Frederik Leliaert

Affiliation Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Helen Decleyre

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Olivier De Clerck

Affiliation Phycology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Anne Willems

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH OL FL ODC AW. Performed the experiments: JH OL HD. Analyzed the data: JH FL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OL. Wrote the paper: JH.