About the Authors

Jeremy T. Claisse

claisse@oxy.edu

Affiliation Vantuna Research Group, Department of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Daniel J. Pondella II

Affiliation Vantuna Research Group, Department of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jonathan P. Williams

Affiliation Vantuna Research Group, Department of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James Sadd

Affiliation Department of Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTC DJP JPW JS. Performed the experiments: JTC DJP JPW JS. Analyzed the data: JTC DJP JPW JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTC DJP JPW JS. Wrote the paper: JTC DJP JPW JS.