About the Authors

Kentaro Nakamura

kentaron@jamstec.go.jp

Affiliation Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory (PEL), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Hiromi Watanabe

Affiliation Marine Biodiversity Research Program, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Junichi Miyazaki

Affiliations Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory (PEL), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research (SUGAR) Project, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Ken Takai

Affiliations Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory (PEL), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research (SUGAR) Project, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Shinsuke Kawagucci

Affiliation Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory (PEL), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Takuro Noguchi

Affiliation Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Suguru Nemoto

Affiliation Enoshima Aquarium, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Tomo-o Watsuji

Affiliation Subsurface Geobiology Advanced Research (SUGAR) Project, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Takuya Matsuzaki

Affiliation Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Takazo Shibuya

Affiliation Precambrian Ecosystem Laboratory (PEL), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Kei Okamura

Affiliation Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Masashi Mochizuki

Affiliation Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Orihashi

Affiliation Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tamaki Ura

Affiliation Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Asada

Affiliation Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Daniel Marie

Affiliation Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius

Meera Koonjul

Affiliation Albion Fisheries Research Centre, Petite Rivière, Mauritius

Manvendra Singh

Affiliation Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius

Girish Beedessee

Affiliation Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius

Mitrasen Bhikajee

Affiliation Mauritius Oceanography Institute, Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius

Kensaku Tamaki

Affiliation Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources (FRCER), The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN K. Takai K. Tamaki. Performed the experiments: KN K. Takai SK TN JM MM YO DM MK MS GB K. Tamaki. Analyzed the data: KO HW SN TW TM TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TU AA MB. Wrote the paper: KN HW K. Takai.