About the Authors

Tina Šantl-Temkiv

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark, Microbiology Section, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Kai Finster

Affiliations Microbiology Section, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Thorsten Dittmar

Affiliation Max Planck Research Group for Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

Bjarne Munk Hansen

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark

Runar Thyrhaug

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Niels Woetmann Nielsen

Affiliation Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ulrich Gosewinkel Karlson

uka@dmu.dk

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TŠT KF BMH UGK. Performed the experiments: TŠT TD RT. Analyzed the data: TŠT TD RT NWN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TŠT TD RT KF BMH UGK. Wrote the paper: TŠT KF UGK TD.