About the Authors

Shinichi Sunagawa

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Cheryl M. Woodley

Affiliation Hollings Marine Laboratory, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mónica Medina

mmedina@ucmerced.edu

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MM. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS CMW MM. Wrote the paper: SS CMW MM.