About the Authors

David Emerson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: demerson@gmu.edu

Affiliation American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Jeremy A. Rentz

Current address: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Timothy G. Lilburn

Affiliation American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Richard E. Davis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Henry Aldrich

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Clara Chan

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Craig L. Moyer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DE CM. Performed the experiments: DE JR RD HA CC. Analyzed the data: DE JR TL RD CM. Wrote the paper: DE JR TL CM.