About the Authors

Rebecca Vega Thurber

Rebecca.Vega-Thurber@oregonstate.edu

Affiliations Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Oregon State University, Deptartment of Microbiology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Deron E. Burkepile

Affiliation Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

Adrienne M. S. Correa

Affiliations Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Oregon State University, Deptartment of Microbiology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Andrew R. Thurber

Affiliation Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Andrew A. Shantz

Affiliation Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

Rory Welsh

Affiliations Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Oregon State University, Deptartment of Microbiology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Catharine Pritchard

Affiliations Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon, United States of America

Stephanie Rosales

Affiliations Florida International University, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, North Miami, Florida, United States of America, Oregon State University, Deptartment of Microbiology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RVT DEB AAS AMSC. Performed the experiments: RVT DEB AMSC AAS CP ART SR RMW. Analyzed the data: RVT DEB AMSC ART. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RVT DEB AMSC ART SR. Wrote the paper: RVT DEB AMSC ART.