About the Authors

Stephan Kremb

StephanGeorg.Kremb@kaust.edu.sa

Affiliations Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany

Markus Helfer

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany

Birgit Kraus

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Horst Wolff

Affiliation Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Goettingen, Germany

Christian Wild

Affiliations Coral Reef Ecology Group (CORE), Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany, University of Bremen, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Bremen, Germany

Martha Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany

Christian R. Voolstra

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Ruth Brack-Werner

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

Horst Wolff is an expert for image-based screening applications at Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH and was consulted for best practice at image acquisition and image analysis. Horst Wolff helped without any pecuniary interest. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK RBW CRV. Performed the experiments: SK MH HW BK MS. Analyzed the data: SK MH HW BK MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CRV HW BK CW MS. Wrote the paper: SK RBW CRV.