About the Authors

Terry Fei Fan Ng

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Siobain Duffy

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Jane E. Polston

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Elise Bixby

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Gary E. Vallad

Affiliation Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mya Breitbart

mya@marine.usf.edu

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFFN SD JEP MB. Performed the experiments: TFFN SD EB GEV JEP MB. Analyzed the data: TFFN SD JEP MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TFFN SD EB GEV JEP MB. Wrote the paper: TFFN SD JEP MB.