About the Authors

Franz Goecke

fgoecke@geomar.de

Affiliation Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GEOMAR, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Jutta Wiese

Affiliation Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GEOMAR, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Alejandra Núñez

Affiliation Facultad de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana, Chile

Antje Labes

Affiliation Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GEOMAR, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Johannes F. Imhoff

Affiliation Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research GEOMAR, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sigrid Neuhauser

Current address: Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FG. Performed the experiments: FG SN AN. Analyzed the data: FG SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW AL AN JI SN. Wrote the paper: FG SN JI.