About the Authors

Christina A. Kellogg

ckellogg@usgs.gov

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Yvette M. Piceno

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lauren M. Tom

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Todd Z. DeSantis

Affiliation Second Genome, Inc., San Bruno, California, United States of America

Michael A. Gray

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Gary L. Andersen

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author Christina A. Kellogg is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, and this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors also agree to declare co-author Todd DeSantis's affiliation with the company Second Genome, Inc. and confirm that this also does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAK. Performed the experiments: CAK YMP LMT. Analyzed the data: CAK YMP LMT TZD MAG GLA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAK TZD GLA. Wrote the paper: CAK YMP MAG.