About the Authors

Silvia Libro

libro.silv@gmail.com

Current address: Molecular Parasitology, Genome Biology Division, New England Biolabs, Inc., 240 County Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven V. Vollmer

Affiliation Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVV. Performed the experiments: SVV SL. Analyzed the data: SVV SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SVV. Wrote the paper: SL SVV.