About the Authors

Sonja Rueckert

Affiliations Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity, Departments of Botany and Zoology, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan

Timur G. Simdyanov

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Vladimir V. Aleoshin

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biochemistry, Belozersky Institute for Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

Brian S. Leander

bleander@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliation Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity, Departments of Botany and Zoology, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR TGS VVA BSL. Performed the experiments: SR TGS. Analyzed the data: SR TGS VVA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSL VVA. Wrote the paper: SR TGS BSL.