About the Authors

Jareeporn Ruangsri

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Yoichiro Kitani

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Viswanath Kiron

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Jep Lokesh

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Monica F. Brinchmann

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Bård Ove Karlsen

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Jorge M. O. Fernandes

Jorge.fernandes@uin.no

Affiliation Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, University of Nordland, Bodø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMOF JR YK VK. Performed the experiments: JR YK JL MB. Analyzed the data: JR YK JL MB JMOF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK JMOF BOK. Wrote the paper: JMOF JR YK VK.