About the Authors

Henk Bolhuis

henk.bolhuis@nioz.nl

Affiliation Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Lucas Fillinger

Affiliation Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Lucas J. Stal

Affiliation Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Yerseke, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

Lucas J. Stal serves as an editor for this journal. This does not alter the authros' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB. Performed the experiments: HB LF. Analyzed the data: HB LF. Wrote the paper: HB LF LJS.