About the Authors

Alberto J. Martín-Rodríguez

ajmartinr@ull.es (AJM-R); jjfercas@ull.es (JJF)

Affiliations Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry “Antonio González”, Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), Carretera de Taliarte s/n, 35214 Telde, Gran Canaria, Spain

Jose M. F. Babarro

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas CSIC, Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain

Fernando Lahoz

Affiliation Department of Fundamental & Experimental Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Marta Sansón

Affiliation Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Víctor S. Martín

Affiliation Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry “Antonio González”, Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Manuel Norte

Affiliation Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry “Antonio González”, Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

José J. Fernández

ajmartinr@ull.es (AJM-R); jjfercas@ull.es (JJF)

Affiliation Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry “Antonio González”, Center for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Department of Organic Chemistry, University of La Laguna, Av. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJM-R JJF. Performed the experiments: AJM-R. Analyzed the data: AJM-R JJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VSM MN JJF. Wrote the paper: AJM-R JJF. Conducted the mussel foot repulsion tests: JMFB. Analyzed the fluorescence quenching data: FL. Proposed the use of G. oxysperma, collected the specimens and induced spore release: MS. Drafted the manuscript: AJM-R.