About the Authors

Rutger De Wit

rutger.de-wit@umontpellier.fr

Affiliation Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC),Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Place Eugène Bataillon, Case 093, 34095, Montpellier, France

Pascale Gautret

Affiliation Université d’Orléans, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071, Orléans, France and CNRS, ISTO, UMR 7327, 45071 Orléans, France and BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, BP 36009, 45060, Orléans, France

Yvan Bettarel

Affiliation Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC),Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Place Eugène Bataillon, Case 093, 34095, Montpellier, France

Cécile Roques

Affiliation Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC),Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Place Eugène Bataillon, Case 093, 34095, Montpellier, France

Christian Marlière

Affiliation Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Bâtiment 350, Université Paris-Sud, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

Michel Ramonda

Affiliation DRED Services Communs de la Recherche/ Centre Technologique de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, 34095, Montpellier, France

Thuy Nguyen Thanh

Affiliation Nanobiomedicine group, Laboratory Ultrastructure, Department of Virology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), 1 Yersin Street, Hai Ba Trung, 1000, Hanoi, Vietnam

Huy Tran Quang

Affiliation Nanobiomedicine group, Laboratory Ultrastructure, Department of Virology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), 1 Yersin Street, Hai Ba Trung, 1000, Hanoi, Vietnam

Thierry Bouvier

Affiliation Centre for Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC),Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Place Eugène Bataillon, Case 093, 34095, Montpellier, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDW PG TB. Performed the experiments: RDW PG CR MR TNT HTQ TB. Analyzed the data: RDW PG YB CM TNT HTQ TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDW PG CR CM MR TNT HTQ. Wrote the paper: RDW PG YB TB.