About the Authors

Anke Stüken

Affiliation Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Russell J. S. Orr

Affiliation Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ralf Kellmann

Current address: Hormone Laboratory, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Shauna A. Murray

Affiliations School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Brett A. Neilan

Affiliations School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Australian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Sydney Institute of Marine Sciences, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Kjetill S. Jakobsen

k.s.jakobsen@bio.uio.no

Affiliations Microbial Evolution Research Group (MERG), Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Biology, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS RJSO SAM KSJ. Performed the experiments: AS RSJO SAM. Analyzed the data: AS RDJO SAM RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSJ SAM BAN. Wrote the paper: AS SAM. Commented and approved the manuscript: RSJO RK BAN KSJ.