About the Authors

Karina M. Winn

karina.winn@flinders.edu.au

Affiliations School of Biological Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Centre for Marine Microbiology and Genetics, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

David G. Bourne

Affiliation Centre for Marine Microbiology and Genetics, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

James G. Mitchell

Affiliation School of Biological Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGM DGB KMW. Performed the experiments: KMW. Analyzed the data: JGM DGB KMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JGM DGB KMW. Wrote the paper: JGM DGB KMW.