About the Authors

Stephen A. Jackson

Affiliation Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Burkhardt Flemer

Affiliation Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Angela McCann

Affiliation Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Jonathan Kennedy

Affiliation Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

John P. Morrissey

Affiliations Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Fergal O’Gara

Affiliations Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, BIOMERIT Research Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Alan D. W. Dobson

a.dobson@ucc.ie

Affiliations Marine Biotechnology Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ JK JM FOG AD. Performed the experiments: SJ BF. Analyzed the data: SJ BF JK AMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ BF JK AMC. Wrote the paper: SJ JK AD.