About the Authors
- Leah C. Blasiak
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Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Alex W. Schmidt
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Affiliation The Center for Microbial Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Honoré Andriamiarinoro
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Affiliation Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Temesgen Mulaw
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Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rado Rasolomampianina
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Microbiologie de Environnement, Centre National de Recherches sur l′Environnement, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Wendy L. Applequist
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Affiliation Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Chris Birkinshaw
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Affiliation Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Félicitée Rejo-Fienena
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Microbiologie de Environnement, Centre National de Recherches sur l′Environnement, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Porter P. Lowry II
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Affiliations Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Département Systématique et Évolution (UMR 7205), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Thomas M. Schmidt
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Affiliation The Center for Microbial Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Russell T. Hill
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* E-mail: hill@umces.edu
Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LCB TM RR FRF WLA CB PPL TMS RTH. Performed the experiments: HA TM RR CB AWS. Analyzed the data: LCB AWS CB WLA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AWS TMS. Wrote the paper: LCB AWS CB PPL TMS RTH.