About the Authors
- Andrzej Witkowski
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* E-mail: witkowsk@univ.szczecin.pl
Affiliation Palaeoceanology Unit, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 18, PL-70-383, Szczecin, Poland
- Frederik Barka
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- David G. Mann
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Affiliations Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aquatic Ecosystems, Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (IRTA), Crta de Poble Nou Km 5.5, E-43540 Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Catalunya, Spain
- Chunlian Li
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Affiliation Palaeoceanology Unit, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 18, PL-70-383, Szczecin, Poland
- Jascha L. F. Weisenborn
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Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Matt P. Ashworth
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Affiliation Section of Integrative Biology, Biological Laboratories, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- Krzysztof J. Kurzydłowski
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Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Material Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
- Izabela Zgłobicka
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Affiliation Faculty of Engineering and Material Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
- Sławomir Dobosz
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Affiliation Palaeoceanology Unit, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 18, PL-70-383, Szczecin, Poland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AW FB DGM JW MA CL. Performed the experiments: FB DGM AW JW KJK IZ SD. Analyzed the data: AW CL MA DGM KJK IZ SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW DGM FB JW KJK IZ SD. Wrote the paper: AW DGM FB MA CL SD. Auxosporulation of Biremis sp.: DGM. Microscopy, identification and description of B. panamae: AW KJK IZ SD.