About the Authors

Katrin Panzer

Affiliations University of Bremen, Molecular Ecology, FB2, Leobener Str. 2, 28359, Bremen, Germany, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Campusring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany

Pelin Yilmaz

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group, Celsiusstr.1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

Michael Weiß

Affiliation University of Tübingen, Department of Biology, Auf der Morgenstelle 1, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

Lothar Reich

Affiliation Potsdam Transfer, August-Bebel-Straße 89, Haus 7, 14482, Potsdam, Germany

Michael Richter

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group, Celsiusstr.1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

Jutta Wiese

Affiliation GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Microbiology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

Rolf Schmaljohann

Affiliation GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Microbiology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

Antje Labes

Affiliation GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Microbiology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

Johannes F. Imhoff

Affiliation GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Microbiology, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

Frank Oliver Glöckner

Affiliations Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Campusring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Group, Celsiusstr.1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

Marlis Reich

reich@uni-bremen.de

Affiliation University of Bremen, Molecular Ecology, FB2, Leobener Str. 2, 28359, Bremen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Reich MW KP. Performed the experiments: KP JW RS. Analyzed the data: KP PY M. Reich LR MW M. Richter. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL JFI FOG. Wrote the paper: M. Reich AL PY MW JFI FOG.