Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic deep-sea demosponges

• Anna de Kluijver ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.dekluijver@uu.nl, anna.dekluijver@rvo.nl (ADK); k.g.j.nierop@uu.nl (KGJN)

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8288-7466

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• Klaas G. J. Nierop ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: a.dekluijver@uu.nl, anna.dekluijver@rvo.nl (ADK); k.g.j.nierop@uu.nl (KGJN)

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

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• Teresa M. Morganti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-9496

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• Martijn C. Bart,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-5480

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• Beate M. Slaby,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-1460

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• Ulrike Hanz,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIOZ-Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands

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• Jasper M. de Goeij,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-3084

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• Furu Mienis,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIOZ-Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands

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• Jack J. Middelburg

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands

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