1GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
2MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
3MPI-Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
4AWI-Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
5OKEANOS-Institute of Marine Research, University of the Açores, Rua Prof Frederico Machado, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal
6MARBEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Avenue Jean Monnet, CS 30171 - 34203, Sète, France
7IEO-CSIC-Spanish Oceanographic Institute, Oceanographic Centre Gijón, Avda. Principe de Asturias 70 bis, 33212 Gijón, Spain
8University of Bremen, Faculty 2 Biology/Chemistry, Leobener Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany
9IKMB-Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
10Wageningen University, Laboratory of Microbiology, Stippeneng 4, 6708WE Wageningen, the Netherlands
11DFO-Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, 1 Challenger Dr., B2Y 4A2 Dartmouth, NS Canada
12NIOZ-Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, 1790 AB Den Burg Texel, the Netherlands
13NIWA-National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, 301 Evans Bay Parade Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand
14MNCN-National Museum of Natural Sciences, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, c/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
15NHM-Natural History Museum of London, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, UK
16University of Bergen, Department of Biological Sciences and K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway
17Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, Menai Bridge, LL59 5AB Anglesey, UK
18ICM-CSIC-Institute of Marine Sciences, Passeig de la Barceloneta 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
19ICBM-Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Schleusenstraße 1, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany
20HIFMB-Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, University of Oldenburg, Ammerländer Heerstraße 231, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
21CIIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
22University of Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Platz 4, 24118 Kiel, Germany
