About the Authors

Scott A. Becker

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Bernhard O. Palsson

palsson@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

BOP and UCSD have a financial interest in Genomatica, Inc. The findings in this manuscript may not benefit Genomatica, Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB BP. Performed the experiments: SB. Analyzed the data: SB. Wrote the paper: SB.