About the Authors

Florence Wisniewski-Dyé

Contributed equally to this work with: Florence Wisniewski-Dyé, Kirill Borziak

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Kirill Borziak

Contributed equally to this work with: Florence Wisniewski-Dyé, Kirill Borziak

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers

Affiliation Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Gladys Alexandre

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Leonid O. Sukharnikov

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kristin Wuichet

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Gregory B. Hurst

Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

W. Hayes McDonald

Current address: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Jon S. Robertson

Affiliation Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Valérie Barbe

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France

Alexandra Calteau

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse Bioinformatique en Génomique et Métabolisme CNRS UMR8030, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France

Zoé Rouy

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse Bioinformatique en Génomique et Métabolisme CNRS UMR8030, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France

Sophie Mangenot

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France

Claire Prigent-Combaret

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Philippe Normand

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Mickaël Boyer

Current address: Danone Research, Palaiseau, France

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Patricia Siguier

Affiliation UMR5100 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS-Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Yves Dessaux

Affiliation Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Claudine Elmerich

Affiliation Département de Microbiologie, BMGE, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Guy Condemine

Affiliation CNRS, UMR5240, Microbiologie Adaptation et Pathogénie, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Ganisan Krishnen

Current address: Strategic Resources Research Centre, MARDI Head Quarters, Selangor, Malaysia

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Ivan Kennedy

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Andrew H. Paterson

Affiliation Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Victor González

Affiliation Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México

Patrick Mavingui

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France

Igor B. Zhulin

joulineib@ornl.gov

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW-D PM AHP IBZ. Performed the experiments: KB GK-M GA GBH FW-D CP-C JSR VB AC ZR SM LOS KW MB VG PS GC GK. Analyzed the data: FW-D KB PM WHM AHP PN CE YD IK IBZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GA GBH VB ZR KW. Wrote the paper: FW-D KB PM AHP IBZ.