About the Authors

Saheed Imam

Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Daniel R. Noguera

Affiliations DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Timothy J. Donohue

tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin Energy Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI DRN TJD. Performed the experiments: SI. Analyzed the data: SI DRN TJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI. Wrote the paper: SI DRN TJD.