About the Authors

Mike L. Dyall-Smith

mdyall-smith@csu.edu.au

Current address: School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Friedhelm Pfeiffer

Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Kathrin Klee

Current address: Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany

Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Peter Palm

Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Karin Gross

Affiliation Computing Center (RZG) of the Max-Planck-Society, Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

Stephan C. Schuster

Affiliation Center for Comparative Genomics and Bioinformatics, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Markus Rampp

Affiliation Computing Center (RZG) of the Max-Planck-Society, Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany

Dieter Oesterhelt

Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Carried out the microbiological and molecular studies: MLD-S. Participated in the design and coordination of the study, sequencing, and drafting of the manuscript: MLD-S. Participated in the design and coordination of the study and drafting of the manuscript: FP. Coordinated bioinformatics analyses: FP MR. Participated in the sequencing: SCS PP KK. Supplied HaloLex tools for the bioinformatic analysis: KG. Conceived the study and participated in its design and coordination: DO. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.