About the Authors

Konstantinos Mavromatis

KMavrommatis@lbl.gov

Affiliation Genome Biology Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Ken Chu

Affiliation Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Natalia Ivanova

Affiliation Genome Biology Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Sean D. Hooper

Affiliation Genome Biology Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Victor M. Markowitz

Affiliation Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Nikos C. Kyrpides

Affiliation Genome Biology Program, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM VM NCK. Performed the experiments: KM. Analyzed the data: KM KC NI SDH. Wrote the paper: KM VM NCK. Developed web UI: KC.