About the Authors

Jarrod J. Scott

Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panamá

Kevin J. Budsberg

Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Garret Suen

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

Devin L. Wixon

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Teri C. Balser

Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Cameron R. Currie

currie@bact.wisc.edu

Affiliations United States Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panamá

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB CRC. Performed the experiments: JJS KJB. Analyzed the data: JJS KJB GS DLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS DLW TB CRC. Wrote the paper: JJS GS CRC.