About the Authors

William J. Kelly

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Sinead C. Leahy

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Eric Altermann

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Carl J. Yeoman

Current address: The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliations Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Jonathan C. Dunne

Affiliations Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Centre for Biodiscovery and School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Zhanhao Kong

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Diana M. Pacheco

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Dong Li

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Samantha J. Noel

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Christina D. Moon

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Adrian L. Cookson

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Graeme T. Attwood

graeme.attwood@agresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, AgResearch, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJK SCL GTA. Performed the experiments: WJK SCL CJY JCD ZK DMP DL SJN CDM ALC GTA. Analyzed the data: WJK SCL EA CJY JCD ZK CDM ALC GTA. Wrote the paper: WJK SCL GTA.