About the Authors

Christopher S. Miller

christopher.s.miller@ucdenver.edu

Current address: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Kim M. Handley

Current address: Computation Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America; Computing, Environment and Life Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Kelly C. Wrighton

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Kyle R. Frischkorn

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian C. Thomas

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Jillian F. Banfield

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSM KMH KCW JFB. Performed the experiments: CSM KMH KCW KRF. Analyzed the data: CSM KMH KCW KRF BCT JFB. Wrote the paper: CSM JFB.