About the Authors

Steven J Hallam

Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tracy J Mincer

Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christa Schleper

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Christina M Preston

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

Katie Roberts

Affiliation Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Paul M Richardson

Affiliation Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Edward F DeLong

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: delong@mit.edu

Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SJH and EFDL conceived and designed the experiments. SJH, CS, and EFDL performed the experiments. SJH, TJM, PMP, and EFDL analyzed the data. SJH and KR contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. SJH, CMP, and EFDL wrote the paper.