About the Authors

Jens Heller

Affiliation The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Jiuhai Zhao

Affiliation The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Gabriel Rosenfield

Affiliation The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

David J. Kowbel

Affiliation The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Pierre Gladieux

Affiliation INRA, UMR BGPI, F-34398 Montpellier, France

N. Louise Glass

Lglass@berkeley.edu

Affiliation The Plant and Microbial Biology Department, The 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: JH NLG. Performed the experiments: JH JZ GR. Analyzed the data: JH JZ GR DJK PG NLG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH JZ GR DJK PG NLG. Wrote the paper: JH PG NLG.