About the Authors

Adam M. Feist

afeist@ucsd.edu (AMF); kzengler@ucsd.edu (KZ)

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Harish Nagarajan

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Amelia-Elena Rotaru

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pier-Luc Tremblay

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kelly P. Nevin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Derek R. Lovley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Karsten Zengler

afeist@ucsd.edu (AMF); kzengler@ucsd.edu (KZ)

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF HN DRL KZ. Performed the experiments: AMF HN AER PLT TZ KPN KZ. Analyzed the data: AMF HN KZ. Wrote the paper: AMF HN DRL KZ.