About the Authors

Saheed Imam

Affiliations Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Daniel R. Noguera

Affiliations Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Timothy J. Donohue

tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI DRN TJD. Performed the experiments: SI. Analyzed the data: SI DRN TJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI. Wrote the paper: SI DRN TJD.