About the Authors

Héctor García Martín

hgmartin@lbl.gov

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Vinay Satish Kumar

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Daniel Weaver

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Amit Ghosh

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Victor Chubukov

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Aindrila Mukhopadhyay

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America

Adam Arkin

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkely, United States of America

Jay D. Keasling

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States of America, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkely, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JDK has financial interests in Amyris and Lygos. All other authors have no competing interests to declare.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: HGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VSK DW AG. Wrote the paper: HGM AA JDK VC AM.