About the Authors

Frank O. Aylward

faylward@hawaii.edu (FOA); currie@bact.wisc.edu (CRC)

Current address: Center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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

Lily Khadempour

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

Daniel M. Tremmel

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

Bradon R. McDonald

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

Carrie D. Nicora

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Si Wu

Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Ronald J. Moore

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Daniel J. Orton

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Matthew E. Monroe

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Paul D. Piehowski

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Samuel O. Purvine

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Richard D. Smith

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Mary S. Lipton

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Kristin E. Burnum-Johnson

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Cameron R. Currie

faylward@hawaii.edu (FOA); currie@bact.wisc.edu (CRC)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FOA LK KEB-J CRC. Performed the experiments: FOA DMT CDN SW RJM DJO PDP SOP. Analyzed the data: FOA LK BRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMT CDN SW RJM DJO MEM PDP SOP RDS MSL. Wrote the paper: FOA LK KEB-J CRC.