About the Authors

Melanie J. Beazley

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Robert J. Martinez

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Suja Rajan

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Jessica Powell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Yvette M. Piceno

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lauren M. Tom

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Gary L. Andersen

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Terry C. Hazen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Joy D. Van Nostrand

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jizhong Zhou

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Behzad Mortazavi

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Patricia A. Sobecky

psobecky@as.ua.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJB RJM BM PAS. Performed the experiments: MJB RJM SR JP YMP LMT JDVN. Analyzed the data: MJB RJM YMP LMT GLA TCH JDVN JZ PAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GLA TCH JZ BM PAS. Wrote the paper: MJB RJM PAS.