About the Authors

Jinbo Xiong

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Zhili He

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joy D. Van Nostrand

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Guosheng Luo

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Shuxin Tu

Affiliation College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Jizhong Zhou

Affiliation Institute for Environmental Genomics, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gejiao Wang

gejiaow@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW. Performed the experiments: JX GL. Analyzed the data: JX JZ GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST JZ GW. Wrote the paper: JX ZH JDVN JZ GW.