About the Authors

Scott W. Olesen

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America

Suhani Vora

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America

Stephen M. Techtmann

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States of America

Julian L. Fortney

Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America

Juan R. Bastidas-Oyanedel

Affiliation Institute Centre for Water and Environment (iWater), Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Jorge Rodríguez

Affiliation Institute Centre for Water and Environment (iWater), Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Terry C. Hazen

Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States of America

Eric J. Alm

ejalm@mit.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWO SV SMT JRB JR TCH EJA. Performed the experiments: SWO SV SMT JLF JRB. Analyzed the data: SWO. Wrote the paper: SWO EJA.