About the Authors

Peter Zuber

pzuber@ebs.ogi.edu

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Shefali Chauhan

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Praseeda Pilaka

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Michiko M. Nakano

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Sairam Gurumoorthy

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Ann A. Lin

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Skye M. Barendt

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Institute of Environmental Health, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Bui Khanh Chi

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Haike Antelmann

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Ulrike Mäder

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PZ HA. Performed the experiments: SC PP MMN SG BKC HA UM AAL SMB. Analyzed the data: PZ HA UM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ MMN HA UM. Wrote the paper: PZ HA.