About the Authors

Shmuel Yitzhaki

Current address: Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jason E. Rostron

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Yan Xu

Current address: Sapphire Energy, Incorporated, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Marc C. Rideout

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

R. Nathan Authement

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Steven B. Barlow

Current address: Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel

Affiliations Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Electron Microscopy Facility, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Anca M. Segall

asegall@mail.sdsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY JER AMS. Performed the experiments: SY JER YX MCR RNA SBB. Analyzed the data: SY JER YX MCR RNA SBB AMS. Wrote the paper: SY JER AMS. Obtained funding: AMS.