About the Authors

Sinead C. Leahy

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

William J. Kelly

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Eric Altermann

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Ron S. Ronimus

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Carl J. Yeoman

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Diana M. Pacheco

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Dong Li

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Zhanhao Kong

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Sharla McTavish

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Carrie Sang

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Suzanne C. Lambie

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Peter H. Janssen

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Debjit Dey

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Graeme T. Attwood

graeme.attwood@agresearch.co.nz

Affiliation Rumen Microbial Genomics, Food Metabolism and Microbiology Section, Food and Textiles Group, AgResearch Limited, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Competing Interests

All authors are current or past employees of AgResearch Limited (www.agresearch.co.nz), a New Zealand Crown Research Institute. Several aspects of the M1 genome have been patented by the PGgRc (WO09041832A2, WO09041831A1, WO09041830A2, 230163USPR). Patent ownership has been transferred from the inventors (authors) to the applicant (PGgRc) therefore the authors have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJK GTA. Performed the experiments: SCL WJK EA RSR CJY DMP DL ZK SM CS SCL PHJ DD GTA. Analyzed the data: SCL WJK EA RSR CJY PHJ GTA. Wrote the paper: SCL WJK EA RSR PHJ GTA.