About the Authors

Alexandra C. Schrimpe-Rutledge

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Marcus B. Jones

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Sadhana Chauhan

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Samuel O. Purvine

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

James A. Sanford

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Matthew E. Monroe

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Heather M. Brewer

Affiliation Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Samuel H. Payne

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Charles Ansong

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Bryan C. Frank

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Richard D. Smith

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Scott N. Peterson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Vladimir L. Motin

Affiliation University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Joshua N. Adkins

Joshua.Adkins@pnl.gov

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNA MBJ VLM ACSR SNP RDS. Performed the experiments: ACSR MBJ SC HMB BCF. Analyzed the data: ACSR MBJ SOP MEM JAS JNA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEM SHP CA RDS SNP VLM. Wrote the paper: ACSR VM JNA.