About the Authors

Daniel van der Lelie

vdlelied@rti.org

Affiliations Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Safiyh Taghavi

Affiliations Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Sean M. McCorkle

Affiliations Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Luen-Luen Li

Affiliations Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Stephanie A. Malfatti

Affiliation DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Denise Monteleone

Affiliations Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, United States of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Bryon S. Donohoe

Affiliations Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Shi-You Ding

Affiliations Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

William S. Adney

Affiliations Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Michael E. Himmel

Affiliations Oak Ridge National Laboratory, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Susannah G. Tringe

Affiliation DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DvdL MEH SGT. Performed the experiments: ST SAM DM BSD. Analyzed the data: ST SMM L-LL S-YD WSA SGT DvdL MEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSD S-YD. Wrote the paper: DvdL MH ST.