About the Authors

Sarah D'Adamo

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Robert E. Jinkerson

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Eric S. Boyd

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and the Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Susan L. Brown

Affiliation Center for Marine Microbial Ecology and Diversity, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Bonnie K. Baxter

Affiliation Department of Biology and the Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

John W. Peters

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and the Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Matthew C. Posewitz

mposewit@mines.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD MCP. Performed the experiments: SD. Analyzed the data: SD REJ ESB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCP JWP. Wrote the paper: SD MCP. Isolated the strain: SB BB.