About the Authors

Qichao Tu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Zhili He

jzhou@ou.edu (JZ); zhili.he@ou.edu (ZH)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yan Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Yanfei Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Ye Deng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Lu Lin

Affiliation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Christopher L. Hemme

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Tong Yuan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joy D. Van Nostrand

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Liyou Wu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Xuedong Zhou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Wenyuan Shi

Affiliation UCLA School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lanjuan Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Jian Xu

Affiliation Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China

Jizhong Zhou

jzhou@ou.edu (JZ); zhili.he@ou.edu (ZH)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Institute for Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, Earth Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QT ZH YL YC YD L. Lin CH JV XZ WS L. Li JX JZ. Performed the experiments: YL YC YT. Analyzed the data: QT ZH YL YC TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JV LW XZ L. Li JZ. Wrote the paper: QT ZH JV JZ.