About the Authors

Joyce C. Yang

Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramana Madupu

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

A. Scott Durkin

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Nathan A. Ekborg

Current address: Agrivida, Inc., Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chandra S. Pedamallu

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jessica B. Hostetler

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Diana Radune

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Bradley S. Toms

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Bernard Henrissat

Affiliation Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR6098, CNRS, Universités Aix-Marseille I & II, Case 932, Marseille, France

Pedro M. Coutinho

Affiliation Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR6098, CNRS, Universités Aix-Marseille I & II, Case 932, Marseille, France

Sandra Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lauren Field

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Amaro E. Trindade-Silva

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Ilha do Fundao, CCS, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos A. G. Soares

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Ilha do Fundao, CCS, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sherif Elshahawi

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, OGI School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Amro Hanora

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Eric W. Schmidt

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Margo G. Haygood

Affiliation Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, OGI School of Science & Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

Janos Posfai

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jack Benner

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Catherine Madinger

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

John Nove

Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian Anton

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kshitiz Chaudhary

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeremy Foster

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alex Holman

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sanjay Kumar

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Philip A. Lessard

Current address: Agrivida, Inc., Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yvette A. Luyten

Affiliations Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America, New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barton Slatko

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nicole Wood

Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bo Wu

Affiliation New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Max Teplitski

Affiliation University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Joseph D. Mougous

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Naomi Ward

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Jonathan A. Eisen

Affiliation UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jonathan H. Badger

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Daniel L. Distel

distel@oglf.org

Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY RM NAE JB NW JAE JHB DLD. Performed the experiments: JY RM NAE CSP LF JB CM JN BS NW NW JAE JHB DLD. Analyzed the data: JY RM ASD NAE CSP JBH DR BST BH PMC SS LF AETS CAGS SE AH EWS MGH JP JB CM JN BPA KC JF AH SK PAL YL BS NW BW MT JM NW JAE JHB DLD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY RM ASD NAE CSP BH PMC SS LF AETS CAGS SE AH MGH JP JB CM BS MT JM NW JAE JHB DLD. Wrote the paper: JY RM NAE CSP SS MGH JB MT JM JHB DLD.