About the Authors

Steven S. Andrews

sandrews@fhcrc.org

Current address: Division of Basic Science, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India, Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Nathan J. Addy

Current address: Division of Basic Science, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Roger Brent

Current address: Division of Basic Science, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Adam P. Arkin

Affiliations Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival, http://vimss.lbl.gov

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSA. Performed the experiments: SSA. Analyzed the data: SSA. Wrote the paper: SSA RB. Wrote the software: SSA NJA. Provided support and guidance: RB APA.