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M.H.M. was supported by a Rubicon fellowship of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO;Rubicon 825.13.001). The work of R.K. was supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme(Joint Call OCEAN.2011–2: Marine microbial diversity—new insights into marine ecosystems functioning and its biotechnological potential) under the grant agreement no.287589 (Micro B3). M.C. was supported by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)studentship (BB/J014478/1). The GSC is supported by funding from the Natural Environment Research Council(UK), the National Institute for Energy Ethics and Society(NIEeS; UK), the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,the National Science Foundation (NSF; US) and the US Department of Energy. The Manchester Synthetic Biology Research Centre, SYNBIOCHEM, is supported by BBSRC/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC) grant BB/M017702/1