About the Authors

Dongying Wu

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Sean C Daugherty

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Susan E Van Aken

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Joint Technology Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Grace H Pai

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Joint Technology Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kisha L Watkins

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Hoda Khouri

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Luke J Tallon

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jennifer M Zaborsky

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Helen E Dunbar

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Phat L Tran

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Nancy A Moran

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jonathan A Eisen

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jaeisen@ucdavis.edu

¤ Current address: UC Davis Genome Center, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

DW, NAM, and JAE conceived and designed the experiments. SEVA, GHP, KLW, HK, LJT, JMZ, HED, PLT, NAM, and JAE performed the experiments. DW, SCD, NAM, and JAE analyzed the data. NAM and JAE contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. DW, NAM, and JAE wrote the paper. DW and SCD participated in annotation. SEVA participated in library construction: small insert. GHP participated in library construction: large insert. KLW and HK participated in Baumannia closure. LJT participated in Sulcia closure. JMZ participated in closure. HED, PLT, and NAM participated in DNA isolation. PLT and NAM participated in fluorescent in situ hybridization microscopy.