About the Authors
- Dongying Wu
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Sean C Daugherty
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Susan E Van Aken
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Joint Technology Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Grace H Pai
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Joint Technology Center, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Kisha L Watkins
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Hoda Khouri
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Luke J Tallon
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jennifer M Zaborsky
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Helen E Dunbar
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Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Phat L Tran
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Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Nancy A Moran
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Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- Jonathan A Eisen
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*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.