About the Authors
- Mark Eppinger
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute/The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- M. J Rosovitz
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute/The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Wolfgang Florian Fricke
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Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute/The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- David A Rasko
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¤ Current address: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute/The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Galina Kokorina
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Affiliation Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Corinne Fayolle
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Affiliation Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Luther E Lindler
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Affiliation Department of Defense, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Elisabeth Carniel
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Affiliation Yersinia Research Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Jacques Ravel
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jravel@jcvi.org
Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute/The Institute for Genomic Research, Microbial Genomics, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
LEL, EC, and JR conceived and designed the experiments. ME, GK, and CF performed the experiments. ME, MJR, WFF, DAR, EC, and JR analyzed the data. GK and EC contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. ME, MJR, WFF, EC, and JR wrote the paper.