About the Authors

Emmanuel F Mongodin

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel F Mongodin, Nir Shapir

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

Nir Shapir

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel F Mongodin, Nir Shapir

Affiliations The BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America , Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Sean C Daugherty

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

Robert T DeBoy

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

Joanne B Emerson

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

Alla Shvartzbeyn

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

Diana Radune

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

Jessica Vamathevan

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

Florenta Riggs

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

Viktoria Grinberg

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

Lawrence P Wackett

Affiliations The BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America , Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Karen E Nelson

¤ Current address: Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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

Michael J Sadowsky

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Sadowsky@umn.edu

Affiliations The BioTechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America , Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

EFM, NS, DR, HK, LPW, KEN, and MJS conceived and designed the experiments. EFM, SCK, JBE, AS, DR, JV, FR, VG, and HK performed the experiments. EFM, NS, SCD, RTD, JBE, AS, DR, HK, LPW, and MJS analyzed the data. MJS contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. EFM, LPW, KEN, and MJS wrote the paper.