About the Authors

Eli Venter

Affiliation Department of Informatics, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Richard D. Smith

Affiliation Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Samuel H. Payne

samuel.payne@pnnl.gov

Affiliations Department of Informatics, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RDS SHP. Performed the experiments: EV SHP. Analyzed the data: EV RDS SHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV RDS SHP. Wrote the paper: SHP.