About the Authors

Frédéric J. J. Chain

Affiliation Center for Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dora Ilieva

Affiliation Michael DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Ben J. Evans

evansb@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Center for Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJJC BJE. Performed the experiments: FJJC DI BJE. Analyzed the data: FJJC BJE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJE. Wrote the paper: FJJC BJE.