About the Authors

Christopher E. Bagwell

Affiliation Savannah River National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Swapna Bhat

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Gary M. Hawkins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Bryan W. Smith

Affiliation Savannah River National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Tapan Biswas

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Timothy R. Hoover

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Saunders

Affiliation DOE Joint Genome Institute, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Cliff S. Han

Affiliation DOE Joint Genome Institute, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Oleg V. Tsodikov

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Lawrence J. Shimkets

shimkets@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CEB LJS. Performed the experiments: CEB SB GMH BWS ES CSH. Analyzed the data: CEB SB TB TRH OVT LJS. Wrote the paper: CEB OVT LJS.