About the Authors

Timothy Y. James

tyjames@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Anastasia P. Litvintseva

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Rytas Vilgalys

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jess A. T. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Animal Research Institute, Yeerongpilly, Queensland, Australia

John W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Matthew C. Fisher

Affiliation Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom

Lee Berger

Affiliation School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Ché Weldon

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Louis du Preez

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences and Development, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

Joyce E. Longcore

Affiliation School of Biology & Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJ APL RV JATM JWT MF LB CW LdP JEL. Performed the experiments: TJ APL JATM MF LB CW JEL. Analyzed the data: TJ APL JATM JWT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RV JWT LdP JEL. Wrote the paper: TJ MF LB JEL.