About the Authors
- Kerstin Voelz
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Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Infection & School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, The National Institute of Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Hansong Ma
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Current address: Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection & School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Sujal Phadke
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Edmond J. Byrnes
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Current address: Office of the Director, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Pinkuan Zhu
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Olaf Mueller
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Rhys A. Farrer
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Daniel A. Henk
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Current address: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Yonathan Lewit
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Current address: GrassRoots, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Yen-Ping Hsueh
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Current address: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America.
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Matthew C. Fisher
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Alexander Idnurm
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Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Joseph Heitman
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* E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu (JH); R.C.May@bham.ac.uk (RCM)
Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Robin C. May
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* E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu (JH); R.C.May@bham.ac.uk (RCM)
Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Infection & School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, The National Institute of Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Joseph Heitman is an editor for PLOS Genetics.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KV HM EJB SP OM PZ RAF DAH YL YPH MCF AI JH RCM. Performed the experiments: KV HM EJB SP OM PZ YL YPH. Analyzed the data: KV HM EJB SP OM PZ RAF DAH YL YPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCF AI JH RCM. Wrote the paper: KV HM EJB SP OM PZ RAF DAH YL YPH MCF AI JH RCM.