About the Authors

Kerstin Voelz

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

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

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

Edmond J. Byrnes

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

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Olaf Mueller

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

Rhys A. Farrer

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Daniel A. Henk

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

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

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

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Alexander Idnurm

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Joseph Heitman

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

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.