About the Authors

Nabil-Fareed Alikhan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom

Luisa Zanolli Moreno

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Centro Universitário Max Planck (UniMax), Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

Luis Ricardo Castellanos

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom

Marie Anne Chattaway

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency National Infection Service, London, United Kingdom

Jim McLauchlin

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency National Infection Service, London, United Kingdom

Martin Lodge

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UK Health Security Agency National Infection Service, London, United Kingdom

Justin O’Grady

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc, Norwich, United Kingdom

Affiliations Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Roxana Zamudio

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom

Emma Doughty

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Affiliation Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom

Liljana Petrovska

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA—Weybridge), Addlestone, United Kingdom

Marcos Paulo Vieira Cunha

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Terezinha Knöbl

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Andrea Micke Moreno

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

morenoam@usp.br (AMM); Alison.Mather@quadram.ac.uk (AEM)

Affiliation Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alison E. Mather

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

morenoam@usp.br (AMM); Alison.Mather@quadram.ac.uk (AEM)

Affiliations Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JOG is now employed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc and holds shares and share options in the company; the work presented in this study was performed before his change in affiliation. MAC is affiliated to the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Genomics and Enabling Data at University of Warwick in partnership with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) MAC is based at UKHSA. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.