About the Authors

Hernan A. Lorenzi

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Daniela Puiu

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Jason R. Miller

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Lauren M. Brinkac

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Paolo Amedeo

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Neil Hall

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Elisabet V. Caler

ecaler@jcvi.org

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAL EVC. Performed the experiments: HAL EVC. Analyzed the data: HAL DP JRM LMB NH EVC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAL DP JRM PA NH EVC. Wrote the paper: HAL EVC.