About the Authors

Björn A. Espedido

Affiliations Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Elements Group, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia

Jason A. Steen

Affiliations Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Helen Ziochos

Affiliation Sydney South Western Pathology Service, NSW Pathology, New South Wales, Australia

Sean M. Grimmond

Affiliations Queensland Centre for Medical Genomics, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Matthew A. Cooper

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Iain B. Gosbell

Affiliations Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Elements Group, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney South Western Pathology Service, NSW Pathology, New South Wales, Australia

Sebastiaan J. van Hal

sebastian.vanHal@sswahs.nsw.gov.au (SJvH); s.jensen@uws.edu.au (SOJ)

Affiliations Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Elements Group, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia

Slade O. Jensen

sebastian.vanHal@sswahs.nsw.gov.au (SJvH); s.jensen@uws.edu.au (SOJ)

Affiliations Antibiotic Resistance and Mobile Elements Group, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAE MAC IBG SJvH SOJ. Performed the experiments: BAE JAS HZ. Analyzed the data: BAE JAS SOJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMG MAC IBG SOJ. Wrote the paper: BAE SJvH SOJ.