About the Authors

Miriam E. Martin

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Srijak Bhatnagar

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Michael D. George

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Bruce J. Paster

Affiliation Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Don R. Canfield

Affiliation California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jonathan A. Eisen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jay V. Solnick

jvsolnick@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVS MEM JAE MDG. Performed the experiments: MEM DRC. Analyzed the data: SB MEM BJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJP. Wrote the paper: MEM SB JVS JAE MDG.