About the Authors
- Nur A. Hasan
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Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Brian A. Young
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Angela T. Minard-Smith
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Kelly Saeed
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Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Huai Li
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Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Esley M. Heizer
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Nancy J. McMillan
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Richard Isom
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Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Abdul Shakur Abdullah
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Affiliation CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Daniel M. Bornman
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Seth A. Faith
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Seon Young Choi
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Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael L. Dickens
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Affiliation Battelle, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Thomas A. Cebula
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Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rita R. Colwell
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* E-mail: rcolwell@umiacs.umd.edu
Affiliations CosmosID, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Rita R. Colwell is Founder and Chairman of the Board, CosmosID®, and some of the other authors are employees of the company, a bioinformatics company. Rita R. Colwell is also Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Affiliation with CosmosID and, similarly, with Battelle does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials online as detailed in the online guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TAC RRC NAH BAY DMB SAF. Analyzed the data: NAH HL KS RI ASA SYC DMB ATM-S EMH NJM SAF BAY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRC HL BAY MLD. Wrote the paper: NAH RRC TAC HL RI KS SYC ATM-S NJM EMH BAY MLD. Critical review of the paper for intellectual content: RRC NAH TAC BAY MLD.