About the Authors

Ramya Srinivasan

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143–0538, United States of America

Ulas Karaoz

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS70A-3317, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America

Marina Volegova

Affiliation University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America

Joanna MacKichan

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 34 Kenepuru Drive, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand

Midori Kato-Maeda

Affiliation San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Bldg 100, San Francisco, CA 94110, United States of America

Steve Miller

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, 185 Berry Street, Suite 290, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States of America

Rohan Nadarajan

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, 185 Berry Street, Suite 290, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States of America

Eoin L. Brodie

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, 1 Cyclotron Rd., MS70A-3317, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America

Susan V. Lynch

susan.lynch@ucsf.edu

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143–0538, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVL RS UK ELB. Performed the experiments: RS UK. Analyzed the data: UK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM SM MKM MV RN. Wrote the paper: UK RS ELB.