About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Driebe

edriebe@tgen.org

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jason W. Sahl

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Chandler Roe

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jolene R. Bowers

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

James M. Schupp

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

John D. Gillece

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Erin Kelley

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Lance B. Price

Current Address: Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Talima R. Pearson

Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Crystal M. Hepp

Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Pius M. Brzoska

Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Craig A. Cummings

Current Address: Oncology Biomarker Development, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Manohar R. Furtado

Current Address: Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Paal S. Andersen

Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marc Stegger

Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

David M. Engelthaler

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Paul S. Keim

Affiliations Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

Pius M. Brzoska, Craig A. Cummings and Manohar R. Furtado are affiliated with or are currently employed by Life Technologies (Thermo Fisher Scientific). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMD JWS LBP TRP PSA MS DME PSK. Performed the experiments: CR JRB JMS CAC MRF JDG. Analyzed the data: EMD JWS CR JMS PMB MS EK CMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWS CMH. Wrote the paper: EMD JWS TRP PSA MS DME PSK.