About the Authors
- Elizabeth M. Driebe
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* E-mail: edriebe@tgen.org
Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Jason W. Sahl
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Chandler Roe
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Jolene R. Bowers
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- James M. Schupp
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- John D. Gillece
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Erin Kelley
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Lance B. Price
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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
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Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Crystal M. Hepp
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Affiliation Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Pius M. Brzoska
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Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Craig A. Cummings
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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
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Current Address: Cepheid, Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Paal S. Andersen
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Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Marc Stegger
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Affiliation Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
- David M. Engelthaler
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Affiliation Pathogen Genomics Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Paul S. Keim
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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.