About the Authors

Senanu M. Spring-Pearson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Joshua K. Stone

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Adina Doyle

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Christopher J. Allender

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Richard T. Okinaka

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Mark Mayo

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Disease Department, Royal Darwin Hospital. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Stacey M. Broomall

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Jessica M. Hill

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Mark A. Karavis

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Kyle S. Hubbard

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Joseph M. Insalaco

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Lauren A. McNew

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

C. Nicole Rosenzweig

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Henry S. Gibbons

Affiliation BioSciences Division, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States of America

Bart J. Currie

Affiliation Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Disease Department, Royal Darwin Hospital. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

David M. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Paul Keim

Paul.Keim@nau.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America

Apichai Tuanyok

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT PK. Performed the experiments: SSP JKS AD CJA. Analyzed the data: SSP JKS AD CJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM. Wrote the paper: SSP AT BJC DMW RTO PK. Provided sequence data: SMB JMH MAK JMI LAM CNR HSG KSH.