About the Authors

William L. Johnson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Akhilesh Ramachandran

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

rakhile@okstate.edu (AR); john.gustafson@okstate.edu (JEG)

Affiliation Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Nathanial J. Torres

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Ainsley C. Nicholson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Anne M. Whitney

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa Bell

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aaron Villarma

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ben W. Humrighouse

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mili Sheth

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Research DNA Laboratory, Shallowater, Texas, United States of America

John R. McQuiston

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John E. Gustafson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

rakhile@okstate.edu (AR); john.gustafson@okstate.edu (JEG)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.