About the Authors

Harsha Doddapaneni

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

doddapan@bcm.edu (HD); agibbs@bcm.edu (RAG)

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sara Javornik Cregeen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard Sucgang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Qingchang Meng

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xiang Qin

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vasanthi Avadhanula

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hsu Chao

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vipin Menon

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Erin Nicholson

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David Henke

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Felipe-Andres Piedra

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anubama Rajan

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zeineen Momin

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kavya Kottapalli

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kristi L. Hoffman

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Fritz J. Sedlazeck

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ginger Metcalf

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Pedro A. Piedra

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Donna M. Muzny

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joseph F. Petrosino

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard A. Gibbs

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

doddapan@bcm.edu (HD); agibbs@bcm.edu (RAG)

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.