About the Authors

Mihail R. Halachev

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Nicholas J. Loman

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mark J. Pallen

m.pallen@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRH NJL MJP. Performed the experiments: MRH. Analyzed the data: MRH NJL MJP. Wrote the paper: MRH NJL MJP. Implemented the software used in analysis: MRH.