About the Authors
- Erin A. Lynch
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Affiliation Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Morgan G. I. Langille
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Affiliation Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Aaron Darling
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Affiliation Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Elizabeth G. Wilbanks
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Affiliation Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Caitlin Haltiner
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Affiliations Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, Department of Forensic Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Katie S. Y. Shao
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Affiliation Davis Senior High School, Davis, California, United States of America
- Michael O. Starr
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Clotilde Teiling
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Affiliation 454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America
- Timothy T. Harkins
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Affiliation Life Technologies, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Robert A. Edwards
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Affiliations Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America
- Jonathan A. Eisen
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* E-mail: mtfacciotti@ucdavis.edu (MTF); jaeisen@ucdavis.edu (JAE)
Affiliations Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Marc T. Facciotti
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* E-mail: mtfacciotti@ucdavis.edu (MTF); jaeisen@ucdavis.edu (JAE)
Affiliations Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Clotilde Teiling is a current and Timothy T. Harkins a former employee of 454 Life Sciences, one of the funding sources for the study. Sequencing and genome assembly for this project was provided by 454 Life Sciences. Clotilde Teiling currently serves as Marketing Manager Technology - Sequencing and Arrays at 454 Life Sciences. Timothy T. Harkins previously served as Director of Marketing at 454 Life Sciences and is currently Director of Research and Development at Life Technologies. There are no further 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: RAE JAE MTF. Performed the experiments: EGW CH CT TTH MOS. Analyzed the data: EAL MGIL AD KSYS MOS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CT TTH JAE MTF. Wrote the paper: EAL.