About the Authors

Michael S. Humphrys

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Todd Creasy

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yezhou Sun

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Amol C. Shetty

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Marcus C. Chibucos

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elliott F. Drabek

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Claire M. Fraser

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Umar Farooq

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Naomi Sengamalay

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sandy Ott

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Huizhong Shou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Patrik M. Bavoil

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Anup Mahurkar

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Garry S. A. Myers

gmyers@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM. Analyzed the data: MH TC YS AS MC ED UF AM NS SO GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS CF PB. Wrote the paper: GM.