About the Authors

Jennifer E. Griffin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Gawronski

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michael A. DeJesus

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Thomas R. Ioerger

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Brian J. Akerley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher M. Sassetti

Christopher.Sassetti@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEG CMS. Performed the experiments: JEG. Analyzed the data: JEG JDG MAD TRI CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJA. Wrote the paper: JEG CMS.