About the Authors

Liliana Losada

Contributed equally to this work with: Liliana Losada, Janyce A. Sugui

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Janyce A. Sugui

Contributed equally to this work with: Liliana Losada, Janyce A. Sugui

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael A. Eckhaus

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yun C. Chang

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie Mounaud

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Abigail Figat

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Vinita Joardar

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Suman B. Pakala

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Suchitra Pakala

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Pratap Venepally

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Natalie Fedorova

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

William C. Nierman

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Kyung J. Kwon-Chung

jkchung@nih.gov

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJKC LL WCN JAS NF. Performed the experiments: JAS SM LL MAE YCC AF WCN. Analyzed the data: LL JAS VJ SBP SP PV NF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAS LL WCN SM YCC AF PV SBP SP VJ. Wrote the paper: LL JAS KJKC WCN MAE YCC.