About the Authors

Roy R. Chaudhuri

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mohammed Sebaihia

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jon L. Hobman

Affiliation School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham-Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Mark A. Webber

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Denisse L. Leyton

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Martin D. Goldberg

Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Adam F. Cunningham

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anthony Scott-Tucker

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul R. Ferguson

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Christopher M. Thomas

Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Gad Frankel

Affiliation Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Christoph M. Tang

Affiliation Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Edward G. Dudley

Affiliation College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ian S. Roberts

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David A. Rasko

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

Mark J. Pallen

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Julian Parkhill

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

James P. Nataro

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicholas R. Thomson

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Ian R. Henderson

i.r.henderson@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRC MS JLH MAW MDG AST PRF CT GF CT EGD ISR DR JP JN NRT IRH. Performed the experiments: RRC MS JLH MAW DLL MDG AC AST PRF CT JP JN NRT IRH. Analyzed the data: RRC MS JLH MAW DLL MDG AC AST PRF CT GF EGD ISR DR MJP JP JN NRT IRH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RRC MS MAW MDG CT MJP JP JN NRT IRH. Wrote the paper: RRC MS JLH MAW DLL MDG AC AST CT GF CT EGD ISR DR MJP JP JN NRT IRH.