About the Authors
- Pallab Ghosh
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Chungyi Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Essam J. Alyamani
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Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Maher M. Shehata
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Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Musaad A. Al-Dubaib
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Affiliation College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
- Abdulmohsen Al-Naeem
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia
- Mahmoud Hashad
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Affiliation College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
- Osama M. Mahmoud
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Affiliation College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
- Khalid B. J. Alharbi
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Affiliation College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
- Khalid Al-Busadah
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Affiliation College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia
- Abdulaziz M. Al-Swailem
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* E-mail: atalaat@wisc.edu (AMT); alswailem@kacst.edu.sa (AMA)
Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Adel M. Talaat
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* E-mail: atalaat@wisc.edu (AMT); alswailem@kacst.edu.sa (AMA)
Affiliations Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Laboratory of Bacterial Genomics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EJA MMS AMA AMT. Performed the experiments: PG CH EJA MMS MAA AA MH OMM KBJA KA. Analyzed the data: PG MMS AMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAA AA MH OMM KBJA KA AMT. Wrote the paper: PG MMS EJA AMA AMT.