About the Authors

Jenna Morgan Lang

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Aaron E. Darling

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jonathan A. Eisen

jaeisen@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JML JAE. Performed the experiments: JML. Analyzed the data: JML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AED. Wrote the paper: JML.