About the Authors
- Timothy J. Welch
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Affiliation National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America
- W. Florian Fricke
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Patrick F. McDermott
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Affiliation Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine-Food and Drug Administration (CVM-FDA), Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
- David G. White
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Affiliation Office of Research, Center for Veterinary Medicine-Food and Drug Administration (CVM-FDA), Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
- Marie-Laure Rosso
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Yersinia Research Unit, Paris, France
- David A. Rasko
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Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
- Mark K. Mammel
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Affiliation Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition-Food and Drug Administration (CFSAN-FDA), Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
- Mark Eppinger
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- M.J. Rosovitz
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- David Wagner
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Affiliation Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
- Lila Rahalison
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- J. Eugene LeClerc
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Affiliation Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition-Food and Drug Administration (CFSAN-FDA), Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey M. Hinshaw
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, Fletcher, North Carolina, United States of America
- Luther E. Lindler
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratory Services, DoD-GEIS, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Thomas A. Cebula
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Affiliation Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition-Food and Drug Administration (CFSAN-FDA), Laurel, Maryland, United States of America
- Elisabeth Carniel
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Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Yersinia Research Unit, Paris, France
- Jacques Ravel
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jravel@tigr.org
Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JR TW. Performed the experiments: JR EC TW WF PM DW MR. Analyzed the data: JR MR DR TW WF ME PM DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR EC LR DW TW PM DW MM JL TC MR LL JH. Wrote the paper: JR TW WF. Other: Edited Manuscript: EC TC DW PM.