About the Authors

Paul H. Roy

Affiliation Département de biochimie et de microbiologie, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Sasha G. Tetu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

André Larouche

Affiliation Département de biochimie et de microbiologie, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Liam Elbourne

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Simon Tremblay

Affiliation Département de biochimie et de microbiologie, and Centre de recherche en infectiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Qinghu Ren

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

Robert Dodson

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

Derek Harkins

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

Ryan Shay

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

Kisha Watkins

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

Yasmin Mahamoud

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

Ian T. Paulsen

ipaulsen@science.mq.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR ITP. Performed the experiments: PR SGT AL ST RS KLW YM. Analyzed the data: PR SGT AL LDHE ST QR RJD DMH ITP. Wrote the paper: PR SGT ITP.