About the Authors

Liliana Losada

llosada@jcvi.org

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

John J. Varga

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

Jessica Hostetler

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

Diana Radune

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

Maria Kim

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

Scott Durkin

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

Olaf Schneewind

Affiliation University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William C. Nierman

Affiliations J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL JJV OS WCN. Performed the experiments: JJV JH DR MK. Analyzed the data: LL JJV JH DR SD MK WCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS. Wrote the paper: LL JJV JH WCN.